1976 Yakult Swallows Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 52-68
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Hiroshi Arakawa (0-0), Tatsuro Hiroka (0-0)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
1976 Yakult Swallows StatisticsTeam Record: 52-68
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Hiroshi Arakawa (0-0), Tatsuro Hiroka (0-0)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
The Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 1976 season with a record of 52 wins and 68 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.
The Swallows scored 504 runs and yielded 555 runs. Roger Repoz walloped 36 home runs for Yakult, while Tsutomu Wakamatsu and Katsuo Osugi added 15 or more also. Katsuo Osugi drove in 93 runs. Tsutomu Wakamatsu topped all regular hitters by hitting .344. Hiromu Matsuoka led the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.32 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Roger Repoz and Charlie Manuel both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Hiroshi Arakawa and Tatsuro Hiroka 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 |
| Minoru Aoki | R | R | June 20, 1954 | 5'9" | 154 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Keishi Asano | R | R | February 22, 1949 | 5'9" | 165 | Fukuyama, Hiroshima JP |
| Yasuji Date | R | R | March 3, 1951 | 5'10" | 176 | , Nara JP |
| Naoki Enomoto | L | L | July 10, 1948 | 5'10" | 173 | , Mie JP |
| Kunio Fukutomi | L | L | April 23, 1943 | 5'10" | 180 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima 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 |
| Hiroshi Kamizuru | R | R | March 8, 1954 | 5'10" | 162 | Kagoshima, Kagoshima JP |
| Kunio Kobayashi | L | L | October 3, 1950 | 5'9" | 154 | , Aichi JP |
| Charlie Manuel | L | R | January 4, 1944 | 6'4" | 195 | Northfork, WV US |
| Mitsuyoshi Masukawa | R | R | October 19, 1950 | 5'11" | 167 | , Osaka JP |
| Masanori Matsui | R | R | June 26, 1950 | 6'0" | 176 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Noriaki Matsumura | R | R | May 3, 1951 | 5'10" | 154 | , Tokushima JP |
| Hiromu Matsuoka | R | R | July 26, 1947 | 6'1" | 176 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
| Shintaro Mizutani | L | R | December 7, 1953 | 5'9" | 162 | Matsuzaka, Mie 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 |
| Tetsuo Nishii | R | R | July 7, 1951 | 6'0" | 158 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP |
| Taneo Okumiya | R | R | April 8, 1949 | 5'9" | 165 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Katsuo Osugi | R | R | March 5, 1945 | 5'11" | 193 | Katsuda-gun, Okayama JP |
| Akihiko Oya | R | R | December 20, 1947 | 5'8" | 170 | Tokyo, Tokyo JP |
| Roger Repoz | L | L | August 3, 1940 | 6'3" | 190 | Bellingham, WA US |
| Kenji Sera | R | R | January 26, 1952 | 5'8" | 176 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Toru Sugiura | L | L | June 8, 1952 | 5'9" | 206 | Hazu-gun, Aichi JP |
| Fujio Sumi | R | R | May 31, 1956 | 5'10" | 180 | Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Yasujiro Suzuki | R | R | April 18, 1949 | 6'3" | 176 | Kita Ibaraki, Ibaraki 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 |
