| Position | 1st Backup  | 2nd Backup | 3rd Backup | Fill Order |
| C | Jackie Marshall | None | None | 1 |
| 1B | Chikao Taguchi | None | None | 4 |
| 2B | Joe Powers | John Blanco | Chikao Taguchi | 5 |
| 3B | Joe Powers | Rich Sparks | None | 2 |
| SS | John Blanco | None | None | 3 |
| LF | Masami Kojima | Joe Powers | Koichi Ariyoshi | 7 |
| CF | Glenn Sprinz | Noboru Hirata | Billy Timlin | 6 |
| RF | Masami Kojima | Joe Powers | Koichi Ariyoshi | 8 |
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