1961 Nankai Hawks Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 85-49
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (85-49)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1961 Nankai Hawks StatisticsTeam Record: 85-49
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (85-49)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1961 season with a record of 85 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Hawks scored 613 runs and surrendered 484 runs. Katsuya Nomura led Nankai with 29 home runs, and Kohei Sugiyama walloped 15 or more also. Katsuya Nomura accounted for 89 RBI. Kohei Sugiyama paced batters with significant playing time with a .321 average. Tadashi Sugiura topped the squad with 20 wins, while Mutsuo Minagawa and Joe Stanka added 15 or more wins, too Mutsuo Minagawa registered a 1.98 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Buddy Peterson and Joe Stanka both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
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 |
| Masahisa Fukuda | R | R | July 31, 1934 | 5'11" | 170 | , Fukushima JP |
| Osamu Goto | L | L | April 1, 1934 | 5'11" | 171 | , Shizuoka 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 |
| Yoshinori Hirose | R | R | August 27, 1936 | 5'9" | 158 | Saeki-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Tamotsu Kimura | R | R | September 24, 1934 | 5'9" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Kenji Koike | R | R | February 5, 1939 | 5'6" | 154 | , Shizuoka 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 |
| Tsugunao Nagamitsu | R | R | August 5, 1936 | 5'8" | 158 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Shozo Nishimura | R | R | April 12, 1941 | 5'10" | 160 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Katsuya Nomura | R | R | June 29, 1935 | 5'9" | 187 | Takeno-gun, Kyoto JP |
| Keiji Osawa | R | R | March 14, 1932 | 5'8" | 170 | Fujisawa, Kanagawa JP |
| Buddy Peterson | R | R | April 23, 1925 | 5'9" | 170 | Portland, OR US |
| 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 |
| Takao Suzuki | R | R | April 21, 1938 | 5'11" | 173 | , Aichi 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 |
