1984 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Roster

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 46-77
Finished 6th in the JPCL
Manager: Junzo Sekine (46-77)
Location: Yokohama-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Yokohama Stadium

1984 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Statistics

The Yokohama Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1984 season with a record of 46 wins and 77 losses, finishing sixth in the JPCL.

The Whales scored 484 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 638 runs. Leon Lee and Tomio Tashiro led Yokohama with 21 home runs apiece. Leon Lee recorded 84 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time with a .321 average. Kazuhiko Endo paced the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.68 ERA, tops among qualifying pitchers.

Jim Tracy played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Yokohama Taiyo Whales to do so.

Junzo Sekine served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Toshio ChoshiRRAugust 24, 19615'10"160Kashima, Ibaraki JP
Kazuhiko EndoRRApril 19, 19556'0"158Nishi Shirakawa-gun, Fukushima JP
Hisaaki FukushimaRRApril 10, 19475'10"185Higashi Muro-gun, Wakayama JP
Masaji HiramatsuRRSeptember 19, 19475'9"162Takahashi, Okayama JP
Shintaro HiroseLLDecember 8, 19626'1"180Naka-gun, Kyoto JP
Kazumasa IchikawaRROctober 9, 19585'9"173Handa, Aichi JP
Mitsugu IshibashiRRMay 5, 19576'0"171Izumo, Shimane JP
Fumiaki KadotaRRFebruary 6, 19566'1"182Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP
Mitsunori KakehataRRJanuary 10, 19636'0"195Ninohe-gun, Iwate JP
Tsugio KanazawaRRDecember 18, 19586'1"198Hitachiota, Ibaraki JP
Hirokazu KatoSLOctober 9, 19515'10"160Taku, Saga JP
Toshio KatoRRJanuary 20, 19485'10"187Sendai, Miyagi JP
Yasuhiko KawanoRRJanuary 31, 19615'11"167Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto JP
Masaaki KogaRRApril 11, 19496'3"193Kurume, Fukuoka JP
Fumio KuboRLDecember 3, 19626'0"171Ito-gun, Wakayama JP
Leon LeeSRDecember 4, 19526'0"189Sacramento, CA US
Tetsuaki MaedomariRROctober 17, 19576'0"154Inomotejima, Okinawa JP
Hiroshi MasumotoRRSeptember 10, 19566'0"150Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP
Mitsuo MotoiRRNovember 10, 19465'8"180Kobe, Hyogo JP
Koichi MuraokaSRJuly 17, 19605'8"147Saga, Saga JP
Keiji NagasakiLLMay 13, 19505'10"176Haruno-machi, Kochi JP
Hiromi NishimuraRRMay 20, 19585'9"180Ito-gun, Wakayama JP
Toru OhataLLJanuary 10, 19615'10"176Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP
Akio SaitoRRFebruary 23, 19556'0"187Kyoto, Kyoto JP
Yutaka SaotomeRRApril 13, 19495'11"180Kamitsuga-gun, Tochigi JP
Masao SatoRLDecember 8, 19505'9"175Sendai, Miyagi JP
Hirofumi SekineRRSeptember 14, 19615'11"180Chiba, Chiba JP
Yoshikazu TakagiLLMarch 13, 19495'10"180Aiko-gun, Kanagawa JP
Yutaka TakagiSROctober 22, 19575'8"167Bofu, Yamaguchi JP
Misao TakauraRRJuly 20, 1952Kisaratsuji, Chiba JP
Koji TakeshitaRRJune 18, 19636'0"180Ozaki, Hyogo JP
Tomio TashiroRRJuly 9, 19546'1"193Odawara, Kanagawa JP
Jim TracyLRDecember 31, 19556'0"185Hamilton, OH US
Yasuhiko TsujiRRJune 18, 19425'7"182Nagoya, Aichi JP
Yoshiharu WakanaRRDecember 5, 19536'0"170Chikugo, Fukuoka JP
Daisuke YamashitaRRMarch 5, 19525'9"171Shimizu, Shizuoka JP
Kaname YashikiSRJune 11, 19595'10"165Kawanishi, Hyogo JP
Hiroshi YoshimotoRROctober 15, 19565'11"171Tokuyama, Yamaguchi JP



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