1959 Nishitetsu Lions Roster
Team Record: 66-64
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (66-64)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium
The Nishitetsu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1959 season with a record of 66 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Lions scored 494 runs and gave up 459 runs. Yasumitsu Toyoda led Nishitetsu with 17 home runs and accounted for 81 RBI. Teruyuki Takakura topped all regular batters by hitting .304. Kazuhisa Inao notched 30 wins on the mound for the squad and a team-best 1.66 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound. Osamu Mihara served as manager.
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Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Hachiro Abe | L | L | January 6, 1925 | 6'4" | 143 | , Fukushima JP |
Fujio Danno | L | L | September 5, 1940 | 5'8" | 170 | , Nagasaki JP |
Yu Hanai | L | L | January 9, 1932 | 5'5" | 173 | , Gifu JP |
Takayuki Hata | L | L | December 24, 1937 | 5'9" | 180 | Hita, Oita JP |
Takeshi Hibino | R | R | April 22, 1920 | 5'8" | 156 | , Aichi JP |
Takara Hiratsuka | R | R | March 7, 1936 | 5'10" | 154 | , Fukuoka JP |
Kazuhisa Inao | R | R | June 10, 1937 | 5'11" | 176 | Beppu, Oita JP |
Tadayuki Inoue | R | R | October 25, 1935 | 5'11" | 187 | Yame-gun, Fukuoka JP |
Yasuhiko Kawai | R | R | October 3, 1933 | 5'10" | 170 | Kakamigahara, Gifu JP |
Hisafumi Kawamura | R | R | August 30, 1933 | 5'9" | 156 | , Oita JP |
Norifumi Kido | R | R | March 5, 1939 | 6'0" | 165 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
Hideyuki Kikuchi | R | R | September 7, 1940 | 5'11" | 156 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
Taisuke Kobuchi | R | R | January 9, 1935 | 5'10" | 184 | , Fukuoka JP |
Akinobu Kono | R | R | August 22, 1930 | 5'8" | 143 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
Makoto Kuboyama | R | R | April 15, 1934 | 5'6" | 178 | Miyaki-gun, Saga JP |
Shoji Kuwahara | R | R | February 5, 1939 | 5'5" | 151 | , Miyazaki JP |
Toru Misao | L | L | April 26, 1937 | 5'9" | 171 | , Okayama JP |
Takao Miyake | R | R | October 1, 1938 | 5'8" | 147 | , Kagawa JP |
Yasunobu Murayama | R | R | May 29, 1938 | 5'9" | 151 | , Fukuoka JP |
Junichi Nakajima | R | R | June 18, 1938 | 5'11" | 170 | Hachinohe, Aomori JP |
Futoshi Nakanishi | R | R | April 11, 1933 | 5'8" | 205 | Takamatsu, Kagawa JP |
Sadao Nishimura | R | R | November 25, 1934 | 5'10" | 162 | Nakatado-gun, Kagawa JP |
Yasuo Ogawa | R | R | April 19, 1940 | 5'11" | 156 | , Miyagi JP |
Akira Ogi | R | R | April 29, 1935 | 5'7" | 156 | Nakama, Fukuoka JP |
Takao Ogi | R | R | December 6, 1934 | 5'10" | 178 | Kurume, Fukuoka JP |
Hiroshi Oshita | L | L | December 15, 1922 | 5'8" | 154 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
Yoshio Sato | R | R | August 1, 1938 | 6'0" | 165 | , Miyagi JP |
Seiji Sekiguchi | R | R | October 9, 1925 | 5'11" | 176 | Taipei, TW |
Yukio Shimabara | R | R | April 21, 1933 | 5'11" | 156 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
Teruyuki Takakura | R | R | December 8, 1934 | 5'8" | 165 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
Yasuo Takiuchi | R | R | October 30, 1935 | 5'8" | 165 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
Yoji Tamatsukuri | L | L | August 17, 1936 | 5'8" | 165 | Mito, Ibaraki JP |
Yoshizo Tanabe | R | R | April 12, 1937 | 5'8" | 165 | , Gunma JP |
Kihachiro Tanaka | R | R | July 26, 1937 | 5'9" | 156 | , Oita JP |
Kusuo Tanaka | R | R | April 24, 1935 | 5'10" | 178 | Saga-gun, Saga JP |
Yasumitsu Toyoda | R | R | February 12, 1935 | 5'9" | 180 | Kuji-gun, Ibaraki JP |
Naoji Urata | R | R | September 8, 1936 | 5'9" | 145 | Kiryu, Gunma JP |
Hiromi Wada | R | R | March 26, 1937 | 5'8" | 165 | Usuki, Oita JP |
Tadao Wako | R | R | August 22, 1936 | 5'11" | 171 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
Tadashi Yamanomoto | R | R | October 12, 1938 | 5'10" | 170 | , Ehime JP |
Yasuo Yonekawa | R | R | December 17, 1927 | 5'9" | 154 | Osaka, Osaka JP |