1964 Kokutetsu Swallows Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 61-74
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Giichi Hayashi (61-74)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
1964 Kokutetsu Swallows StatisticsTeam Record: 61-74
Finished 5th in the JPCL
Manager: Giichi Hayashi (61-74)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
The Kokutetsu Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 1964 season with a record of 61 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the JPCL.
The Swallows plated 486 runs and yielded 545 runs. Yasumitsu Toyoda paced Kokutetsu with 24 home runs, while Tadakatsu Takayama, Taisuke Kobuchi and Sadayuki Tokutake each walloped 15 or more also. Sadayuki Tokutake recorded 65 runs batted in. Taisuke Kobuchi topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .306 clip. Masaichi Kaneda recorded 27 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 2.79 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Giichi Hayashi served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwao Arakawa | R | R | April 30, 1942 | 5'9" | 160 | Aizu Wakamatsu, Fukushima JP |
| Shiro Hanzawa | R | R | June 19, 1945 | 5'11" | 193 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Yoshiaki Hirai | R | R | May 6, 1934 | 5'6" | 132 | , Kyoto JP |
| Tsuguo Hiraiwa | R | R | March 25, 1936 | 6'0" | 162 | , Aichi JP |
| Shintoku Hoshiyama | L | L | July 7, 1938 | 5'11" | 167 | , Aichi JP |
| Hiroaki Inagaki | R | R | March 12, 1936 | 5'9" | 143 | , Aichi JP |
| Shiroku Ishido | R | R | June 4, 1941 | 5'8" | 170 | Odate, Akita JP |
| Kozo Ishioka | R | R | April 16, 1941 | 6'0" | 165 | , Chiba JP |
| Masaichi Kaneda | L | L | August 1, 1933 | 6'0" | 162 | , Aichi JP |
| Taisuke Kobuchi | R | R | January 9, 1935 | 5'10" | 184 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Kesanori Kurashima | R | R | June 24, 1940 | 5'8" | 158 | Sanada-cho, Nagano JP |
| Yukihiko Machida | R | R | March 8, 1934 | 5'10" | 160 | Nagano, Nagano JP |
| Kanji Maruyama | R | R | January 5, 1940 | 5'9" | 162 | Nishiwaki, Hyogo JP |
| Toshio Miyamoto | R | R | April 26, 1933 | 5'9" | 185 | |
| Yoshimi Moritaki | R | R | March 8, 1938 | 5'10" | 154 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Tadayuki Motegi | L | L | November 17, 1938 | 6'0" | 165 | , Gunma JP |
| Genichi Murata | R | R | April 10, 1938 | 5'8" | 147 | , Tokyo JP |
| Hiromitsu Negoro | R | R | September 24, 1936 | 5'7" | 162 | Fuchu, Hiroshima JP |
| Seikichi Nishioka | R | R | May 18, 1937 | 5'8" | 167 | Kochi, Kochi JP |
| Masaru Ogata | R | R | June 21, 1940 | 5'8" | 151 | , Miyazaki JP |
| Yoshitaka Okamoto | R | R | August 14, 1940 | 5'9" | 180 | , Osaka JP |
| Issei Sato | R | R | January 5, 1945 | 5'9" | 180 | , Tokyo JP |
| Susumu Sato | R | R | November 26, 1942 | 5'10" | 167 | , Hokkaido JP |
| Seiji Shibutani | L | L | April 24, 1939 | 5'11" | 180 | Hozen, Aomori JP |
| Isamu Shinoda | R | R | July 4, 1940 | 5'5" | 145 | , Ibaraki JP |
| Kimitaka Sugimoto | R | R | July 4, 1938 | 5'9" | 169 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Kiyotake Suzuki | R | R | February 6, 1941 | 5'7" | 143 | Uma-gun, Ehime JP |
| Zenjiro Tadokoro | R | R | July 17, 1934 | 5'7" | 145 | Yaizu, Shizuoka JP |
| Tsuneo Takabayashi | R | R | January 12, 1938 | 5'8" | 160 | Kanda, Tokyo JP |
| Tadakatsu Takayama | R | R | May 18, 1944 | 5'10" | 173 | , Tochigi JP |
| Sadayuki Tokutake | R | R | June 9, 1938 | 5'10" | 185 | Gonohe-machi, Aomori JP |
| Yasumitsu Toyoda | R | R | February 12, 1935 | 5'9" | 180 | Kuji-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Masataka Tsuchiya | R | R | October 6, 1935 | 5'11" | 160 | , Nagano JP |
| Yoshio Wakebe | R | R | July 28, 1940 | 5'8" | 173 | Naruto, Tokushima JP |
