1955 Nankai Hawks Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 99-41
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (99-41)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1955 Nankai Hawks StatisticsTeam Record: 99-41
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (99-41)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1955 season with a record of 99 wins and 41 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Hawks yielded 445 runs, fewest in the league. Nankai plated 606 runs. Isami Okamoto paced the team with 18 home runs, while Kohei Sugiyama and Hiroshi Minohara walloped 15 or more also. Kohei Sugiyama accounted for 90 RBI. Tokuji Iida led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .310 average. Motoji Takuwa earned 24 wins on the mound for the squad, and Taisei Nakamura also added 15 or more victories also Taisei Nakamura registered a 2.14 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Kazuto Tsuruoka served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasuhiro Fukami | R | R | November 26, 1919 | 5'8" | 160 | Nogata, Fukuoka 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 |
| Shigeya Iijima | R | R | October 11, 1918 | 5'8" | 156 | Yoshidamura, Chiba JP |
| Kazuo Kageyama | R | R | January 16, 1927 | 5'5" | 140 | , Osaka JP |
| Chusuke Kizuka | R | R | April 23, 1924 | 5'7" | 132 | Karatsu, Saga JP |
| Shinichi Kobukata | R | L | December 17, 1933 | 5'7" | 132 | , Iwate JP |
| Hideo Kotsuji | R | R | August 22, 1933 | 5'7" | 151 | , Kyoto JP |
| Sadao Kuroki | R | R | April 24, 1935 | 5'7" | 136 | , Miyazaki JP |
| Hiroshi Maruko | R | R | March 22, 1933 | 5'10" | 151 | Morioka, Iwate 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 |
| Hiroshi Nakahara | R | R | August 29, 1923 | 5'7" | 143 | Gifu, Gifu 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 |
| 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 |
| Shigeo Sato | R | R | October 22, 1931 | 5'8" | 160 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Teruo Shimabara | L | L | February 2, 1927 | 5'8" | 162 | Taichung, TW |
| Kohei Sugiyama | L | L | August 7, 1927 | 5'8" | 154 | , Shizuoka 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 |
| Yoshio Tazawa | R | R | August 28, 1936 | 5'9" | 162 | , Yamagata 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 |
| Shinji Tsutsui | R | R | November 23, 1935 | 5'10" | 140 | , Wakayama JP |
| Yoshiji Yamamoto | L | L | September 30, 1934 | 5'10" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Susumu Yuki | R | L | September 28, 1920 | 5'10" | 151 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
