1980 Yakult Swallows Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 68-52
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Shiro Takegami (68-52)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
1980 Yakult Swallows StatisticsTeam Record: 68-52
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Shiro Takegami (68-52)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
The Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 1980 season with a record of 68 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.
The Swallows paced the league with 562 runs. Yakult allowed 462 runs. Katsuo Osugi led the squad with 21 home runs, while Toru Sugiura, Sam Perlozzo, Tsutomu Wakamatsu and John Scott each walloped 15 or more, too. Katsuo Osugi drove in 82 runs. Tsutomu Wakamatsu topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .351. Kenichi Kajima paced the team with 15 wins, and Hiromu Matsuoka registered a 2.35 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Sam Perlozzo and John Scott both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Shiro Takegami 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 |
| Shinya Ashizawa | R | R | January 1, 1958 | 5'10" | 176 | Nakakoma-gun, Yamanashi 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 |
| Yuichi Goto | R | R | June 29, 1959 | 6'0" | 180 | Koza-gun, Kanagawa JP |
| Shinichiro Ihara | R | R | January 2, 1952 | 5'8" | 187 | Kawanoe, Ehime JP |
| Keiichi Ikuta | L | R | August 27, 1951 | 5'10" | 170 | , Aichi JP |
| Takao Ise | R | R | December 18, 1944 | 5'11" | 180 | Mita, Hyogo JP |
| Masaaki Iwashita | L | L | January 14, 1955 | 5'8" | 150 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Kenichi Kajima | L | L | August 30, 1952 | 5'8" | 150 | Kashima-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Hiroshi Kamizuru | R | R | March 8, 1954 | 5'10" | 162 | Kagoshima, Kagoshima JP |
| Toshio Kanbe | L | L | March 24, 1943 | 5'9" | 171 | Takasuna, Hyogo JP |
| Daizo Kataoka | R | R | November 23, 1957 | 5'11" | 158 | , Ehime JP |
| Hajime Kugitani | R | R | April 30, 1954 | 6'1" | 187 | Yashiro, Kumamoto JP |
| Makoto Kurata | R | R | June 3, 1946 | 6'1" | 182 | Minato Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Yukio Kurosaka | L | L | October 8, 1955 | 6'0" | 160 | Itoigawa, Niigata JP |
| Hiromu Matsuoka | R | R | July 26, 1947 | 6'1" | 176 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
| Yasuji Matsuzaki | R | R | July 14, 1952 | 5'10" | 165 | Bofu, Yamaguchi JP |
| Hidenori Minami | R | R | November 25, 1960 | 6'0" | 185 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Shintaro Mizutani | L | R | December 7, 1953 | 5'9" | 162 | Matsuzaka, Mie JP |
| Tetsuo Nishii | R | R | July 7, 1951 | 6'0" | 158 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP |
| Takao Obana | R | R | August 7, 1957 | 6'0" | 178 | Ito-gun, Wakayama 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 |
| Sam Perlozzo | R | R | March 4, 1951 | 5'9" | 170 | Cumberland, MD US |
| Keiichi Sakai | R | R | June 1, 1958 | 6'1" | 193 | Iki-gun, Nagasaki JP |
| John Scott | R | R | January 24, 1952 | 6'2" | 165 | Jackson, MS US |
| Keiichi Shibui | R | R | August 29, 1959 | 5'9" | 176 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Shigeru Sugimura | R | R | July 31, 1957 | 5'7" | 165 | Kochi, Kochi 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 |
| Hiroshi Takahashi | R | R | December 20, 1951 | 5'10" | 190 | Ochi-gun, Shimane JP |
| Takehiko Tanaka | R | R | August 27, 1959 | 5'8" | 176 | , Ibaraki JP |
| Koji Torihara | R | R | August 29, 1954 | 5'10" | 158 | Miyazaki, Miyazaki 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 |
| 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 |
| Takahiro Yanagihara | R | R | June 12, 1955 | 5'9" | 189 | Yoshino-gun, Nara JP |
| Takeshi Yasuda | L | L | April 25, 1947 | 5'8" | 158 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
