1977 Lotte Orions Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 60-57
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Masaichi Kaneda (60-57)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
1977 Lotte Orions StatisticsTeam Record: 60-57
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Masaichi Kaneda (60-57)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The Lotte Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1977 season with a record of 60 wins and 57 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.
The Orions plated 526 runs and yielded 485 runs. Leron Lee walloped 34 home runs for Lotte, while Michiyo Arito, Hiroyuki Yamazaki and In-cheon Paek each swatted 15 or more, too. Leron Lee recorded 109 runs batted in. Michiyo Arito led batters with significant playing time with a .329 average. Choji Murata topped the team with 17 wins, and Soroku Yagisawa registered a 2.62 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Leron Lee played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lotte Orions to do so.
Masaichi Kaneda served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masanori Arai | R | R | June 23, 1948 | 5'8" | 156 | Osato-gun, Saitama JP |
| Michiyo Arito | R | R | December 17, 1946 | 6'1" | 180 | Usa-cho, Kochi JP |
| Kenji Doi | R | R | May 17, 1950 | 5'7" | 171 | Takaoka, Toyama JP |
| Takumi Ejima | R | R | November 24, 1949 | 5'9" | 180 | Mizuma, Fukuoka JP |
| Sumio Hirota | R | R | May 13, 1949 | 5'4" | 140 | Nankoku, Kochi JP |
| Yoshihiro Iizuka | L | R | January 26, 1945 | 5'8" | 150 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi JP |
| Yoichi Inoue | R | R | February 5, 1949 | 5'10" | 165 | Koganei, Tokyo JP |
| Tadayoshi Iwasaki | R | R | September 12, 1948 | 5'10" | 182 | , Oita JP |
| Tomehiro Kaneda | R | R | November 7, 1946 | 5'11" | 176 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Yuji Kitagawa | R | R | June 14, 1953 | 6'0" | 167 | , Tokushima JP |
| Leron Lee | L | R | March 4, 1948 | 6'0" | 196 | Bakersfield, CA US |
| Steven McNulty | R | R | March 11, 1953 | 6'3" | 200 | |
| Masaharu Mitsui | R | R | September 16, 1954 | 6'0" | 176 | Taketoyo, Aichi JP |
| Yoshio Mizukami | R | R | August 9, 1957 | 6'0" | 156 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa JP |
| Norihiro Mizutani | L | L | April 27, 1950 | 5'10" | 167 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Masayoshi Moriyama | R | R | September 14, 1950 | 5'9" | 167 | Toyoshina-cho, Nagano JP |
| Kimiyasu Murakami | R | R | February 24, 1945 | 5'8" | 165 | Saijo, Ehime JP |
| Choji Murata | R | R | November 27, 1949 | 5'11" | 171 | Toyoda-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Sumiaki Nagamatsu | R | R | June 4, 1952 | 5'9" | 171 | Nakatsu, Oita JP |
| Haruo Narishige | R | R | April 20, 1948 | 5'10" | 182 | , Oita JP |
| Fumio Narita | R | R | October 2, 1946 | 5'10" | 167 | , Tokyo JP |
| Tokunari Nishina | R | R | June 2, 1951 | 5'9" | 170 | Asakuchi-gun, Okayama JP |
| Seiichi Ogawa | R | R | July 28, 1952 | 5'10" | 171 | Beppu, Oita JP |
| In-cheon Paek | R | R | November 27, 1943 | 5'8" | 180 | , KR |
| Shinichi Sakaki | R | R | September 18, 1945 | 5'11" | 170 | Omiya, Saitama JP |
| Keisuke Senda | R | R | June 28, 1943 | 5'7" | 158 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Yoshiyuki Suenaga | L | R | January 3, 1948 | 5'8" | 150 | Yukihashi, Fukuoka JP |
| Fumio Takahashi | L | L | May 15, 1948 | 5'5" | 145 | Yao, Osaka JP |
| Hiroshi Takahashi | R | R | March 10, 1946 | 5'7" | 167 | , Miyazaki JP |
| Yoshio Tanaka | R | R | September 3, 1955 | 6'0" | 187 | Yazu-gun, Tottori JP |
| Takahiro Tokutsu | L | L | April 12, 1947 | 5'8" | 180 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Yoshinori Tsutsui | R | R | March 20, 1955 | 5'9" | 182 | Akashi, Hyogo JP |
| Soroku Yagisawa | R | R | December 1, 1944 | 5'8" | 165 | Imaichi, Tochigi JP |
| Hiroyuki Yamazaki | R | R | December 22, 1946 | 5'9" | 167 | Ageo, Saitama JP |
| Shoji Yasuki | L | L | November 4, 1948 | 5'11" | 167 | Oku-gun, Okayama JP |
| Toshiaki Yoshioka | R | R | April 11, 1952 | 5'11" | 180 | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi JP |
