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1972 Taiyo Whales

1972 > Class Foreign > 1972 Japan Central League
Overall: 57-69
Scored 481 runs, Allowed 523 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 58-68

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Takeshi Miyazaki, Noboru Aota and Kaoru Betto
Represented: Kawasaki, JP
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1971 / 1973

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Clete Boyer 35 R R 6' 0.0" 165 Feb 9, 1937 Cassville, MO, US
Akira Ejiri 29 L L 5' 10.0" 178 Jan 10, 1943 Takahagi, Ibaraki, JP
Shinichi Eto 34 R R 5' 10.0" 176 Oct 6, 1937 Yamaga, Kumamoto, JP
Hisaaki Fukushima 25 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Apr 10, 1947 Higashi Muro-gun, Wakayama, JP
Tadashi Furuta 25 R R 5' 8.0" 143 Jul 31, 1946 Yamaguchi, JP
Kenzo Hayashi 29 R R 5' 9.0" 165 May 21, 1943 Kyoto, Kyoto, JP
Masaji Hiramatsu 24 R R 5' 9.0" 162 Sep 19, 1947 Takahashi, Okayama, JP
Ichiro Hiraoka 26 L L 5' 8.0" 156 Aug 14, 1945 Odawara, Kanagawa, JP
Yoshihiro Iiduka 27 Jan 26, 1945
Nobuhiro Ishihata 27 Jul 29, 1944
Isao Ito 30 May 14, 1942
Hiroshi Kito 29 Apr 18, 1943
Koji Kobayashi 21 Sep 8, 1950
Akihito Kondo 34 Apr 1, 1938
Kazuhiko Kondo 36 Mar 2, 1936
Tadakatsu Kotani 27 Apr 8, 1945
Hiroshi Kurahashi 26 Jun 2, 1946
Masakatsu Kusaka 27 Oct 17, 1944
Shigekuni Mashiba 20 Nov 15, 1951
Makoto Matsubara 28 Jan 13, 1944
Kosuke Matsuoka 29 Feb 9, 1943
Hideo Matsushima 20 Jul 24, 1951
Masayuki Nakatsuka 27 Jun 29, 1945
Yoshio Noguchi 24 May 5, 1948
Isao Ohashi 31 Mar 25, 1941
Nobuji Oikawa 28 Jun 8, 1944
Yukio Osada 33 Feb 24, 1939
Katsuji Sakai 34 Mar 21, 1938
Issei Sato 27 Jan 5, 1945
Motohiko Sato 29 Jan 1, 1943
Shozo Shigematsu 32 Jan 5, 1940
Gentaro Shimada 32 Aug 25, 1939
John Sipin 25 R R 6' 1.0" 175 Aug 29, 1946 Watsonville, CA, US
Yoshihiro Takagaki 23 Nov 6, 1948
Yoshikazu Takagi 23 Mar 13, 1949
Kazuyoshi Takemura 22 Dec 19, 1949
Hiroaki Takeuchi 18 Oct 22, 1953
Kiyoshi Tanioka 21 Apr 11, 1951
Tatsuo Uzawa 19 Jul 13, 1952
Ritsuo Yamashita 27 Oct 20, 1944
Taiichi Yasuda 22 Mar 24, 1950
Keizaburo Yoneda 29 Jan 13, 1943

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