1950 Nankai Hawks Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 66-49
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (66-49)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1950 Nankai Hawks StatisticsTeam Record: 66-49
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (66-49)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1950 season with a record of 66 wins and 49 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Hawks paced the league with just 495 runs allowed. Nankai scored 645 runs. Tokuji Iida powered the team with 23 home runs and drove in 97 runs, while leading all regular batters with a .327 average. Susumu Yuki topped the squad with 19 wins and a team-best 2.79 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Kazuto Tsuruoka served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haruyasu Eto | R | R | May 9, 1922 | 5'10" | 165 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Takeo Hattori | R | R | November 28, 1932 | 5'9" | 150 | Yokkaichi, Mie JP |
| Kazuo Horii | R | R | December 12, 1923 | 5'10" | 156 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Tokuji Iida | R | R | April 6, 1924 | 5'8" | 160 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Kazuo Kageyama | R | R | January 16, 1927 | 5'5" | 140 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Kazuo Kasahara | L | L | June 3, 1920 | 5'8" | 156 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Shuichi Kitamura | R | R | February 2, 1928 | 5'6" | 140 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Chusuke Kizuka | R | R | April 23, 1924 | 5'7" | 132 | Karatsu, Saga JP |
| Kazuhiro Kuroda | R | R | September 13, 1924 | 5'9" | 160 | Sasebo, Nagasaki JP |
| Noboru Matsuba | R | R | March 9, 1922 | 5'6" | 123 | Kainan, Wakayama JP |
| Jun Matsui | R | R | May 2, 1925 | 5'8" | 160 | Ishikawa, Ishikawa JP |
| Isamu Matsumoto | R | R | April 22, 1922 | 5'4" | 132 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Tadashige Matsumoto | R | R | May 3, 1924 | 5'7" | 136 | Hyogo, Hyogo JP |
| Hiroshi Minohara | R | R | September 25, 1929 | 5'7" | 160 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Kazuharu Murakami | R | R | March 22, 1917 | 5'7" | 151 | Aichi, Aichi JP |
| Shoji Nagasawa | R | R | February 12, 1918 | 5'8" | 140 | Oita, Oita JP |
| Hiroshi Nakahara | R | R | August 29, 1923 | 5'7" | 143 | Gifu, Gifu JP |
| Nobuo Nakatani | R | L | May 4, 1920 | 5'8" | 140 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Katsumi Noguchi | R | R | March 29, 1927 | 5'4" | 132 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Isami Okamoto | R | R | February 26, 1931 | 5'8" | 162 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Teruo Shimabara | L | L | February 2, 1927 | 5'8" | 162 | Taichung, TW |
| Tatsuo Tanaka | R | R | June 19, 1927 | 5'7" | 136 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Kazuto Tsuruoka | R | R | July 27, 1916 | 5'8" | 150 | Oshima-gun, Yamaguchi JP |
| Keizo Tsutsui | R | R | January 1, 1923 | 5'6" | 149 | Kainan, Wakayama JP |
| Masao Yasuda | L | L | December 30, 1930 | 5'7" | 136 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Susumu Yuki | R | L | September 28, 1920 | 5'10" | 151 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
