1984 Nankai Hawks Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 53-65
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Yoshio Anabuki (53-65)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1984 Nankai Hawks StatisticsTeam Record: 53-65
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Yoshio Anabuki (53-65)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1984 season with a record of 53 wins and 65 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Hawks scored 633 runs and conceded 697 runs, most in the circuit. Hiromitsu Kadota walloped 30 home runs for Nankai, while Chris Nyman and Kazunori Yamamoto swatted 15 or more, too. Chris Nyman drove in 82 runs. Takayuki Kono led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .296 average. Takanori Yamauchi topped the team with 16 wins, and Hitoshi Hatayama registered a 4.24 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Jeff Doyle and Chris Nyman both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Yoshio Anabuki served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaname Aoi | L | L | May 1, 1964 | 5'11" | 171 | Mitoyo-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Hiromasa Arai | L | R | April 26, 1952 | 5'9" | 145 | Higashinari Ward, Osaka JP |
| Jeff Doyle | S | R | October 2, 1956 | 5'9" | 160 | Havre, MT US |
| Shuji Fujimoto | R | R | July 22, 1964 | 5'11" | 187 | Imabari, Ehime JP |
| Masato Fujimura | R | R | April 5, 1961 | 6'0" | 167 | Takeno-gun, Kyoto JP |
| Manabu Fujita | R | R | May 9, 1955 | 6'0" | 190 | Minami Uwa-gun, Ehime JP |
| Hitoshi Hatayama | R | R | June 11, 1964 | 5'11" | 176 | Komatsushima, Tokushima JP |
| Toru Ikenoue | R | R | May 19, 1954 | 6'0" | 180 | Tarumizu, Kagoshima JP |
| Yuji Inoue | R | R | March 2, 1963 | 6'0" | 200 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Satoshi Iwaki | R | R | April 5, 1954 | 5'7" | 150 | Suminoe Ward, Osaka JP |
| Hiromitsu Kadota | L | L | February 26, 1948 | 5'7" | 178 | Onoda, Yamaguchi JP |
| Nobuyuki Kagawa | R | R | December 19, 1961 | 5'7" | 211 | Awano-gun, Tokushima JP |
| Yuji Kanei | R | R | December 3, 1957 | 5'6" | 154 | Munakata-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Motoyasu Kaneshiro | R | R | October 16, 1952 | 5'10" | 171 | , Osaka JP |
| Shinichi Kato | R | R | July 19, 1965 | 5'11" | 178 | Kurayoshi, Tottori JP |
| Takayuki Kono | R | R | April 18, 1955 | 5'10" | 165 | Yawatahama, Ehime JP |
| Yuji Kubodera | R | R | July 18, 1958 | 5'9" | 158 | Tagata-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| Shigeo Mizutani | R | R | July 21, 1960 | 5'9" | 190 | , Mie JP |
| Masumitsu Moriguchi | R | R | July 20, 1953 | 5'11" | 176 | Yao, Osaka JP |
| Kenji Nakade | R | R | November 3, 1954 | 5'9" | 158 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Akio Nakao | R | R | November 7, 1952 | 5'5" | 158 | Minami Uwa-gun, Ehime JP |
| Chris Nyman | R | R | June 6, 1955 | 6'4" | 200 | Pomona, CA US |
| Hiroshi Ogawa | R | R | June 6, 1960 | 5'7" | 167 | Ichikawa, Chiba JP |
| Keisuke Okamoto | L | L | August 16, 1956 | 6'0" | 182 | Mihara-gun, Hyogo JP |
| Manabu Okubo | R | R | July 3, 1964 | 6'0" | 178 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
| Kazuhiro Otsu | R | R | August 8, 1962 | 5'11" | 165 | Uto-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Yukio Otsubo | R | R | December 22, 1961 | 5'10" | 165 | Sasebo, Nagasaki JP |
| Chiaki Sadaoka | R | R | June 17, 1953 | 6'0" | 178 | Kagoshima, Kagoshima JP |
| Hideki Takayanagi | R | R | March 1, 1957 | 5'9" | 198 | Kashima-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Akinori Takeguchi | L | L | June 3, 1959 | 5'9" | 165 | Kuma-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Mitsuo Tateishi | R | R | December 6, 1957 | 5'8" | 165 | Izumi, Osaka JP |
| Tsuyoshi Tone | R | R | April 3, 1962 | 6'0" | 173 | Tsuruga, Fukui JP |
| Tsutomu Yamada | R | R | October 3, 1958 | 5'9" | 167 | Higashi Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka JP |
| Shuichi Yamakawa | R | R | May 10, 1964 | 5'10" | 178 | Takehara, Hiroshima JP |
| Kazunori Yamamoto | L | L | October 18, 1957 | 5'10" | 165 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Yoshinori Yamamura | R | R | April 11, 1955 | 5'10" | 190 | Izuma, Osaka JP |
| Kazuhiro Yamauchi | R | R | September 1, 1957 | 6'0" | 167 | Hamakita, Shizuoka JP |
| Takanori Yamauchi | R | R | August 5, 1956 | 5'9" | 173 | Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Minoru Yano | R | R | April 21, 1959 | 6'0" | 187 | Ashiya, Hyogo JP |
| Hiroyuki Yoshida | R | R | October 25, 1960 | 5'8" | 190 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Mototomi Yoshimura | R | R | April 17, 1962 | 5'9" | 158 | , Aichi JP |
