1950 Osaka Tigers Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 70-67
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Kenjiro Matsuki (70-67)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
1950 Osaka Tigers StatisticsTeam Record: 70-67
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Kenjiro Matsuki (70-67)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
The Osaka Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1950 season with a record of 70 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.
The Tigers plated 766 runs and yielded 696 runs. Fumio Fujimura walloped 39 home runs for Osaka, while Choei Shirasaka and Tsuguo Goto added 15 or more, too. Fumio Fujimura accounted for 146 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .362 average. Kiyoshi Uchiyama and Tadayoshi Kajioka led the squad with 12 wins each, and Keiji Komada recorded a 3.55 ERA, tops among regularly-used pitchers. Kenjiro Matsuki served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fumio Fujimura | R | R | August 14, 1916 | 5'8" | 173 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
| Takao Fujimura | R | R | October 5, 1920 | 5'7" | 140 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
| Tsuguo Goto | R | R | January 15, 1924 | 5'9" | 156 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Eiichi Hasebe | R | R | May 17, 1928 | 5'8" | 132 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Kazuo Hoshiba | R | R | April 29, 1924 | 5'7" | 138 | , Hokkaido JP |
| Shinpei Ichii | L | L | June 22, 1925 | 5'9" | 165 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Tadayoshi Kajioka | R | R | September 26, 1920 | 5'7" | 150 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Masayasu Kaneda | L | L | July 21, 1920 | 5'7" | 150 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Toshio Kawanishi | R | R | April 25, 1920 | 5'4" | 123 | Himeji, Hyogo JP |
| Keiji Komada | R | R | January 30, 1926 | 5'8" | 143 | Fuse, Osaka JP |
| Kenjiro Matsuki | L | L | January 22, 1909 | 5'8" | 173 | Tsuruga, Fukui JP |
| Takao Misono | R | R | January 16, 1916 | 5'7" | 156 | Bofu, Yamaguchi JP |
| Kinichi Nakata | R | R | February 11, 1921 | 5'6" | 147 | , Osaka JP |
| Ichiro Nishie | R | R | May 6, 1923 | 5'8" | 140 | Iizuka, Fukuoka JP |
| Hirokazu Nozaki | R | R | July 2, 1923 | 5'7" | 132 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
| Takaaki Okumura | R | R | January 7, 1925 | 5'4" | 116 | , Hyogo JP |
| Masayoshi Sakata | R | R | April 6, 1928 | 5'6" | 145 | , Osaka JP |
| Yoshiro Shimada | R | R | July 19, 1922 | 5'8" | 156 | , Osaka JP |
| Choei Shirasaka | R | R | July 23, 1922 | 5'7" | 143 | Ninohe-gun, Iwate JP |
| Kenjiro Tamiya | L | L | February 11, 1928 | 5'9" | 178 | Shimodate, Ibaraki JP |
| Hiromi Tanida | R | R | April 22, 1924 | 5'10" | 165 | , Hyogo JP |
| Shigeru Tokuami | R | R | March 30, 1924 | 5'7" | 143 | , Kyoto JP |
| Kiyoshi Uchiyama | R | R | April 22, 1927 | 5'6" | 123 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Hiroyuki Watanabe | R | R | January 1, 1921 | 5'7" | 160 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Tamaichi Yasui | R | R | October 10, 1922 | 5'8" | 156 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka JP |
