2003 Chunichi Dragons Roster
Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 73-66
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Kyosuke Sasaki (0-0), Hisashi Yamada (0-0)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Dome
2003 Chunichi Dragons StatisticsTeam Record: 73-66
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Kyosuke Sasaki (0-0), Hisashi Yamada (0-0)
Location: Nagoya, Japan
Ballpark: Nagoya Dome
The Chunichi Dragons of the Japan Central League ended the 2003 season with a record of 73 wins and 66 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.
The Dragons plated 616 runs and conceded 578 runs. Kosuke Fukudome walloped 34 home runs for Chunichi, while Motonobu Tanishige and Alex Ochoa swatted 15 or more, too. Kosuke Fukudome accounted for 96 RBI and topped all regular hitters by hitting .312. Masafumi Hirai led the squad with 12 wins and a team-best 3.06 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Alex Ochoa, Kenshin Kawakami, Eddie Gaillard, Marc Valdes, Iván Cruz, Kosuke Fukudome and Akinori Otsuka were all players from the 2003 Chunichi Dragons who played in the Majors during their careers.
Kyosuke Sasaki and Hisashi Yamada served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masahiro Araki | R | R | September 13, 1977 | 5'11" | 163 | Kikuchi-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Kenta Asakura | R | R | June 11, 1981 | 6'1" | 201 | Fukui, Fukui JP |
| Iván Cruz | L | L | May 3, 1968 | 6'3" | 210 | Fajardo, PR |
| Masataka Endo | R | R | September 20, 1972 | 6'1" | 187 | Shirakawa, Fukushima JP |
| Jiro Fujitate | R | R | June 22, 1971 | 5'11" | 205 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Kosuke Fukudome | L | R | April 26, 1977 | 6'0" | 200 | So-gun, Kagoshima JP |
| Eddie Gaillard | R | R | August 13, 1970 | 6'1" | 180 | Camden, NJ US |
| Masafumi Hirai | R | R | April 21, 1975 | 6'1" | 214 | Uwajima, Ehime JP |
| Kazuhiro Hiramatsu | L | L | March 23, 1974 | 5'10" | 170 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
| Yuichi Hisamoto | L | L | March 14, 1979 | 5'9" | 160 | Daito, Osaka JP |
| Hirokazu Ibata | R | R | May 12, 1975 | 5'8" | 165 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
| Kazuki Inoue | L | L | July 25, 1971 | 6'0" | 205 | Aira-gun, Kagoshima JP |
| Hitoki Iwase | L | L | November 10, 1974 | 5'11" | 179 | Nishio, Aichi JP |
| Junichi Jinno | R | R | April 14, 1970 | 5'10" | 171 | Tokai, Aichi JP |
| Kenshin Kawakami | R | R | June 22, 1975 | 5'11" | 200 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Makoto Kito | R | R | May 12, 1965 | 5'10" | 180 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Shinichiro Koyama | R | R | June 13, 1978 | 5'11" | 198 | Watari-gun, Mie JP |
| Hidenori Kuramoto | R | R | May 9, 1976 | 6'0" | 163 | , Gifu JP |
| Omar Linares | October 23, 1967 | |||||
| Akihiro Maeda | R | R | June 19, 1983 | 6'1" | 198 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Shingo Maeda | R | R | March 27, 1980 | 5'10" | 171 | Yao, Osaka JP |
| Akira Miyakoshi | R | R | April 7, 1978 | 6'0" | 178 | Nara, Nara JP |
| Masahiko Morino | L | R | July 28, 1978 | 5'11" | 187 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Ryosuke Morioka | L | R | July 15, 1984 | 5'8" | 159 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Eiichi Nakano | R | R | October 16, 1974 | 6'1" | 184 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Tadaatsu Nakazawa | R | R | September 1, 1982 | 5'11" | 172 | Fukui, Fukui JP |
| Shigeki Noguchi | L | L | May 13, 1974 | 6'0" | 178 | Toyo, Ehime JP |
| Eiji Ochiai | R | R | July 25, 1969 | 5'11" | 167 | Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Alex Ochoa | R | R | March 29, 1972 | 6'0" | 175 | Miami Lakes, FL US |
| Takashi Ogasawara | L | L | November 29, 1976 | 5'8" | 168 | Funabashi, Chiba JP |
| Shinya Okamoto | R | R | October 21, 1974 | 6'0" | 209 | Takeno-gun, Kyoto JP |
| Takayuki Onishi | R | R | July 2, 1971 | 5'9" | 160 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Akinori Otsuka | R | R | January 13, 1972 | 6'0" | 200 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Tadaharu Sakai | R | R | June 21, 1970 | 5'9" | 165 | Misato, Saitama JP |
| Koichi Sekikawa | L | R | April 1, 1969 | 5'10" | 162 | Chofu, Tokyo JP |
| Kiyohito Shimizu | R | R | June 24, 1979 | 5'11" | 195 | Ota, Shimane JP |
| Eiji Shotsu | R | R | November 13, 1972 | 5'8" | 168 | Ono, Fukui JP |
| Mitsunobu Takahashi | R | R | July 7, 1975 | 5'10" | 190 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Motonobu Tanishige | R | R | December 21, 1970 | 5'10" | 180 | Hiba-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Hidenori Tanoue | R | R | March 20, 1980 | 5'10" | 187 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Kazuyoshi Tatsunami | L | R | August 19, 1969 | 5'8" | 154 | Settsu, Osaka JP |
| So Tsutsui | R | R | November 1, 1974 | 5'11" | 180 | Ibaraki, Osaka JP |
| Marc Valdes | R | R | December 20, 1971 | 6'0" | 170 | Dayton, OH US |
| Martin Vargas | R | R | February 22, 1977 | 6'0" | 155 | San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris DO |
| Hiroyuki Watanabe | R | R | June 29, 1970 | 5'11" | 170 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
| Daisuke Yamai | R | R | May 10, 1978 | 5'10" | 181 | Toyonaka, Osaka JP |
| Shigetoshi Yamakita | L | L | January 6, 1978 | 6'3" | 179 | Tajimi, Gifu JP |
| Masahiro Yamamoto | L | L | August 11, 1965 | 6'1" | 192 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Yuichi Yanagisawa | R | R | August 2, 1971 | 5'11" | 162 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Kazuhito Yoshimura | L | R | January 1, 1972 | 5'11" | 171 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
