1973 Yakult Atoms Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 62-65
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (62-65)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
1973 Yakult Atoms StatisticsTeam Record: 62-65
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (62-65)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
The Yakult Atoms of the Japan Central League ended the 1973 season with a record of 62 wins and 65 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.
The Atoms plated 377 runs, worst in the circuit, and yielded 406 runs. Tsutomu Wakamatsu paced Yakult with 17 home runs and recorded 60 runs batted in, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .313 average. Hiromu Matsuoka topped the squad with 21 wins, and Takeshi Yasuda registered a 2.03 earned run average, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 1973 Yakult Atoms who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Pepitone, Art López and Dave Roberts.
Osamu Mihara served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teruo Aida | R | R | June 5, 1947 | 5'8" | 165 | Kasugabe, Saitama JP |
| Takashi Arakawa | R | R | May 3, 1947 | 5'10" | 170 | Saku, Nagano JP |
| Keishi Asano | R | R | February 22, 1949 | 5'9" | 165 | Fukuyama, Hiroshima JP |
| Naoki Enomoto | L | L | July 10, 1948 | 5'10" | 173 | , Mie JP |
| Kazuhide Funada | R | R | May 5, 1942 | 5'11" | 158 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka JP |
| Shinichiro Ihara | R | R | January 2, 1952 | 5'8" | 187 | Kawanoe, Ehime JP |
| Yoichi Inoue | R | R | February 5, 1949 | 5'10" | 165 | Koganei, Tokyo JP |
| Kozo Ishioka | R | R | April 16, 1941 | 6'0" | 165 | , Chiba JP |
| Shoji Kawai | R | R | November 11, 1949 | 5'8" | 162 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Norifumi Kido | R | R | March 5, 1939 | 6'0" | 165 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Kunio Kobayashi | L | L | October 3, 1950 | 5'9" | 154 | , Aichi JP |
| Yoshiaki Kushiro | R | R | August 14, 1942 | 5'8" | 158 | Mita, Hyogo JP |
| Art López | L | L | May 8, 1937 | 5'9" | 170 | Mayaguez, PR |
| Mitsuyoshi Masukawa | R | R | October 19, 1950 | 5'11" | 167 | , Osaka JP |
| Hiromu Matsuoka | R | R | July 26, 1947 | 6'1" | 176 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
| Kiyoharu Matsuoka | R | R | January 7, 1954 | 5'11" | 171 | , Tokyo JP |
| Shigeo Nagai | R | R | January 4, 1948 | 5'9" | 160 | , Gunma JP |
| Yasunori Nagao | L | R | May 2, 1950 | 5'6" | 160 | Saga, Saga JP |
| Kuniaki Nakamura | R | R | February 28, 1947 | 5'11" | 170 | , Oita JP |
| Takayuki Nakano | R | R | June 14, 1944 | 5'7" | 160 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi JP |
| Tetsuo Nishii | R | R | July 7, 1951 | 6'0" | 158 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP |
| Yoshihito Oda | R | R | May 22, 1947 | 5'10" | 167 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
| Taneo Okumiya | R | R | April 8, 1949 | 5'9" | 165 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Akihiko Oya | R | R | December 20, 1947 | 5'8" | 170 | Tokyo, Tokyo JP |
| Joe Pepitone | L | L | October 9, 1940 | 6'2" | 185 | Brooklyn, NY US |
| Dave Roberts | L | L | June 30, 1933 | 6'0" | 172 | Panama, Panama PA |
| Toru Sugiura | L | L | June 8, 1952 | 5'9" | 206 | Hazu-gun, Aichi JP |
| Shigeo Sugiyama | L | L | July 9, 1949 | 5'10" | 154 | Komoro, Nagano JP |
| Shiro Takegami | R | R | April 8, 1941 | 5'7" | 160 | Miyazaki, Miyazaki JP |
| Fumihiro Tojo | R | R | July 12, 1944 | 5'8" | 151 | , TW |
| Junzo Uchida | L | L | September 10, 1947 | 5'9" | 165 | Shimizu, Shizuoka JP |
| Shuhei Uehara | R | R | April 28, 1947 | 5'11" | 165 | Setagaya Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Tsutomu Wakamatsu | L | R | April 17, 1947 | 5'6" | 162 | Rumoi, Hokkaido JP |
| Susumu Watanabe | R | R | August 25, 1952 | 6'1" | 193 | Choshi, Chiba JP |
| Takahiro Watanabe | R | R | July 21, 1946 | 5'9" | 156 | , Tokyo JP |
| Yukio Yaegashi | R | R | June 15, 1951 | 5'11" | 198 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Yoshinori Yamashita | R | R | April 20, 1946 | 6'0" | 167 | , Wakayama JP |
| Takeshi Yasuda | L | L | April 25, 1947 | 5'8" | 158 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Shoji Yasuki | L | L | November 4, 1948 | 5'11" | 167 | Oku-gun, Okayama JP |
