1973 Nitaku Home Flyers Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 55-69
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Kenjiro Tamiya (0-0), Masayuki Dobashi (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1973 Nitaku Home Flyers StatisticsTeam Record: 55-69
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Kenjiro Tamiya (0-0), Masayuki Dobashi (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Nitaku Home Flyers of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1973 season with a record of 55 wins and 69 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Home Flyers scored 511 runs and surrendered 563 runs. Katsuo Osugi walloped 34 home runs for Nitaku, while Isao Harimoto swatted 15 or more, too. Isao Harimoto drove in 93 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .324 clip. Naoki Takahashi and Satoshi Niimi led the squad with 12 wins each, and Naoki Takahashi registered a 3.31 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers. Kenjiro Tamiya and Masayuki Dobashi served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazunori Aimoto | R | R | April 22, 1949 | 5'9" | 162 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Koichi Eda | October 31, 1947 | |||||
| Makoto Fujiwara | R | R | May 15, 1945 | 5'10" | 180 | , Hyogo JP |
| Manichiro Fukumoto | R | R | January 3, 1947 | 5'10" | 151 | , Fukushima JP |
| Masao Funada | R | R | May 31, 1952 | 5'10" | 154 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Isao Harimoto | L | L | June 19, 1940 | 5'11" | 187 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Kenzo Hayashi | R | R | May 21, 1943 | 5'9" | 165 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Akira Hishikawa | R | R | January 2, 1947 | 6'0" | 184 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
| Eiji Hosaka | L | L | November 29, 1953 | 5'6" | 154 | Tokyo, Tokyo JP |
| Tsutomu Imai | L | L | April 29, 1945 | 5'8" | 162 | , Nagano JP |
| Kiyoshi Kamogawa | R | R | January 24, 1948 | 5'6" | 154 | Nakaminato, Ibaraki JP |
| Tomehiro Kaneda | R | R | November 7, 1946 | 5'11" | 176 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Toshio Kato | R | R | January 20, 1948 | 5'10" | 187 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Toshihiko Kosaka | L | L | September 17, 1947 | 5'8" | 151 | Kida-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Kesaharu Misawa | L | L | January 3, 1941 | 5'8" | 158 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Masaki Miura | R | R | November 17, 1949 | 5'11" | 167 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Shoji Miyazaki | R | R | April 16, 1943 | 6'0" | 165 | , Saga JP |
| Chikara Morinaka | S | R | October 20, 1939 | 5'9" | 162 | , Nara JP |
| Isamu Nakahara | L | L | September 12, 1950 | 5'10" | 138 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Katsutoshi Nakahara | R | R | November 30, 1944 | 5'8" | 165 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Satoshi Niimi | R | R | August 2, 1952 | 5'8" | 173 | Yamaga, Kunamoto JP |
| Toshifumi Ogata | R | R | August 5, 1948 | 5'10" | 165 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Kazuhiko Okaji | L | L | September 9, 1951 | 5'9" | 170 | Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Koji Okamura | R | R | November 10, 1940 | 5'9" | 176 | Tientsin, CN |
| Katsumi Omuro | S | R | December 12, 1950 | 5'5" | 134 | , Ibaraki JP |
| Tsuyoshi Oshita | R | R | November 29, 1944 | 5'7" | 138 | Aki-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Katsuo Osugi | R | R | March 5, 1945 | 5'11" | 193 | Katsuda-gun, Okayama JP |
| Yukio Ozaki | R | R | September 11, 1944 | 5'9" | 183 | Minami Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| In-cheon Paek | R | R | November 27, 1943 | 5'8" | 180 | , KR |
| Jim Redmon | R | R | June 7, 1947 | 5'10" | 170 | |
| Toshizo Sakamoto | R | R | July 13, 1943 | 5'7" | 154 | Fushimi Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Susumu Sakudo | R | R | June 28, 1943 | 5'9" | 170 | , Ehime JP |
| Hiroshige Saruwatari | R | R | April 28, 1949 | 5'8" | 162 | Tagawa, Fukuoka JP |
| Mikio Sendo | L | L | September 28, 1947 | 5'11" | 191 | Gifu, Gifu JP |
| Yoshiyuki Suenaga | L | R | January 3, 1948 | 5'8" | 150 | Yukihashi, Fukuoka JP |
| Hisao Sugita | R | R | March 15, 1949 | 6'0" | 170 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Hiroshi Takahashi | R | R | March 10, 1946 | 5'7" | 167 | , Miyazaki JP |
| Naoki Takahashi | R | R | February 15, 1945 | 6'0" | 165 | Saeki, Oita JP |
| Toshoku Uda | R | R | August 23, 1948 | 5'10" | 156 | , Tokyo JP |
| Hidetake Watanabe | R | R | September 16, 1941 | 6'0" | 190 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Kenichi Yaezawa | R | R | September 30, 1951 | 5'9" | 162 | Misawa, Aomori JP |
| Takeaki Yamasaki | L | L | June 25, 1941 | 5'10" | 173 | Agawa-gun, Kochi JP |
| Haruhisa Yokoyama | R | R | October 24, 1949 | 6'0" | 193 | , Fukuoka JP |
