1959 Osaka Tigers Roster

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 62-59
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Yoshio Tanaka (62-59)
Location: Osaka, Japan
Ballpark: Hanshin Koshien Stadium

1959 Osaka Tigers Statistics

The Osaka Tigers of the Japan Central League ended the 1959 season with a record of 62 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.

The Tigers allowed 362 runs, least in the league. Osaka plated 388 runs. Katsumi Fujimoto paced the team with 24 home runs, while Hideshi Miyake walloped 15 or more also. Katsumi Fujimoto accounted for 81 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time with a .278 average. Masaaki Koyama led the squad with 20 wins, and Minoru Murayama also added 15 or more victories also Minoru Murayama registered a 1.19 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers. Yoshio Tanaka served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Keiichi AsagoeRRJuly 2, 19365'8"180Tsukubo-gun, Okayama JP
Yutaka DoiLLNovember 1, 19375'9"171, Wakayama JP
Katsumi FujimotoRRAugust 8, 19375'9"170, Wakayama JP
Noboru FujishigeSeptember 18, 1930
Keizo FurukawaRRApril 25, 19345'6"165, Okayama JP
Masaru HonmaRRMay 1, 19396'0"158, Aichi JP
Shintoku HoshiyamaLLJuly 7, 19385'11"167, Aichi JP
Hirozo IshidaRRJuly 10, 19316'0"170Kusatu, Shiga JP
Kazuo IshigakiRRAugust 14, 19315'9"167Shingu, Wakayama JP
Yoshiteru IshikawaRRNovember 26, 19365'9"176Sakai, Osaka JP
Koshiro ItoLLJuly 28, 19375'8"154Hikawa-gun, Shimane JP
Minoru KamataRRMarch 8, 19395'10"165, Hyogo JP
Masaaki KoyamaRRJuly 28, 19346'0"160Takasago, Hyogo JP
Kinya MaeokaRLAugust 13, 19376'0"154Kameyama, Mie JP
Hideshi MiyakeRRApril 5, 19345'9"154Kashima, Okayama JP
Shizuya MizukamiRRFebruary 16, 19325'8"143, Fukuoka JP
Minoru MurayamaRRDecember 10, 19365'9"182Kobe, Hyogo JP
Kazuomi NakamuraRRSeptember 16, 19355'5"132, Kumamoto JP
Teruo NamikiLLNovember 15, 19385'8"170Setagaya Ward, Tokyo JP
Shigetaka NishioLLFebruary 2, 19345'10"154, Kyoto JP
Kazuyoshi NishiyamaRRAugust 22, 19335'9"165, Wakayama JP
Atsushi OtsuRRJanuary 2, 19325'7"162Kobe, Hyogo JP
Kazuo TakairaRRApril 26, 19405'10"158, Yamaguchi JP
Kunisuke TatsuichiRROctober 6, 19385'7"132, Kyoto JP
Goro ToiLLDecember 4, 19395'11"187Kumage-gun, Yamaguchi JP
Masao TokajiRRApril 17, 19395'9"156, Hyogo JP
Shigeru TokuamiRRMarch 30, 19245'7"143, Kyoto JP
Masayuki UmemotoRRAugust 10, 19365'10"162Arita-gun, Wakayama JP
Isao WadaLLJune 19, 19335'6"136Kyoto, Kyoto JP
Shozo WatanabeRRFebruary 26, 19335'9"150Saijo, Ehime JP
Tetsuya YamamotoRRSeptember 26, 19345'7"140, Kumamoto JP
Mitsutsugu YokoyamaRRJune 1, 19335'9"160, Osaka JP
Yoshio YoshidaRRJuly 26, 19335'6"123Kyoto, Kyoto JP



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