
1954 Osaka Tigers Roster
Team Record: 71-57
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Kenjiro Matsuki (71-57)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
The Osaka Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1954 season with a record of 71 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.
The Tigers tallied 569 runs and yielded 425 runs. Fumio Fujimura paced Osaka with 21 home runs Hiroyuki Watanabe recorded 91 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time with a .353 average. Masaaki Koyama and Takao Fujimura led the squad with 11 wins each, while Keiji Komada recorded a 1.51 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Kenjiro Matsuki served as manager.
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Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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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 |
Masahiko Hirose | R | R | January 8, 1934 | 5'8" | 158 | , Kochi JP |
Kazuo Ishigaki | R | R | August 14, 1931 | 5'9" | 167 | Shingu, Wakayama 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 |
Katsuji Kojima | August 7, 1923 | |||||
Keiji Komada | R | R | January 30, 1926 | 5'8" | 143 | Fuse, Osaka JP |
Masaaki Koyama | R | R | July 28, 1934 | 6'0" | 160 | Takasago, Hyogo JP |
Akira Kusaka | L | L | July 22, 1927 | 5'8" | 150 | , Hyogo JP |
Masatoshi Mifune | R | R | July 10, 1931 | 5'8" | 156 | , Fukuoka JP |
Hideshi Miyake | R | R | April 5, 1934 | 5'9" | 154 | Kashima, Okayama JP |
Masaru Nagao | R | R | February 5, 1935 | 5'11" | 150 | , Shizuoka JP |
Ichiro Nishie | R | R | May 6, 1923 | 5'8" | 140 | Iizuka, Fukuoka JP |
Shigetaka Nishio | L | L | February 2, 1934 | 5'10" | 154 | , Kyoto JP |
Isao Okada | R | R | June 20, 1931 | 5'9" | 156 | Amagasaki, Hyogo JP |
Akira One | R | R | July 15, 1935 | 5'8" | 145 | , Ishikawa JP |
Mitsuo Osaki | R | R | May 9, 1932 | 5'8" | 167 | , Tokyo JP |
Etsuo Sakaeya | L | L | February 13, 1930 | 5'6" | 136 | , Osaka JP |
Juzo Sanada | R | R | May 27, 1923 | 5'8" | 160 | Wakayama, Wakayama 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 |
Shozo Watanabe | R | R | February 26, 1933 | 5'9" | 150 | Saijo, Ehime JP |
Tetsuya Yamamoto | R | R | September 26, 1934 | 5'7" | 140 | , Kumamoto JP |
Masahiro Yamanaka | L | L | February 4, 1937 | 5'6" | 132 | , Osaka JP |
Shinsuke Yogi | February 13, 1928 | |||||
Mitsutsugu Yokoyama | R | R | June 1, 1933 | 5'9" | 160 | , Osaka JP |
Yoshio Yoshida | R | R | July 26, 1933 | 5'6" | 123 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |