1993 Chiba Lotte Marines Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 51-77
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Soroku Yagisawa (51-77)
Location: Chiba-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Zozo Marine Stadium
1993 Chiba Lotte Marines StatisticsTeam Record: 51-77
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Soroku Yagisawa (51-77)
Location: Chiba-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Zozo Marine Stadium
The Chiba Lotte Marines of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1993 season with a record of 51 wins and 77 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Marines plated 487 runs and surrendered 583 runs. Mel Hall walloped 30 home runs for Chiba Lotte and recorded 92 runs batted in, while leading all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .296 clip. Satoru Komiyama topped the squad with 12 wins, and Hideki Irabu recorded a 3.1 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1993 Chiba Lotte Marines who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Hideki Irabu, Mel Hall, Max Venable, Darryl Motley and Satoru Komiyama.
Soroku Yagisawa served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takeshi Aiko | L | L | August 15, 1962 | 6'0" | 170 | Zushi, Kanagawa JP |
| Susumu Aoyagi | R | R | July 9, 1968 | 5'11" | 167 | Kurume, Fukuoka JP |
| Kotaro Azuse | L | L | May 6, 1967 | 5'10" | 171 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Yoichi Fukuzawa | R | R | May 26, 1967 | 5'10" | 165 | Iizuka, Fukuoka JP |
| Shinichi Furukawa | R | R | July 26, 1963 | 5'11" | 187 | Edogawa Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Mel Hall | L | L | September 16, 1960 | 6'0" | 185 | Lyons, NY US |
| Kiyoshi Hatsushiba | R | R | February 26, 1967 | 5'11" | 209 | Fushimi, Saitama JP |
| Kazutoshi Higuchi | L | R | September 9, 1967 | 5'6" | 147 | Kurume, Fukuoka JP |
| Mitsuchika Hirai | L | L | November 8, 1966 | 5'9" | 171 | Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Sadaharu Hiranuma | R | R | March 27, 1965 | 5'10" | 171 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Koichi Hori | R | R | April 2, 1969 | 6'0" | 187 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Takahisa Hoshiba | L | R | January 12, 1972 | 6'1" | 180 | Himi, Toyama JP |
| Akihito Igarashi | L | R | April 12, 1968 | 5'11" | 158 | Maebashi, Gunma JP |
| Hideki Irabu | R | R | May 5, 1969 | 6'4" | 240 | Hyogo, JP |
| Masahiko Jozume | R | R | September 24, 1966 | 5'10" | 180 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Seiji Kamikawa | L | R | March 27, 1960 | 5'8" | 154 | Arita-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Yasuyuki Kawamoto | L | L | October 21, 1967 | 5'8" | 171 | Kumage-gun, Yamaguchi JP |
| Akinori Kobayashi | R | R | August 5, 1967 | 5'8" | 162 | Edogawa Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Satoru Komiyama | R | R | September 15, 1965 | 6'0" | 183 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
| Yukinaga Maeda | L | L | August 26, 1970 | 5'10" | 155 | Tsukushi-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Tokitaka Minamibuchi | R | R | October 29, 1965 | 5'7" | 154 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Yoshihiko Morita | R | R | February 5, 1962 | 5'8" | 149 | Kushima, Miyazaki JP |
| Darryl Motley | R | R | January 21, 1960 | 5'9" | 196 | Muskogee, OK US |
| Junichiro Muto | R | R | March 15, 1969 | 6'0" | 172 | , Fukushima JP |
| Kiyoyuki Nagashima | L | L | November 12, 1961 | 5'7" | 178 | Hamaoka-cho, Shizuoka JP |
| Toshihide Narimoto | R | R | September 11, 1968 | 5'11" | 193 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP |
| Norifumi Nishimura | S | R | January 9, 1960 | 5'10" | 154 | , Miyazaki JP |
| Akihito Okabe | L | L | October 13, 1962 | 5'10" | 171 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
| Iwao Omura | R | R | May 31, 1969 | 6'1" | 185 | Wakanai, Hokkaido JP |
| Yukihiko Sato | R | R | April 16, 1968 | 6'0" | 180 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Kiyokazu Seki | R | R | September 26, 1964 | 6'0" | 176 | Kashima-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Shigeru Shimada | R | R | August 30, 1962 | 5'11" | 187 | Itano-gun, Tokushima JP |
| Yoshihisa Shiratake | R | R | May 6, 1960 | 5'11" | 158 | Sasebo, Nagasaki JP |
| Katsuo So | February 1, 1959 | |||||
| Kazumi Sonokawa | L | L | May 1, 1963 | 5'9" | 160 | Yashiro-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Toshio Suzuki | R | R | December 18, 1965 | 6'2" | 198 | Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka JP |
| Kenji Tanba | R | R | May 20, 1965 | 5'10" | 171 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
| Shoji Toyama | L | L | July 21, 1967 | 5'10" | 200 | Ashikita-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Masaru Uno | R | R | May 30, 1958 | 5'11" | 165 | Yokaichiba, Chiba JP |
| Kazuhiko Ushijima | R | R | April 13, 1961 | 5'10" | 154 | Katsuragi-gun, Nara JP |
| Max Venable | L | R | June 6, 1957 | 5'10" | 185 | Phoenix, AZ US |
| Hideaki Watanabe | R | R | August 18, 1966 | 6'0" | 176 | Kawaguchi, Saitama JP |
| Norihito Yamashita | L | R | October 11, 1965 | 6'1" | 180 | Kaiso-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Atsushi Yoshida | R | R | September 29, 1970 | 5'11" | 170 | Ikebukuro, Tokyo JP |
