1986 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 57-65
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Shigeru Takada (57-65)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1986 Nippon Ham Fighters StatisticsTeam Record: 57-65
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Shigeru Takada (57-65)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1986 season with a record of 57 wins and 65 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters plated 548 runs and allowed 571 runs. Pat Putnam paced Nippon with 25 home runs, while Hideaki Tsusue, Tony Brewer, Fujio Tamura and Hideo Furuya each walloped 15 or more as well. Pat Putnam drove in 78 runs. Tony Brewer led hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .321 clip. Yasumitsu Shibata topped the team with 14 wins and a team-best 3.39 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Pat Putnam and Tony Brewer both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Shigeru Takada served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Brewer | R | R | November 25, 1957 | 5'11" | 190 | Coushatta, LA US |
| 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 |
| Kazuo Hayakawa | L | L | May 17, 1960 | 5'10" | 173 | Shimotsuga-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Tetsuro Hirose | R | R | January 23, 1961 | 5'9" | 173 | Ihara-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| Shinichi Igarashi | R | R | August 29, 1959 | 5'9" | 167 | Suginami Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Takayuki Iwai | R | R | May 30, 1953 | 5'9" | 158 | Usa, Oita JP |
| Tsugio Kanazawa | R | R | December 18, 1958 | 6'1" | 198 | Hitachiota, Ibaraki JP |
| Shoji Kawahara | November 17, 1953 | |||||
| Takashi Kimura | S | R | September 18, 1958 | 6'2" | 182 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Hirofumi Kono | L | L | April 28, 1962 | 5'8" | 180 | Hata-gun, Kochi JP |
| Shigekuni Mashiba | L | L | November 15, 1951 | 5'10" | 178 | Ozu, Shiga JP |
| Hiroaki Matsuura | R | R | May 19, 1966 | 5'10" | 170 | Funabashi, Chiba JP |
| Jun Misawa | L | R | October 1, 1952 | 6'0" | 187 | Mino-gun, Shimane JP |
| Motofumi Nishimura | L | L | November 17, 1962 | 5'11" | 156 | Itami, Hyogo JP |
| Toru Ohata | L | L | January 10, 1961 | 5'10" | 176 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka 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 |
| Yasushi Oki | R | R | January 5, 1961 | 5'10" | 173 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Tatsuo Omiya | R | R | June 19, 1954 | 5'10" | 185 | Okazaki, Aichi JP |
| Pat Putnam | L | R | December 3, 1953 | 6'0" | 205 | Bethel, VT US |
| Masayuki Sasaki | L | L | May 30, 1954 | 5'10" | 171 | , Osaka JP |
| Seiichi Sato | R | R | June 1, 1961 | 6'1" | 190 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Tadashi Shiba | R | R | July 29, 1962 | 6'1" | 178 | Kita Uwa-gun, Ehime 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 |
| Hirohisa Takada | R | R | July 16, 1961 | 5'8" | 150 | Ichihara, Chiba JP |
| Koichi Takahashi | R | R | April 18, 1965 | 6'0" | 156 | Kita Katsurashiki-gun, Saitama 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 | December 14, 1967 | 6'1" | 195 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki 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 |
