1957 Taiyo Whales Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 52-74
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Masami Sakohata (52-74)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium
1957 Taiyo Whales StatisticsTeam Record: 52-74
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Masami Sakohata (52-74)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium
The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1957 season with a record of 52 wins and 74 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.
The Whales scored 355 runs and yielded 486 runs, most in the circuit. Noboru Aota paced Taiyo with 22 home runs and drove in 61 runs, while leading batters with significant playing time with a .274 average. Noboru Akiyama earned 24 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 2.5 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. 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 |
| 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 |
| Masahiro Honda | R | R | January 2, 1935 | 5'6" | 160 | , Nagasaki JP |
| Kiichiro Imaizumi | R | R | June 24, 1937 | 5'8" | 147 | , Gunma 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 |
| Riichi Kodama | R | R | February 19, 1919 | 5'10" | 165 | Oita, Oita JP |
| Hiroshige Kuroki | R | R | April 15, 1933 | 5'11" | 170 | Takanabe-cho, Miyagi 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 |
| Shigeo Miyazawa | L | L | July 7, 1938 | 5'7" | 147 | , Tokyo 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 |
| Moriaki Sakamoto | R | R | May 5, 1934 | , Kumamoto JP | ||
| Ichiro Sekiguchi | L | L | February 19, 1935 | 5'9" | 170 | Chuo Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Masami Sekiguchi | R | R | August 13, 1935 | 5'8" | 150 | , Saitama JP |
| Tadao Shibano | R | R | June 21, 1938 | 5'9" | 171 | , Kanagawa 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 |
| 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 |
