2000 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 69-65
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Yasunori Oshima (69-65)
Location: Tokyo, Japan

2000 Nippon Ham Fighters Statistics

The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2000 season with a record of 69 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The Ham Fighters led the league with 771 runs, sparked by 177 home runs. Nippon surrendered 664 runs. Nigel Wilson walloped 37 home runs for the team, while Atsushi Kataoka, Michihiro Ogasawara, Sherman Obando and Yukio Tanaka each added 15 or more as well. Michihiro Ogasawara recorded 102 runs batted in. Sherman Obando paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .332 clip. Hiroyuki Sekine topped the squad with 10 wins, and Akio Shimizu recorded a 4.07 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.

Micah Franklin, Sherman Obando, Kevin Ohme, Kensuke Tanaka, Yoshinori Tateyama, Ramón Tatís and Nigel Wilson were all players from the 2000 Nippon Ham Fighters who played in the Majors during their careers.

Yasunori Oshima served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Kokichi AkuneLRJune 22, 19745'10"165Adachi, Tokyo JP
Kazuyuki AtsuzawaLLAugust 11, 19726'0"165Urawa, Saitama JP
Micah FranklinSRApril 25, 19726'0"205San Francisco, CA US
Seigo FujishimaRROctober 3, 19696'0"209Iwakuni, Yamaguchi JP
Shigeyuki FurukiLRJanuary 12, 19765'8"170Kashiwa, Chiba JP
Kenji HaradaLLJune 2, 19765'8"170Osaka, Osaka JP
Tatsuya IdeRRApril 19, 19715'11"187Minami Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP
Masaki IkomaRRFebruary 5, 19755'11"162Arita, Wakayama JP
Tsutomu IshimotoSRFebruary 4, 19735'11"162, Nagasaki JP
Takeshi ItoRRDecember 17, 19766'1"201Sagamihara, Kanagawa 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
Yuichi KomakiRRMay 2, 19675'9"176Hioki, Kumamoto JP
Junji KurokiRRJune 20, 19746'0"180Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP
Carlos MirabalRRApril 24, 19736'0"169
Hichori MorimotoRRJanuary 31, 19816'0"176, Tokyo 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
Sherman ObandoRRJanuary 23, 19706'4"215, Bocas del Toro PA
Michihiro OgasawaraLROctober 25, 19735'10"185Chiba, Chiba JP
Kevin OhmeLLApril 13, 19716'1"180Palm Beach, FL US
Rafael OrellanoLLApril 28, 19736'2"160Hamacao, PR
Yukihiro SakuraiRRMay 26, 19766'0"154Miyagi-gun, Miyagi JP
Kazunari SanematsuRRJanuary 18, 19815'10"180Morodomi-cho, Saga JP
Kiyoshi SasakiLLSeptember 15, 19816'0"176, Osaka JP
Hiroyuki SekineRRDecember 9, 19716'1"190Matsudo, Chiba JP
Hiroshi ShibakusaLRAugust 18, 19695'11"187Tokorozawa, Saitama JP
Kazuteru ShimadaRRSeptember 19, 19696'0"195Narashino, Chiba JP
Akio ShimizuLLSeptember 9, 19756'1"176Toyonaka, Osaka JP
Tsuyoshi ShimoyanagiLLMay 16, 19686'0"212Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP
Hiroshi ShintaniRRJuly 14, 19646'0"170Saga, Saga JP
Itsuki ShodaLLNovember 3, 19816'2"198Ota, Gunma JP
Masanori TaguchiRRAugust 26, 19705'10"202Kita Soma-gun, Ibaraki JP
Noriyuki TakahashiLLFebruary 25, 19715'10"171Takasaki, Gunma JP
Shinji TakahashiRRAugust 7, 19786'0"185Tsuyama, Okayama JP
Masaya TakeuchiRRMay 25, 19716'0"202Yuri-gun, Akita JP
Kensuke TanakaLRMay 20, 19815'9"170Chikushino, Fukuoka JP
Yukio TanakaRRDecember 14, 19676'1"195Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP
Naoyuki TateishiRRMay 14, 19705'10"178Narashino, Chiba JP
Yoshinori TateyamaRRDecember 26, 19755'10"165Daito, Osaka JP
Ramón TatísLLJanuary 5, 19736'2"185Guayubin, Monte Cristi DO
Yoshinori UedaLRNovember 18, 19736'2"195Matsumoto, Nagano JP
Nigel WilsonLLJanuary 12, 19706'1"185Oshawa, ON CA
Masaru YoshizakiLLOctober 4, 19785'10"179Ueno, Mie JP



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