1954 Nankai Hawks Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 91-49
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (91-49)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1954 Nankai Hawks StatisticsTeam Record: 91-49
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (91-49)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1954 season with a record of 91 wins and 49 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Hawks tallied 529 runs and conceded 417 runs. Isami Okamoto paced Nankai with 19 home runs, and Tokuji Iida walloped 15 or more, too. Tokuji Iida drove in 74 runs. Nobushige Morishita topped hitters with significant playing time with a .285 average. Motoji Takuwa recorded 26 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 1.59 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. Kazuto Tsuruoka served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kiyoshi Fujie | R | R | February 13, 1931 | 5'7" | 132 | , Osaka JP |
| Tatsuo Fujita | L | R | May 24, 1931 | 5'8" | 151 | , Ishikawa JP |
| Hisami Haijima | R | R | November 20, 1934 | 5'10" | 176 | , Saitama 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 |
| Kazuo Kageyama | R | R | January 16, 1927 | 5'5" | 140 | , Osaka JP |
| Munehiro Kajiwara | R | R | September 20, 1926 | 5'7" | 150 | , Nagasaki 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 JP |
| Tadao Maekawa | R | R | January 18, 1929 | 5'8" | 143 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Jun Matsui | R | R | May 2, 1925 | 5'8" | 160 | , Ishikawa JP |
| Mutsuo Minagawa | R | R | July 3, 1935 | 5'10" | 162 | Yonezawa, Yamagata 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 JP |
| Hiroshi Nakahara | R | R | August 29, 1923 | 5'7" | 143 | Gifu, Gifu JP |
| Takashi Nakajima | R | R | May 14, 1935 | 5'8" | 150 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Taisei Nakamura | R | R | July 18, 1935 | 5'9" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Nobuo Nakatani | R | L | May 4, 1920 | 5'8" | 140 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Takumi Nomo | L | L | December 13, 1930 | 5'8" | 160 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Katsuya Nomura | R | R | June 29, 1935 | 5'9" | 187 | Takeno-gun, Kyoto JP |
| Masaharu Obata | R | R | April 3, 1934 | 5'8" | 147 | , 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 |
| Takeshi Ota | L | L | August 6, 1935 | 5'9" | 150 | , Kyoto JP |
| Yuki Oto | R | R | April 1, 1932 | 5'7" | 143 | Miyazaki, Miyazaki 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 |
| Motoji Takuwa | R | R | July 18, 1935 | 5'10" | 147 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Ichiro Tanaka | R | R | June 20, 1932 | 5'7" | 160 | , Wakayama JP |
| Kunihisa Taneda | R | R | February 6, 1931 | 5'8" | 140 | , Kyoto JP |
| Ichiro Togawa | R | R | April 2, 1935 | 5'7" | 145 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Keizo Tsutsui | R | R | January 1, 1923 | 5'6" | 149 | Kainan, Wakayama JP |
| Yoshiji Yamamoto | L | L | September 30, 1934 | 5'10" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Moriaki Yamasaki | R | R | October 20, 1932 | 5'7" | 145 | |
| Susumu Yuki | R | L | September 28, 1920 | 5'10" | 151 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
