1967 Nankai Hawks Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-66
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (64-66)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
1967 Nankai Hawks StatisticsTeam Record: 64-66
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuto Tsuruoka (64-66)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Osaka Stadium
The Nankai Hawks of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1967 season with a record of 64 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Hawks scored 450 runs and conceded 438 runs. Katsuya Nomura walloped 35 home runs for Nankai and accounted for 100 RBI, while leading all regular batters with a .305 average. Mutsuo Minagawa topped the team with 17 wins, and Taisuke Watanabe also added 15 or more victories also Mutsuo Minagawa registered a 2.29 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1967 Nankai Hawks who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Don Blasingame, Kent Hadley and Masanori Murakami.
Kazuto Tsuruoka 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 |
| Don Blasingame | L | R | March 16, 1932 | 5'10" | 160 | Corinth, MS US |
| Kunihiro Fujita | R | R | February 26, 1947 | 5'10" | 171 | , Hiroshima JP |
| 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 |
| Hideyuki Harada | R | R | August 3, 1944 | 5'9" | 147 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| 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 |
| Tsutomu Ikejiri | R | R | October 16, 1948 | 5'6" | 158 | , Shimane 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 |
| Motohiro Moroki | R | R | April 19, 1934 | 5'8" | 154 | Fujisawa, Kanagawa JP |
| Masayoshi Motoda | R | R | January 5, 1946 | 5'10" | 173 | Kita Katsuragi-gun, Nara JP |
| Masanori Murakami | L | L | May 6, 1944 | 6'0" | 180 | Kita Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Kunji Nagamoto | R | R | October 18, 1944 | 5'9" | 154 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Hiroyuki Nakajima | R | R | December 4, 1939 | 5'9" | 167 | , Kyoto JP |
| Yukiyasu Nakamura | L | R | September 11, 1944 | 5'7" | 145 | , Kanagawa 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 |
| Kazushi Sakaguchi | R | R | May 26, 1945 | 6'0" | 171 | , Wakayama JP |
| Teruhide Sakurai | R | R | April 12, 1948 | 5'8" | 158 | Sumoto, Hyogo JP |
| Takeshi Shibata | R | R | August 11, 1944 | 5'10" | 165 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Masaaki Tasaka | R | R | July 2, 1946 | 5'9" | 150 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Takuzo Ueda | L | L | July 12, 1948 | 5'9" | 160 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Taisuke Watanabe | R | R | July 13, 1942 | 5'10" | 167 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Haruyuki Yamada | R | R | January 31, 1946 | 5'9" | 171 | , Aichi JP |
| Tadao Yamamoto | R | R | June 28, 1944 | 5'9" | 156 | , Kyoto JP |
| Tamon Yamamoto | L | L | July 10, 1945 | 5'9" | 162 | , Miyagi JP |
| Toshio Yanagida | R | R | August 18, 1936 | 5'10" | 158 | , Fukushima JP |
