1966 Nankai Hawks Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 79-51
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (79-51)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1966 Nankai Hawks StatisticsTeam Record: 79-51
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (79-51)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1966 season with a record of 79 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Hawks plated 477 runs and surrendered 394 runs. Katsuya Nomura walloped 34 home runs for Nankai, while Kent Hadley swatted 15 or more, too. Katsuya Nomura accounted for 97 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .312 average. Mutsuo Minagawa led the team with 18 wins, and Kiyohiro Miura and Taisuke Watanabe added 15 or more victories also Mutsuo Minagawa and Taisuke Watanabe registered a 2.12 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Kent Hadley and Masanori Murakami 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masumi Agata | R | R | October 16, 1941 | 5'9" | 162 | , Aichi JP |
| Yoshio Anabuki | R | R | May 6, 1933 | 5'9" | 178 | Kagawa-cho, Kagawa JP |
| Jack Bloomfield | L | R | August 7, 1932 | 6'2" | 175 | Monti Alto, TX US |
| Kunihiro Fujita | R | R | February 26, 1947 | 5'10" | 171 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Eizo Goda | R | R | June 3, 1942 | 5'8" | 160 | Amagasaki, Hyogo JP |
| Kent Hadley | L | L | December 17, 1934 | 6'3" | 190 | Pocatello, ID US |
| Toshihiro Hayashi | S | L | April 6, 1944 | 5'9" | 191 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Shozo Higuchi | L | L | September 26, 1939 | 5'9" | 160 | , Osaka JP |
| Yoshinori Hirose | R | R | August 27, 1936 | 5'9" | 158 | Saeki-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Motoaki Horigome | L | L | October 31, 1939 | 5'9" | 156 | Komoro, Nagano JP |
| Noboru Inoue | R | R | May 26, 1934 | 5'8" | 162 | Hoi-gun, Aichi JP |
| Nobuo Karasaki | R | R | April 21, 1942 | 5'6" | 150 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Kenji Koike | R | R | February 5, 1939 | 5'6" | 154 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Tsunemi Koizumi | L | L | July 5, 1942 | 5'10" | 158 | , Nagano JP |
| Yasuhiro Kunisada | R | R | January 1, 1944 | 5'5" | 158 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
| Kenjiro Maki | R | R | July 8, 1947 | 5'10" | 198 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki 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 |
| Masanori Murakami | L | L | May 6, 1944 | 6'0" | 180 | Kita Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Kunji Nagamoto | R | R | October 18, 1944 | 5'9" | 154 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | R | R | December 4, 1939 | 5'9" | 167 | , Kyoto JP |
| Akitada Niiyama | R | R | July 29, 1939 | 5'10" | 165 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Katsuya Nomura | R | R | June 29, 1935 | 5'9" | 187 | Takeno-gun, Kyoto JP |
| Kazushi Sakaguchi | R | R | May 26, 1945 | 6'0" | 171 | , Wakayama JP |
| Takeshi Shibata | R | R | August 11, 1944 | 5'10" | 165 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| 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 |
| Eiichiro Takahashi | R | R | June 4, 1936 | 5'9" | 145 | Shinjo, Yamagata JP |
| Hiroshi Takahashi | R | R | March 10, 1946 | 5'7" | 167 | , Miyazaki JP |
| Tatsuhiko Tanaka | R | R | August 27, 1945 | 5'10" | 180 | , Chiba JP |
| Masaaki Tasaka | R | R | July 2, 1946 | 5'9" | 150 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Taisuke Watanabe | R | R | July 13, 1942 | 5'10" | 167 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Tamon Yamamoto | L | L | July 10, 1945 | 5'9" | 162 | , Miyagi JP |
