1965 Nankai Hawks Roster
Team Record: 88-49
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (88-49)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1965 season with a record of 88 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Hawks scored 614 runs, most in the league. Nankai gave up 449 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Katsuya Nomura walloped 42 home runs for the squad, while Yoshinori Hirose, Kenji Koike and Kent Hadley each swatted 15 or more also. Katsuya Nomura accounted for 110 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time with a .320 average. Toshihiro Hayashi led the team with 17 wins, and Kiyohiro Miura registered a 1.57 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Kent Hadley and Joe Stanka both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Kazuto Tsuruoka served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masumi Agata | R | R | October 16, 1941 | 5'9" | 162 | , Aichi JP |
| Yoshio Anabuki | R | R | May 6, 1933 | 5'9" | 178 | Kagawa-cho, Kagawa JP |
| Jack Bloomfield | L | R | August 7, 1932 | 6'2" | 175 | Monti Alto, TX US |
| Eizo Goda | R | R | June 3, 1942 | 5'8" | 160 | Amagasaki, Hyogo JP |
| Kent Hadley | L | L | December 17, 1934 | 6'3" | 190 | Pocatello, ID US |
| Toshihiro Hayashi | S | L | April 6, 1944 | 5'9" | 191 | Nagoya, Aichi 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 |
| Noboru Inoue | R | R | May 26, 1934 | 5'8" | 162 | Hoi-gun, Aichi JP |
| Nobuo Karasaki | R | R | April 21, 1942 | 5'6" | 150 | , Fukuoka 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 |
| Yasuhiro Kunisada | R | R | January 1, 1944 | 5'5" | 158 | Kure, Hiroshima 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 |
| Shiro Muto | L | R | May 30, 1944 | 5'8" | 154 | , Osaka 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 |
| Shozo Nishimura | R | R | April 12, 1941 | 5'10" | 160 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Katsuya Nomura | R | R | June 29, 1935 | 5'9" | 187 | Takeno-gun, Kyoto 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 |
| Kohei Sugiyama | L | L | August 7, 1927 | 5'8" | 154 | , Shizuoka 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 |
| Eiichiro Takahashi | R | R | June 4, 1936 | 5'9" | 145 | Shinjo, Yamagata JP |
| Hiroshi Takahashi | R | R | March 10, 1946 | 5'7" | 167 | , Miyazaki JP |
| Tatsuhiko Tanaka | R | R | August 27, 1945 | 5'10" | 180 | , Chiba JP |
| Fumihiro Tojo | R | R | July 12, 1944 | 5'8" | 151 | , TW |
| Taisuke Watanabe | R | R | July 13, 1942 | 5'10" | 167 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Sumio Watarai | R | R | September 4, 1938 | 5'10" | 165 | , Oita JP |
