1959 Nishitetsu Lions Roster

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 66-64
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Osamu Mihara (66-64)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium

1959 Nishitetsu Lions Statistics

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
Hachiro AbeLLJanuary 6, 19256'4"143, Fukushima JP
Fujio DannoLLSeptember 5, 19405'8"170, Nagasaki JP
Yu HanaiLLJanuary 9, 19325'5"173, Gifu JP
Takayuki HataLLDecember 24, 19375'9"180Hita, Oita JP
Takeshi HibinoRRApril 22, 19205'8"156, Aichi JP
Takara HiratsukaRRMarch 7, 19365'10"154, Fukuoka JP
Kazuhisa InaoRRJune 10, 19375'11"176Beppu, Oita JP
Tadayuki InoueRROctober 25, 19355'11"187Yame-gun, Fukuoka JP
Yasuhiko KawaiRROctober 3, 19335'10"170Kakamigahara, Gifu JP
Hisafumi KawamuraRRAugust 30, 19335'9"156, Oita JP
Norifumi KidoRRMarch 5, 19396'0"165Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP
Hideyuki KikuchiRRSeptember 7, 19405'11"156Sendai, Miyagi JP
Taisuke KobuchiRRJanuary 9, 19355'10"184, Fukuoka JP
Akinobu KonoRRAugust 22, 19305'8"143Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP
Makoto KuboyamaRRApril 15, 19345'6"178Miyaki-gun, Saga JP
Shoji KuwaharaRRFebruary 5, 19395'5"151, Miyazaki JP
Toru MisaoLLApril 26, 19375'9"171, Okayama JP
Takao MiyakeRROctober 1, 19385'8"147, Kagawa JP
Yasunobu MurayamaRRMay 29, 19385'9"151, Fukuoka JP
Junichi NakajimaRRJune 18, 19385'11"170Hachinohe, Aomori JP
Futoshi NakanishiRRApril 11, 19335'8"205Takamatsu, Kagawa JP
Sadao NishimuraRRNovember 25, 19345'10"162Nakatado-gun, Kagawa JP
Yasuo OgawaRRApril 19, 19405'11"156, Miyagi JP
Akira OgiRRApril 29, 19355'7"156Nakama, Fukuoka JP
Takao OgiRRDecember 6, 19345'10"178Kurume, Fukuoka JP
Hiroshi OshitaLLDecember 15, 19225'8"154Kobe, Hyogo JP
Yoshio SatoRRAugust 1, 19386'0"165, Miyagi JP
Seiji SekiguchiRROctober 9, 19255'11"176Taipei, TW
Yukio ShimabaraRRApril 21, 19335'11"156Matsuyama, Ehime JP
Teruyuki TakakuraRRDecember 8, 19345'8"165Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP
Yasuo TakiuchiRROctober 30, 19355'8"165Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP
Yoji TamatsukuriLLAugust 17, 19365'8"165Mito, Ibaraki JP
Yoshizo TanabeRRApril 12, 19375'8"165, Gunma JP
Kihachiro TanakaRRJuly 26, 19375'9"156, Oita JP
Kusuo TanakaRRApril 24, 19355'10"178Saga-gun, Saga JP
Yasumitsu ToyodaRRFebruary 12, 19355'9"180Kuji-gun, Ibaraki JP
Naoji UrataRRSeptember 8, 19365'9"145Kiryu, Gunma JP
Hiromi WadaRRMarch 26, 19375'8"165Usuki, Oita JP
Tadao WakoRRAugust 22, 19365'11"171Sendai, Miyagi JP
Tadashi YamanomotoRROctober 12, 19385'10"170, Ehime JP
Yasuo YonekawaRRDecember 17, 19275'9"154Osaka, Osaka JP



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