1998 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-65
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (67-65)
Location: Tokyo, Japan

1998 Nippon Ham Fighters Statistics

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.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Shogo AraiLRJuly 21, 19725'10"156Nerima Ward, Tokyo JP
Kazuyuki AtsuzawaLLAugust 11, 19726'0"165Urawa, Saitama JP
Jerry BrooksRRMarch 23, 19676'0"195Syracuse, NY US
Kip GrossRRAugust 24, 19646'2"195Scottsbluff, NE US
Kenji HaradaLLJune 2, 19765'8"170Osaka, Osaka JP
Hideki HashigamiRRNovember 4, 19655'11"176Funabashi, Chiba JP
Tatsuya IdeRRApril 19, 19715'11"187Minami Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP
Masaki IkomaRRFebruary 5, 19755'11"162Arita, Wakayama JP
Keigo ImaiRRJuly 16, 19746'1"182Iyo-gun, Ehime JP
Masaru ImazekiLRFebruary 9, 19716'2"206Yokosuka, Kanagawa JP
Takehiro IshiiRROctober 25, 19646'1"193Ota Ward, Tokyo JP
Tsutomu IshimotoSRFebruary 4, 19735'11"162, Nagasaki JP
Tsutomu IwamotoRRMay 11, 19716'0"191Yao, Osaka JP
Makoto KanekoRRNovember 8, 19756'1"185Abiko, Chiba JP
Satoru KanemuraRRApril 19, 19766'2"183Kisennuma, Miyagi JP
Atsushi KataokaLRJune 27, 19696'2"205, Kyoto JP
Yoshihiro KojimaLLMay 31, 19686'0"182Shimoagata-gun, Nagasaki JP
Yuichi KomakiRRMay 2, 19675'9"176Hioki, Kumamoto JP
Junji KurokiRRJune 20, 19746'0"180Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP
Yutaka NakamuraRRApril 23, 19735'8"182Sakai, Osaka JP
Hiroshi NaraharaRRMay 16, 19685'6"143Minami Saitama-gun, Saitama JP
Ryuki NemotoLRJune 6, 19735'10"170Komatsushima, Tokushima JP
Shunji NishiRRJanuary 17, 19656'0"167Kainan, Wakayama JP
Katsuhiro NishiuraRRNovember 12, 19746'0"198Osaka, Osaka JP
Toshihiro NoguchiRRJune 24, 19716'0"168Narashino, Chiba JP
Hiroshi NumataRRJune 6, 19735'10"170, Osaka JP
Hiromitsu OchiaiRRDecember 9, 19535'10"180Minami, Akita JP
Michihiro OgasawaraLROctober 25, 19735'10"185Chiba, Chiba JP
Koichi OgawaLRMay 10, 19655'8"162Saga-gun, Saga JP
Rafael OrellanoLLApril 28, 19736'2"160Hamacao, PR
Erik SchullstromRRMarch 25, 19696'5"220San Diego, CA US
Hiroyuki SekineRRDecember 9, 19716'1"190Matsudo, Chiba JP
Hiroshi ShibakusaLRAugust 18, 19695'11"187Tokorozawa, Saitama JP
Takeshi ShimazakiRRMarch 3, 19675'11"180Narita, Chiba JP
Akio ShimizuLLSeptember 9, 19756'1"176Toyonaka, Osaka JP
Tsuyoshi ShimoyanagiLLMay 16, 19686'0"212Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP
Masanori TaguchiRRAugust 26, 19705'10"202Kita Soma-gun, Ibaraki JP
Noriyuki TakahashiLLFebruary 25, 19715'10"171Takasaki, Gunma JP
Yukio TanakaRRDecember 14, 19676'1"195Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP
Yoshinori UedaLRNovember 18, 19736'2"195Matsumoto, Nagano JP
Nigel WilsonLLJanuary 12, 19706'1"185Oshawa, ON CA
Kazuhiko YamashitaRRNovember 29, 19626'0"202Usa, Oita JP



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