1971 Nankai Hawks Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 61-65
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Katsuya Nomura (61-65)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1971 Nankai Hawks StatisticsTeam Record: 61-65
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Katsuya Nomura (61-65)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1971 season with a record of 61 wins and 65 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Hawks scored 614 runs and allowed 612 runs. Clarence Jones walloped 35 home runs for Nankai, while Katsuya Nomura and Hiromitsu Kadota added 15 or more also. Hiromitsu Kadota accounted for 120 RBI and topped all regular batters with a .300 average. Masanori Murakami led the team with 14 wins, and Sanshiro Nishioka earned a 3.5 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1971 Nankai Hawks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Thad Tillotson, Masanori Murakami and Clarence Jones.
Katsuya Nomura served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shuzo Aono | R | R | October 13, 1939 | 5'7" | 151 | , Ehime JP |
| Mitsuru Fujiwara | R | R | September 18, 1946 | 5'10" | 170 | Matsuyama, Ehime 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 |
| Yutaka Ikeuchi | R | R | April 7, 1952 | 5'10" | 178 | Okawa-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Clarence Jones | L | L | November 7, 1940 | 6'2" | 185 | Zanesville, OH US |
| Hiromitsu Kadota | L | L | February 26, 1948 | 5'7" | 178 | Onoda, Yamaguchi JP |
| Takeshi Koba | R | R | April 22, 1936 | 5'7" | 154 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Kenji Koike | R | R | February 5, 1939 | 5'6" | 154 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Masanori Matsui | R | R | June 26, 1950 | 6'0" | 176 | Wakayama, Wakayama 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 |
| Koichi Nakayama | R | R | August 12, 1948 | 5'11" | 162 | , Chiba 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 |
| Osamu Ogata | R | R | June 17, 1950 | 5'10" | 182 | , Saga JP |
| Teruhide Sakurai | R | R | April 12, 1948 | 5'8" | 158 | Sumoto, Hyogo JP |
| Michiro Sato | R | R | May 5, 1947 | 5'11" | 191 | Nakano Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Susumu Satomi | R | R | August 21, 1943 | 5'9" | 160 | , Gunma JP |
| Takeshi Shibata | R | R | August 11, 1944 | 5'10" | 165 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Kohei Shimamoto | L | L | January 11, 1952 | 5'9" | 176 | Kaiso-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Ikuo Shimano | R | R | March 30, 1944 | 5'9" | 165 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi 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 |
| Yoshiyasu Tanebe | R | R | January 21, 1938 | 5'9" | 145 | , Tottori JP |
| Takashi Teraoka | R | R | September 13, 1942 | 5'9" | 165 | Higashi Morokata-gun, Miyazaki JP |
| Thad Tillotson | R | R | December 20, 1940 | 6'2" | 195 | Merced, CA US |
| Masaru Tomita | R | R | October 11, 1946 | 5'10" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Takuzo Ueda | L | L | July 12, 1948 | 5'9" | 160 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Yoshihiko Umemura | R | R | May 11, 1946 | 5'11" | 187 | , Kyoto 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 |
| Noriyoshi Yabe | R | R | June 19, 1948 | 5'7" | 143 | , Fukushima JP |
| Toshio Yabukami | R | R | May 10, 1951 | 5'10" | 171 | , Wakayama JP |
| Seizo Yamamoto | R | R | April 6, 1948 | 5'8" | 170 | , Hyogo JP |
| Tadao Yamamoto | R | R | June 28, 1944 | 5'9" | 156 | , Kyoto JP |
