1962 Nankai Hawks Roster
Team Record: 73-57
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (0-0), Kazuo Kageyama (0-0)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1962 season with a record of 73 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Hawks led the league with 580 runs, spearheaded by 118 home runs. Nankai allowed 510 runs. Katsuya Nomura walloped 44 home runs for the team, while Buddy Peterson swatted 15 or more also. Katsuya Nomura accounted for 104 RBI and topped all regular batters with a .309 average. Mutsuo Minagawa paced the team with 19 wins, and Kiyohiro Miura added 15 or more wins also Mutsuo Minagawa registered a 2.5 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1962 Nankai Hawks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Joe Stanka, Buddy Peterson and Kent Hadley.
Kazuto Tsuruoka and Kazuo Kageyama served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshio Anabuki | R | R | May 6, 1933 | 5'9" | 178 | Kagawa-cho, Kagawa JP |
| Masahisa Fukuda | R | R | July 31, 1934 | 5'11" | 170 | , Fukushima JP |
| Osamu Goto | L | L | April 1, 1934 | 5'11" | 171 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Kent Hadley | L | L | December 17, 1934 | 6'3" | 190 | Pocatello, ID US |
| Masatoshi Haraigawa | R | R | March 1, 1939 | 5'9" | 160 | , Oita JP |
| Shozo Higuchi | L | L | September 26, 1939 | 5'9" | 160 | , Osaka JP |
| Yoshinori Hirose | R | R | August 27, 1936 | 5'9" | 158 | Saeki-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Motoaki Horigome | L | L | October 31, 1939 | 5'9" | 156 | Komoro, Nagano JP |
| Masahiro Imamura | R | R | August 22, 1941 | 5'9" | 154 | , Nara JP |
| Noboru Inoue | R | R | May 26, 1934 | 5'8" | 162 | Hoi-gun, Aichi JP |
| Takashige Kanehiko | R | R | January 27, 1937 | 5'10" | 158 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Kiyoshi Kanemura | R | R | June 16, 1939 | 5'10" | 162 | , Shiga JP |
| Tamotsu Kimura | R | R | September 24, 1934 | 5'9" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Kenji Koike | R | R | February 5, 1939 | 5'6" | 154 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Tsunemi Koizumi | L | L | July 5, 1942 | 5'10" | 158 | , Nagano JP |
| Makito Masui | S | L | May 24, 1937 | 5'8" | 160 | , Yamaguchi 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 |
| Chikara Morinaka | S | R | October 20, 1939 | 5'9" | 162 | , Nara JP |
| Nobushige Morishita | R | R | September 4, 1933 | 5'9" | 170 | Yawata, Fukuoka JP |
| Tatsuo Nagao | R | R | May 31, 1940 | 5'8" | 162 | , Oita JP |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | R | R | December 4, 1939 | 5'9" | 167 | , Kyoto JP |
| Akitada Niiyama | R | R | July 29, 1939 | 5'10" | 165 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Katsuya Nomura | R | R | June 29, 1935 | 5'9" | 187 | Takeno-gun, Kyoto 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 |
| Buddy Peterson | R | R | April 23, 1925 | 5'9" | 170 | Portland, OR US |
| Teruo Shimabara | L | L | February 2, 1927 | 5'8" | 162 | Taichung, TW |
| Kiyomi Shirano | R | R | November 20, 1938 | 5'9" | 171 | , Osaka JP |
| Joe Stanka | R | R | July 23, 1931 | 6'6" | 201 | Hammon, OK US |
| Tadashi Sugiura | R | R | September 17, 1935 | 5'9" | 156 | Toyoda, Aichi JP |
| Tadashi Suzuki | R | R | August 26, 1941 | 5'8" | 154 | , Mie JP |
| Takao Suzuki | R | R | April 21, 1938 | 5'11" | 173 | , Aichi JP |
| Yoshio Tazawa | R | R | August 28, 1936 | 5'9" | 162 | , Yamagata JP |
| Goro Tomishima | R | L | July 31, 1937 | 5'8" | 160 | , Ibaraki JP |
| Sumio Watarai | R | R | September 4, 1938 | 5'10" | 165 | , Oita JP |
| Hidekazu Yamamoto | R | R | June 18, 1941 | 5'9" | 154 | , Wakayama JP |
