1981 Yokohama Taiyo Whales

1981 > Class Foreign > 1981 Japan Central League
Overall: 42-80
Scored 444 runs, Allowed 609 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 44-78

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Kiyoshi Doi and Toshihide Yamane
Represented: Yokohama, JP
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1980 / 1982

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors

	Age	B	T	Ht	Wt	DoB	Birthplace
Katsutaro Arai	21	R	R	5' 11.0"	158	Oct 22, 1959	Toda, Saitama, JP
Kazuhiko Endo	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	158	Apr 19, 1955	Nishi Shirakawa-gun, Fukushima, JP
Sadaaki Fujioka	26	R	R	6' 0.0"	167	Jun 24, 1955	Fukuoka, JP
Hisaaki Fukushima	34	R	R	5' 10.0"	185	Apr 10, 1947	Higashi Muro-gun, Wakayama, JP
Masaji Hiramatsu	33	R	R	5' 9.0"	162	Sep 19, 1947	Takahashi, Okayama, JP
Tsuneo Horii	22					Nov 15, 1958
Kazumasa Ichikawa	22					Oct 9, 1958
Hiroshi Ikeda	26					Feb 27, 1955
Mitsugu Ishibashi	24					May 5, 1957
Takayuki Iwai	28					May 30, 1953
Hidemi Kato	29					Apr 2, 1952
Masaaki Koga	32					Apr 11, 1949
Fumio Kubo	18					Dec 3, 1962
Pete LaCock	29	L	L	6' 2.0"	200	Jan 17, 1952	Burbank, CA, US
Tetsuaki Maedomari	23					Oct 17, 1957
Kazuaki Mori	25					Mar 19, 1956
Mitsuo Motoi	34	R	R	5' 8.0"	180	Nov 10, 1946
Keiji Nagasaki	31					May 13, 1950
Masayuki Nakatsuka	36					Jun 29, 1945
Shigeru Nishiyama	25					Mar 1, 1956
Osamu Nomura	34					Aug 9, 1946
Hiroshi Okubo	22					Feb 4, 1959
James Peters	27	L	L	6' 3.0"	180	Sep 30, 1953
Akio Saito	26					Feb 23, 1955
Ko Saito	23					Nov 25, 1957
Masao Sato	30	L	L	5' 9.0"	175	Dec 8, 1950
Hiroyoshi Shimizu	30					Jul 4, 1950
Yoshikazu Takagi	32					Mar 13, 1949
Yutaka Takagi	23					Oct 22, 1957
Misao Takaura	28					Jul 20, 1952
Hiroaki Takeuchi	27					Oct 22, 1953
Yoshio Tanaka	25					Sep 3, 1955
Tomio Tashiro	26					Jul 9, 1954
Yasuhiko Tsuji	39					Jun 18, 1942
Teruyuki Uno	29					Feb 10, 1952
Daisuke Yamashita	29					Mar 5, 1952
Kaname Yashiki	22					Jun 11, 1959

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