1985 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Roster

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 57-61
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Sadao Kondo (57-61)
Location: Yokohama-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Yokohama Stadium

1985 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Statistics

The Yokohama Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1985 season with a record of 57 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.

The Whales tallied 589 runs and surrendered 653 runs. Leon Lee walloped 31 home runs for Yokohama, while Tomio Tashiro and Kaname Yashiki swatted 15 or more, too. Leon Lee recorded 110 runs batted in. Yutaka Takagi led all regular batters with a .318 average. Kazuhiko Endo topped the team with 14 wins, and Akio Saito recorded a 2.14 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.

Jerry White played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Yokohama Taiyo Whales to do so.

Sadao Kondo served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Hideo AokiRRJune 17, 19625'10"178Yokohama, Kanagawa JP
Toshio ChoshiRRAugust 24, 19615'10"160Kashima, Ibaraki JP
Kazuhiko EndoRRApril 19, 19556'0"158Nishi Shirakawa-gun, Fukushima JP
Yoshiaki HinoRRAugust 16, 19615'11"165Hayami-gun, Oita JP
Hiroyuki HirakawaLLSeptember 3, 19576'0"180, Nagasaki JP
Kaoru HirataRRFebruary 9, 19545'9"160Sakade, Kagawa JP
Shintaro HiroseLLDecember 8, 19626'1"180Naka-gun, Kyoto JP
Tsuneo HoriiRRNovember 15, 19586'0"176Joyo, Kyoto JP
Kazumasa IchikawaRROctober 9, 19585'9"173Handa, Aichi JP
Yutaka IkeuchiRRApril 7, 19525'10"178Okawa-gun, Kagawa JP
Mitsugu IshibashiRRMay 5, 19576'0"171Izumo, Shimane JP
Kenji ItakuraRRAugust 25, 19655'11"171Chofu, Tokyo JP
Fumiaki KadotaRRFebruary 6, 19566'1"182Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP
Mitsunori KakehataRRJanuary 10, 19636'0"195Ninohe-gun, Iwate JP
Tsugio KanazawaRRDecember 18, 19586'1"198Hitachiota, Ibaraki JP
Hirokazu KatoSLOctober 9, 19515'10"160Taku, Saga JP
Toshio KatoRRJanuary 20, 19485'10"187Sendai, Miyagi JP
Yasuhiko KawanoRRJanuary 31, 19615'11"167Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto JP
Kyoichi KikuchiRRDecember 26, 19545'10"176Edozaki-cho, Ibaraki JP
Hiroshi KimuraRRAugust 17, 19536'0"178Minami Takai-gun, Nagasaki JP
Yasuhiro KitaRRApril 23, 19615'10"176Kawakita-gun, Ishikawa JP
Akiyoshi KoyamaRRDecember 14, 19606'0"184Machida, Tokyo JP
Fumio KuboRLDecember 3, 19626'0"171Ito-gun, Wakayama JP
Leon LeeSRDecember 4, 19526'0"189Sacramento, CA US
Tetsuaki MaedomariRROctober 17, 19576'0"154Inomotejima, Okinawa JP
Hiroshi MasumotoRRSeptember 10, 19566'0"150Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP
Koichi MuraokaSRJuly 17, 19605'8"147Saga, Saga JP
Hiromi NishimuraRRMay 20, 19585'9"180Ito-gun, Wakayama JP
Toru OhataLLJanuary 10, 19615'10"176Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP
Hiroshi OkuboRRFebruary 4, 19595'10"170Yamada, Fukuoka JP
Akio SaitoRRFebruary 23, 19556'0"187Kyoto, Kyoto JP
Hirofumi SekineRRSeptember 14, 19615'11"180Chiba, Chiba JP
Masanobu SuginagaRRMay 5, 19616'3"165, Fukui JP
Yoshikazu TakagiLLMarch 13, 19495'10"180Aiko-gun, Kanagawa JP
Yutaka TakagiSROctober 22, 19575'8"167Bofu, Yamaguchi JP
Masahiro TakahashiSRJuly 10, 19645'9"180Toyoaki, Aichi JP
Tomio TashiroRRJuly 9, 19546'1"193Odawara, Kanagawa JP
Yoshiharu WakanaRRDecember 5, 19536'0"170Chikugo, Fukuoka JP
Jerry WhiteSRAugust 23, 19525'10"164Shirley, MA US
Tadayoshi YamaguchiRROctober 17, 19585'10"147Minami Kawauchi-gun, Osaka JP
Daisuke YamashitaRRMarch 5, 19525'9"171Shimizu, Shizuoka JP
Kenichi YamazakiLLJuly 20, 19625'8"165Nerima Ward, Tokyo JP
Kaname YashikiSRJune 11, 19595'10"165Kawanishi, Hyogo JP
Hiroshi YoshimotoRROctober 15, 19565'11"171Tokuyama, Yamaguchi JP



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