1983 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 61-61
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Junzo Sekine (61-61)
Location: Yokohama-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Yokohama Stadium
1983 Yokohama Taiyo Whales StatisticsTeam Record: 61-61
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Junzo Sekine (61-61)
Location: Yokohama-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Yokohama Stadium
The Yokohama Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1983 season with a record of 61 wins and 61 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.
The Whales scored 561 runs and allowed 631 runs, most in the circuit. Leon Lee walloped 30 home runs for Yokohama, while Tomio Tashiro and Jim Tracy swatted 15 or more also. Leon Lee recorded 98 runs batted in. Yutaka Takagi led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .314 average. Kazuhiko Endo topped the team with 18 wins and a team-best 2.87 ERA, best among regularly-used pitchers.
Jim Tracy played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Yokohama Taiyo Whales to do so.
Junzo Sekine served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazuhiko Endo | R | R | April 19, 1955 | 6'0" | 158 | Nishi Shirakawa-gun, Fukushima JP |
| Hisaaki Fukushima | R | R | April 10, 1947 | 5'10" | 185 | Higashi Muro-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Masaji Hiramatsu | R | R | September 19, 1947 | 5'9" | 162 | Takahashi, Okayama JP |
| Shintaro Hirose | L | L | December 8, 1962 | 6'1" | 180 | Naka-gun, Kyoto JP |
| Tsuneo Horii | R | R | November 15, 1958 | 6'0" | 176 | Joyo, Kyoto JP |
| Kazumasa Ichikawa | R | R | October 9, 1958 | 5'9" | 173 | Handa, Aichi JP |
| Mitsugu Ishibashi | R | R | May 5, 1957 | 6'0" | 171 | Izumo, Shimane JP |
| Fumiaki Kadota | R | R | February 6, 1956 | 6'1" | 182 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Tsugio Kanazawa | R | R | December 18, 1958 | 6'1" | 198 | Hitachiota, Ibaraki JP |
| Hirokazu Kato | S | L | October 9, 1951 | 5'10" | 160 | Taku, Saga JP |
| Toshio Kato | R | R | January 20, 1948 | 5'10" | 187 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Masaaki Koga | R | R | April 11, 1949 | 6'3" | 193 | Kurume, Fukuoka JP |
| Fumio Kubo | R | L | December 3, 1962 | 6'0" | 171 | Ito-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Leon Lee | S | R | December 4, 1952 | 6'0" | 189 | Sacramento, CA US |
| Hiroshi Masumoto | R | R | September 10, 1956 | 6'0" | 150 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Kazuhiko Migita | R | R | June 3, 1960 | 5'10" | 162 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Masaki Miura | R | R | November 17, 1949 | 5'11" | 167 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Mitsuo Motoi | R | R | November 10, 1946 | 5'8" | 180 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Koichi Muraoka | S | R | July 17, 1960 | 5'8" | 147 | Saga, Saga JP |
| Keiji Nagasaki | L | L | May 13, 1950 | 5'10" | 176 | Haruno-machi, Kochi JP |
| Hiromi Nishimura | R | R | May 20, 1958 | 5'9" | 180 | Ito-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Toru Ohata | L | L | January 10, 1961 | 5'10" | 176 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Hiroshi Okubo | R | R | February 4, 1959 | 5'10" | 170 | Yamada, Fukuoka JP |
| Akio Saito | R | R | February 23, 1955 | 6'0" | 187 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Yutaka Saotome | R | R | April 13, 1949 | 5'11" | 180 | Kamitsuga-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Masao Sato | R | L | December 8, 1950 | 5'9" | 175 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Hirofumi Sekine | R | R | September 14, 1961 | 5'11" | 180 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Yoshikazu Takagi | L | L | March 13, 1949 | 5'10" | 180 | Aiko-gun, Kanagawa JP |
| Yutaka Takagi | S | R | October 22, 1957 | 5'8" | 167 | Bofu, Yamaguchi JP |
| Misao Takaura | R | R | July 20, 1952 | Kisaratsuji, Chiba JP | ||
| Tomio Tashiro | R | R | July 9, 1954 | 6'1" | 193 | Odawara, Kanagawa JP |
| Jim Tracy | L | R | December 31, 1955 | 6'0" | 185 | Hamilton, OH US |
| Yasuhiko Tsuji | R | R | June 18, 1942 | 5'7" | 182 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Yoshiharu Wakana | R | R | December 5, 1953 | 6'0" | 170 | Chikugo, Fukuoka JP |
| Tadayoshi Yamaguchi | R | R | October 17, 1958 | 5'10" | 147 | Minami Kawauchi-gun, Osaka JP |
| Daisuke Yamashita | R | R | March 5, 1952 | 5'9" | 171 | Shimizu, Shizuoka JP |
| Kaname Yashiki | S | R | June 11, 1959 | 5'10" | 165 | Kawanishi, Hyogo JP |
| Hiroshi Yoshimoto | R | R | October 15, 1956 | 5'11" | 171 | Tokuyama, Yamaguchi JP |
