1963 Daimai Orions Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-85
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Yasuya Hondo (64-85)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Stadium
1963 Daimai Orions StatisticsTeam Record: 64-85
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Yasuya Hondo (64-85)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Stadium
The Daimai Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1963 season with a record of 64 wins and 85 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Orions scored 510 runs and yielded 535 runs. Kazuhiro Yamauchi walloped 33 home runs for Daimai, while Kihachi Enomoto swatted 15 or more also. Kazuhiro Yamauchi recorded 86 runs batted in. Kihachi Enomoto paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .318 average. Ritsuo Horimoto topped the team with 15 wins, and Katsuji Sakai recorded a 2.62 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Ed Palmquist played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Daimai Orions to do so.
Yasuya Hondo served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takeo Daigo | R | R | November 15, 1938 | 5'11" | 176 | Kita Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Dick DeSa | R | R | February 3, 1941 | 6'0" | 176 | Honomu, HI US |
| Shosuke Doi | R | R | September 3, 1937 | 5'8" | 154 | Takaoka-gun, Kochi JP |
| Kihachi Enomoto | L | L | December 5, 1936 | 5'8" | 156 | Fushimidai, Tokyo JP |
| Kazuo Hasegawa | L | L | January 3, 1945 | 5'9" | 158 | Omiya, Saitama JP |
| Tadashi Hatta | L | R | October 5, 1936 | 5'7" | 156 | Itano-gun, Tokushima JP |
| Ritsuo Horimoto | R | R | January 20, 1935 | 5'8" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Takenori Ikebe | R | R | January 8, 1944 | 5'10" | 170 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Tsugunobu Ishida | R | R | April 16, 1942 | 5'11" | 171 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi JP |
| Susumu Ishikawa | L | L | April 28, 1932 | 5'9" | 140 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
| Kunihiro Ishitani | R | R | September 28, 1942 | 5'10" | 165 | Ota, Shimane JP |
| Susumu Iwamoto | R | R | January 27, 1942 | 5'9" | 156 | Kumano, Mie JP |
| Takahiro Kamijo | R | R | September 26, 1940 | 5'8" | 154 | Adachi Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Takao Katsuragi | R | R | December 21, 1935 | 5'8" | 182 | Oita, Oita JP |
| Hideyuki Kobayashi | L | L | April 25, 1940 | 5'11" | 170 | , Tokyo JP |
| Shinji Kurataka | L | L | August 21, 1938 | 6'0" | 165 | , Kyoto JP |
| Mitsuaki Kurimoto | R | R | March 13, 1936 | 5'9" | 132 | Fuchu, Hiroshima JP |
| Hironobu Matsuura | L | L | September 19, 1944 | 5'9" | 162 | , Shimane JP |
| Yoshikazu Nagata | R | R | May 2, 1944 | 5'9" | 162 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Katsumi Nakanishi | R | R | April 6, 1935 | 5'10" | 154 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Mitsuo Nishi | R | R | September 19, 1938 | 5'7" | 165 | Kainan, Wakayama JP |
| Takayuki Nishida | R | R | August 2, 1940 | 5'8" | 158 | , Ehime JP |
| Shoichi Ono | L | L | September 30, 1933 | 6'1" | 185 | Iwaki-gun, Fukushima JP |
| Masahiko Osaka | R | R | November 28, 1941 | 5'11" | 162 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Reizo Oshida | R | R | June 4, 1943 | 6'0" | 154 | , Akita JP |
| Ed Palmquist | R | R | June 10, 1933 | 6'3" | 195 | Los Angeles, CA US |
| Tatsuo Saito | R | R | June 20, 1938 | 6'0" | 171 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Katsuji Sakai | R | R | March 21, 1938 | 5'11" | 158 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Susumu Satomi | R | R | August 21, 1943 | 5'9" | 160 | , Gunma JP |
| Yoshiaki Shinohara | R | R | June 30, 1943 | 5'7" | 154 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Yoshio Shiotsu | R | R | November 25, 1939 | 5'10" | 176 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Norimoto Sugawara | R | R | July 25, 1940 | 5'11" | 173 | , Tokyo JP |
| Kazuo Takaira | R | R | April 26, 1940 | 5'10" | 158 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Kenjiro Tamiya | L | L | February 11, 1928 | 5'9" | 178 | Shimodate, Ibaraki JP |
| Minoru Tanimoto | R | R | February 1, 1937 | 5'8" | 171 | Yawatahama, Ehime JP |
| Isamu Teramoto | R | R | July 3, 1939 | 5'10" | 162 | , Hyogo JP |
| Yasunao Tsujimoto | R | R | January 10, 1936 | 5'5" | 134 | , Osaka JP |
| Kinya Tsujino | R | R | June 7, 1942 | 6'2" | 176 | , Hyogo JP |
| Yoshiro Tsumajima | R | R | October 8, 1938 | 5'10" | 158 | , Tokyo JP |
| Tomoo Wako | R | R | April 5, 1937 | 6'0" | 180 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Masao Yamada | L | L | September 6, 1944 | 5'10" | 167 | , Tokyo JP |
| Kazuhiro Yamauchi | R | R | May 1, 1932 | 5'9" | 170 | Inuyama, Aichi JP |
| Takao Yato | R | R | June 25, 1934 | 5'8" | 162 | Otsuki, Yamanashi JP |
| Eiji Yoshida | R | R | September 20, 1938 | 5'10" | 160 | , Gunma JP |
