1996 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Team Record: 68-58
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Taira Sumitomo (0-0), Toshiharu Ueda (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1996 season with a record of 68 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters allowed 502 runs, least in the league. Nippon plated 527 runs. Bernardo Brito paced the squad with 29 home runs, while Rob Ducey, Atsushi Kataoka and Yukio Tanaka each walloped 15 or more, too. Bernardo Brito accounted for 83 RBI. Atsushi Kataoka topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .315 clip. Kip Gross led the team with 17 wins, and Yukihiro Nishizaki earned a 2.88 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1996 Nippon Ham Fighters who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Rob Ducey, Bernardo Brito and Kip Gross.
Taira Sumitomo and Toshiharu Ueda served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norihiro Akimura | R | R | February 26, 1966 | 5'10" | 187 | |
| Nobuaki Arai | L | R | August 11, 1973 | 5'10" | 165 | Abiko, Chiba JP |
| Shogo Arai | L | R | July 21, 1972 | 5'10" | 156 | Nerima Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Bernardo Brito | R | R | December 4, 1963 | 6'1" | 190 | San Cristobal, San Cristobal DO |
| Rob Ducey | L | R | May 24, 1965 | 6'2" | 175 | Toronto, ON CA |
| Seigo Fujishima | R | R | October 3, 1969 | 6'0" | 209 | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi JP |
| Kip Gross | R | R | August 24, 1964 | 6'2" | 195 | Scottsbluff, NE US |
| Shoji Hiramatsu | R | R | October 20, 1971 | 6'0" | 185 | Kawanuma-gun, Fukushima JP |
| Tetsuro Hirose | R | R | January 23, 1961 | 5'9" | 173 | Ihara-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| Tatsuya Ide | R | R | April 19, 1971 | 5'11" | 187 | Minami Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Shinichi Igarashi | R | R | August 29, 1959 | 5'9" | 167 | Suginami Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Masaru Imazeki | L | R | February 9, 1971 | 6'2" | 206 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa JP |
| Tsutomu Ishimoto | S | R | February 4, 1973 | 5'11" | 162 | , Nagasaki JP |
| Tsutomu Iwamoto | R | R | May 11, 1971 | 6'0" | 191 | Yao, Osaka JP |
| Akihito Kaneishi | R | R | December 26, 1960 | 6'6" | 190 | Kamo-gun, Gifu JP |
| Makoto Kaneko | R | R | November 8, 1975 | 6'1" | 185 | Abiko, Chiba JP |
| Atsushi Kataoka | L | R | June 27, 1969 | 6'2" | 205 | , Kyoto JP |
| Tadayoshi Kawabe | April 30, 1968 | |||||
| Shinichi Kawana | S | R | April 10, 1970 | 5'10" | 170 | Kagoshima, Kagoshima JP |
| Yuichi Komaki | R | R | May 2, 1967 | 5'9" | 176 | Hioki, Kumamoto JP |
| Junji Kuroki | R | R | June 20, 1974 | 6'0" | 180 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP |
| Hiroshi Nagatomi | R | R | June 10, 1961 | 5'11" | 198 | Funabashi, Chiba JP |
| Yutaka Nakamura | R | R | April 23, 1973 | 5'8" | 182 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
| Ryuki Nemoto | L | R | June 6, 1973 | 5'10" | 170 | Komatsushima, Tokushima JP |
| Shunji Nishi | R | R | January 17, 1965 | 6'0" | 167 | Kainan, Wakayama JP |
| Katsuhiro Nishiura | R | R | November 12, 1974 | 6'0" | 198 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Yukihiro Nishizaki | R | R | April 13, 1964 | 5'11" | 165 | Ozu, Shiga JP |
| Hiroshi Numata | R | R | June 6, 1973 | 5'10" | 170 | , Osaka JP |
| Koichi Ogawa | L | R | May 10, 1965 | 5'8" | 162 | Saga-gun, Saga JP |
| Mitsujiro Sakai | L | L | January 31, 1968 | 5'8" | 158 | Maikata, Osaka JP |
| Hiroyuki Sekine | R | R | December 9, 1971 | 6'1" | 190 | Matsudo, Chiba JP |
| Hiroshi Shibakusa | L | R | August 18, 1969 | 5'11" | 187 | Tokorozawa, Saitama JP |
| Takeshi Shimazaki | R | R | March 3, 1967 | 5'11" | 180 | Narita, Chiba JP |
| Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi | L | L | May 16, 1968 | 6'0" | 212 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Noriyuki Shiroishi | R | R | April 17, 1973 | 6'0" | 181 | Omiya, Saitama JP |
| Nozomu Suzuki | R | R | May 2, 1967 | 5'10" | 171 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka JP |
| Masanori Taguchi | R | R | August 26, 1970 | 5'10" | 202 | Kita Soma-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Yukio Tanaka | R | R | December 14, 1967 | 6'1" | 195 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Yoshinori Ueda | L | R | November 18, 1973 | 6'2" | 195 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Hiroshi Watanabe | L | R | August 9, 1963 | 5'11" | 165 | Shirone, Niigata JP |
| Kazuhiko Yamashita | R | R | November 29, 1962 | 6'0" | 202 | Usa, Oita JP |
| Hideyuki Yasuda | R | R | May 26, 1967 | 6'2" | 195 | Onishi, Aichi JP |
