1971 Lotte Orions Roster
Team Record: 80-46
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (0-0), Wataru Nonin (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Stadium
The Lotte Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1971 season with a record of 80 wins and 46 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Orions scored 654 runs and allowed 542 runs. George Altman walloped 39 home runs for Lotte, while Art López, Takenori Ikebe, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Michiyo Arito and Shinichi Eto each added 15 or more also. George Altman drove in 103 runs. Shinichi Eto led hitters with significant playing time with a .337 average. Masaaki Kitaru earned 24 wins on the mound for the team, and Masaaki Koyama contributed 15 or more wins also Masaaki Koyama registered a 3.24 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Art López and George Altman both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Keiji Ozawa and Wataru Nonin served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Altman | L | R | March 20, 1933 | 6'4" | 200 | Goldsboro, NC US |
| Michiyo Arito | R | R | December 17, 1946 | 6'1" | 180 | Usa-cho, Kochi JP |
| Takeo Daigo | R | R | November 15, 1938 | 5'11" | 176 | Kita Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Kenji Doi | R | R | May 17, 1950 | 5'7" | 171 | Takaoka, Toyama JP |
| Kihachi Enomoto | L | L | December 5, 1936 | 5'8" | 156 | Fushimidai, Tokyo JP |
| Shinichi Eto | R | R | October 6, 1937 | 5'10" | 176 | Yamaga, Kumamoto JP |
| Nobuyuki Fujii | R | R | January 20, 1949 | 5'11" | 176 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Akira Furukawa | R | R | September 14, 1946 | 5'10" | 154 | , Chiba JP |
| Toru Hamaura | R | R | August 22, 1952 | 5'10" | 160 | Tsukumi, Oita JP |
| Kazuo Hasegawa | L | L | January 3, 1945 | 5'9" | 158 | Omiya, Saitama JP |
| Osamu Hirose | R | R | February 20, 1947 | 5'9" | 154 | Saeki, Oita JP |
| Akira Ichihara | R | R | August 9, 1950 | 5'8" | 162 | , Chiba JP |
| Hideo Iijima | R | R | January 1, 1943 | 5'9" | 160 | Mito, Ibaraki JP |
| Reiji Iishi | L | L | September 5, 1942 | 6'0" | 176 | , Osaka JP |
| Takenori Ikebe | R | R | January 8, 1944 | 5'10" | 170 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Shigeki Ikeda | R | R | May 1, 1946 | 5'10" | 162 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Kazuhiro Ishiguro | R | R | July 1, 1941 | 5'8" | 147 | , Aichi JP |
| Masaji Ishizuka | R | R | July 15, 1947 | 5'10" | 185 | , Tokyo JP |
| Tadayoshi Iwasaki | R | R | September 12, 1948 | 5'10" | 182 | , Oita JP |
| Masaaki Kitaru | R | R | June 13, 1947 | 6'0" | 180 | Choshi, Chiba JP |
| Mitsuru Koganemaru | R | R | January 16, 1948 | 5'10" | 171 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Masaaki Koyama | R | R | July 28, 1934 | 6'0" | 160 | Takasago, Hyogo JP |
| Art López | L | L | May 8, 1937 | 5'9" | 170 | Mayaguez, PR |
| Kosuke Maeda | L | L | February 21, 1945 | 5'8" | 147 | , Ehime JP |
| Masuho Maeda | R | R | May 24, 1939 | 5'10" | 170 | Takamamura, Kumamoto JP |
| Choji Murata | R | R | November 27, 1949 | 5'11" | 171 | Toyoda-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Fumio Narita | R | R | October 2, 1946 | 5'10" | 167 | , Tokyo JP |
| Takayuki Nishida | R | R | August 2, 1940 | 5'8" | 158 | , Ehime JP |
| Yasuo Otsuka | R | R | September 8, 1943 | 5'8" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Shinichi Sakaki | R | R | September 18, 1945 | 5'11" | 170 | Omiya, Saitama JP |
| Shichiro Sakota | R | R | February 15, 1945 | 5'10" | 154 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Masao Sato | R | L | December 8, 1950 | 5'9" | 175 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Motohiko Sato | R | R | January 1, 1943 | 5'10" | 154 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Keisuke Senda | R | R | June 28, 1943 | 5'7" | 158 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Yoshinori Sonoda | R | R | July 29, 1948 | 5'10" | 151 | Ota, Shimane JP |
| Fukuo Toiya | L | L | September 3, 1950 | 6'0" | 191 | , Tokyo JP |
| Takahiro Tokutsu | L | L | April 12, 1947 | 5'8" | 180 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Soroku Yagisawa | R | R | December 1, 1944 | 5'8" | 165 | Imaichi, Tochigi JP |
| Masao Yamada | L | L | September 6, 1944 | 5'10" | 167 | , Tokyo JP |
| Hiroyuki Yamazaki | R | R | December 22, 1946 | 5'9" | 167 | Ageo, Saitama JP |
| Kojiro Yokoyama | R | R | July 23, 1942 | 5'8" | 158 | Takaoka-gun, Kochi JP |
| Satoru Yoshioka | L | R | April 14, 1949 | 5'8" | 151 | , Toyama JP |
