1955 Nishitetsu Lions

1955 > Class Foreign > 1955 Japan Pacific League
Overall: 90-50
Scored 663 runs, Allowed 471 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 91-49

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Osamu Mihara
Represented: Fukuoka, JP
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1954 / 1956

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Hiromasa Ariyoshi	19					Jun 16, 1936
Junjiro Goto	22	R	R	5' 9.0"	150	Jan 27, 1933	Gunma, JP
Masao Hashimoto	19	R	R	5' 8.0"	173	May 7, 1936	Ibaraki, JP
Takeshi Hibino	35	R	R	5' 8.0"	156	Apr 22, 1920	Aichi, JP
Takara Hiratsuka	19	R	R	5' 10.0"	154	Mar 7, 1936	Fukuoka, JP
Sadao Hiyama	21	L	R	5' 8.0"	143	Feb 1, 1934	Ehime, JP
Sunao Imakurusu	36					Nov 15, 1918
Hisafumi Kawamura	21					Aug 30, 1933
Tokuji Kawasaki	34					May 7, 1921
Satoshi Kitahara	19					Feb 28, 1936
Akinobu Kono	24					Aug 22, 1930
Makoto Kuboyama	21					Apr 15, 1934
Mamoru Nagasaka	20					Aug 8, 1934
Yukichi Nagatoshi	34					Dec 9, 1920
Futoshi Nakanishi	22					Apr 11, 1933	Takamatsu, Kagawa, JP
Junji Nakatani	37					Apr 19, 1918
Sadaaki Nishimura	20					Nov 25, 1934
Akira Ogi	20					Apr 29, 1935	Nakama, Fukuoka, JP
Hiroshi Oshita	32					Dec 15, 1922	Kobe, Hyogo, JP
Mamoru Otsu	24					Mar 5, 1931
Akira Owada	21					Mar 21, 1934
Morikazu Sagawa	19					Nov 11, 1935
Atsushi Sakagami	20					Oct 22, 1934
Seiji Sekiguchi	29					Oct 9, 1925
Yukio Shimabara	22					Apr 21, 1933
Teruyuki Takakura	20					Dec 8, 1934
Yasuo Takiuchi	19					Oct 30, 1935
Yoji Tamadukuri	18					Aug 17, 1936
Haruo Tamaki	23					Apr 14, 1932
Yasumitsu Toyoda	20					Feb 12, 1935
Etsuro Tsukamoto	30					Nov 30, 1924
Hiromi Wada	18					Mar 26, 1937
Tadao Wako	18					Aug 22, 1936
Tomoyuki Yatsunami	24					Jul 28, 1930

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