1957 Osaka Tigers Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 73-54
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Fumio Fujimura (73-54)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
1957 Osaka Tigers StatisticsTeam Record: 73-54
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Fumio Fujimura (73-54)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium
The Osaka Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1957 season with a record of 73 wins and 54 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.
The Tigers scored 462 runs and yielded 375 runs. Kenjiro Tamiya led Osaka with 12 home runs Atsushi Otsu and Kenjiro Tamiya each drove in 56 runs. Kenjiro Tamiya paced hitters with significant playing time with a .308 average. Mitsuo Osaki topped the squad with 20 wins, while Masaaki Koyama and Shozo Watanabe, too added 15 or more wins, too Shozo Watanabe registered a 1.88 earned run average, best among regular hurlers. Fumio Fujimura served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keiichi Asagoe | R | R | July 2, 1936 | 5'8" | 180 | Tsukubo-gun, Okayama JP |
| Katsumi Fujimoto | R | R | August 8, 1937 | 5'9" | 170 | , Wakayama JP |
| Tsuguo Goto | R | R | January 15, 1924 | 5'9" | 156 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Kazuo Ishigaki | R | R | August 14, 1931 | 5'9" | 167 | Shingu, Wakayama JP |
| Yoshiteru Ishikawa | R | R | November 26, 1936 | 5'9" | 176 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
| Minoru Kamata | R | R | March 8, 1939 | 5'10" | 165 | , Hyogo JP |
| Masayasu Kaneda | L | L | July 21, 1920 | 5'7" | 150 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Tadamichi Kawachi | ||||||
| Kiminaga Kawahara | R | R | September 1, 1937 | 5'10" | 147 | , Okayama JP |
| Kenichi Kawazu | R | R | December 4, 1933 | 5'11" | 160 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Masaaki Koyama | R | R | July 28, 1934 | 6'0" | 160 | Takasago, Hyogo JP |
| Kinya Maeoka | R | L | August 13, 1937 | 6'0" | 154 | Kameyama, Mie JP |
| Michio Matsuura | R | R | May 7, 1937 | 5'9" | 156 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Hideshi Miyake | R | R | April 5, 1934 | 5'9" | 154 | Kashima, Okayama JP |
| Masahiro Naiji | R | R | April 10, 1933 | 5'9" | 156 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Kazuomi Nakamura | R | R | September 16, 1935 | 5'5" | 132 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Teruo Namiki | L | L | November 15, 1938 | 5'8" | 170 | Setagaya Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Kazunori Nishimura | R | R | October 11, 1935 | 5'9" | 158 | Otsuki, Yamanashi JP |
| Shigetaka Nishio | L | L | February 2, 1934 | 5'10" | 154 | , Kyoto JP |
| Shuji Nishioka | R | R | November 20, 1937 | 6'0" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Kazuyoshi Nishiyama | R | R | August 22, 1933 | 5'9" | 165 | , Wakayama JP |
| Mitsuo Osaki | R | R | May 9, 1932 | 5'8" | 167 | , Tokyo JP |
| Atsushi Otsu | R | R | January 2, 1932 | 5'7" | 162 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Yoshio Ranjo | R | R | May 16, 1933 | 5'7" | 162 | , Hyogo JP |
| Choei Shirasaka | R | R | July 23, 1922 | 5'7" | 143 | Ninohe-gun, Iwate JP |
| Kenjiro Tamiya | L | L | February 11, 1928 | 5'9" | 178 | Shimodate, Ibaraki JP |
| Kunisuke Tatsuichi | R | R | October 6, 1938 | 5'7" | 132 | , Kyoto JP |
| Shigeru Tokuami | R | R | March 30, 1924 | 5'7" | 143 | , Kyoto JP |
| Masayuki Umemoto | R | R | August 10, 1936 | 5'10" | 162 | Arita-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Hiroyuki Watanabe | R | R | January 1, 1921 | 5'7" | 160 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Shozo Watanabe | R | R | February 26, 1933 | 5'9" | 150 | Saijo, Ehime JP |
| Tetsuya Yamamoto | R | R | September 26, 1934 | 5'7" | 140 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Mitsutsugu Yokoyama | R | R | June 1, 1933 | 5'9" | 160 | , Osaka JP |
| Yoshio Yoshida | R | R | July 26, 1933 | 5'6" | 123 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
