2001 Orix BlueWave Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 70-66
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Akira Ogi (70-66)
Location: Kobe, Japan
Ballpark: Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium, Kyocera Dome Osaka
2001 Orix BlueWave StatisticsTeam Record: 70-66
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Akira Ogi (70-66)
Location: Kobe, Japan
Ballpark: Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium, Kyocera Dome Osaka
The Orix BlueWave of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2001 season with a record of 70 wins and 66 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The BlueWave scored 651 runs and surrendered 634 runs. George Arias walloped 38 home runs for Orix, while Yasuo Fujii and Joe Vitiello added 15 or more as well. George Arias drove in 97 runs. Yoshitomo Tani paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .325 average. Shinichi Kato topped the squad with 11 wins, and Hisashi Ogura recorded a 3.62 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
So Taguchi, Ed Yarnall, Masao Kida, Carlos Pulido, Dae-Sung Koo, George Arias and Joe Vitiello were all players from the 2001 Orix BlueWave who played in the Majors during their careers.
Akira Ogi served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryota Aikawa | R | R | January 18, 1977 | 6'0" | 172 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Kiyoshi Arai | S | R | April 11, 1969 | 6'1" | 180 | Tomioka, Gunma JP |
| George Arias | R | R | March 12, 1972 | 5'11" | 190 | Tucson, AZ US |
| Nobuyuki Ebisu | R | R | April 24, 1972 | 6'0" | 205 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Yasuo Fujii | L | R | July 7, 1962 | 5'11" | 178 | Fukuyama, Hiroshima JP |
| Jiro Fujitate | R | R | June 22, 1971 | 5'11" | 205 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Hiroki Fukutome | R | R | May 21, 1975 | 5'10" | 173 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Yuji Goshima | L | R | April 20, 1976 | 5'11" | 195 | Kofu, Yamanashi JP |
| Jun Hagiwara | R | R | August 20, 1973 | 6'0" | 194 | Hoya, Tokyo JP |
| Takeshi Hidaka | L | R | August 15, 1977 | 5'11" | 185 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Masafumi Hirai | R | R | April 21, 1975 | 6'1" | 214 | Uwajima, Ehime JP |
| Akihito Igarashi | L | R | April 12, 1968 | 5'11" | 158 | Maebashi, Gunma JP |
| Fumiaki Imamura | R | R | July 13, 1977 | 5'11" | 154 | Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto JP |
| Shuichi Iwashita | L | L | June 2, 1973 | 5'10" | 191 | Tenryu, Shizuoka JP |
| Masahiko Kaneda | L | L | April 30, 1969 | 5'10" | 136 | Bungotakada, Oita JP |
| Toshihiro Kase | L | L | October 6, 1976 | 5'10" | 176 | Amagasaki, Hyogo JP |
| Shinichi Kato | R | R | July 19, 1965 | 5'11" | 178 | Kurayoshi, Tottori JP |
| Ikuro Katsuragi | L | L | September 28, 1977 | 5'11" | 185 | , Oita JP |
| Hidetaka Kawagoe | R | R | June 8, 1973 | 5'9" | 163 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
| Yoshifumi Kawasaki | R | R | October 30, 1971 | 5'11" | 158 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Masao Kida | R | R | September 12, 1968 | 6'3" | 210 | Kokubunji, Tokyo JP |
| Masahiro Kimura | R | R | August 16, 1974 | 6'4" | 191 | , Tokyo JP |
| Takatoshi Kishikawa | L | L | January 30, 1970 | 6'0" | 165 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Tomonori Kitagawa | R | R | January 9, 1978 | 5'11" | 167 | Sayama, Saitama JP |
| Dae-Sung Koo | L | L | August 2, 1969 | 6'1" | 185 | Daejeon, KR |
| Mitsuhiro Kubo | R | R | April 15, 1974 | 5'9" | 165 | Izuma, Osaka JP |
| Rui Makino | R | R | July 17, 1974 | 6'0" | 190 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Shuichiro Matsumoto | L | R | June 22, 1972 | 5'10" | 154 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Takashi Miwa | R | R | December 1, 1969 | 5'10" | 178 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
| Hisashi Ogura | R | R | August 10, 1970 | 5'10" | 163 | Kanuma, Tochigi JP |
| Masanobu Okubo | R | R | September 13, 1976 | 6'2" | 183 | Gobo, Wakayama JP |
| Koichi Oshima | S | R | June 17, 1967 | 5'6" | 147 | Itabashi Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Carlos Pulido | L | L | August 5, 1971 | 6'0" | 194 | Caracas, Distrito Federal VE |
| Manabu Satake | R | R | October 27, 1974 | 5'10" | 170 | Sapporo, Hokkaido JP |
| Tatsuya Shindo | R | R | January 14, 1970 | 5'8" | 154 | Takaoka, Toyama JP |
| Makoto Shiozaki | R | R | June 29, 1973 | 5'10" | 159 | Yashiro, Kumamoto JP |
| Daisuke Shoji | R | R | June 18, 1974 | 5'10" | 182 | , Tokyo JP |
| So Taguchi | R | R | July 2, 1969 | 5'10" | 170 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Koji Takamizawa | L | R | April 30, 1975 | 5'11" | 170 | Maebashi, Gunma JP |
| Tsutomu Tamura | L | L | August 18, 1965 | 5'10" | 167 | Haibara-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| Masaoki Tanaka | L | R | May 5, 1977 | 5'8" | 143 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Yoshitomo Tani | R | R | February 9, 1973 | 5'8" | 170 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Hisashi Tokano | R | R | February 4, 1975 | 5'11" | 193 | Sano, Tochigi JP |
| Satoshi Tokumoto | L | R | September 20, 1976 | 5'11" | 190 | Itoman, Okinawa JP |
| Joe Vitiello | R | R | April 11, 1970 | 6'2" | 215 | Cambridge, MA US |
| Kazuo Yamaguchi | R | R | May 11, 1974 | 6'1" | 207 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Shintaro Yamasaki | L | R | May 19, 1966 | 6'0" | 165 | Shingu, Wakayama JP |
| Ed Yarnall | L | L | December 4, 1975 | 6'3" | 234 | Lima, PA US |
| Kosuke Yoshihara | R | R | March 29, 1969 | 5'9" | 169 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP |
