1967 Taiyo Whales Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 59-71
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (0-0), Kaoru Betto (0-0)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium
1967 Taiyo Whales StatisticsTeam Record: 59-71
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (0-0), Kaoru Betto (0-0)
Location: Kawasaki, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium
The Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1967 season with a record of 59 wins and 71 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.
The Whales plated 477 runs and allowed 511 runs. Dick Stuart walloped 33 home runs for Taiyo, while Takeshi Kuwata and Yukio Osada swatted 15 or more, too. Dick Stuart drove in 79 runs. Kazuhiko Kondo paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .327 average. Chikara Morinaka topped the team with 18 wins, and Shigeyuki Takahashi earned a 2.74 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Dick Stuart played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Taiyo Whales to do so.
Osamu Mihara and Kaoru Betto served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narihiro Abe | L | L | March 27, 1947 | 5'8" | 154 | , Iwate JP |
| Francis Agcaoili | L | R | March 29, 1939 | 6'1" | 187 | , HI US |
| Noboru Akiyama | R | R | February 3, 1934 | 5'10" | 160 | Okayama, Okayama JP |
| Kiyoshi Doi | R | R | June 10, 1933 | 5'7" | 162 | Okayama, Okayama JP |
| Akira Ejiri | L | L | January 10, 1943 | 5'10" | 178 | Takahagi, Ibaraki JP |
| Sumio Fuchigami | R | R | January 8, 1948 | 5'11" | 182 | , Gifu JP |
| Hisaaki Fukushima | R | R | April 10, 1947 | 5'10" | 185 | Higashi Muro-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Tadashi Furuta | R | R | July 31, 1946 | 5'8" | 143 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Kenzo Hayashi | R | R | May 21, 1943 | 5'9" | 165 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Masaji Hiramatsu | R | R | September 19, 1947 | 5'9" | 162 | Takahashi, Okayama JP |
| Ichiro Hiraoka | L | L | August 14, 1945 | 5'8" | 156 | Odawara, Kanagawa JP |
| Tsutomu Imai | L | L | April 29, 1945 | 5'8" | 162 | , Nagano JP |
| Makoto Inagawa | R | R | July 25, 1936 | 5'7" | 143 | , Manchuria CN |
| Isao Ito | R | R | May 14, 1942 | 5'11" | 176 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Hidenori Kanemitsu | L | R | June 2, 1935 | 5'8" | 176 | , Hyogo JP |
| Katsuyuki Kishi | R | R | May 2, 1947 | 6'0" | 162 | Odawara, Kanagawa JP |
| Hiroshi Kito | L | L | April 18, 1943 | 5'10" | 171 | Ise, Mie JP |
| Akihito Kondo | R | R | April 1, 1938 | 5'6" | 143 | Takamatsu, Kagawa JP |
| Kazuhiko Kondo | L | L | March 2, 1936 | 5'10" | 173 | , Tokyo JP |
| Masakatsu Kusaka | R | R | October 17, 1944 | 5'8" | 176 | Ishimaki, Miyagi JP |
| Takeshi Kuwata | R | R | January 5, 1937 | 5'9" | 191 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Makoto Matsubara | R | R | January 13, 1944 | 6'0" | 178 | Iino, Saitama JP |
| Kosuke Matsuoka | R | R | February 9, 1943 | 5'7" | 167 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Kuniyasu Mine | R | R | October 18, 1940 | 5'9" | 178 | , Nagasaki JP |
| Chikara Morinaka | S | R | October 20, 1939 | 5'9" | 162 | , Nara JP |
| Shinji Niihari | R | R | July 31, 1941 | 5'11" | 176 | Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Mitsuo Nishi | R | R | September 19, 1938 | 5'7" | 165 | Kainan, Wakayama JP |
| Toshiaki Ogawa | R | R | April 13, 1939 | 5'8" | 160 | , Mie JP |
| NObushi Oikawa | R | R | June 8, 1944 | 5'10" | 167 | Kamaishi, Iwate JP |
| Katsuhiko Oishi | R | R | March 10, 1945 | 5'7" | 165 | Kofu, Yamanashi JP |
| Shoichi Ono | L | L | September 30, 1933 | 6'1" | 185 | Iwaki-gun, Fukushima JP |
| Yukio Osada | L | L | February 24, 1939 | 5'10" | 189 | Minami Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Yoshiro Sasaki | R | R | March 15, 1940 | 5'11" | 198 | Akita, Akita JP |
| Issei Sato | R | R | January 5, 1945 | 5'9" | 180 | , Tokyo JP |
| Tomoo Sekine | R | R | March 12, 1944 | 5'8" | 154 | , Chiba JP |
| Nobuo Shibata | R | R | March 16, 1947 | 5'7" | 167 | , Tokyo JP |
| Shozo Shigematsu | R | R | January 5, 1940 | 5'5" | 158 | Imabari, Ehime JP |
| Gentaro Shimada | R | R | August 25, 1939 | 5'10" | 182 | , Miyagi JP |
| Dick Stuart | R | R | November 7, 1932 | 6'4" | 212 | San Francisco, CA US |
| Kimitaka Sugimoto | R | R | July 4, 1938 | 5'9" | 169 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Yoshihiro Takagaki | R | R | November 6, 1948 | 5'10" | 170 | , Tottori JP |
| Shigeyuki Takahashi | R | R | May 16, 1945 | 6'2" | 190 | Asahi, Chiba JP |
| Tadao Yamada | R | R | August 20, 1942 | 5'8" | 165 | Nichinan, Miyazaki JP |
| Ritsuo Yamashita | R | R | October 20, 1944 | 5'11" | 165 | Minami Uwa-gun, Ehime JP |
