1975 Chunichi Dragons Roster
Team Record: 69-53
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Wally Yonamine (69-53)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Stadium
The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 1975 season with a record of 69 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.
The Dragons scored 521 runs, best in the league. Chunichi yielded 466 runs. Gene Martin led the squad with 22 home runs, while Kinji Shimatani, Ron Woods, Hiroaki Inoue, Morimichi Takagi and Kenichi Yazawa each walloped 15 or more as well. Kinji Shimatani accounted for 76 RBI. Hiroaki Inoue paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .318. Yukitsura Matsumoto and Senichi Hoshino topped the team with 17 wins each, and Yukitsura Matsumoto earned a 2.41 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Ron Woods and Gene Martin both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Wally Yonamine served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Terashi Donoue | R | R | June 9, 1951 | 6'1" | 185 | Wajima, Ishikawa JP |
| Shozo Eto | R | R | April 29, 1942 | 5'8" | 154 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Yukio Fujinami | L | L | April 26, 1951 | 5'9" | 167 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
| Osamu Hirose | R | R | February 20, 1947 | 5'9" | 154 | Saeki, Oita JP |
| Hidetaka Hoshino | L | L | November 26, 1949 | 5'10" | 154 | , Gunma JP |
| Senichi Hoshino | R | R | January 22, 1947 | 5'11" | 176 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
| Takashi Ide | R | R | February 13, 1944 | 5'9" | 143 | Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Yukio Iida | R | R | April 9, 1947 | 5'9" | 176 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Mitsuo Inaba | R | R | October 2, 1948 | 5'8" | 147 | Shimizu, Shizuoka JP |
| Hiroaki Inoue | R | R | May 21, 1944 | 5'9" | 190 | Nishi Yodogawa Ward, Osaka JP |
| Yasunori Ito | R | R | September 25, 1952 | 5'10" | 176 | Hisai, Mie JP |
| Masayuki Kamigaki | R | R | April 2, 1952 | 5'8" | 158 | , Osaka JP |
| Masayoshi Kanai | R | R | May 25, 1952 | 6'0" | 178 | Tamana, Kumamoto JP |
| Takuji Kanayama | R | R | October 30, 1951 | 5'10" | 173 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Katsumi Kaneko | R | R | May 31, 1949 | 5'9" | 165 | , Saitama JP |
| Tatsuhiko Kimata | R | R | July 7, 1944 | 5'8" | 165 | Okazaki, Aichi JP |
| Gene Martin | L | R | January 12, 1947 | 6'0" | 190 | Americus, GA US |
| Shinji Masaoka | R | R | August 15, 1949 | 5'9" | 143 | Imabari, Ehime JP |
| Yukitsura Matsumoto | L | L | June 5, 1947 | 6'0" | 176 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Tadashi Matsuura | R | R | July 27, 1956 | 5'10" | 160 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Jun Misawa | L | R | October 1, 1952 | 6'0" | 187 | Mino-gun, Shimane JP |
| Shinichi Miyoshi | R | R | June 2, 1950 | 5'9" | 156 | , Ehime JP |
| Yasunori Oshima | R | R | October 16, 1950 | 6'0" | 187 | Chikujo-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Masao Sato | R | L | December 8, 1950 | 5'9" | 175 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Yukiharu Shibuya | R | R | April 15, 1947 | 5'9" | 170 | , Tokushima JP |
| Kinji Shimatani | R | R | January 23, 1945 | 6'0" | 195 | Takamatsu, Kagawa JP |
| Hiroshi Shintaku | R | R | December 19, 1943 | 5'9" | 176 | Hamada, Shimane JP |
| Takamasa Suzuki | R | R | July 3, 1954 | 5'10" | 171 | Sanbu-gun, Chiba JP |
| Morimichi Takagi | R | R | July 17, 1941 | 5'8" | 158 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Masafumi Takeda | L | L | July 4, 1950 | 5'11" | 167 | , Hyogo JP |
| Kyohei Taniki | L | L | November 12, 1945 | 5'9" | 165 | Sapporo, Hokkaido JP |
| Toshio Tanokura | R | R | April 3, 1954 | 5'9" | 165 | Mitaka, Tokyo JP |
| Masakatsu Tsuchiya | R | R | November 6, 1956 | 5'11" | 171 | Asahi, Chiba JP |
| Ron Woods | R | R | February 1, 1943 | 5'10" | 168 | Hamilton, OH US |
| Kenichi Yazawa | L | L | September 22, 1947 | 5'10" | 165 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
