1968 Nankai Hawks Roster
Team Record: 79-51
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (79-51)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1968 season with a record of 79 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Hawks plated 548 runs and yielded 445 runs. Katsuya Nomura walloped 38 home runs for Nankai, while Toshio Yanagida and Marty Keough added 15 or more, too. Katsuya Nomura accounted for 99 RBI. Yoshinori Hirose paced hitters with significant playing time with a .294 average. Mutsuo Minagawa earned 31 wins on the mound for the squad, and Masanori Murakami also contributed 15 or more victories also Mutsuo Minagawa registered a 1.61 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1968 Nankai Hawks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Don Blasingame, Marty Keough and Masanori Murakami.
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 |
| Don Blasingame | L | R | March 16, 1932 | 5'10" | 160 | Corinth, MS US |
| Eizo Goda | R | R | June 3, 1942 | 5'8" | 160 | Amagasaki, Hyogo JP |
| 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 |
| Yoshiro Izumi | R | R | November 16, 1945 | 5'9" | 170 | Asahi-machi, Mie JP |
| Nobuo Karasaki | R | R | April 21, 1942 | 5'6" | 150 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Marty Keough | L | L | April 14, 1934 | 6'0" | 180 | Oakland, CA US |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Yukiyasu Nakamura | L | R | September 11, 1944 | 5'7" | 145 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Akitada Niiyama | R | R | July 29, 1939 | 5'10" | 165 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Shozo Nishimura | R | R | April 12, 1941 | 5'10" | 160 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Sanshiro Nishioka | R | R | April 27, 1949 | 6'0" | 176 | Sumoto, Hyogo JP |
| Katsuya Nomura | R | R | June 29, 1935 | 5'9" | 187 | Takeno-gun, Kyoto JP |
| Akira Owada | R | R | March 21, 1934 | 5'10" | 167 | Nishi Ibaraki-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Kimihiro Sato | R | R | July 13, 1936 | 5'9" | 171 | , Hokkaido JP |
| Takeshi Shibata | R | R | August 11, 1944 | 5'10" | 165 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Ikuo Shimano | R | R | March 30, 1944 | 5'9" | 165 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi JP |
| Tadashi Sugiura | R | R | September 17, 1935 | 5'9" | 156 | Toyoda, Aichi 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 |
| Yasumasa Takabatake | L | L | January 18, 1944 | 5'7" | 162 | Okayama, Okayama JP |
| Hiroshi Takahashi | R | R | March 10, 1946 | 5'7" | 167 | , Miyazaki JP |
| Satoshi Takahashi | R | R | May 17, 1948 | 5'10" | 167 | Tsuruga, Fukui JP |
| Masaaki Tasaka | R | R | July 2, 1946 | 5'9" | 150 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Takuzo Ueda | L | L | July 12, 1948 | 5'9" | 160 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Taisuke Watanabe | R | R | July 13, 1942 | 5'10" | 167 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Sumio Watarai | R | R | September 4, 1938 | 5'10" | 165 | , Oita JP |
| Tadao Yamamoto | R | R | June 28, 1944 | 5'9" | 156 | , Kyoto JP |
| Tamon Yamamoto | L | L | July 10, 1945 | 5'9" | 162 | , Miyagi JP |
| Toshio Yanagida | R | R | August 18, 1936 | 5'10" | 158 | , Fukushima JP |
