1983 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-59
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (64-59)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1983 Nippon Ham Fighters StatisticsTeam Record: 64-59
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (64-59)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1983 season with a record of 64 wins and 59 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters scored 581 runs and allowed 540 runs. Tony Solaita walloped 36 home runs for Nippon, while Hideo Furuya and Junichi Kashiwabara added 15 or more also. Junichi Kashiwabara recorded 89 runs batted in. Tommy Cruz led all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .320 clip. Shoji Kawahara topped the squad with 11 wins, and Shigekuni Mashiba earned a 2.71 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Tony Solaita and Tommy Cruz both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Keiji Ozawa served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Cruz | L | L | February 15, 1951 | 5'9" | 165 | Arroyo, PR |
| Yutaka Enatsu | L | L | May 15, 1948 | 5'10" | 198 | , Nara JP |
| Hideo Furuya | R | R | August 1, 1955 | 5'8" | 182 | Futtsu, Chiba JP |
| Tadami Futamura | R | R | October 8, 1959 | 5'10" | 178 | Mizuma-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Shinichi Igarashi | R | R | August 29, 1959 | 5'9" | 167 | Suginami Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Hiroaki Inoue | R | R | May 21, 1944 | 5'9" | 190 | Nishi Yodogawa Ward, Osaka JP |
| Takayuki Iwai | R | R | May 30, 1953 | 5'9" | 158 | Usa, Oita JP |
| Junichi Kashiwabara | R | R | June 15, 1952 | 5'10" | 182 | Yashiro, Kumamoto JP |
| Shoji Kawahara | November 17, 1953 | |||||
| Tomonori Kawamoto | R | R | May 1, 1959 | 5'11" | 167 | Yashiro, Kumamoto JP |
| Isamu Kida | L | L | June 7, 1954 | 5'11" | 165 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Takashi Kimura | S | R | September 18, 1958 | 6'2" | 182 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Mikio Kudo | R | R | September 30, 1960 | 5'11" | 165 | Honjo, Akita JP |
| Shigekuni Mashiba | L | L | November 15, 1951 | 5'10" | 178 | Ozu, Shiga JP |
| Hideshi Murai | R | R | January 9, 1950 | 5'8" | 162 | Sapporo, Hokkaido JP |
| Hiroaki Nakanishi | R | R | September 10, 1953 | 5'8" | 165 | , Hyogo JP |
| Osamu Ogiwara | L | R | March 22, 1960 | 6'0" | 165 | , Chiba JP |
| Noriaki Okabe | R | R | April 11, 1958 | 6'0" | 185 | Kita Tama-gun, Tokyo JP |
| Kazuhiko Okaji | L | L | September 9, 1951 | 5'9" | 170 | Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Tatsuo Omiya | R | R | June 19, 1954 | 5'10" | 185 | Okazaki, Aichi JP |
| Yoshiyuki Sakakibara | R | R | June 13, 1949 | 5'9" | 160 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka JP |
| Akira Sakamaki | R | R | May 12, 1955 | 6'0" | 178 | Kusaka, Saitama JP |
| Seiichi Sato | R | R | June 1, 1961 | 6'1" | 190 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Makoto Shimada | L | L | September 3, 1954 | 5'6" | 149 | Nakama, Fukuoka JP |
| Nobutoshi Shimada | R | R | April 9, 1960 | 6'2" | 187 | Takefu, Fukui JP |
| Tony Solaita | L | L | January 15, 1947 | 6'0" | 210 | Nuuuli, AS |
| Mitsuo Sugano | R | R | August 28, 1952 | 5'8" | 158 | Naka-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Kazumi Takahashi | L | L | June 9, 1946 | 5'10" | 171 | Fuchu, Hiroshima JP |
| Masami Takahashi | R | R | December 20, 1954 | 6'2" | 190 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Satoshi Takahashi | R | R | May 17, 1948 | 5'10" | 167 | Tsuruga, Fukui JP |
| Nobuhiro Takashiro | R | R | May 27, 1954 | 5'6" | 162 | Yoshino-gun, Nara JP |
| Fujio Tamura | R | R | October 24, 1959 | 6'0" | 174 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Tomio Tanaka | R | R | April 12, 1960 | 6'1" | 185 | Minami Uwa-gun, Ehime JP |
| Yukio Tanaka | R | R | February 27, 1959 | 6'3" | 198 | Nagareyama, Chiba JP |
| Hideaki Tsusue | L | R | October 16, 1958 | 5'10" | 180 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Hiromori Wada | R | R | August 12, 1957 | 5'11" | 167 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Katsura Yamamoto | R | R | May 12, 1959 | 6'0" | 176 | Tsuru, Yamanashi JP |
