1954 Chunichi Dragons Roster
Team Record: 86-40
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shunichi Amachi (86-40)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Stadium
Japan Series - Chunichi Dragons 4 games, Nishitetsu Lions 3
The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 1954 season with a record of 86 wins and 40 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Dragons topped the league with just 376 runs allowed. Chunichi scored 510 runs. Satoru Sugiyama led the squad with 28 home runs, and Michio Nishizawa walloped 15 or more also. Satoru Sugiyama accounted for 91 RBI. Michio Nishizawa paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .341. Shigeru Sugishita notched 32 wins on the mound for the squad, while Katsuhiko Ishikawa as well added 15 or more victories as well Shigeru Sugishita earned a 1.39 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Shunichi Amachi served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mitsuhisa Fujino | R | R | February 20, 1925 | 5'9" | 165 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Tokuzo Harada | L | L | August 28, 1919 | 5'6" | 150 | Ichinomiya, Aichi JP |
| Tsuguhiro Hattori | R | R | February 23, 1920 | 5'7" | 138 | , Aichi JP |
| Shinji Hayakawa | R | R | March 15, 1935 | 5'10" | 156 | , Aichi JP |
| Itsuro Honda | L | L | May 3, 1931 | 5'9" | 147 | Inuyama, Aichi JP |
| Tsutomu Ina | L | L | October 1, 1934 | 5'9" | 143 | Hoi-gun, Aichi JP |
| Noboru Inoue | R | R | May 26, 1934 | 5'8" | 162 | Hoi-gun, Aichi JP |
| Katsuhiko Ishikawa | R | R | September 19, 1933 | 5'10" | 156 | Okazaki, Aichi JP |
| Shiro Ito | R | R | November 1, 1932 | 5'10" | 165 | Yokaichi, Mie JP |
| Susumu Kato | R | R | September 24, 1923 | 5'6" | 140 | , Aichi JP |
| Yasuhiko Kawai | R | R | October 3, 1933 | 5'10" | 170 | Kakamigahara, Gifu JP |
| Hiroshi Kimura | L | L | March 18, 1933 | 5'8" | 136 | , Aichi JP |
| Teiichi Kinoshita | R | R | March 20, 1919 | 5'9" | 150 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Hiromitsu Kito | L | L | January 16, 1933 | 5'9" | 140 | , Aichi JP |
| Riichi Kodama | R | R | February 19, 1919 | 5'10" | 165 | Oita, Oita JP |
| Yasushi Kodama | R | R | July 19, 1935 | 5'9" | 156 | Higashi Uwa-gun, Ehime JP |
| Sadao Kondo | R | R | October 2, 1925 | 5'9" | 136 | Okazaki, Aichi JP |
| Toshimichi Kunieda | R | R | June 23, 1920 | 5'7" | 140 | Gifu, Gifu JP |
| Shigeru Makino | R | R | July 26, 1928 | 5'6" | 132 | Takamatsu, Kagawa JP |
| Tsuneo Mitomi | L | L | August 14, 1920 | 5'9" | 140 | Tochigi, Tochigi JP |
| Nobuaki Miyashita | R | R | August 25, 1924 | 5'7" | 136 | , Tokyo JP |
| Yoshiyuki Nakanishi | L | L | March 19, 1932 | 6'0" | 156 | Chita-gun, Aichi JP |
| Michio Nishizawa | R | R | September 1, 1921 | 6'0" | 160 | Ebara-gun, Tokyo JP |
| Kazuyuki Niwa | R | R | May 18, 1934 | 5'8" | 150 | , Aichi JP |
| Akira Noguchi | R | R | August 6, 1917 | 5'8" | 151 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Shigeo Ogawa | R | R | September 9, 1935 | 5'8" | 156 | , Ehime JP |
| Hiroharu Okajima | R | R | May 5, 1935 | 5'6" | 158 | , Kyoto JP |
| Nobuo Oshima | L | L | October 2, 1921 | 5'8" | 140 | Ichinomiya, Aichi JP |
| Hiroomi Oyane | R | R | July 1, 1935 | 5'8" | 151 | Mitoyo-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Shigemitsu Ozawa | R | R | October 15, 1933 | 5'4" | 123 | , Aichi JP |
| Shigeru Sugishita | R | R | September 17, 1925 | 6'0" | 156 | Kanda Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Satoru Sugiyama | R | R | January 1, 1926 | 5'11" | 165 | Okazaki, Aichi JP |
| Mototoshi Tahara | R | R | January 1, 1929 | 5'6" | 136 | , Hokkaido JP |
| Totaro Tahara | R | R | March 30, 1936 | 5'8" | 140 | , Hokkaido JP |
| Kikuo Tokunaga | R | R | September 1, 1931 | 5'6" | 145 | , Aichi JP |
| Toru Tsuchiya | R | R | October 6, 1923 | 5'6" | 140 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Seiji Yamabe | R | R | May 27, 1937 | 5'9" | 165 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Zenpei Yamazaki | R | R | April 21, 1926 | 5'8" | 150 | , Tokyo JP |
| Takeo Yoshizawa | R | R | July 15, 1933 | 5'7" | 165 | Higashi Chikuma-gun, Nagano JP |
