1951 Osaka Tigers Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 61-52
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Kenjiro Matsuki (61-52)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
1951 Osaka Tigers StatisticsTeam Record: 61-52
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Kenjiro Matsuki (61-52)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
The Osaka Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1951 season with a record of 61 wins and 52 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.
The Tigers scored 545 runs and yielded 465 runs. Fumio Fujimura paced Osaka with 23 home runs and accounted for 97 RBI. Masayasu Kaneda topped batters with significant playing time with a .322 average. Takao Fujimura led the team with 16 wins and a team-best 2.63 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances. Kenjiro Matsuki served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fumio Fujimura | R | R | August 14, 1916 | 5'8" | 173 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
| Takao Fujimura | R | R | October 5, 1920 | 5'7" | 140 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
| Tsuguo Goto | R | R | January 15, 1924 | 5'9" | 156 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Eiichi Hasebe | R | R | May 17, 1928 | 5'8" | 132 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Kazuo Hoshiba | R | R | April 29, 1924 | 5'7" | 138 | , Hokkaido JP |
| Shinpei Ichii | L | L | June 22, 1925 | 5'9" | 165 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Yoshio Ikeda | R | R | January 1, 1931 | 5'6" | 136 | , Kyoto JP |
| Tadayoshi Kajioka | R | R | September 26, 1920 | 5'7" | 150 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Masayasu Kaneda | L | L | July 21, 1920 | 5'7" | 150 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Fumio Kawa | R | R | October 7, 1924 | 5'7" | 132 | Takaoka, Toyama JP |
| Toshio Kawanishi | R | R | April 25, 1920 | 5'4" | 123 | Himeji, Hyogo JP |
| Keiji Komada | R | R | January 30, 1926 | 5'8" | 143 | Fuse, Osaka JP |
| Hiroshi Kono | R | R | October 25, 1930 | 5'8" | 123 | , Hyogo JP |
| Akira Kusaka | L | L | July 22, 1927 | 5'8" | 150 | , Hyogo JP |
| Takeshi Maruoka | L | L | June 25, 1929 | 5'7" | 132 | , Shiga JP |
| Kenjiro Matsuki | L | L | January 22, 1909 | 5'8" | 173 | Tsuruga, Fukui JP |
| Takao Misono | R | R | January 16, 1916 | 5'7" | 156 | Bofu, Yamaguchi JP |
| Ichiro Nishie | R | R | May 6, 1923 | 5'8" | 140 | Iizuka, Fukuoka JP |
| Osamu Nishimura | L | L | March 1, 1932 | 5'6" | 160 | , Wakayama JP |
| Masayoshi Sakata | R | R | April 6, 1928 | 5'6" | 145 | , Osaka JP |
| Choei Shirasaka | R | R | July 23, 1922 | 5'7" | 143 | Ninohe-gun, Iwate JP |
| Katsuo Takemoto | R | R | July 25, 1926 | 5'7" | 136 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Kenjiro Tamiya | L | L | February 11, 1928 | 5'9" | 178 | Shimodate, Ibaraki JP |
| Hiromi Tanida | R | R | April 22, 1924 | 5'10" | 165 | , Hyogo JP |
| Shigeru Tokuami | R | R | March 30, 1924 | 5'7" | 143 | , Kyoto JP |
| Kiyoshi Uchiyama | R | R | April 22, 1927 | 5'6" | 123 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Hiroyuki Watanabe | R | R | January 1, 1921 | 5'7" | 160 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
