1971 Yomiuri Giants Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 70-52
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (70-52)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1971 Yomiuri Giants StatisticsTeam Record: 70-52
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Tetsuharu Kawakami (70-52)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Hankyu Braves 1
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1971 season with a record of 70 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants paced the circuit with 538 runs, fueled by 123 home runs. Yomiuri surrendered 434 runs. Sadaharu Oh walloped 39 home runs for the squad, and Shigeo Nagashima added 15 or more also. Sadaharu Oh drove in 101 runs. Shigeo Nagashima topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .320. Kazumi Takahashi and Tsuneo Horiuchi led the team with 14 wins each, while Mitsuhiro Sekimoto earned a 2.15 ERA, leading regular hurlers. Tetsuharu Kawakami served as manager.
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| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Narihiro Abe | L | L | March 27, 1947 | 5'8" | 154 | , Iwate JP |
| Yoshihiro Aiba | R | R | December 8, 1943 | 5'8" | 169 | Obu, Aichi JP |
| Koji Ano | R | R | January 1, 1948 | 5'10" | 170 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
| Kenji Awaguchi | L | R | April 5, 1952 | 5'8" | 167 | Itano-gun, Tokushima JP |
| Shozo Doi | R | R | June 28, 1942 | 5'8" | 136 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Hiroaki Fukushi | R | R | December 27, 1950 | 6'0" | 200 | , Tottori JP |
| Yasuhiro Hagiwara | L | L | November 17, 1947 | 5'9" | 171 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Takashi Hamamura | R | R | April 26, 1947 | 5'11" | 158 | Takaoka-gun, Kochi JP |
| Isao Hirono | L | R | October 16, 1943 | 6'0" | 182 | Tokushima, Tokushima 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 |
| Kazumasa Kono | R | R | November 7, 1951 | 5'11" | 170 | Yawatahama, Ehime JP |
| Toshihiko Kosaka | L | L | September 17, 1947 | 5'8" | 151 | Kida-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Makoto Kurata | R | R | June 3, 1946 | 6'1" | 182 | Minato Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Yukinobu Kuroe | R | R | December 12, 1938 | 5'6" | 165 | , Kagoshima 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 |
| Hisao Niura | L | L | May 11, 1951 | 6'0" | 176 | Setagaya Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Sadaharu Oh | L | L | May 20, 1940 | 5'10" | 173 | Sumida Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Kenji Otake | R | R | July 31, 1951 | 5'10" | 170 | Shinagawa Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Toshiro Saisho | R | R | April 7, 1942 | 5'10" | 178 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Mitsuhiro Sekimoto | R | R | May 1, 1949 | 6'0" | 165 | Itoigawa, Niigata JP |
| Isao Shibata | S | R | February 8, 1944 | 5'9" | 162 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Osamu Shimano | R | R | June 2, 1950 | 5'10" | 162 | Yokohama, Kanagawa 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 |
| Shigeru Sugiyama | R | R | April 23, 1950 | 5'10" | 156 | Choshi, Chiba JP |
| Shigeru Takada | R | R | July 24, 1945 | 5'8" | 154 | , Kagoshima 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 |
| Makoto Tsuchida | R | R | June 12, 1943 | 5'8" | 165 | , Okayama JP |
| Keiichi Uchida | R | R | July 13, 1946 | 5'11" | 165 | Higashi Murayama, Tokyo JP |
| Takeshi Ueda | R | R | March 16, 1946 | 6'0" | 170 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo 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 |
| Shinichi Yamauchi | R | R | December 3, 1947 | 5'11" | 178 | Ota, Shimane JP |
| Masahiro Yanagida | L | L | May 21, 1948 | 5'9" | 176 | , Kumamoto JP |
| Tadashi Yazawa | R | R | August 2, 1948 | 5'7" | 154 | , Aichi JP |
| Takashi Yoshida | R | R | June 23, 1946 | 5'10" | 173 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
