1956 Taiyo Whales Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 43-87
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Masami Sakohata (43-87)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium
1956 Taiyo Whales StatisticsTeam Record: 43-87
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Masami Sakohata (43-87)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium
The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1956 season with a record of 43 wins and 87 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.
The Whales tallied 319 runs, worst in the circuit, and surrendered 483 runs. Noboru Aota paced Taiyo with 25 home runs and drove in 65 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .259 average. Noboru Akiyama earned 25 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 2.4 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers. Masami Sakohata served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noboru Akiyama | R | R | February 3, 1934 | 5'10" | 160 | Okayama, Okayama JP |
| Noboru Aota | R | R | November 22, 1924 | 5'7" | 151 | Miki, Hyogo JP |
| Kiyoshi Doi | R | R | June 10, 1933 | 5'7" | 162 | Okayama, Okayama JP |
| Takashi Eda | R | R | March 18, 1923 | 5'8" | 140 | , Hyogo JP |
| Isamu Fujii | L | L | October 20, 1916 | 5'8" | 156 | Tottori, Tottori JP |
| Masatoshi Gondo | L | L | May 1, 1934 | 5'10" | 132 | Tosu, Saga JP |
| Kazuo Hamada | R | R | December 31, 1935 | 5'4" | 140 | , Osaka JP |
| Shigetsugu Hattori | R | R | November 17, 1934 | 5'9" | 154 | Kita Saitama-gun, Saitama JP |
| Nobuyuki Hikiji | R | R | November 3, 1930 | 5'6" | 132 | Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi JP |
| Tadanao Ichiyanagi | R | R | April 29, 1932 | 5'10" | 150 | , Aichi JP |
| Kiichiro Imaizumi | R | R | June 24, 1937 | 5'8" | 147 | , Gunma JP |
| Hisao Iribe | L | L | June 25, 1929 | 5'9" | 147 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Yasuhiro Iwaoka | R | R | November 17, 1933 | 5'7" | 147 | Takanabe, Miyazaki JP |
| Masao Kanda | R | R | November 8, 1933 | 5'6" | 132 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi JP |
| Masamoto Katsuura | R | R | September 13, 1937 | 5'8" | 151 | , Osaka JP |
| Akiyoshi Kobayashi | R | R | September 22, 1923 | 5'8" | 151 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Tsuneo Kobayashi | L | L | January 1, 1926 | 5'10" | 156 | Ueda, Nagano JP |
| Hiroshige Kuroki | R | R | April 15, 1933 | 5'11" | 170 | Takanabe-cho, Miyagi JP |
| Mitsugu Masuda | R | R | July 5, 1935 | 5'6" | 132 | Tottori, Tottori JP |
| Takeo Matsui | R | R | April 9, 1937 | 5'8" | 171 | Obama, Fukui JP |
| Haruo Medoki | R | R | January 12, 1925 | 5'8" | 160 | Ebetsu, Hokkaido JP |
| Mamoru Nakajima | L | L | October 20, 1930 | 5'6" | 147 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Toshiyuki Nakamura | R | R | July 22, 1936 | 5'7" | 143 | , Hyogo JP |
| Masahiko Oishi | R | R | January 11, 1936 | 5'6" | 138 | Kofu, Yamanashi JP |
| Terutoshi Okiyama | L | L | May 1, 1933 | 5'8" | 150 | , Tokyo JP |
| Masami Sekiguchi | R | R | August 13, 1935 | 5'8" | 150 | , Saitama JP |
| Kikuo Sugikawa | R | R | November 21, 1930 | 6'0" | 173 | Onomichi, Hiroshima JP |
| Masaru Sugimoto | R | R | July 1, 1931 | 5'10" | 165 | Hagi, Yamaguchi JP |
| Shigeru Suzuki | L | L | October 15, 1936 | 5'10" | 158 | , Ibaraki JP |
| Mitsuo Tagashira | R | R | September 2, 1936 | 5'9" | 150 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Hiroyoshi Takano | R | R | February 24, 1924 | 5'8" | 150 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Meiji Tezuka | R | R | October 10, 1921 | 5'10" | 156 | Azumi-gun, Nagano JP |
| Kenji Tomokawa | L | L | December 9, 1935 | 5'10" | 151 | , Miyazaki JP |
| Minoru Toyoda | R | R | March 20, 1938 | 6'0" | 156 | , Ibaraki JP |
| Mikihiro Yamamura | R | R | May 23, 1936 | 5'6" | 140 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Takeo Yoshinari | L | R | July 20, 1932 | 5'4" | 136 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi JP |
