1970 Toei Flyers Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 54-70
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Kenjiro Tamiya (0-0), Kenjiro Matsuki (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1970 Toei Flyers StatisticsTeam Record: 54-70
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Kenjiro Tamiya (0-0), Kenjiro Matsuki (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Toei Flyers of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1970 season with a record of 54 wins and 70 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Flyers scored 521 runs and gave up 599 runs, most in the circuit. Katsuo Osugi walloped 44 home runs for Toei, while In-cheon Paek and Isao Harimoto swatted 15 or more, too. Katsuo Osugi drove in 129 runs. Isao Harimoto led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .383 average. Tomehiro Kaneda earned 24 wins on the mound for the team and a team-best 2.7 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Bubba Morton played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Toei Flyers to do so.
Kenjiro Tamiya and Kenjiro Matsuki served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Chiaki Hagiwara | R | R | December 1, 1938 | 5'10" | 171 | Shioyama, Yamanashi JP |
| Isao Harimoto | L | L | June 19, 1940 | 5'11" | 187 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Tsutomu Imai | L | L | April 29, 1945 | 5'8" | 162 | , Nagano JP |
| Masaharu Inoue | R | R | July 23, 1949 | 5'10" | 162 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Teruhiko Ishii | R | R | June 9, 1949 | 6'0" | 165 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Kiyotaka Iwasaki | R | R | June 15, 1951 | 5'10" | 158 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Koichi Iwashita | R | R | March 4, 1940 | 5'7" | 160 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Tomehiro Kaneda | R | R | November 7, 1946 | 5'11" | 176 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Ken Kataoka | R | R | January 23, 1947 | 5'10" | 171 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Masaharu Matsumura | R | R | October 1, 1941 | 5'10" | 165 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Kesaharu Misawa | L | L | January 3, 1941 | 5'8" | 158 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Takao Miyamoto | R | R | April 17, 1950 | 5'11" | 170 | , Ibaraki JP |
| Shoji Miyazaki | R | R | April 16, 1943 | 6'0" | 165 | , Saga JP |
| Toshiaki Moriyasu | R | R | December 18, 1947 | 5'10" | 191 | Tamano, Okayama JP |
| Bubba Morton | R | R | December 13, 1931 | 5'10" | 175 | Washington, DC US |
| Isamu Nakahara | L | L | September 12, 1950 | 5'10" | 138 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Katsutoshi Nakahara | R | R | November 30, 1944 | 5'8" | 165 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Tadashi Ninomiya | R | R | June 5, 1945 | 5'10" | 165 | , Ehime JP |
| Yutaka Ohashi | R | R | May 29, 1946 | 5'9" | 171 | Himi, Toyama JP |
| Katsuhiko Oishi | R | R | March 10, 1945 | 5'7" | 165 | Kofu, Yamanashi JP |
| Kazuhiko Okaji | L | L | September 9, 1951 | 5'9" | 170 | Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Tsuyoshi Oshita | R | R | November 29, 1944 | 5'7" | 138 | Aki-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Katsuo Osugi | R | R | March 5, 1945 | 5'11" | 193 | Katsuda-gun, Okayama JP |
| Kenichi Oyamada | R | R | September 13, 1950 | 5'11" | 180 | Yamagata, Yamagata JP |
| Yukio Ozaki | R | R | September 11, 1944 | 5'9" | 183 | Minami Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| In-cheon Paek | R | R | November 27, 1943 | 5'8" | 180 | , KR |
| Susumu Sakudo | R | R | June 28, 1943 | 5'9" | 170 | , Ehime JP |
| Ken Sakurai | R | R | April 9, 1948 | 5'11" | 170 | , Tokyo JP |
| Yoshiyuki Sano | R | R | April 1, 1944 | 5'7" | 158 | Koma-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Hiroshige Saruwatari | R | R | April 28, 1949 | 5'8" | 162 | Tagawa, Fukuoka JP |
| Hisashi Sedohara | R | R | November 9, 1945 | 5'7" | 165 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Masatoshi Shii | R | R | February 21, 1946 | 5'9" | 136 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Yoshiyuki Suenaga | L | R | January 3, 1948 | 5'8" | 150 | Yukihashi, Fukuoka JP |
| Norio Suzuki | R | R | July 7, 1940 | 5'10" | 171 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
| Naoki Takahashi | R | R | February 15, 1945 | 6'0" | 165 | Saeki, Oita JP |
| Yoshimasa Takahashi | R | R | May 5, 1944 | 5'9" | 165 | Takaoka-gun, Kochi JP |
| Mitsugu Tanaka | L | L | June 17, 1944 | 5'9" | 143 | Kida-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Masayuki Tanemo | R | R | February 13, 1938 | 5'9" | 160 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
| Hidefumi Uryu | R | R | February 28, 1952 | 5'10" | 154 | , Osaka JP |
| Kenichi Yaezawa | R | R | September 30, 1951 | 5'9" | 162 | Misawa, Aomori JP |
| Tsuneyoshi Yamamoto | R | R | March 20, 1940 | 5'7" | 167 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Takeaki Yamasaki | L | L | June 25, 1941 | 5'10" | 173 | Agawa-gun, Kochi JP |
| Makoto Yoshida | R | R | July 24, 1949 | 5'11" | 182 | , Saitama JP |
