1965 Tokyo Orions Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 62-74
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Wataru Nonin (0-0), Yasuya Hondo (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Stadium
1965 Tokyo Orions StatisticsTeam Record: 62-74
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Wataru Nonin (0-0), Yasuya Hondo (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Stadium
The Tokyo Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1965 season with a record of 62 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Orions plated 476 runs and allowed 472 runs. Stan Palys paced Tokyo with 25 home runs, and Takeo Daigo walloped 15 or more, too. Stan Palys drove in 72 runs. Tadashi Hatta led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .275 average. Masaaki Koyama topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.35 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Stan Palys played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Tokyo Orions to do so.
Wataru Nonin and Yasuya Hondo served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Reiji Iishi | L | L | September 5, 1942 | 6'0" | 176 | , 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 |
| Yoshihiko Kodama | R | R | April 22, 1941 | 5'6" | 154 | , Hyogo 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 |
| Masuho Maeda | R | R | May 24, 1939 | 5'10" | 170 | Takamamura, Kumamoto JP |
| Katsuhiko Maki | R | R | January 3, 1943 | 5'10" | 170 | , Aichi JP |
| Katsumi Nakanishi | R | R | April 6, 1935 | 5'10" | 154 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Fumio Narita | R | R | October 2, 1946 | 5'10" | 167 | , Tokyo 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 |
| Masahiko Osaka | R | R | November 28, 1941 | 5'11" | 162 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Keiji Osawa | R | R | March 14, 1932 | 5'8" | 170 | Fujisawa, Kanagawa 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 |
| Susumu Satomi | R | R | August 21, 1943 | 5'9" | 160 | , Gunma JP |
| Yoshiaki Shinohara | R | R | June 30, 1943 | 5'7" | 154 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Michael Solomko | R | R | July 24, 1936 | 5'10" | 180 | |
| Tadao Tokita | L | R | July 7, 1945 | 5'7" | 154 | , Chiba 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 |
| Masao Yamada | L | L | September 6, 1944 | 5'10" | 167 | , Tokyo JP |
| Hiroyuki Yamazaki | R | R | December 22, 1946 | 5'9" | 167 | Ageo, Saitama JP |
| Nagateru Yasuda | R | R | August 17, 1943 | 5'9" | 156 | , Hyogo 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 |
