1977 Yakult Swallows Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 62-58
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Tatsuro Hiroka (62-58)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
1977 Yakult Swallows StatisticsTeam Record: 62-58
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Tatsuro Hiroka (62-58)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
The Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 1977 season with a record of 62 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.
The Swallows scored 593 runs and surrendered 553 runs. Charlie Manuel walloped 42 home runs for Yakult, while Katsuo Osugi, Tsutomu Wakamatsu and Roger Repoz each swatted 15 or more also. Katsuo Osugi drove in 104 runs. Tsutomu Wakamatsu topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by hitting .358. Takeshi Yasuda led the team with 17 wins, and Kenichi Kajima registered a 3.36 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Roger Repoz and Charlie Manuel both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Tatsuro Hiroka served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Teruo Aida | R | R | June 5, 1947 | 5'8" | 165 | Kasugabe, Saitama JP |
| Minoru Aoki | R | R | June 20, 1954 | 5'9" | 154 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Kunio Fukutomi | L | L | April 23, 1943 | 5'10" | 180 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Kazuhide Funada | R | R | May 5, 1942 | 5'11" | 158 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka JP |
| Shinichiro Ihara | R | R | January 2, 1952 | 5'8" | 187 | Kawanoe, Ehime JP |
| Keiichi Ikuta | L | R | August 27, 1951 | 5'10" | 170 | , Aichi JP |
| Takao Ise | R | R | December 18, 1944 | 5'11" | 180 | Mita, Hyogo JP |
| Kenichi Kajima | L | L | August 30, 1952 | 5'8" | 150 | Kashima-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Kunio Kobayashi | L | L | October 3, 1950 | 5'9" | 154 | , Aichi JP |
| Hajime Kugitani | R | R | April 30, 1954 | 6'1" | 187 | Yashiro, Kumamoto JP |
| Makoto Kurata | R | R | June 3, 1946 | 6'1" | 182 | Minato Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Charlie Manuel | L | R | January 4, 1944 | 6'4" | 195 | Northfork, WV US |
| Masanori Matsui | R | R | June 26, 1950 | 6'0" | 176 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Noriaki Matsumura | R | R | May 3, 1951 | 5'10" | 154 | , Tokushima JP |
| Hiromu Matsuoka | R | R | July 26, 1947 | 6'1" | 176 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
| Shintaro Mizutani | L | R | December 7, 1953 | 5'9" | 162 | Matsuzaka, Mie JP |
| Eishoku Nagakawa | R | R | June 23, 1956 | 6'3" | 185 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Yasunori Nagao | L | R | May 2, 1950 | 5'6" | 160 | Saga, Saga JP |
| Kuniaki Nakamura | R | R | February 28, 1947 | 5'11" | 170 | , Oita JP |
| Tetsuo Nishii | R | R | July 7, 1951 | 6'0" | 158 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP |
| Sanshiro Nishioka | R | R | April 27, 1949 | 6'0" | 176 | Sumoto, Hyogo JP |
| Katsuo Osugi | R | R | March 5, 1945 | 5'11" | 193 | Katsuda-gun, Okayama JP |
| Akihiko Oya | R | R | December 20, 1947 | 5'8" | 170 | Tokyo, Tokyo JP |
| Roger Repoz | L | L | August 3, 1940 | 6'3" | 190 | Bellingham, WA US |
| Keiichi Sakai | R | R | June 1, 1958 | 6'1" | 193 | Iki-gun, Nagasaki JP |
| Hiroshi Sato | R | R | May 12, 1951 | 6'0" | 187 | , Yamagata JP |
| Kenji Sera | R | R | January 26, 1952 | 5'8" | 176 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Shigeru Sugimura | R | R | July 31, 1957 | 5'7" | 165 | Kochi, Kochi JP |
| Toru Sugiura | L | L | June 8, 1952 | 5'9" | 206 | Hazu-gun, Aichi JP |
| Fujio Sumi | R | R | May 31, 1956 | 5'10" | 180 | Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Yasujiro Suzuki | R | R | April 18, 1949 | 6'3" | 176 | Kita Ibaraki, Ibaraki JP |
| Hiroshi Takahashi | R | R | December 20, 1951 | 5'10" | 190 | Ochi-gun, Shimane JP |
| Makoto Tsuchida | R | R | June 12, 1943 | 5'8" | 165 | , Okayama JP |
| Tsutomu Wakamatsu | L | R | April 17, 1947 | 5'6" | 162 | Rumoi, Hokkaido JP |
| Susumu Watanabe | R | R | August 25, 1952 | 6'1" | 193 | Choshi, Chiba JP |
| Takahiro Watanabe | R | R | July 21, 1946 | 5'9" | 156 | , Tokyo JP |
| Yukio Yaegashi | R | R | June 15, 1951 | 5'11" | 198 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Yoshinori Yamashita | R | R | April 20, 1946 | 6'0" | 167 | , Wakayama JP |
| Takeshi Yasuda | L | L | April 25, 1947 | 5'8" | 158 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
