1957 Nankai Hawks Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 78-53
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (78-53)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1957 Nankai Hawks StatisticsTeam Record: 78-53
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (78-53)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1957 season with a record of 78 wins and 53 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Hawks led the league with 551 runs, spearheaded by 98 home runs. Nankai surrendered 424 runs. Katsuya Nomura walloped 30 home runs for the team, while Yoshio Anabuki and Isami Okamoto swatted 15 or more, too. Katsuya Nomura accounted for 94 RBI and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .302 average. Tamotsu Kimura paced the squad with 21 wins, and Mutsuo Minagawa added 15 or more victories also Tsugunao Nagamitsu earned a 2.08 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. 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 |
| Minoru Azuma | L | L | July 17, 1934 | 5'9" | 156 | Kainan, Wakayama JP |
| Noboru Fujishige | September 18, 1930 | |||||
| Yasuhiro Fukami | R | R | November 26, 1919 | 5'8" | 160 | Nogata, Fukuoka JP |
| Masahisa Fukuda | R | R | July 31, 1934 | 5'11" | 170 | , Fukushima JP |
| Shigeo Hasegawa | L | L | October 2, 1932 | 5'8" | 182 | , 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 |
| Kazuo Kageyama | R | R | January 16, 1927 | 5'5" | 140 | , Osaka JP |
| Tamotsu Kimura | R | R | September 24, 1934 | 5'9" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Hiroshi Maruko | R | R | March 22, 1933 | 5'10" | 151 | Morioka, Iwate JP |
| Yasunobu Matono | R | R | September 9, 1932 | 5'9" | 150 | , Nagasaki 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 |
| Kiyohiro Miura | R | R | September 2, 1938 | 5'11" | 180 | Beppu, Oita 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 JP |
| Taisei Nakamura | R | R | July 18, 1935 | 5'9" | 165 | , Osaka 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 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 |
| Yosuke Terada | R | R | November 19, 1934 | 5'11" | 184 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Ichiro Togawa | R | R | April 2, 1935 | 5'7" | 145 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Goro Tomishima | R | L | July 31, 1937 | 5'8" | 160 | , Ibaraki JP |
| Yukiyoshi Yamamoto | R | R | July 1, 1938 | 5'9" | 162 | , Oita JP |
