1955 Yomiuri Giants Roster
Team Record: 92-37
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeru Mizuhara (92-37)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Nankai Hawks 3
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1955 season with a record of 92 wins and 37 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants topped the circuit with 579 runs, ignited by 84 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 291 runs, least in the league. Wally Yonamine paced the team with 13 home runs Tetsuharu Kawakami recorded 79 runs batted in and topped all regular batters by hitting .338. Takumi Otomo recorded 30 wins on the mound for the squad, while Hiroshi Nakao and Takehiko Bessho added 15 or more wins, too Takehiko Bessho registered a 1.33 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. Shigeru Mizuhara served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takao Aoki | R | R | September 7, 1934 | 5'9" | 151 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Takehiko Bessho | R | R | October 1, 1922 | 5'11" | 187 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Shigeru Chiba | R | R | May 10, 1919 | 5'6" | 140 | Saijo, Ehime JP |
| Hideo Fujimoto | R | R | May 10, 1918 | 5'7" | 143 | Pusan, KR |
| Shigeru Fujio | R | R | October 8, 1934 | 5'8" | 165 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP |
| Kazuo Higasa | R | R | March 20, 1920 | 5'9" | 149 | Sakade, Kagawa JP |
| Saburo Hirai | R | R | September 4, 1923 | 5'6" | 132 | , Tokushima JP |
| Tatsuro Hiroka | R | R | February 9, 1932 | 5'11" | 154 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
| Jun Hirota | August 3, 1925 | |||||
| Sho Horiuchi | R | R | October 5, 1935 | 5'11" | 165 | Higashi Chikuma-gun, Nagano JP |
| Masanori Iritani | R | R | October 15, 1928 | 5'9" | 136 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Takashi Iwamoto | R | R | April 20, 1930 | 5'7" | 160 | Tanabe, Wakayama JP |
| Morimichi Iwashita | L | L | December 9, 1931 | 5'9" | 160 | Kita Saku-gun, Nagano JP |
| Minoru Kakurai | L | L | June 29, 1934 | 5'9" | 151 | Mito, Ibaraki JP |
| Bunji Kashiwaeda | February 20, 1925 | |||||
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | L | L | March 23, 1920 | 5'8" | 165 | Kuma-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Akira Kunimatsu | L | L | September 14, 1934 | 5'11" | 170 | , Shiga JP |
| Kiyoshi Matsuda | L | L | December 11, 1930 | 5'7" | 145 | Hatsudai, Tokyo JP |
| Yuko Minamimura | R | R | April 17, 1917 | 5'9" | 140 | , Osaka JP |
| Masayoshi Miura | R | R | August 23, 1933 | 5'8" | 170 | Sannohe, Aomori JP |
| Toshio Miyamoto | R | R | April 26, 1933 | 5'9" | 185 | |
| Masahiko Mori | L | R | January 9, 1937 | 5'8" | 185 | Toyonaka, Osaka JP |
| Susumu Munesue | R | R | November 2, 1932 | 5'7" | 150 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Hirofumi Naito | R | R | January 20, 1931 | 5'8" | 143 | Kofu, Yamanashi JP |
| Hiroshi Nakao | L | L | December 1, 1919 | 5'9" | 156 | , Mie JP |
| Bill Nishita | R | R | July 1, 1930 | 6'0" | 175 | |
| Takumi Otomo | R | R | February 1, 1925 | 5'9" | 156 | , Hyogo JP |
| Masataka Tsuchiya | R | R | October 6, 1935 | 5'11" | 160 | , Nagano JP |
| Kunio Watanabe | R | R | January 22, 1935 | 5'8" | 150 | , Hokkaido JP |
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | R | R | March 5, 1936 | 5'10" | 165 | , Okayama JP |
| Wally Yonamine | L | L | June 24, 1925 | 5'9" | 180 | Olowalu, HI US |
