1953 Nankai Hawks Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 71-48
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (71-48)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1953 Nankai Hawks StatisticsTeam Record: 71-48
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (71-48)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1953 season with a record of 71 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Hawks led the league with 541 runs, powered by 61 home runs. Nankai surrendered 433 runs. Isami Okamoto paced the squad with 19 home runs Kazuo Horii drove in 78 runs. Isami Okamoto topped hitters with significant playing time with a .318 average. Taketoshi Ogami paced the team with 19 wins, while Susumu Yuki added 15 or more wins, too Taketoshi Ogami registered a 2.24 earned run average, best among regular hurlers. Kazuto Tsuruoka served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shigetaka Egami | R | R | March 10, 1934 | 5'9" | 154 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Haruyasu Eto | R | R | May 9, 1922 | 5'10" | 165 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Kiyoshi Fujie | R | R | February 13, 1931 | 5'7" | 132 | Osaka, Osaka 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 |
| Hiroyuki Imai | R | R | September 1, 1933 | 5'7" | 140 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Shinichi Inoue | R | R | July 30, 1930 | 5'9" | 150 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka 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 |
| Chusuke Kizuka | R | R | April 23, 1924 | 5'7" | 132 | Karatsu, Saga JP |
| Hideo Kotsuji | R | R | August 22, 1933 | 5'7" | 151 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Kazuhiro Kuroda | R | R | September 13, 1924 | 5'9" | 160 | Sasebo, Nagasaki JP |
| Jun Matsui | R | R | May 2, 1925 | 5'8" | 160 | Ishikawa, Ishikawa JP |
| Hiroshi Minohara | R | R | September 25, 1929 | 5'7" | 160 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Nobushige Morishita | R | R | September 4, 1933 | 5'9" | 170 | Yawata, Fukuoka JP |
| Kazuharu Murakami | R | R | March 22, 1917 | 5'7" | 151 | Aichi, Aichi JP |
| Hiroshi Nakahara | R | R | August 29, 1923 | 5'7" | 143 | Gifu, Gifu JP |
| Taisei Nakamura | R | R | July 18, 1935 | 5'9" | 165 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Nobuo Nakatani | R | L | May 4, 1920 | 5'8" | 140 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Masaharu Obata | R | R | April 3, 1934 | 5'8" | 147 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Taketoshi Ogami | R | R | November 1, 1932 | 5'8" | 138 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka 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 |
| Yasuo Shirasaki | R | R | July 24, 1933 | 5'11" | 160 | Takehara, Hiroshima JP |
| Ichiro Tanaka | R | R | June 20, 1932 | 5'7" | 160 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Kunihisa Taneda | R | R | February 6, 1931 | 5'8" | 140 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Keizo Tsutsui | R | R | January 1, 1923 | 5'6" | 149 | Kainan, Wakayama JP |
| Susumu Yuki | R | L | September 28, 1920 | 5'10" | 151 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
