1974 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 49-75
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Futoshi Nakanishi (49-75)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1974 Nippon Ham Fighters Statistics

The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1974 season with a record of 49 wins and 75 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.

The Ham Fighters scored 472 runs and gave up 569 runs, most in the circuit. Katsuo Osugi led Nippon with 22 home runs, while In-cheon Paek walloped 15 or more, too. Katsuo Osugi drove in 90 runs. Isao Harimoto paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .340 clip. Satoshi Niimi topped the squad with 12 wins, and Naoki Takahashi registered a 3.22 earned run average, best among regularly-used pitchers.

Mike Kekich and Terry Ley both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Futoshi Nakanishi served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Kazunori AimotoRRApril 22, 19495'9"162, Fukuoka JP
Koichi EdaOctober 31, 1947
Makoto FujiwaraRRMay 15, 19455'10"180, Hyogo JP
Masao FunadaRRMay 31, 19525'10"154, Hiroshima JP
Isao HarimotoLLJune 19, 19405'11"187Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP
Eiji HosakaLLNovember 29, 19535'6"154Tokyo, Tokyo JP
Toshio KatoRRJanuary 20, 19485'10"187Sendai, Miyagi JP
Mike KekichRLApril 2, 19456'1"196San Diego, CA US
Toshihiko KosakaLLSeptember 17, 19475'8"151Kida-gun, Kagawa JP
Terry LeyLLFebruary 21, 19476'0"190Portland, OR US
Yasuo MinagawaRRNovember 3, 19475'9"160, Gunma JP
Kesaharu MisawaLLJanuary 3, 19415'8"158Matsumoto, Nagano JP
Masaki MiuraRRNovember 17, 19495'11"167Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP
Shoji MiyazakiRRApril 16, 19436'0"165, Saga JP
Chikara MorinakaSROctober 20, 19395'9"162, Nara JP
Hideshi MuraiRRJanuary 9, 19505'8"162Sapporo, Hokkaido JP
Isamu NakaharaLLSeptember 12, 19505'10"138, Kagoshima JP
Katsutoshi NakaharaRRNovember 30, 19445'8"165, Kagoshima JP
Satoshi NiimiRRAugust 2, 19525'8"173Yamaga, Kunamoto JP
Osamu NomuraRRAugust 9, 19466'0"171Hiratsuka, Kanagawa JP
Kazuhiko OkajiLLSeptember 9, 19515'9"170Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo JP
Koji OkamuraRRNovember 10, 19405'9"176Tientsin, CN
Katsumi OmuroSRDecember 12, 19505'5"134, Ibaraki JP
Tsutomu OsawaRRMay 23, 19485'9"165Noshiro, Akita JP
Tsuyoshi OshitaRRNovember 29, 19445'7"138Aki-gun, Hiroshima JP
Katsuo OsugiRRMarch 5, 19455'11"193Katsuda-gun, Okayama JP
Kenichi OyamadaRRSeptember 13, 19505'11"180Yamagata, Yamagata JP
In-cheon PaekRRNovember 27, 19435'8"180, KR
Toshizo SakamotoRRJuly 13, 19435'7"154Fushimi Ward, Tokyo JP
Hiroshige SaruwatariRRApril 28, 19495'8"162Tagawa, Fukuoka JP
Mikio SendoLLSeptember 28, 19475'11"191Gifu, Gifu JP
Keiichi ShimazuRRJuly 29, 19485'10"171Hita, Oita JP
Akira ShinyaRRFebruary 1, 19555'7"151, Kagoshima JP
Yoshiyuki SuenagaLRJanuary 3, 19485'8"150Yukihashi, Fukuoka JP
Hisao SugitaRRMarch 15, 19496'0"170, Shizuoka JP
Hiroshi TakahashiRRMarch 10, 19465'7"167, Miyazaki JP
Naoki TakahashiRRFebruary 15, 19456'0"165Saeki, Oita JP
Toshoku UdaRRAugust 23, 19485'10"156, Tokyo JP
Katsuo UkaiLLOctober 20, 19475'10"170Tokushima, Tokushima JP
Hidetake WatanabeRRSeptember 16, 19416'0"190, Shizuoka JP
Kenichi YaezawaRRSeptember 30, 19515'9"162Misawa, Aomori JP
Takeaki YamasakiLLJune 25, 19415'10"173Agawa-gun, Kochi JP
Makoto YoshidaRRJuly 24, 19495'11"182, Saitama JP



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