1982 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-52
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (67-52)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium

1982 Nippon Ham Fighters Statistics

The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1982 season with a record of 67 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.

The Ham Fighters scored 551 runs and conceded 518 runs. Tony Solaita walloped 30 home runs for Nippon, while Tommy Cruz, Tatsuo Omiya and Junichi Kashiwabara each swatted 15 or more as well. Tony Solaita drove in 84 runs. Hideo Furuya led all regular hitters by connecting at a .291 clip. Mikio Kudo topped the squad with 20 wins, and Satoshi Takahashi earned a 1.84 ERA, best among regular hurlers.

Members of the 1982 Nippon Ham Fighters who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tommy Cruz, Masanori Murakami and Tony Solaita.

Keiji Ozawa served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Tommy CruzLLFebruary 15, 19515'9"165Arroyo, PR
Yutaka EnatsuLLMay 15, 19485'10"198, Nara JP
Hideo FuruyaRRAugust 1, 19555'8"182Futtsu, Chiba JP
Toshikazu HattoriRRFebruary 13, 19485'9"158Shimizu, Shizuoka JP
Shinichi IgarashiRRAugust 29, 19595'9"167Suginami Ward, Tokyo JP
Hiroaki InoueRRMay 21, 19445'9"190Nishi Yodogawa Ward, Osaka JP
Takayuki IwaiRRMay 30, 19535'9"158Usa, Oita JP
Koji KagitaniLRJuly 2, 19505'5"143Kumage-gun, Yamaguchi JP
Junichi KashiwabaraRRJune 15, 19525'10"182Yashiro, Kumamoto JP
Shoji KawaharaNovember 17, 1953
Isamu KidaLLJune 7, 19545'11"165Yokohama, Kanagawa JP
Takashi KimuraSRSeptember 18, 19586'2"182Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP
Mikio KudoRRSeptember 30, 19605'11"165Honjo, Akita JP
Shigekuni MashibaLLNovember 15, 19515'10"178Ozu, Shiga JP
Hideshi MuraiRRJanuary 9, 19505'8"162Sapporo, Hokkaido JP
Masanori MurakamiLLMay 6, 19446'0"180Kita Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP
Hiroaki NakanishiRRSeptember 10, 19535'8"165, Hyogo JP
Fumio NaritaRROctober 2, 19465'10"167, Tokyo JP
Noriaki OkabeRRApril 11, 19586'0"185Kita Tama-gun, Tokyo JP
Kazuhiko OkajiLLSeptember 9, 19515'9"170Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo JP
Tatsuo OmiyaRRJune 19, 19545'10"185Okazaki, Aichi JP
Yoshiyuki SakakibaraRRJune 13, 19495'9"160Hamamatsu, Shizuoka JP
Akira SakamakiRRMay 12, 19556'0"178Kusaka, Saitama JP
Makoto ShimadaLLSeptember 3, 19545'6"149Nakama, Fukuoka JP
Tony SolaitaLLJanuary 15, 19476'0"210Nuuuli, AS
Mitsuo SuganoRRAugust 28, 19525'8"158Naka-gun, Ibaraki JP
Kazumi TakahashiLLJune 9, 19465'10"171Fuchu, Hiroshima JP
Masami TakahashiRRDecember 20, 19546'2"190Sendai, Miyagi JP
Satoshi TakahashiRRMay 17, 19485'10"167Tsuruga, Fukui JP
Nobuhiro TakashiroRRMay 27, 19545'6"162Yoshino-gun, Nara JP
Fujio TamuraRROctober 24, 19596'0"174Narashino, Chiba JP
Yukio TanakaRRFebruary 27, 19596'3"198Nagareyama, Chiba JP
Hiromori WadaRRAugust 12, 19575'11"167, Yamaguchi JP
Katsura YamamotoRRMay 12, 19596'0"176Tsuru, Yamanashi JP



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