1998 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Team Record: 67-65
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (67-65)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1998 season with a record of 67 wins and 65 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters paced the league with 635 runs, powered by 150 home runs. Nippon allowed 571 runs. Nigel Wilson walloped 33 home runs for the squad, while Atsushi Kataoka, Yukio Tanaka, Jerry Brooks and Katsuhiro Nishiura each swatted 15 or more also. Nigel Wilson drove in 124 runs. Atsushi Kataoka topped hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .300 clip. Tsutomu Iwamoto led the squad with 11 wins, and Satoru Kanemura registered a 2.73 earned run average, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1998 Nippon Ham Fighters who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Jerry Brooks, Kip Gross, Erik Schullstrom and Nigel Wilson.
Toshiharu Ueda served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
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Shogo Arai | L | R | July 21, 1972 | 5'10" | 156 | Nerima Ward, Tokyo JP |
Kazuyuki Atsuzawa | L | L | August 11, 1972 | 6'0" | 165 | Urawa, Saitama JP |
Jerry Brooks | R | R | March 23, 1967 | 6'0" | 195 | Syracuse, NY US |
Kip Gross | R | R | August 24, 1964 | 6'2" | 195 | Scottsbluff, NE US |
Kenji Harada | L | L | June 2, 1976 | 5'8" | 170 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
Hideki Hashigami | R | R | November 4, 1965 | 5'11" | 176 | Funabashi, Chiba JP |
Tatsuya Ide | R | R | April 19, 1971 | 5'11" | 187 | Minami Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP |
Masaki Ikoma | R | R | February 5, 1975 | 5'11" | 162 | Arita, Wakayama JP |
Keigo Imai | R | R | July 16, 1974 | 6'1" | 182 | Iyo-gun, Ehime JP |
Masaru Imazeki | L | R | February 9, 1971 | 6'2" | 206 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa JP |
Takehiro Ishii | R | R | October 25, 1964 | 6'1" | 193 | Ota Ward, Tokyo 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 |
Makoto Kaneko | R | R | November 8, 1975 | 6'1" | 185 | Abiko, Chiba JP |
Satoru Kanemura | R | R | April 19, 1976 | 6'2" | 183 | Kisennuma, Miyagi JP |
Atsushi Kataoka | L | R | June 27, 1969 | 6'2" | 205 | , Kyoto 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 |
Junji Kuroki | R | R | June 20, 1974 | 6'0" | 180 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP |
Yutaka Nakamura | R | R | April 23, 1973 | 5'8" | 182 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
Hiroshi Narahara | R | R | May 16, 1968 | 5'6" | 143 | Minami Saitama-gun, Saitama 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 |
Toshihiro Noguchi | R | R | June 24, 1971 | 6'0" | 168 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
Hiroshi Numata | R | R | June 6, 1973 | 5'10" | 170 | , Osaka JP |
Hiromitsu Ochiai | R | R | December 9, 1953 | 5'10" | 180 | Minami, Akita JP |
Michihiro Ogasawara | L | R | October 25, 1973 | 5'10" | 185 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
Koichi Ogawa | L | R | May 10, 1965 | 5'8" | 162 | Saga-gun, Saga JP |
Rafael Orellano | L | L | April 28, 1973 | 6'2" | 160 | Hamacao, PR |
Erik Schullstrom | R | R | March 25, 1969 | 6'5" | 220 | San Diego, CA US |
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 |
Akio Shimizu | L | L | September 9, 1975 | 6'1" | 176 | Toyonaka, Osaka JP |
Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi | L | L | May 16, 1968 | 6'0" | 212 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
Masanori Taguchi | R | R | August 26, 1970 | 5'10" | 202 | Kita Soma-gun, Ibaraki JP |
Noriyuki Takahashi | L | L | February 25, 1971 | 5'10" | 171 | Takasaki, Gunma 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 |
Nigel Wilson | L | L | January 12, 1970 | 6'1" | 185 | Oshawa, ON CA |
Kazuhiko Yamashita | R | R | November 29, 1962 | 6'0" | 202 | Usa, Oita JP |