1984 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 44-73
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Takao Yato (0-0), Keiji Ozawa (0-0), Yoshinobu Uemura (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1984 Nippon Ham Fighters StatisticsTeam Record: 44-73
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Takao Yato (0-0), Keiji Ozawa (0-0), Yoshinobu Uemura (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1984 season with a record of 44 wins and 73 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters scored 571 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 688 runs. Tommy Cruz led Nippon with 29 home runs, while Marshall Brant and Junichi Kashiwabara walloped 15 or more as well. Tommy Cruz drove in 96 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .348 clip. Tomio Tanaka paced the team with 8 wins, and Akira Sakamaki registered a 3.33 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Tommy Cruz and Marshall Brant both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Takao Yato, Keiji Ozawa and Yoshinobu Uemura served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marshall Brant | R | R | September 17, 1955 | 6'5" | 185 | Garberville, CA US |
| Tommy Cruz | L | L | February 15, 1951 | 5'9" | 165 | Arroyo, PR |
| 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 | |||||
| Isamu Kida | L | L | June 7, 1954 | 5'11" | 165 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Hiroshi Kimura | R | R | August 17, 1953 | 6'0" | 178 | Minami Takai-gun, Nagasaki 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 |
| Noboru Nakahara | R | R | June 1, 1959 | 5'10" | 162 | , Fukuoka JP |
| Minoru Nakamura | R | R | December 11, 1963 | 5'10" | 150 | Chiryu, Aichi JP |
| Hiroaki Nakanishi | R | R | September 10, 1953 | 5'8" | 165 | , Hyogo 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 |
| Masayuki Sasaki | L | L | May 30, 1954 | 5'10" | 171 | , Osaka JP |
| Yasumitsu Shibata | R | R | August 20, 1957 | 5'11" | 187 | Minami Takaki-gun, Nagasaki 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 |
| Nobuaki Shimizu | R | R | January 28, 1963 | 5'9" | 170 | Tomioka, Gunma JP |
| Kazuyuki Shirai | S | R | June 7, 1961 | 5'10" | 167 | Okawa-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Mitsuo Sugano | R | R | August 28, 1952 | 5'8" | 158 | Naka-gun, Ibaraki 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 |
| Manabu Tanaka | R | R | August 22, 1961 | 5'11" | 165 | Yamato-gun, Fukuoka 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 |
| Hiroshi Tsuno | R | R | August 6, 1965 | 6'1" | 176 | Takaoka-gun, Kochi JP |
| Hideaki Tsusue | L | R | October 16, 1958 | 5'10" | 180 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Katsura Yamamoto | R | R | May 12, 1959 | 6'0" | 176 | Tsuru, Yamanashi JP |
