1950 Taiyo Whales Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 69-68
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Tairiku Watanabe (69-68)
Location: Shimonoseki, Japan
Ballpark: Shimonoseki Municipal Stadium
1950 Taiyo Whales StatisticsTeam Record: 69-68
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Tairiku Watanabe (69-68)
Location: Shimonoseki, Japan
Ballpark: Shimonoseki Municipal Stadium
The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1950 season with a record of 69 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.
The Whales tallied 759 runs and allowed 761 runs. Isamu Fujii walloped 34 home runs for Taiyo, while Masato Monzen swatted 15 or more, too. Isamu Fujii drove in 122 runs. Nobuo Osawa and Isamu Fujii topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .327 average. Hiroyoshi Takano recorded 25 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 3.65 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Tairiku Watanabe served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shigeru Araki | R | R | July 1, 1925 | 5'8" | 140 | Ikeda, Osaka JP |
| Isamu Fujii | L | L | October 20, 1916 | 5'8" | 156 | Tottori, Tottori JP |
| Naoaki Hayashi | R | R | May 22, 1924 | 5'6" | 132 | , Aichi JP |
| Kikuji Hirayama | R | R | September 23, 1918 | 5'9" | 147 | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi JP |
| Tetsukazu Honma | R | R | January 31, 1930 | 5'8" | 140 | , Aichi JP |
| Rentaro Imanishi | R | R | September 14, 1924 | 5'6" | 127 | , Osaka JP |
| Nobukazu Iwamoto | L | L | January 26, 1921 | 5'9" | 136 | Miyoshi, Hiroshima JP |
| Yoshiyuki Kasuya | R | R | October 30, 1930 | 5'9" | 151 | , Aichi JP |
| Hiroshi Katayama | L | L | November 12, 1923 | 5'6" | 140 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Yoshihiro Kawaguchi | R | R | August 6, 1930 | 5'6" | 132 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka JP |
| Hiroyuki Kawase | R | R | July 10, 1930 | 5'4" | 134 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Masao Kondo | R | R | October 25, 1922 | 5'8" | 132 | , Wakayama JP |
| Shigeo Kubo | R | R | August 15, 1928 | 5'9" | 150 | , Kyoto JP |
| Takeshi Miyazaki | R | R | December 17, 1918 | 5'6" | 140 | , Nagano JP |
| Masato Monzen | R | R | May 15, 1917 | 5'8" | 150 | Miyoshi, Hiroshima JP |
| Masanori Mori | R | R | September 9, 1922 | 5'8" | 150 | , Ehime JP |
| Eikichi Nagamochi | R | R | January 1, 1918 | 5'7" | 165 | Shimada, Shizuoka JP |
| Masatake Nagatomi | R | R | June 5, 1923 | 5'6" | 132 | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi JP |
| Haruyasu Nakajima | R | R | June 28, 1910 | 5'9" | 160 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Shozo Nakatsu | L | L | October 8, 1926 | 5'9" | 156 | , Osaka JP |
| Takashi Ogihara | R | R | April 26, 1931 | 5'7" | 140 | , Saitama JP |
| Nobuo Osawa | R | R | December 1, 1916 | 5'8" | 154 | Fujisawa, Kanagawa JP |
| Chutaro Seike | R | R | July 12, 1919 | 5'7" | 140 | Uwajima, Ehime JP |
| Hiroyoshi Takano | R | R | February 24, 1924 | 5'8" | 150 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Toshiaki Tanaka | R | R | January 16, 1921 | 5'7" | 150 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Ko Terashima | R | R | October 3, 1921 | 5'6" | 127 | , Yamagata JP |
| Zenpei Yamazaki | R | R | April 21, 1926 | 5'8" | 150 | , Tokyo JP |
| Naofumi Yasui | R | R | January 18, 1920 | 5'7" | 132 | , Wakayama JP |
