1990 Lotte Orions Roster

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 57-71
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Masaichi Kaneda (0-0), Sadayuki Tokutake (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium, Zozo Marine Stadium

1990 Lotte Orions Statistics

The Lotte Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1990 season with a record of 57 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.

The Orions scored 571 runs and allowed 622 runs. Mike Diaz walloped 33 home runs for Lotte, while Takeshi Aiko and Kiyoshi Hatsushiba swatted 15 or more also. Mike Diaz recorded 101 runs batted in. Norifumi Nishimura topped all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .338 average. Choji Murata and Yoshihisa Shiratake led the squad with 10 wins each, and Satoru Komiyama registered a 3.28 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.

Players from the 1990 Lotte Orions who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Mike Diaz, Dave Hengel, Hideki Irabu and Satoru Komiyama.

Masaichi Kaneda and Sadayuki Tokutake served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Takeshi AikoLLAugust 15, 19626'0"170Zushi, Kanagawa JP
Susumu AoyagiRRJuly 9, 19685'11"167Kurume, Fukuoka JP
Mike DiazRRApril 15, 19606'2"195San Francisco, CA US
Yoichi FukuzawaRRMay 26, 19675'10"165Iizuka, Fukuoka JP
Shinichi FurukawaRRJuly 26, 19635'11"187Edogawa Ward, Tokyo JP
Hidetoshi HakamadaRRAugust 13, 19555'8"176Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP
Kiyoshi HatsushibaRRFebruary 26, 19675'11"209Fushimi, Saitama JP
Hiroyasu HayashiLLJune 15, 19715'7"168Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP
Dave HengelRRDecember 18, 19616'0"185Oakland, CA US
Mitsuchika HiraiLLNovember 8, 19665'9"171Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka JP
Sadaharu HiranumaRRMarch 27, 19655'10"171Narashino, Chiba JP
Koichi HoriRRApril 2, 19696'0"187Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP
Tsuneo HoriiRRNovember 15, 19586'0"176Joyo, Kyoto JP
Yasuji IbeRRJuly 21, 19595'11"176Sakuma-machi, Shizuoka JP
Goichi InokuboRRDecember 26, 19575'8"176Morioka, Iwate JP
Hideki IrabuRRMay 5, 19696'4"240Hyogo, JP
Fumio ItoRRDecember 20, 19655'11"176Yashiro-gun, Yamanashi JP
Masaru ItoLLJune 15, 19636'0"167Matsumoto, Nagano JP
Seiji KamikawaLRMarch 27, 19605'8"154Arita-gun, Wakayama JP
Eiichi KasaharaRRJune 11, 19666'2"185Isezaki, Gunma JP
Akinori KobayashiRRAugust 5, 19675'8"162Edogawa Ward, Tokyo JP
Satoru KomiyamaRRSeptember 15, 19656'0"183Kashiwa, Chiba JP
Takahiro KonnoLLJuly 11, 19645'11"167Ota Ward, Tokyo JP
Yukinaga MaedaLLAugust 26, 19705'10"155Tsukushi-gun, Fukuoka JP
Tokitaka MinamibuchiRROctober 29, 19655'7"154Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP
Koji MoriRRMarch 8, 19696'0"171Kurashiki, Okayama JP
Yoshihiko MoritaRRFebruary 5, 19625'8"149Kushima, Miyazaki JP
Choji MurataRRNovember 27, 19495'11"171Toyoda-gun, Hiroshima JP
Yoshinari NaganoRRJuly 21, 19686'0"195Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP
Norifumi NishimuraSRJanuary 9, 19605'10"154, Miyazaki JP
Hiroshi OgawaRRApril 2, 19625'10"150Ashikaga, Tochigi JP
Akihito OkabeLLOctober 13, 19625'10"171Sakai, Osaka JP
Zaijiro OnoderaRRSeptember 27, 19715'5"145Osaka, Osaka JP
Ko SaitoRRNovember 25, 19575'11"176Nishiwaki, Hyogo JP
Kazuhito SatoRRFebruary 6, 19626'0"160Nichinan, Miyazaki JP
Kenichi SatoRRSeptember 13, 19595'11"170Sapporo, Hokkaido JP
Yukihiko SatoRRApril 16, 19686'0"180Chiba, Chiba JP
Yusuke SatomiLLMarch 16, 19706'0"165Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP
Kiyokazu SekiRRSeptember 26, 19646'0"176Kashima-gun, Ibaraki JP
Hiroshi ShibaharaRRDecember 29, 19695'10"180Minami Takagi-gun, Nagasaki JP
Shigeru ShimadaRRAugust 30, 19625'11"187Itano-gun, Tokushima JP
Yoshihisa ShiratakeRRMay 6, 19605'11"158Sasebo, Nagasaki JP
Katsuo SoFebruary 1, 1959
Kazumi SonokawaLLMay 1, 19635'9"160Yashiro-gun, Kumamoto JP
Chuichi TakahashiLRMay 31, 19605'11"185Shibukawa, Gunma JP
Yoshihiko TakahashiSRMarch 13, 19575'9"173Ashibetsu, Hokkaido JP
Kazuhiko UshijimaRRApril 13, 19615'10"154Katsuragi-gun, Nara JP
Norihito YamashitaLROctober 11, 19656'1"180Kaiso-gun, Wakayama JP
Shoji YashimaRRSeptember 14, 19706'0"160Kashiwa, Chiba JP
Masashi YokotaLRNovember 26, 19625'8"165Nankoku, Kochi JP



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