1960 Nankai Hawks Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 78-52
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (78-52)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1960 Nankai Hawks StatisticsTeam Record: 78-52
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (78-52)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1960 season with a record of 78 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Hawks tallied 519 runs and gave up 459 runs. Katsuya Nomura paced Nankai with 29 home runs and accounted for 88 RBI, while leading hitters with significant playing time with a .291 average. Tadashi Sugiura earned 31 wins on the mound for the squad, plus Joe Stanka, too added 15 or more wins, too Tadashi Sugiura registered a 2.06 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Joe Stanka played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Nankai Hawks to do so.
Kazuto Tsuruoka served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshio Anabuki | R | R | May 6, 1933 | 5'9" | 178 | Kagawa-cho, Kagawa JP |
| Minoru Azuma | L | L | July 17, 1934 | 5'9" | 156 | Kainan, Wakayama JP |
| Masahisa Fukuda | R | R | July 31, 1934 | 5'11" | 170 | , Fukushima JP |
| Carlton Hanta | R | April 20, 1931 | 5'6" | 145 | , HI US | |
| Masatoshi Haraigawa | R | R | March 1, 1939 | 5'9" | 160 | , Oita JP |
| Shigeo Hasegawa | L | L | October 2, 1932 | 5'8" | 182 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Takakane Hashimoto | R | R | July 19, 1936 | 5'9" | 154 | , Saga JP |
| Yoshinori Hirose | R | R | August 27, 1936 | 5'9" | 158 | Saeki-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Shiro Ito | R | R | November 1, 1932 | 5'10" | 165 | Yokaichi, Mie JP |
| Minoru Kakimoto | R | R | October 5, 1935 | 5'9" | 182 | Kyoto-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Takashige Kanehiko | R | R | January 27, 1937 | 5'10" | 158 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Tamotsu Kimura | R | R | September 24, 1934 | 5'9" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Makito Masui | S | L | May 24, 1937 | 5'8" | 160 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Mutsuo Minagawa | R | R | July 3, 1935 | 5'10" | 162 | Yonezawa, Yamagata JP |
| Kiyohiro Miura | R | R | September 2, 1938 | 5'11" | 180 | Beppu, Oita JP |
| Chikara Morinaka | S | R | October 20, 1939 | 5'9" | 162 | , Nara JP |
| Nobushige Morishita | R | R | September 4, 1933 | 5'9" | 170 | Yawata, Fukuoka JP |
| Tatsuo Nagao | R | R | May 31, 1940 | 5'8" | 162 | , Oita JP |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | R | R | December 4, 1939 | 5'9" | 167 | , Kyoto JP |
| Takumi Nomo | L | L | December 13, 1930 | 5'8" | 160 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Katsuya Nomura | R | R | June 29, 1935 | 5'9" | 187 | Takeno-gun, Kyoto JP |
| Isami Okamoto | R | R | February 26, 1931 | 5'8" | 162 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Keiji Osawa | R | R | March 14, 1932 | 5'8" | 170 | Fujisawa, Kanagawa JP |
| John Sardinha | December 21, 1931 | |||||
| Teruo Shimabara | L | L | February 2, 1927 | 5'8" | 162 | Taichung, TW |
| Kiyomi Shirano | R | R | November 20, 1938 | 5'9" | 171 | , Osaka JP |
| Joe Stanka | R | R | July 23, 1931 | 6'6" | 201 | Hammon, OK US |
| Tadashi Sugiura | R | R | September 17, 1935 | 5'9" | 156 | Toyoda, Aichi JP |
| Kohei Sugiyama | L | L | August 7, 1927 | 5'8" | 154 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Tadashi Suzuki | R | R | August 26, 1941 | 5'8" | 154 | , Mie JP |
| Ichiro Tanaka | R | R | June 20, 1932 | 5'7" | 160 | , Wakayama JP |
| Yoshio Tazawa | R | R | August 28, 1936 | 5'9" | 162 | , Yamagata JP |
| Yosuke Terada | R | R | November 19, 1934 | 5'11" | 184 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Goro Tomishima | R | L | July 31, 1937 | 5'8" | 160 | , Ibaraki JP |
| Sumio Watarai | R | R | September 4, 1938 | 5'10" | 165 | , Oita JP |
| Hidekazu Yamamoto | R | R | June 18, 1941 | 5'9" | 154 | , Wakayama JP |
| Noboru Yamashita | R | R | December 28, 1934 | 5'9" | 143 | , Hyogo JP |
