1987 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 63-60
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Shigeru Takada (63-60)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1987 Nippon Ham Fighters StatisticsTeam Record: 63-60
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Shigeru Takada (63-60)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1987 season with a record of 63 wins and 60 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters scored 561 runs and allowed 562 runs. Tony Brewer walloped 35 home runs for Nippon, while Kazuyuki Shirai and Hideo Furuya added 15 or more, too. Tony Brewer drove in 98 runs and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .303 clip. Yukihiro Nishizaki led the team with 15 wins and a team-best 2.89 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Tony Brewer and Pat Putnam 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 |
| Yasuhiro Kita | R | R | April 23, 1961 | 5'10" | 176 | Kawakita-gun, Ishikawa 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 |
| Masahiro Mizusawa | R | R | May 6, 1967 | 6'2" | 176 | Ageo, Saitama JP |
| Noriyuki Mori | R | R | December 31, 1966 | 5'9" | 178 | Edogawa Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Motofumi Nishimura | L | L | November 17, 1962 | 5'11" | 156 | Itami, Hyogo JP |
| Yukihiro Nishizaki | R | R | April 13, 1964 | 5'11" | 165 | Ozu, Shiga JP |
| Mikio Oikawa | R | R | September 18, 1959 | 5'11" | 193 | Shibata-gun, Miyagi 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 |
| 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 |
| Fumihiko Sato | R | R | August 13, 1962 | 5'11" | 187 | Amagasaki, Hyogo 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 |
| Takayuki Suzuki | L | L | August 24, 1957 | 5'10" | 187 | , Miyagi JP |
| Hirohisa Takada | R | R | July 16, 1961 | 5'8" | 150 | Ichihara, Chiba 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 | 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 |
| Hiroshi Watanabe | L | R | August 9, 1963 | 5'11" | 165 | Shirone, Niigata JP |
