1961 Toei Flyers Roster
Team Record: 83-52
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (83-52)
Location: Setagaya, Japan
The Toei Flyers of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1961 season with a record of 83 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Flyers led the league with 614 runs. Toei allowed 442 runs, least in the league. Isao Harimoto paced the team with 24 home runs, while Katsutoyo Yoshida and Akio Saionji walloped 15 or more also. Isao Harimoto drove in 95 runs and topped all regular batters with a .336 average. Masayuki Dobashi notched 30 wins on the mound for the squad, plus Osamu Kubota, too added 15 or more wins, too Masayuki Dobashi registered a 1.9 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers. Shigeru Mizuhara served as manager.
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Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Junzo Ando | R | R | June 28, 1935 | 5'7" | 151 | Tajimi, Gifu JP |
Shoichi Busujima | L | R | January 14, 1936 | 5'10" | 158 | Kiryu, Gunma JP |
Masayuki Dobashi | R | R | December 5, 1935 | 5'10" | 171 | Taito Ward, Tokyo JP |
Isao Harimoto | L | L | June 19, 1940 | 5'11" | 187 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
Fumio Hashizume | L | L | June 4, 1937 | 5'10" | 158 | , Osaka JP |
Sachio Himoto | R | R | March 6, 1935 | 5'11" | 167 | Amagasaki, Hyogo JP |
Masao Inagaki | R | R | August 19, 1935 | 5'10" | 154 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
Katsumi Kanayama | R | R | May 22, 1933 | 5'9" | 156 | Kiryu, Gifu JP |
Akira Kawaharada | L | L | September 18, 1940 | 5'11" | 151 | Maebashi, Gunma JP |
Kenichi Kawazu | R | R | December 4, 1933 | 5'11" | 160 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
Gunji Kimura | R | R | July 7, 1938 | 5'8" | 147 | , Ehime JP |
Takeyoshi Kiori | R | R | April 3, 1933 | 5'7" | 138 | , Hiroshima JP |
Osamu Kubota | R | R | December 19, 1934 | 5'10" | 158 | Hamada, Shimane JP |
Takeshi Kurosaki | R | R | July 17, 1940 | 5'9" | 165 | , Gunma JP |
Jack Ladra | R | April 11, 1933 | 5'9" | 170 | ||
Richard Maibauer | R | R | December 24, 1932 | 6'2" | 195 | |
Noboru Makino | R | R | June 5, 1937 | 5'9" | 154 | Takefu, Fukui JP |
Masami Maruyama | R | R | August 28, 1936 | 5'11" | 165 | , Saitama JP |
Shunichi Matsumoto | R | R | September 17, 1940 | 5'10" | 158 | , Fukuoka JP |
Masatoshi Matsuoka | R | R | October 6, 1932 | 5'9" | 143 | , Kagawa JP |
Hideaki Miyahara | L | L | September 3, 1942 | 5'8" | 170 | , Chiba JP |
Tadahiro Okada | R | R | April 26, 1935 | 5'9" | 165 | , Tochigi JP |
Kenichi Ryu | R | R | April 28, 1937 | 5'9" | 143 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
Kenshiro Saga | R | R | August 15, 1937 | 5'9" | 173 | , Akita JP |
Akio Saionji | R | R | October 31, 1937 | 5'7" | 149 | , Kumamoto JP |
Yuji Shimada | L | L | January 1, 1935 | 5'9" | 150 | , Kumamoto JP |
Kimio Takagi | L | L | October 1, 1930 | 5'9" | 154 | , Aichi JP |
Kazuhiko Takano | R | R | December 18, 1939 | 5'11" | 158 | , Fukuoka JP |
Masayoshi Takashima | R | R | February 7, 1938 | 5'9" | 149 | , Fukuoka JP |
Eddie Takei | July 17, 1938 | |||||
Kazuo Tanaka | R | R | October 31, 1938 | 5'9" | 156 | , Gifu JP |
Masayuki Tanemo | R | R | February 13, 1938 | 5'9" | 160 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
Kakuro Tominaga | R | R | May 4, 1937 | 5'11" | 160 | , Kyoto JP |
Hachiro Yamamoto | R | R | September 17, 1937 | 5'8" | 143 | , Osaka JP |
Hisao Yamamoto | R | R | January 1, 1940 | 5'9" | 156 | , Yamaguchi JP |
Yoshiji Yamamoto | L | L | September 30, 1934 | 5'10" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
Katsutoyo Yoshida | R | R | March 21, 1935 | 5'8" | 171 | , Saga JP |