1966 Yomiuri Giants Roster
Team Record: 89-41
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (89-41)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Nankai Hawks 2
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1966 season with a record of 89 wins and 41 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants topped the circuit with 559 runs. Yomiuri yielded 335 runs, fewest in the league. Sadaharu Oh walloped 48 home runs for the team, and Shigeo Nagashima added 15 or more also. Sadaharu Oh drove in 116 runs. Shigeo Nagashima paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .344. Kunio Jonouchi led the squad with 21 wins, while Tsuneo Horiuchi contributed 15 or more victories also Tsuneo Horiuchi registered a 1.39 earned run average, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound. Tetsuharu Kawakami served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yoshihiro Aiba | R | R | December 8, 1943 | 5'8" | 169 | Obu, Aichi JP |
| Shozo Doi | R | R | June 28, 1942 | 5'8" | 136 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Shozo Eto | R | R | April 29, 1942 | 5'8" | 154 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Chiyosaku Hayashi | L | L | May 4, 1947 | 5'10" | 190 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Tatsuro Hiroka | R | R | February 9, 1932 | 5'11" | 154 | Kure, Hiroshima JP |
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | R | R | January 16, 1948 | 5'10" | 160 | Kofu, Yamanashi JP |
| Akira Hotta | R | R | January 1, 1941 | 6'0" | 156 | , Osaka JP |
| Yoshiyuki Ikezawa | L | R | May 14, 1939 | 5'8" | 176 | , Tochigi JP |
| Kunio Jonouchi | R | R | February 3, 1940 | 5'10" | 173 | Sahara, Chiba JP |
| Masaichi Kaneda | L | L | August 1, 1933 | 6'0" | 162 | , Aichi JP |
| Osamu Kubota | R | R | December 19, 1934 | 5'10" | 158 | Hamada, Shimane JP |
| Akira Kunimatsu | L | L | September 14, 1934 | 5'11" | 170 | , Shiga JP |
| Yukinobu Kuroe | R | R | December 12, 1938 | 5'6" | 165 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Akio Masuda | R | L | January 15, 1938 | 5'9" | 156 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Masaharu Matsumura | R | R | October 1, 1941 | 5'10" | 165 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Katsutoshi Miyadera | R | R | November 4, 1940 | 5'11" | 167 | Meguro Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Yojiro Miyamoto | R | R | April 3, 1942 | 5'8" | 154 | , Tottori JP |
| Yukinori Miyata | R | R | November 4, 1939 | 5'8" | 154 | Maebashi, Gunma JP |
| Masahiko Mori | L | R | January 9, 1937 | 5'8" | 185 | Toyonaka, Osaka JP |
| Shigeo Nagashima | R | R | February 20, 1936 | 5'10" | 167 | Sakura, Chiba JP |
| Minoru Nakamura | R | R | September 28, 1938 | 5'9" | 165 | Ise, Mie JP |
| Sadaharu Oh | L | L | May 20, 1940 | 5'10" | 173 | Sumida Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Isao Ohashi | R | R | March 25, 1941 | 5'8" | 178 | , Kochi JP |
| Toshiro Saisho | R | R | April 7, 1942 | 5'10" | 178 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Masahiro Saito | R | R | February 17, 1944 | 5'7" | 156 | , Hyogo JP |
| Keisuke Senda | R | R | June 28, 1943 | 5'7" | 158 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Isao Shibata | S | R | February 8, 1944 | 5'9" | 162 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Yuji Shimada | L | L | January 1, 1935 | 5'9" | 150 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Akira Shiobara | R | R | March 30, 1940 | 5'8" | 154 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Yutaka Sudo | R | R | April 21, 1937 | 5'8" | 162 | Aki-gun, Kochi JP |
| Toshimitsu Suetsugu | R | R | March 2, 1942 | 5'9" | 170 | Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto JP |
| Katsuya Sugawara | R | R | April 4, 1945 | 5'10" | 171 | Odate, Akita JP |
| Akira Takahashi | R | R | May 29, 1942 | 5'10" | 162 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Kazumi Takahashi | L | L | June 9, 1946 | 5'10" | 171 | Fuchu, Hiroshima JP |
| Yasuharu Taki | R | R | February 11, 1941 | 5'8" | 165 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Kusuo Tanaka | R | R | April 24, 1935 | 5'10" | 178 | Saga-gun, Saga JP |
| Yoshiyasu Tanebe | R | R | January 21, 1938 | 5'9" | 145 | , Tottori JP |
| Hidetake Watanabe | R | R | September 16, 1941 | 6'0" | 190 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Toshio Yanagida | R | R | August 18, 1936 | 5'10" | 158 | , Fukushima JP |
| Katsutoyo Yoshida | R | R | March 21, 1935 | 5'8" | 171 | , Saga JP |
| Takashi Yoshida | R | R | June 23, 1946 | 5'10" | 173 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Hidekazu Yoshizawa | L | L | May 13, 1945 | 5'11" | 162 | Saku, Nagano JP |
