1967 Yomiuri Giants Roster
Team Record: 84-46
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (84-46)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Hankyu Braves 2
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1967 season with a record of 84 wins and 46 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants paced the league with 595 runs, fueled by 162 home runs. Yomiuri allowed 430 runs. Sadaharu Oh walloped 47 home runs for the squad, while Teruyuki Takakura, Shigeo Nagashima and Isao Shibata each added 15 or more, too. Sadaharu Oh drove in 108 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .326. Kunio Jonouchi led the team with 17 wins, and Masaichi Kaneda also contributed 15 or more victories also Tsuneo Horiuchi registered a 2.17 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers. 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 |
| Tsuneo Horiuchi | R | R | January 16, 1948 | 5'10" | 160 | Kofu, Yamanashi 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Katsuya Morinaga | L | R | April 5, 1934 | 5'8" | 154 | Yanai, Yamaguchi 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Teruyuki Takakura | R | R | December 8, 1934 | 5'8" | 165 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto 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 |
| Makoto Tsuchida | R | R | June 12, 1943 | 5'8" | 165 | , Okayama JP |
| Takeshi Ueda | R | R | March 16, 1946 | 6'0" | 170 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP |
| Toshiharu Usami | R | R | August 5, 1947 | 6'0" | 167 | , Ehime JP |
| Hidetake Watanabe | R | R | September 16, 1941 | 6'0" | 190 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Tsukasa Yamashita | R | R | July 8, 1948 | 5'9" | 158 | Takaoka-gun, Kochi 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 |
