1991 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 53-72
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Sadao Kondo (53-72)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
1991 Nippon Ham Fighters StatisticsTeam Record: 53-72
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Sadao Kondo (53-72)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1991 season with a record of 53 wins and 72 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters scored 463 runs, worst in the league, and surrendered 523 runs. Matt Winters walloped 33 home runs for Nippon, while Bill Bathe swatted 15 or more, too. Matt Winters drove in 84 runs and topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .269 clip. Yukihiro Nishizaki led the squad with 10 wins, and Yasumitsu Shibata earned a 2.48 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1991 Nippon Ham Fighters who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bill Bathe, Matt Winters and Brian Dayett.
Sadao Kondo served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masashi Arikura | R | R | June 12, 1967 | 6'2" | 193 | Uekawa-gun, Hokkaido JP |
| Bill Bathe | R | R | October 14, 1960 | 6'2" | 200 | Downey, CA US |
| Brian Dayett | R | R | January 22, 1957 | 5'10" | 180 | New London, CT US |
| Yasuharu Fujio | L | R | April 13, 1965 | 6'0" | 206 | Ichinomiya, Aichi 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 |
| Tsutomu Iwamoto | R | R | May 11, 1971 | 6'0" | 191 | Yao, Osaka JP |
| Shinichi Kawana | S | R | April 10, 1970 | 5'10" | 170 | Kagoshima, Kagoshima JP |
| Yoshihiro Kojima | L | L | May 31, 1968 | 6'0" | 182 | Shimoagata-gun, Nagasaki JP |
| Yuichi Komaki | R | R | May 2, 1967 | 5'9" | 176 | Hioki, Kumamoto JP |
| Hirofumi Kono | L | L | April 28, 1962 | 5'8" | 180 | Hata-gun, Kochi JP |
| Hiroaki Matsuura | R | R | May 19, 1966 | 5'10" | 170 | Funabashi, Chiba JP |
| Noriyuki Mori | R | R | December 31, 1966 | 5'9" | 178 | Edogawa Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Terushi Nakajima | R | R | July 27, 1962 | 6'2" | 202 | Mitagawa-machi, Saga 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 |
| Koichi Ogawa | L | R | May 10, 1965 | 5'8" | 162 | Saga-gun, Saga JP |
| Tetsushi Okamoto | R | R | March 15, 1961 | 5'9" | 176 | Arita-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Yasunori Oshima | R | R | October 16, 1950 | 6'0" | 187 | Chikujo-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Hiroyuki Saito | R | R | May 10, 1960 | 6'2" | 213 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi JP |
| Chisen Sakaguchi | R | R | March 10, 1963 | 5'7" | 170 | Kikuike, Kumamoto JP |
| Mitsujiro Sakai | L | L | January 31, 1968 | 5'8" | 158 | Maikata, Osaka JP |
| Hiroshi Shibakusa | L | R | August 18, 1969 | 5'11" | 187 | Tokorozawa, Saitama JP |
| Yasumitsu Shibata | R | R | August 20, 1957 | 5'11" | 187 | Minami Takaki-gun, Nagasaki JP |
| Nobutoshi Shimada | R | R | April 9, 1960 | 6'2" | 187 | Takefu, Fukui JP |
| Kazuyuki Shirai | S | R | June 7, 1961 | 5'10" | 167 | Okawa-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Yasukatsu Shirai | R | R | March 4, 1969 | 6'0" | 176 | Shinjo, Aichi JP |
| Mitsuo Sumi | L | L | June 26, 1956 | 6'0" | 190 | Yonago, Tottori JP |
| Yoshinori Sumiyoshi | R | R | October 10, 1964 | 6'0" | 191 | Suehiro, Osaka JP |
| Yoshihiro Suzuki | L | R | May 21, 1963 | 5'8" | 160 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Kazuhiro Takeda | L | R | June 22, 1965 | 5'7" | 176 | Setagaya Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Fujio Tamura | R | R | October 24, 1959 | 6'0" | 174 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Minoru Tanaka | L | L | June 3, 1967 | 5'8" | 158 | Nishi Yodogawa Ward, Osaka JP |
| Yukio Tanaka | R | R | December 14, 1967 | 6'1" | 195 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Hiroshi Tsuno | R | R | August 6, 1965 | 6'1" | 176 | Takaoka-gun, Kochi JP |
| Mitsuru Tsunoda | R | R | October 11, 1966 | 6'1" | 185 | Omiya, Saitama JP |
| Masahiro Uchiyama | R | R | September 25, 1965 | 6'0" | 165 | Miyaki-gun, Saga JP |
| Tsutomu Ushiyama | R | R | July 3, 1965 | 5'11" | 190 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Yoshiharu Wakana | R | R | December 5, 1953 | 6'0" | 170 | Chikugo, Fukuoka JP |
| Hiroshi Watanabe | L | R | August 9, 1963 | 5'11" | 165 | Shirone, Niigata JP |
| Matt Winters | L | R | March 18, 1960 | 6'3" | 215 | Buffalo, NY US |
| Koichi Yahagi | L | R | December 29, 1966 | 5'8" | 230 | Urawa, Saitama JP |
