2008 Chiba Lotte Marines Roster
Team Record: 73-70
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Bobby Valentine (73-70)
Location: Chiba-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Zozo Marine Stadium
The Chiba Lotte Marines of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2008 season with a record of 73 wins and 70 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Marines scored 662 runs and conceded 648 runs, most in the circuit. Shoitsu Omatsu led Chiba Lotte with 24 home runs, while Tomoya Satozaki walloped 15 or more also. Shoitsu Omatsu accounted for 91 RBI. Toshiaki Imae paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .309 clip. Naoyuki Shimizu and Shunsuke Watanabe topped the squad with 13 wins each, and Yoshihisa Naruse registered a 3.24 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Tsuyoshi Nishioka, Satoru Komiyama, Benny Agbayani, José Ortiz, Julio Zuleta, Winston Abreu and Brian Sikorski were all players from the 2008 Chiba Lotte Marines who played in the Majors during their careers.
Bobby Valentine served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winston Abreu | R | R | April 5, 1977 | 6'2" | 170 | Cotui, Sanchez Ramirez DO |
| Benny Agbayani | R | R | December 28, 1971 | 6'0" | 225 | Honolulu, HI US |
| Katsuyuki Aihara | R | R | July 24, 1983 | 6'3" | 192 | Kodama-gun, Saitama JP |
| Takenori Daita | S | R | February 11, 1974 | 5'11" | 160 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Kazuya Fukuura | L | L | December 14, 1975 | 5'11" | 180 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Tasuku Hashimoto | L | R | May 1, 1976 | 5'10" | 194 | Uwajima, Ehime JP |
| Daisuke Hayakawa | S | R | June 3, 1975 | 5'10" | 170 | Itami, Hyogo JP |
| Keisuke Hayasaka | S | R | June 19, 1984 | 5'9" | 139 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa JP |
| Hisao Heiuchi | L | R | July 7, 1981 | 5'11" | 181 | Seiyo, Ehime JP |
| Koichi Hori | R | R | April 2, 1969 | 6'0" | 187 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Kei Hosoya | R | R | January 17, 1988 | 6'0" | 185 | Isezaki, Gunma JP |
| Toshiaki Imae | R | R | August 26, 1983 | 5'10" | 175 | Muko, Kyoto JP |
| Yoshihiro Ito | R | R | June 2, 1982 | 5'10" | 165 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Katsuya Kakunaka | L | R | May 25, 1987 | 5'11" | 176 | Nanao, Ishikawa JP |
| Takeshi Kanazawa | L | R | May 5, 1984 | 5'11" | 181 | Odawara, Tochigi JP |
| Yoshihide Kanda | R | R | February 27, 1979 | 5'10" | 159 | Takamatsu, Kagawa JP |
| Yuki Karakawa | R | R | July 5, 1989 | 5'11" | 168 | Narita, Chiba JP |
| Yusuke Kawasaki | L | L | February 17, 1982 | 5'11" | 189 | Miyazaki, Miyazaki JP |
| Hiroyuki Kobayashi | R | R | June 4, 1978 | 6'0" | 175 | Kusaka, Saitama JP |
| Takumi Kobe | L | R | February 23, 1985 | 6'3" | 216 | Uku, Ibaraki JP |
| Satoru Komiyama | R | R | September 15, 1965 | 6'0" | 183 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
| Yasutomo Kubo | R | R | August 6, 1980 | 5'11" | 175 | Kashihara, Nara JP |
| Kodai Matsumoto | L | L | December 23, 1980 | 5'9" | 165 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Ryusuke Minami | R | R | July 9, 1981 | 6'1" | 194 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP |
| Taiki Nakago | R | R | September 21, 1984 | 5'10" | 165 | Naka-gun, Tokushima JP |
| Yoshihisa Naruse | L | L | October 13, 1985 | 5'11" | 190 | Oyama, Tochigi JP |
| Shunichi Nemoto | L | R | July 8, 1983 | 5'10" | 165 | Nishi Tama-gun, Tokyo JP |
| Tomohisa Nemoto | L | L | March 21, 1986 | 5'10" | 173 | Motomiya, Fukushima JP |
| Tsuyoshi Nishioka | S | R | July 27, 1984 | 6'1" | 175 | Nara, Nara JP |
| Tadahiro Ogino | R | R | April 26, 1982 | 5'9" | 159 | , Tokyo JP |
| Yuta Ohmine | L | R | June 16, 1988 | 6'0" | 176 | Ishigakijima, Okinawa JP |
| Shoitsu Omatsu | L | L | June 16, 1982 | 6'0" | 198 | Kanazawa, Ishikawa JP |
| Saburo Omura | R | R | June 1, 1976 | 5'11" | 187 | Okayama, Okayama JP |
| Shingo Ono | R | R | April 7, 1975 | 5'10" | 181 | Sunto-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| José Ortiz | R | R | June 13, 1977 | 5'9" | 177 | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO |
| Akira Otsuka | R | R | April 28, 1975 | 6'0" | 183 | Beppu, Oita JP |
| Tomoya Satozaki | R | R | May 20, 1976 | 5'9" | 175 | Naruto, Tokushima JP |
| Naoyuki Shimizu | R | R | November 24, 1975 | 5'11" | 175 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Ken Shinzato | R | R | April 12, 1981 | 5'10" | 181 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
| Brian Sikorski | R | R | July 27, 1974 | 6'1" | 190 | Detroit, MI US |
| Koji Takagi | L | L | May 10, 1968 | 6'0" | 181 | Asahi, Chiba JP |
| Naotaka Takehara | R | L | April 21, 1980 | 6'0" | 194 | Okayama, Okayama JP |
| Masahiko Tanaka | R | R | January 9, 1982 | 5'9" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Masato Watanabe | R | R | April 3, 1979 | 6'0" | 176 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Shunsuke Watanabe | R | R | August 27, 1976 | 5'10" | 155 | Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Ssu Yu Wu | L | L | May 24, 1982 | 5'11" | 194 | , TW |
| Julio Zuleta | R | R | March 28, 1975 | 6'6" | 230 | Panama, Panama PA |
