2021 Yakult Swallows Roster

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 73-52
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shingo Takatsu (73-52)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

2021 Yakult Swallows Statistics

Playoffs - Yakult Swallows 3 games, Yomiuri Giants 0
Japan Series - Yakult Swallows 4 games, Orix Buffaloes 2

The Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 2021 season with a record of 73 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.

The Swallows paced the league with 625 runs, fueled by 142 home runs. Yakult allowed 531 runs. Munetaka Murakami walloped 39 home runs for the squad, while Domingo Santana and Tetsuto Yamada added 15 or more also. Munetaka Murakami recorded 112 runs batted in. Yasutaka Shiomi and Munetaka Murakami topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .278. Yasuhiro Ogawa and Yasunobu Okugawa paced the team with 9 wins each, and Yasuhiro Ogawa registered a 4.15 earned run average, tops among hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Nori Aoki, Cy Sneed, Scott McGough, Albert Suárez, José Osuna, Domingo Santana and Rick van den Hurk were all players from the 2021 Yakult Swallows who played in the Majors during their careers.

Shingo Takatsu served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Nori AokiLRJanuary 5, 19825'9"180Hyuga, Miyazaki JP
Takahiro ArakiRRJuly 26, 19875'10"168Oyabe, Toyama JP
Juri HaraRRJuly 19, 19935'11"174, JP
Hiroki HasegawaLLAugust 23, 19985'8"171
Tomoya HoshiRRApril 15, 19946'0"172
Masanori IshikawaLLJanuary 22, 19805'6"152Akita, Akita JP
Taichi IshiyamaRRSeptember 1, 19885'11"165
Yuto KanakuboLRNovember 4, 19996'0"163
Shingo KawabataLROctober 16, 19876'1"181Kaizuka, Osaka JP
Yudai KogaRRAugust 7, 19985'10"163
Hiroki KondohRRJune 27, 19956'1"211, JP
Ryuta KonnoRRMay 11, 19955'9"158
Yu MatsumotoLRFebruary 5, 19955'10"189
Scott McGoughRROctober 31, 19895'11"190Monroeville, PA US
Takeshi MiyamotoLRApril 3, 19956'0"172, JP
Hiyu MotoyamaLRDecember 4, 19985'10"174
Munetaka MurakamiLRFebruary 2, 20006'2"213Kumamoto, JP
Hideki NagaokaLRSeptember 26, 20015'8"163
Yuhei NakamuraRRJune 17, 19905'9"154Ono, Fukui JP
Shota NakayamaRRSeptember 22, 19966'0"209
Hidetaka NamikiRRMarch 23, 19995'6"154
Akihisa NishidaRRApril 28, 19925'10"182
Naomichi NishiuraRRApril 11, 19915'10"165
Yasuhiro OgawaRRMay 16, 19905'7"176
Hiroki OhnishiRRNovember 8, 19975'8"185
Yuma OhshitaLRJuly 6, 19925'10"183, JP
Kengo OhtaLRJanuary 19, 19976'1"158
Yasunobu OkugawaRRApril 16, 20016'0"180
Nobuyuki OkumuraLRMay 26, 19955'10"158
José OsunaRRDecember 12, 19926'2"240Trujillo, Trujillo VE
Tomotaka SakaguchiLRJuly 7, 19845'11"168Akashi, Hyogo JP
Koshiro SakamotoLLSeptember 9, 19945'10"165
Domingo SantanaRRAugust 5, 19926'5"220Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO
Motohiro ShimaRRDecember 13, 19845'10"181Kaizu, Gifu JP
Noboru ShimizuLROctober 15, 19965'10"185
Yasutaka ShiomiRRJune 12, 19935'10"167, JP
Cy SneedRROctober 1, 19926'4"215Twin Falls, ID US
Albert SuárezRROctober 8, 19896'3"235San Felix, Bolivar VE
Koki SugiyamaLRJune 25, 19975'11"185
Kazuto TaguchiLLSeptember 14, 19955'7"165
Keiji TakahashiLLMay 14, 19975'10"161Kameoka, JP
Yuhei TakaiLLJune 25, 19845'9"172Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP
Hirotoshi TakanashiRRJune 5, 19916'1"180
Ryusei TakeokaLRMay 28, 20015'10"169
Naruki TerashimaLLJuly 30, 19986'0"198
Seiichi UchikawaRRAugust 4, 19826'0"180Oita, Oita JP
Souma UchiyamaRRJune 30, 20025'7"156
Yugo UmenoRRJanuary 13, 19995'9"185
Rick van den HurkRRMay 22, 19856'5"215Eindhoven, NL
Daiki WatanabeRRJune 7, 19976'0"191, JP
Tetsuto YamadaRRJuly 16, 19925'10"163Toyooka, JP
Taichi YamanoLLMarch 24, 19995'7"169
Kotaro YamasakiLLAugust 11, 19935'8"150, JP
Daiki YoshidaRRJuly 27, 19975'8"182
Taisei YoshidaLRMarch 7, 19955'8"176


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