1956 Nankai Hawks Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 96-52
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (96-52)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1956 Nankai Hawks StatisticsTeam Record: 96-52
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (96-52)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1956 season with a record of 96 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Hawks scored 612 runs, best in the league. Nankai conceded 457 runs. Kohei Sugiyama led the team with 12 home runs and accounted for 93 RBI, while leading hitters with significant playing time with a .303 average. Yoshio Tazawa topped the squad with 15 wins, and Tsugunao Nagamitsu earned a 1.68 ERA, best among regular hurlers. Kazuto Tsuruoka served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshio Anabuki | R | R | May 6, 1933 | 5'9" | 178 | Kagawa-cho, Kagawa JP |
| Noboru Fujishige | September 18, 1930 | |||||
| Yasuhiro Fukami | R | R | November 26, 1919 | 5'8" | 160 | Nogata, Fukuoka JP |
| Shigeo Hasegawa | L | L | October 2, 1932 | 5'8" | 182 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Yoshinori Hirose | R | R | August 27, 1936 | 5'9" | 158 | Saeki-gun, Hiroshima 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 |
| 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 |
| Sadao Kuroki | R | R | April 24, 1935 | 5'7" | 136 | Miyazaki, Miyazaki JP |
| Hiroshi Maruko | R | R | March 22, 1933 | 5'10" | 151 | Morioka, Iwate JP |
| Makito Masui | S | L | May 24, 1937 | 5'8" | 160 | Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi JP |
| Jun Matsui | R | R | May 2, 1925 | 5'8" | 160 | Ishikawa, 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 |
| Tsugunao Nagamitsu | R | R | August 5, 1936 | 5'8" | 158 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Taisei Nakamura | R | R | July 18, 1935 | 5'9" | 165 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Hiroshi Nishio | R | R | February 1, 1937 | 5'9" | 156 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Takumi Nomo | L | L | December 13, 1930 | 5'8" | 160 | Kagoshima, 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, 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 |
| Keiji Osawa | R | R | March 14, 1932 | 5'8" | 170 | Fujisawa, Kanagawa 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, Kagoshima 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 |
| Kohei Sugiyama | L | L | August 7, 1927 | 5'8" | 154 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
| Motoji Takuwa | R | R | July 18, 1935 | 5'10" | 147 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Ichiro Tanaka | R | R | June 20, 1932 | 5'7" | 160 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Yoshio Tazawa | R | R | August 28, 1936 | 5'9" | 162 | Yamagata, Yamagata JP |
| Yosuke Terada | R | R | November 19, 1934 | 5'11" | 184 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Ichiro Togawa | R | R | April 2, 1935 | 5'7" | 145 | Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi JP |
| Goro Tomishima | R | L | July 31, 1937 | 5'8" | 160 | Ibaraki, Ibaraki JP |
| Yoshiji Yamamoto | L | L | September 30, 1934 | 5'10" | 165 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Susumu Yuki | R | L | September 28, 1920 | 5'10" | 151 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
