1974 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
1974 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 1974 season with a record of 59 wins and 64 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Lions plated 436 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 482 runs. Masashi Takenouchi paced Taiheiyo Club with 22 home runs and recorded 73 runs batted in. Don Buford led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .330 clip. Hajime Kato and Akira Tanaka topped the squad with 12 wins each, while Akira Tanaka recorded a 2.61 ERA, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Members of the 1974 Taiheiyo Club Lions who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Don Buford, Frank Howard and Matty Alou.
Kazuhisa Inao served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matty Alou | L | L | December 22, 1938 | 5'9" | 160 | Bajos de Haina, San Cristobal DO |
| Don Buford | S | R | February 2, 1937 | 5'7" | 160 | Linden, TX US |
| Eiji Fujii | L | L | February 1, 1940 | 5'8" | 170 | , Osaka JP |
| 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 |
| Toru Hamaura | R | R | August 22, 1952 | 5'10" | 160 | Tsukumi, Oita 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 |
| Frank Howard | R | R | August 8, 1936 | 6'7" | 255 | Columbus, OH US |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Shojiro Kikukawa | R | R | February 7, 1945 | 5'8" | 150 | , Nagasaki JP |
| Toru Kusuki | R | R | December 22, 1950 | 5'10" | 158 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Noboru Machii | R | R | September 21, 1954 | 5'11" | 165 | , Tokyo JP |
| Kosuke Maeda | L | L | February 21, 1945 | 5'8" | 147 | , Ehime 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 |
| Tamotsu Nagai | L | L | October 3, 1953 | 5'8" | 162 | Kawabe-gun, Kagoshima JP |
| Masayoshi Nakamura | R | R | August 29, 1946 | 5'9" | 154 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Takuji Ota | R | R | March 1, 1951 | 5'7" | 173 | Tsukumi, Oita 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 |
| Haruhiko Suzuki | L | L | July 25, 1951 | 5'11" | 182 | Urawa, Saitama JP |
| Fumio Takahashi | L | L | May 15, 1948 | 5'5" | 145 | Yao, 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 |
| Yoshiharu Wakana | R | R | December 5, 1953 | 6'0" | 170 | Chikugo, Fukuoka 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 |
