1962 Yomiuri Giants Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-63
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (67-63)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1962 Yomiuri Giants StatisticsTeam Record: 67-63
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (67-63)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1962 season with a record of 67 wins and 63 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.
The Giants scored 452 runs and yielded 395 runs. Sadaharu Oh walloped 38 home runs for Yomiuri, and Shigeo Nagashima added 15 or more also. Sadaharu Oh drove in 85 runs. Shigeo Nagashima paced all regular batters by hitting .288. Kunio Jonouchi earned 24 wins on the mound for the team, while Sho Horiuchi recorded a 1.68 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers. Tetsuharu Kawakami served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshihiro Aiba | R | R | December 8, 1943 | 5'8" | 169 | Obu, Aichi JP |
| Shin Fujimoto | R | R | March 31, 1938 | 5'8" | 140 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Shigeru Fujio | R | R | October 8, 1934 | 5'8" | 165 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP |
| Motoshi Fujita | R | R | August 7, 1931 | 5'8" | 140 | Ochi-gun, Ehime JP |
| Kazuhide Funada | R | R | May 5, 1942 | 5'11" | 158 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka JP |
| Tatsuro Hiroka | R | R | February 9, 1932 | 5'11" | 154 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
| Ritsuo Horimoto | R | R | January 20, 1935 | 5'8" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Sho Horiuchi | R | R | October 5, 1935 | 5'11" | 165 | Higashi Chikuma-gun, Nagano JP |
| Yoshiyuki Ikezawa | L | R | May 14, 1939 | 5'8" | 176 | , Tochigi JP |
| Yoshiaki Ito | L | L | December 30, 1933 | 5'9" | 156 | Kita Hamamura, Shizuoka JP |
| Yasuhiro Iwago | R | R | August 3, 1943 | 5'8" | 171 | Tosa, Kochi JP |
| Susumu Iwamoto | R | R | January 27, 1942 | 5'9" | 156 | Kumano, Mie JP |
| Kunio Jonouchi | R | R | February 3, 1940 | 5'10" | 173 | Sahara, Chiba JP |
| Tsugio Kada | R | R | October 3, 1938 | 5'9" | 165 | , Mie JP |
| Hide Koga | S | R | September 15, 1939 | 5'10" | 170 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Kingo Kondo | R | R | July 1, 1943 | 5'11" | 165 | , Aichi JP |
| Akira Kunimatsu | L | L | September 14, 1934 | 5'11" | 170 | , Shiga JP |
| Akio Masuda | R | L | January 15, 1938 | 5'9" | 156 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Toshio Miyamoto | R | R | April 26, 1933 | 5'9" | 185 | |
| Yukinori Miyata | R | R | November 4, 1939 | 5'8" | 154 | Maebashi, Gunma JP |
| Masahiko Mori | L | R | January 9, 1937 | 5'8" | 185 | Toyonaka, Osaka JP |
| Hiromoto Murase | R | R | July 16, 1941 | 5'10" | 170 | , Osaka JP |
| Shigeo Nagashima | R | R | February 20, 1936 | 5'10" | 167 | Sakura, Chiba JP |
| Minoru Nakamura | R | R | September 28, 1938 | 5'9" | 165 | Ise, Mie JP |
| Tadaomi Nishino | R | R | March 10, 1941 | 5'10" | 160 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Masami Nishiyama | R | R | August 15, 1939 | 5'6" | 143 | , Okayama JP |
| Genzo Noguchi | R | R | October 6, 1941 | 5'10" | 173 | , Kyoto JP |
| Sadaharu Oh | L | L | May 20, 1940 | 5'10" | 173 | Sumida Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Masahiro Saito | R | R | February 17, 1944 | 5'7" | 156 | , Hyogo JP |
| Kazuhiko Sakazaki | L | L | January 5, 1938 | 5'9" | 170 | Toyonaka, Osaka JP |
| Keisuke Senda | R | R | June 28, 1943 | 5'7" | 158 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Isao Shibata | S | R | February 8, 1944 | 5'9" | 162 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Akira Shiobara | R | R | March 30, 1940 | 5'8" | 154 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Yutaka Sudo | R | R | April 21, 1937 | 5'8" | 162 | Aki-gun, Kochi JP |
| Tsuneo Takabayashi | R | R | January 12, 1938 | 5'8" | 160 | Kanda, Tokyo JP |
| Akira Takahashi | R | R | May 29, 1942 | 5'10" | 162 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Eiichiro Takahashi | R | R | June 4, 1936 | 5'9" | 145 | Shinjo, Yamagata JP |
| Shoji Tokai | R | R | May 3, 1938 | 5'10" | 156 | , Hyogo JP |
| Masayuki Yamazaki | R | R | June 18, 1938 | 5'9" | 165 | , Saitama JP |
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | R | R | March 5, 1936 | 5'10" | 165 | , Okayama JP |
| Hideo Yawata | R | R | August 18, 1942 | 5'10" | 145 | , Nagano JP |
