1958 Nankai Hawks Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 77-48
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (77-48)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1958 Nankai Hawks StatisticsTeam Record: 77-48
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (77-48)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1958 season with a record of 77 wins and 48 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Hawks topped the league with 543 runs, fueled by 93 home runs. Nankai surrendered 414 runs. Katsuya Nomura led the squad with 21 home runs, while Shigeo Hasegawa walloped 15 or more also. Katsuya Nomura accounted for 79 RBI. Kohei Sugiyama paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .299 average. Tadashi Sugiura notched 27 wins on the mound for the team, and Mutsuo Minagawa added 15 or more victories also Mutsuo Minagawa registered a 1.84 earned run average, 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 |
| Masahisa Fukuda | R | R | July 31, 1934 | 5'11" | 170 | Fukushima, Fukushima JP |
| Hisami Haijima | R | R | November 20, 1934 | 5'10" | 176 | Saitama, Saitama JP |
| Carlton Hanta | R | April 20, 1931 | 5'6" | 145 | Kaaawa, HI US | |
| Masatoshi Haraigawa | R | R | March 1, 1939 | 5'9" | 160 | Oita, Oita 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 |
| Shigeo Ishigami | R | R | March 23, 1938 | 5'8" | 143 | Ibaraki, Ibaraki JP |
| Kazuo Kageyama | R | R | January 16, 1927 | 5'5" | 140 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Tamotsu Kimura | R | R | September 24, 1934 | 5'9" | 165 | Osaka, Osaka 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 |
| 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, Hiroshima JP |
| Taisei Nakamura | R | R | July 18, 1935 | 5'9" | 165 | Osaka, Osaka 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Hoten Suemori | R | R | June 18, 1936 | 5'8" | 150 | Yamaguchi, Yamaguchi JP |
| Tadashi Sugiura | R | R | September 17, 1935 | 5'9" | 156 | Toyoda, Aichi 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 |
| Sumio Watarai | R | R | September 4, 1938 | 5'10" | 165 | Oita, Oita JP |
