1973 Taiheiyo Club Lions Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 59-64
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuhisa Inao (59-64)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium
1973 Taiheiyo Club Lions StatisticsTeam Record: 59-64
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuhisa Inao (59-64)
Location: Fukuoka, Japan
Ballpark: Heiwadai Stadium
The Taiheiyo Club Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1973 season with a record of 59 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Lions tallied 499 runs and gave up 509 runs. Masashi Takenouchi paced Taiheiyo Club with 22 home runs, while Masayoshi Higashida, Don Buford and Mitsuo Motoi each walloped 15 or more as well. Masashi Takenouchi recorded 70 runs batted in. Mitsuo Motoi led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .292 clip. Osamu Higashio topped the team with 15 wins, and Akira Tanaka recorded a 2.58 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Roger Repoz and Don Buford both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Kazuhisa Inao served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshio Abe | R | R | May 15, 1946 | 5'9" | 167 | Ishinomaki, Miyagi JP |
| Don Buford | S | R | February 2, 1937 | 5'7" | 160 | Linden, TX US |
| Nobuyuki Fujii | R | R | January 20, 1949 | 5'11" | 176 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Kunio Fukutomi | L | L | April 23, 1943 | 5'10" | 180 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Masayoshi Higashida | R | R | August 1, 1945 | 6'0" | 193 | , Nara JP |
| Osamu Higashio | R | R | May 18, 1950 | 5'10" | 173 | Arita-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Shigeru Hino | R | R | January 11, 1945 | 5'7" | 150 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Haruki Ihara | R | R | January 18, 1949 | 6'0" | 185 | Konu-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Shigeo Ishii | R | R | May 6, 1939 | 5'11" | 170 | , Okayama JP |
| Osamu Kaneshiro | R | R | August 10, 1954 | 5'11" | 158 | , Osaka JP |
| Ippei Kasuga | R | R | March 7, 1951 | 5'10" | 195 | , Oita JP |
| Shinnosuke Kataoka | R | R | November 5, 1947 | 5'9" | 180 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
| Hajime Kato | R | R | December 20, 1949 | 5'9" | 158 | Fuji, Shizuoka JP |
| Akira Kawahara | R | R | June 10, 1949 | 6'0" | 175 | , Oita JP |
| Yuichi Kawano | R | R | December 6, 1950 | 5'10" | 154 | , Oita JP |
| Ryunosuke Kawato | L | L | August 17, 1947 | 5'11" | 165 | Kagoshima, Kagoshima JP |
| Shojiro Kikukawa | R | R | February 7, 1945 | 5'8" | 150 | , Nagasaki JP |
| Akinobu Mayumi | R | R | July 12, 1953 | 5'10" | 155 | Tamana-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Kiyohiro Miura | R | R | September 2, 1938 | 5'11" | 180 | Beppu, Oita JP |
| Satoru Miwa | R | R | September 18, 1945 | 5'10" | 145 | Niigata, Niigata JP |
| Katsutoshi Miyadera | R | R | November 4, 1940 | 5'11" | 167 | Meguro Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Mitsuo Motoi | R | R | November 10, 1946 | 5'8" | 180 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Keisuke Nakajima | L | L | July 21, 1954 | 5'11" | 167 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Masayoshi Nakamura | R | R | August 29, 1946 | 5'9" | 154 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Toshiyoshi Norikae | L | L | November 15, 1950 | 5'8" | 165 | , Fukui JP |
| Hirofumi Ogawa | R | R | May 15, 1945 | 5'8" | 158 | Naruto, Tokushima JP |
| NObushi Oikawa | R | R | June 8, 1944 | 5'10" | 167 | Kamaishi, Iwate JP |
| Yasutoshi Ono | L | R | September 26, 1946 | 5'7" | 154 | , Oita JP |
| Takuji Ota | R | R | March 1, 1951 | 5'7" | 173 | Tsukumi, Oita JP |
| Roger Repoz | L | L | August 3, 1940 | 6'3" | 190 | Bellingham, WA US |
| Issei Sato | R | R | January 5, 1945 | 5'9" | 180 | , Tokyo JP |
| Hiroaki Shibaike | R | R | June 21, 1946 | 5'10" | 165 | , Hyogo JP |
| Masanori Shinobu | R | R | January 14, 1949 | 5'8" | 154 | , Nara JP |
| Takashi Takagi | L | L | June 17, 1940 | 5'11" | 176 | , Osaka JP |
| Masashi Takenouchi | R | R | March 15, 1945 | 5'9" | 198 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa JP |
| Akira Tanaka | R | R | July 20, 1944 | 5'7" | 140 | Kisarazu, Chiba JP |
| Kunizo Umeda | R | R | February 1, 1947 | 5'9" | 143 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Yutaka Yanagida | R | R | August 31, 1951 | 5'9" | 143 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP |
| Tetsuo Yoneyama | R | R | April 27, 1948 | 5'7" | 154 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Kenji Yoshimura | R | R | July 4, 1950 | 5'7" | 145 | , Kagawa JP |
