1990 Lotte Orions Roster
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
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.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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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 |
Mike Diaz | R | R | April 15, 1960 | 6'2" | 195 | San Francisco, CA US |
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 |
Hidetoshi Hakamada | R | R | August 13, 1955 | 5'8" | 176 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
Kiyoshi Hatsushiba | R | R | February 26, 1967 | 5'11" | 209 | Fushimi, Saitama JP |
Hiroyasu Hayashi | L | L | June 15, 1971 | 5'7" | 168 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
Dave Hengel | R | R | December 18, 1961 | 6'0" | 185 | Oakland, CA US |
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 |
Tsuneo Horii | R | R | November 15, 1958 | 6'0" | 176 | Joyo, Kyoto JP |
Yasuji Ibe | R | R | July 21, 1959 | 5'11" | 176 | Sakuma-machi, Shizuoka JP |
Goichi Inokubo | R | R | December 26, 1957 | 5'8" | 176 | Morioka, Iwate JP |
Hideki Irabu | R | R | May 5, 1969 | 6'4" | 240 | Hyogo, JP |
Fumio Ito | R | R | December 20, 1965 | 5'11" | 176 | Yashiro-gun, Yamanashi JP |
Masaru Ito | L | L | June 15, 1963 | 6'0" | 167 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
Seiji Kamikawa | L | R | March 27, 1960 | 5'8" | 154 | Arita-gun, Wakayama JP |
Eiichi Kasahara | R | R | June 11, 1966 | 6'2" | 185 | Isezaki, Gunma 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 |
Takahiro Konno | L | L | July 11, 1964 | 5'11" | 167 | Ota Ward, Tokyo 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 |
Koji Mori | R | R | March 8, 1969 | 6'0" | 171 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
Yoshihiko Morita | R | R | February 5, 1962 | 5'8" | 149 | Kushima, Miyazaki JP |
Choji Murata | R | R | November 27, 1949 | 5'11" | 171 | Toyoda-gun, Hiroshima JP |
Yoshinari Nagano | R | R | July 21, 1968 | 6'0" | 195 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
Norifumi Nishimura | S | R | January 9, 1960 | 5'10" | 154 | , Miyazaki JP |
Hiroshi Ogawa | R | R | April 2, 1962 | 5'10" | 150 | Ashikaga, Tochigi JP |
Akihito Okabe | L | L | October 13, 1962 | 5'10" | 171 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
Zaijiro Onodera | R | R | September 27, 1971 | 5'5" | 145 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
Ko Saito | R | R | November 25, 1957 | 5'11" | 176 | Nishiwaki, Hyogo JP |
Kazuhito Sato | R | R | February 6, 1962 | 6'0" | 160 | Nichinan, Miyazaki JP |
Kenichi Sato | R | R | September 13, 1959 | 5'11" | 170 | Sapporo, Hokkaido JP |
Yukihiko Sato | R | R | April 16, 1968 | 6'0" | 180 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
Yusuke Satomi | L | L | March 16, 1970 | 6'0" | 165 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
Kiyokazu Seki | R | R | September 26, 1964 | 6'0" | 176 | Kashima-gun, Ibaraki JP |
Hiroshi Shibahara | R | R | December 29, 1969 | 5'10" | 180 | Minami Takagi-gun, Nagasaki 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 |
Chuichi Takahashi | L | R | May 31, 1960 | 5'11" | 185 | Shibukawa, Gunma JP |
Yoshihiko Takahashi | S | R | March 13, 1957 | 5'9" | 173 | Ashibetsu, Hokkaido JP |
Kazuhiko Ushijima | R | R | April 13, 1961 | 5'10" | 154 | Katsuragi-gun, Nara JP |
Norihito Yamashita | L | R | October 11, 1965 | 6'1" | 180 | Kaiso-gun, Wakayama JP |
Shoji Yashima | R | R | September 14, 1970 | 6'0" | 160 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
Masashi Yokota | L | R | November 26, 1962 | 5'8" | 165 | Nankoku, Kochi JP |