1965 Tokyo Orions Roster

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 62-74
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Wataru Nonin (0-0), Yasuya Hondo (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Stadium

1965 Tokyo Orions Statistics

The Tokyo Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1965 season with a record of 62 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.

The Orions plated 476 runs and allowed 472 runs. Stan Palys paced Tokyo with 25 home runs, and Takeo Daigo walloped 15 or more, too. Stan Palys drove in 72 runs. Tadashi Hatta led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .275 average. Masaaki Koyama topped the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.35 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Stan Palys played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Tokyo Orions to do so.

Wataru Nonin and Yasuya Hondo served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Takeo DaigoRRNovember 15, 19385'11"176Kita Ward, Tokyo JP
Kihachi EnomotoLLDecember 5, 19365'8"156Fushimidai, Tokyo JP
Kazuo HasegawaLLJanuary 3, 19455'9"158Omiya, Saitama JP
Tadashi HattaLROctober 5, 19365'7"156Itano-gun, Tokushima JP
Ritsuo HorimotoRRJanuary 20, 19355'8"165, Osaka JP
Reiji IishiLLSeptember 5, 19426'0"176, Osaka JP
Takenori IkebeRRJanuary 8, 19445'10"170Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP
Tsugunobu IshidaRRApril 16, 19425'11"171Utsunomiya, Tochigi JP
Kazuhiro IshiguroRRJuly 1, 19415'8"147, Aichi JP
Kunihiro IshitaniRRSeptember 28, 19425'10"165Ota, Shimane JP
Susumu IwamotoRRJanuary 27, 19425'9"156Kumano, Mie JP
Yoshihiko KodamaRRApril 22, 19415'6"154, Hyogo JP
Masaaki KoyamaRRJuly 28, 19346'0"160Takasago, Hyogo JP
Shinji KuratakaLLAugust 21, 19386'0"165, Kyoto JP
Masuho MaedaRRMay 24, 19395'10"170Takamamura, Kumamoto JP
Katsuhiko MakiRRJanuary 3, 19435'10"170, Aichi JP
Katsumi NakanishiRRApril 6, 19355'10"154Osaka, Osaka JP
Fumio NaritaRROctober 2, 19465'10"167, Tokyo JP
Mitsuo NishiRRSeptember 19, 19385'7"165Kainan, Wakayama JP
Takayuki NishidaRRAugust 2, 19405'8"158, Ehime JP
Kazuyoshi NishiyamaRRAugust 22, 19335'9"165, Wakayama JP
Masahiko OsakaRRNovember 28, 19415'11"162Tokushima, Tokushima JP
Keiji OsawaRRMarch 14, 19325'8"170Fujisawa, Kanagawa JP
Stan PalysRRMay 1, 19306'2"190Blakely, PA US
Takayuki RyuLLNovember 25, 19415'8"162Miike-gun, Fukuoka JP
Yukio SaitoRRSeptember 7, 19415'8"154, Tokyo JP
Katsuji SakaiRRMarch 21, 19385'11"158, Fukuoka JP
Shichiro SakotaRRFebruary 15, 19455'10"154, Kagoshima JP
Susumu SatomiRRAugust 21, 19435'9"160, Gunma JP
Yoshiaki ShinoharaRRJune 30, 19435'7"154, Kagoshima JP
Michael SolomkoRRJuly 24, 19365'10"180
Tadao TokitaLRJuly 7, 19455'7"154, Chiba JP
Kinya TsujinoRRJune 7, 19426'2"176, Hyogo JP
Yoshiro TsumajimaRROctober 8, 19385'10"158, Tokyo JP
Masao YamadaLLSeptember 6, 19445'10"167, Tokyo JP
Hiroyuki YamazakiRRDecember 22, 19465'9"167Ageo, Saitama JP
Nagateru YasudaRRAugust 17, 19435'9"156, Hyogo JP
Takao YatoRRJune 25, 19345'8"162Otsuki, Yamanashi JP
Eiji YoshidaRRSeptember 20, 19385'10"160, Gunma JP



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