1985 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 57-61
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Sadao Kondo (57-61)
Location: Yokohama-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Yokohama Stadium
1985 Yokohama Taiyo Whales StatisticsTeam Record: 57-61
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Sadao Kondo (57-61)
Location: Yokohama-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Yokohama Stadium
The Yokohama Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1985 season with a record of 57 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.
The Whales tallied 589 runs and surrendered 653 runs. Leon Lee walloped 31 home runs for Yokohama, while Tomio Tashiro and Kaname Yashiki swatted 15 or more, too. Leon Lee recorded 110 runs batted in. Yutaka Takagi led all regular batters with a .318 average. Kazuhiko Endo topped the team with 14 wins, and Akio Saito recorded a 2.14 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Jerry White played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Yokohama Taiyo Whales to do so.
Sadao Kondo served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hideo Aoki | R | R | June 17, 1962 | 5'10" | 178 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Toshio Choshi | R | R | August 24, 1961 | 5'10" | 160 | Kashima, Ibaraki JP |
| Kazuhiko Endo | R | R | April 19, 1955 | 6'0" | 158 | Nishi Shirakawa-gun, Fukushima JP |
| Yoshiaki Hino | R | R | August 16, 1961 | 5'11" | 165 | Hayami-gun, Oita JP |
| Hiroyuki Hirakawa | L | L | September 3, 1957 | 6'0" | 180 | , Nagasaki JP |
| Kaoru Hirata | R | R | February 9, 1954 | 5'9" | 160 | Sakade, Kagawa JP |
| Shintaro Hirose | L | L | December 8, 1962 | 6'1" | 180 | Naka-gun, Kyoto JP |
| Tsuneo Horii | R | R | November 15, 1958 | 6'0" | 176 | Joyo, Kyoto JP |
| Kazumasa Ichikawa | R | R | October 9, 1958 | 5'9" | 173 | Handa, Aichi JP |
| Yutaka Ikeuchi | R | R | April 7, 1952 | 5'10" | 178 | Okawa-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Mitsugu Ishibashi | R | R | May 5, 1957 | 6'0" | 171 | Izumo, Shimane JP |
| Kenji Itakura | R | R | August 25, 1965 | 5'11" | 171 | Chofu, Tokyo JP |
| Fumiaki Kadota | R | R | February 6, 1956 | 6'1" | 182 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Mitsunori Kakehata | R | R | January 10, 1963 | 6'0" | 195 | Ninohe-gun, Iwate JP |
| Tsugio Kanazawa | R | R | December 18, 1958 | 6'1" | 198 | Hitachiota, Ibaraki JP |
| Hirokazu Kato | S | L | October 9, 1951 | 5'10" | 160 | Taku, Saga JP |
| Toshio Kato | R | R | January 20, 1948 | 5'10" | 187 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Yasuhiko Kawano | R | R | January 31, 1961 | 5'11" | 167 | Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Kyoichi Kikuchi | R | R | December 26, 1954 | 5'10" | 176 | Edozaki-cho, Ibaraki JP |
| Hiroshi Kimura | R | R | August 17, 1953 | 6'0" | 178 | Minami Takai-gun, Nagasaki JP |
| Yasuhiro Kita | R | R | April 23, 1961 | 5'10" | 176 | Kawakita-gun, Ishikawa JP |
| Akiyoshi Koyama | R | R | December 14, 1960 | 6'0" | 184 | Machida, Tokyo JP |
| Fumio Kubo | R | L | December 3, 1962 | 6'0" | 171 | Ito-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Leon Lee | S | R | December 4, 1952 | 6'0" | 189 | Sacramento, CA US |
| Tetsuaki Maedomari | R | R | October 17, 1957 | 6'0" | 154 | Inomotejima, Okinawa JP |
| Hiroshi Masumoto | R | R | September 10, 1956 | 6'0" | 150 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Koichi Muraoka | S | R | July 17, 1960 | 5'8" | 147 | Saga, Saga JP |
| Hiromi Nishimura | R | R | May 20, 1958 | 5'9" | 180 | Ito-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Toru Ohata | L | L | January 10, 1961 | 5'10" | 176 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Hiroshi Okubo | R | R | February 4, 1959 | 5'10" | 170 | Yamada, Fukuoka JP |
| Akio Saito | R | R | February 23, 1955 | 6'0" | 187 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Hirofumi Sekine | R | R | September 14, 1961 | 5'11" | 180 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Masanobu Suginaga | R | R | May 5, 1961 | 6'3" | 165 | , Fukui JP |
| Yoshikazu Takagi | L | L | March 13, 1949 | 5'10" | 180 | Aiko-gun, Kanagawa JP |
| Yutaka Takagi | S | R | October 22, 1957 | 5'8" | 167 | Bofu, Yamaguchi JP |
| Masahiro Takahashi | S | R | July 10, 1964 | 5'9" | 180 | Toyoaki, Aichi JP |
| Tomio Tashiro | R | R | July 9, 1954 | 6'1" | 193 | Odawara, Kanagawa JP |
| Yoshiharu Wakana | R | R | December 5, 1953 | 6'0" | 170 | Chikugo, Fukuoka JP |
| Jerry White | S | R | August 23, 1952 | 5'10" | 164 | Shirley, MA US |
| Tadayoshi Yamaguchi | R | R | October 17, 1958 | 5'10" | 147 | Minami Kawauchi-gun, Osaka JP |
| Daisuke Yamashita | R | R | March 5, 1952 | 5'9" | 171 | Shimizu, Shizuoka JP |
| Kenichi Yamazaki | L | L | July 20, 1962 | 5'8" | 165 | Nerima Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Kaname Yashiki | S | R | June 11, 1959 | 5'10" | 165 | Kawanishi, Hyogo JP |
| Hiroshi Yoshimoto | R | R | October 15, 1956 | 5'11" | 171 | Tokuyama, Yamaguchi JP |
