| Position | 1st Backup  | 2nd Backup | 3rd Backup | Fill Order |
| C | John Rudderham | Fumio Tsuta | None | 1 |
| 1B | Kosaku Goto | Ichiro Shibata | Dixie Roberson | 5 |
| 2B | Kosaku Goto | Ichiro Shibata | Jimmy Johnson | 3 |
| 3B | Kosaku Goto | Ichiro Shibata | Jimmy Johnson | 4 |
| SS | Kosaku Goto | Ichiro Shibata | Foghorn Barnes | 2 |
| LF | Kosaku Goto | Ichiro Shibata | Dixie Roberson | 6 |
| CF | Kosaku Goto | Ichiro Shibata | Dixie Roberson | 7 |
| RF | Kosaku Goto | Ichiro Shibata | Dixie Roberson | 8 |
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