| Position | 1st Backup  | 2nd Backup | 3rd Backup | Fill Order |
| C | Toshio Shimada | None | None | 1 |
| 1B | Mike Grover | Masanori Ida | Tadashi Murakami | 7 |
| 2B | Masanori Ida | Joji Nagai | Billy Gunson | 3 |
| 3B | Masanori Ida | Joji Nagai | Mike Grover | 4 |
| SS | Masanori Ida | Joji Nagai | Ed Constable | 2 |
| LF | Mike Grover | Masanori Ida | Tadashi Murakami | 8 |
| CF | Mike Grover | Masanori Ida | Tadashi Murakami | 6 |
| RF | Mike Grover | Masanori Ida | Tadashi Murakami | 5 |
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