1951 Hiroshima Carp Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 32-64
Finished 7th in the JPCL
Manager: Shuichi Ishimoto (32-64)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park
1951 Hiroshima Carp StatisticsTeam Record: 32-64
Finished 7th in the JPCL
Manager: Shuichi Ishimoto (32-64)
Location: Hiroshima, Japan
Ballpark: Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park
The Hiroshima Carp of the Japan Central League ended the 1951 season with a record of 32 wins and 64 losses, finishing seventh in the JPCL.
The Carp scored 402 runs and yielded 555 runs. Katsumi Shiraishi led Hiroshima with 12 home runs Osamu Takechi drove in 61 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .314. Ryohei Hasegawa paced the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.49 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Shuichi Ishimoto served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tamotsu Hagimoto | R | R | July 4, 1928 | 5'10" | 150 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Ryohei Hasegawa | R | R | March 25, 1930 | 5'6" | 123 | Handa, Aichi JP |
| Natsuo Ichida | R | R | July 10, 1917 | 5'9" | 150 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Yoshihiro Inoue | R | R | March 25, 1926 | 6'0" | 165 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Tadashi Ishiguro | R | R | July 10, 1930 | 5'6" | 132 | Iyo Mishima, Ehime JP |
| Kiyoitsu Ishikawa | R | R | December 3, 1926 | 5'8" | 151 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Kenichi Isoda | R | R | June 10, 1924 | 5'2" | 132 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Akira Iwamoto | R | R | January 14, 1921 | 5'7" | 143 | Kochi, Kochi JP |
| Minoru Kasamatsu | R | R | April 13, 1916 | 5'7" | 140 | , Osaka JP |
| Shuzo Konda | R | R | March 24, 1932 | 5'5" | 140 | , Ehime JP |
| Eikichi Nagamochi | R | R | January 1, 1918 | 5'7" | 165 | Shimada, Shizuoka JP |
| Kozo Naito | R | L | March 25, 1916 | 5'8" | 143 | , Hokkaido JP |
| Masayoshi Nakayama | R | R | July 13, 1917 | 5'7" | 132 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Kiyoharu Sakata | R | R | June 17, 1924 | 5'3" | 127 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Katsumi Shiraishi | R | R | April 15, 1918 | 5'6" | 149 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Ryutaro Sugiura | R | R | October 10, 1923 | 5'7" | 140 | Mito, Ibaraki JP |
| Juzo Tadokoro | R | R | January 25, 1924 | 5'9" | 150 | , Ibaraki JP |
| Shigeru Takagi | R | R | March 10, 1916 | 5'6" | 149 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Osamu Takechi | R | R | August 29, 1925 | 5'7" | 149 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Hiroshi Tsujii | L | R | April 21, 1917 | 5'7" | 138 | , Kyoto JP |
| Nobuyoshi Watanabe | R | R | August 23, 1929 | 5'7" | 136 | Futami-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Masanobu Yamaguchi | R | R | May 5, 1916 | 5'10" | 151 | , Osaka JP |
| Takenori Yamakawa | R | R | August 25, 1922 | 5'7" | 156 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Masahiro Yoshiwaka | R | R | February 26, 1931 | 5'8" | 145 | , Okayama JP |
