1964 Tokyo Orions Roster
Team Record: 77-68
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Yasuya Hondo (77-68)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Stadium
The Tokyo Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1964 season with a record of 77 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Orions paced the league with just 512 runs allowed. Tokyo scored 535 runs, worst in the league,. Kihachi Enomoto and Stan Palys powered the squad with 17 home runs apiece., and Michael Solomko walloped 15 or more also. Masuho Maeda drove in 72 runs. Kihachi Enomoto topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .298 average. Masaaki Koyama recorded 30 wins on the mound for the squad, while Katsuji Sakai added 15 or more wins, too Yoshiro Tsumajima earned a 2.14 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Stan Palys played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Tokyo Orions to do so.
Yasuya Hondo served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akira Arai | L | R | September 19, 1939 | 5'8" | 165 | , Chiba JP |
| Takeo Daigo | R | R | November 15, 1938 | 5'11" | 176 | Kita Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Kihachi Enomoto | L | L | December 5, 1936 | 5'8" | 156 | Fushimidai, Tokyo JP |
| Kazuo Hasegawa | L | L | January 3, 1945 | 5'9" | 158 | Omiya, Saitama JP |
| Tadashi Hatta | L | R | October 5, 1936 | 5'7" | 156 | Itano-gun, Tokushima JP |
| Ritsuo Horimoto | R | R | January 20, 1935 | 5'8" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Takenori Ikebe | R | R | January 8, 1944 | 5'10" | 170 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Tsugunobu Ishida | R | R | April 16, 1942 | 5'11" | 171 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi JP |
| Kazuhiro Ishiguro | R | R | July 1, 1941 | 5'8" | 147 | , Aichi JP |
| Kunihiro Ishitani | R | R | September 28, 1942 | 5'10" | 165 | Ota, Shimane JP |
| Susumu Iwamoto | R | R | January 27, 1942 | 5'9" | 156 | Kumano, Mie JP |
| Takahiro Kamijo | R | R | September 26, 1940 | 5'8" | 154 | Adachi Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Hideyuki Kobayashi | L | L | April 25, 1940 | 5'11" | 170 | , Tokyo JP |
| Yoshihiko Kodama | R | R | April 22, 1941 | 5'6" | 154 | , Hyogo JP |
| Hidero Konishi | L | L | September 8, 1937 | 5'10" | 165 | , Akita JP |
| Masaaki Koyama | R | R | July 28, 1934 | 6'0" | 160 | Takasago, Hyogo JP |
| Shinji Kurataka | L | L | August 21, 1938 | 6'0" | 165 | , Kyoto JP |
| Mitsuaki Kurimoto | R | R | March 13, 1936 | 5'9" | 132 | Fuchu, Hiroshima JP |
| Masuho Maeda | R | R | May 24, 1939 | 5'10" | 170 | Takamamura, Kumamoto JP |
| Hironobu Matsuura | L | L | September 19, 1944 | 5'9" | 162 | , Shimane JP |
| Yoshikazu Nagata | R | R | May 2, 1944 | 5'9" | 162 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Katsumi Nakanishi | R | R | April 6, 1935 | 5'10" | 154 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Mitsuo Nishi | R | R | September 19, 1938 | 5'7" | 165 | Kainan, Wakayama JP |
| Takayuki Nishida | R | R | August 2, 1940 | 5'8" | 158 | , Ehime JP |
| Kazuyoshi Nishiyama | R | R | August 22, 1933 | 5'9" | 165 | , Wakayama JP |
| Shoichi Ono | L | L | September 30, 1933 | 6'1" | 185 | Iwaki-gun, Fukushima JP |
| Masahiko Osaka | R | R | November 28, 1941 | 5'11" | 162 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Stan Palys | R | R | May 1, 1930 | 6'2" | 190 | Blakely, PA US |
| Takayuki Ryu | L | L | November 25, 1941 | 5'8" | 162 | Miike-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Yukio Saito | R | R | September 7, 1941 | 5'8" | 154 | , Tokyo JP |
| Katsuji Sakai | R | R | March 21, 1938 | 5'11" | 158 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Shichiro Sakota | R | R | February 15, 1945 | 5'10" | 154 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Yoshiaki Shinohara | R | R | June 30, 1943 | 5'7" | 154 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Yoshio Shiotsu | R | R | November 25, 1939 | 5'10" | 176 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Michael Solomko | R | R | July 24, 1936 | 5'10" | 180 | |
| Kazuo Takaira | R | R | April 26, 1940 | 5'10" | 158 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Minoru Tanimoto | R | R | February 1, 1937 | 5'8" | 171 | Yawatahama, Ehime JP |
| Tadao Tokita | L | R | July 7, 1945 | 5'7" | 154 | , Chiba JP |
| Yasunao Tsujimoto | R | R | January 10, 1936 | 5'5" | 134 | , Osaka JP |
| Kinya Tsujino | R | R | June 7, 1942 | 6'2" | 176 | , Hyogo JP |
| Yoshiro Tsumajima | R | R | October 8, 1938 | 5'10" | 158 | , Tokyo JP |
| Masahiro Yasuoka | L | L | September 16, 1941 | 5'9" | 160 | , Osaka JP |
| Takao Yato | R | R | June 25, 1934 | 5'8" | 162 | Otsuki, Yamanashi JP |
| Eiji Yoshida | R | R | September 20, 1938 | 5'10" | 160 | , Gunma JP |
