1954 Daiei Stars Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 43-92
Finished 8th in the JPPL
Manager: Sadayoshi Fujimoto (43-92)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
1954 Daiei Stars StatisticsTeam Record: 43-92
Finished 8th in the JPPL
Manager: Sadayoshi Fujimoto (43-92)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The Daiei Stars of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1954 season with a record of 43 wins and 92 losses, finishing eighth in the JPPL.
The Stars scored 402 runs, worst in the league, and gave up 589 runs. Bunjiro Sakamoto led Daiei with 12 home runs Shigeya Iijima accounted for 61 RBI. Masaharu Takita paced all regular hitters with a .283 average. Yoshiharu Ogawa topped the squad with 12 wins, while Takao Iio earned a 2.59 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Sadayoshi Fujimoto served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takeshi Akiyama | L | L | September 29, 1935 | 5'9" | 150 | Saitama, Saitama JP |
| Tatsuo Arai | R | R | May 3, 1928 | 5'7" | 140 | Takasaki, Gunma JP |
| Yuji Ban | R | R | May 20, 1923 | 5'7" | 149 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Kiyoshi Hataya | R | R | July 26, 1934 | 5'9" | 147 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Giichi Hayashi | R | R | February 1, 1920 | 5'8" | 156 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Yoshiharu Himeno | R | R | June 18, 1924 | 5'8" | 145 | Oita, Oita JP |
| Jungo Igaue | R | R | April 29, 1917 | 5'6" | 143 | Matsumae-cho, Ehime JP |
| Shigeya Iijima | R | R | October 11, 1918 | 5'8" | 156 | Yoshidamura, Chiba JP |
| Takao Iio | R | R | October 15, 1933 | 5'9" | 150 | Niihama, Ehime JP |
| Akio Kamiichi | R | R | January 12, 1933 | 5'8" | 150 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Ikuhiko Kinoshita | R | R | December 7, 1931 | 5'8" | 151 | Gifu, Gifu JP |
| Takashi Masuda | R | R | August 16, 1921 | 5'9" | 156 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Tatsuaki Murato | R | R | January 10, 1932 | 5'8" | 151 | Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi JP |
| Masaaki Ninomiya | R | R | September 8, 1934 | Nishi Uwa-gun, Ehime JP | ||
| Yoshiharu Ogawa | R | R | June 2, 1924 | 5'9" | 140 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Yoshinobu Okamoto | R | R | April 25, 1935 | 5'8" | 150 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Bunjiro Sakamoto | R | R | March 15, 1926 | 5'8" | 151 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Yosuke Sano | R | R | January 1, 1935 | 5'7" | 140 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Yuzo Shimada | R | R | February 19, 1930 | 5'7" | 138 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Michihiro Sugawara | R | R | January 25, 1930 | 6'0" | 165 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Kazuo Sugitani | R | R | April 20, 1933 | 5'8" | 156 | Hyogo, Hyogo JP |
| Shinjiro Sugiyama | L | R | December 9, 1930 | 5'7" | 138 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Yutaka Tagawa | R | R | November 30, 1918 | 5'7" | 136 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
| Toshio Takamatsu | R | R | August 15, 1919 | 5'7" | 151 | Tokyo, Tokyo JP |
| Kazuo Takeuchi | L | L | November 29, 1931 | 5'7" | 143 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Masaharu Takita | L | L | October 16, 1926 | 5'8" | 143 | Akita, Akita JP |
| Toshihisa Taoka | R | R | February 15, 1934 | 6'0" | 160 | Saitama, Saitama JP |
| Kazuo Yabumoto | R | R | May 7, 1931 | 5'6" | 136 | Onomichi, Hiroshima JP |
| Kiyoshi Yamada | R | R | January 16, 1921 | 5'5" | 127 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Iwao Yoshimura | R | R | April 21, 1920 | 5'6" | 140 | Hyogo, Hyogo JP |
