1981 Seibu Lions Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 61-61
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Rikuo Nemoto (61-61)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome
1981 Seibu Lions StatisticsTeam Record: 61-61
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Rikuo Nemoto (61-61)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome
The Seibu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1981 season with a record of 61 wins and 61 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Lions surrendered 513 runs, least in the league. Seibu tallied 599 runs. Takuji Ota paced the squad with 24 home runs, while Koichi Tabuchi, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Hiromichi Ishige and Terry Whitfield each walloped 15 or more, too. Terry Whitfield accounted for 100 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time with a .316 average. Shigekazu Mori led the team with 14 wins, and Tadashi Sugimoto and Masayuki Matsunuma earned a 3.47 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Steve Ontiveros and Terry Whitfield both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Rikuo Nemoto served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koji Akiyama | R | R | April 6, 1962 | 6'2" | 180 | Miyahara, Kumamoto JP |
| Masahiro Doi | R | R | December 8, 1943 | 5'11" | 178 | Kashiwahara, Osaka JP |
| Kenji Furusawa | R | R | March 31, 1948 | 5'11" | 160 | Niihama, Ehime JP |
| Kazuo Hasegawa | L | L | January 3, 1945 | 5'9" | 158 | Omiya, Saitama JP |
| Osamu Higashio | R | R | May 18, 1950 | 5'10" | 173 | Arita-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Koju Hirohashi | R | R | January 11, 1957 | 5'11" | 162 | Munakata-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Osamu Hirose | R | R | February 20, 1947 | 5'9" | 154 | Saeki, Oita JP |
| Akihiko Horai | L | L | April 24, 1957 | 5'6" | 147 | Okayama, Okayama JP |
| Hiromichi Ishige | R | R | September 22, 1956 | 5'11" | 165 | Asahi, Chiba JP |
| Hideaki Keimoto | R | R | February 28, 1956 | 5'10" | 165 | Nishinara Ward, Osaka JP |
| Hiroshi Kimura | R | R | August 17, 1953 | 6'0" | 178 | Minami Takai-gun, Nagasaki JP |
| Seiji Kobayashi | R | R | January 22, 1958 | 5'10" | 162 | Hiba-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Yukiichi Komazaki | L | R | August 30, 1959 | 5'11" | 174 | Kawaguchi, Saitama JP |
| Junki Kono | R | R | July 10, 1961 | 6'0" | 167 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Hirohisa Matsunuma | L | R | September 29, 1952 | 5'9" | 150 | Nagareyama, Chiba JP |
| Masayuki Matsunuma | R | R | July 24, 1956 | 5'11" | 170 | Nagareyama, Chiba JP |
| Shigekazu Mori | R | R | November 18, 1954 | 5'11" | 178 | Chosei-gun, Chiba JP |
| Tamotsu Nagai | L | L | October 3, 1953 | 5'8" | 162 | Kawabe-gun, Kagoshima JP |
| Kazuhiko Natori | R | R | December 8, 1953 | 6'0" | 171 | Nishi Yashiro-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Takashi Nemoto | R | R | June 14, 1954 | 5'9" | 160 | , Chiba JP |
| Kazuhito Nishimoto | R | R | June 19, 1962 | 6'1" | 165 | Kawahigashi-gun, Hokkaido JP |
| Tetsuya Ohara | R | R | July 24, 1957 | 5'9" | 156 | Takarazuka, Hyogo JP |
| Tomoyoshi Oishi | R | R | January 15, 1954 | 5'10" | 160 | Kaifu-gun, Tokushima JP |
| Takanori Okamura | L | L | October 2, 1954 | 5'8" | 150 | Yanai, Yamaguchi JP |
| Kazuyuki Ono | R | R | August 19, 1962 | 6'1" | 205 | Akita, Akita JP |
| Steve Ontiveros | S | R | October 26, 1951 | 6'0" | 185 | Bakersfield, CA US |
| Takuji Ota | R | R | March 1, 1951 | 5'7" | 173 | Tsukumi, Oita JP |
| Yasumitsu Shibata | R | R | August 20, 1957 | 5'11" | 187 | Minami Takaki-gun, Nagasaki JP |
| Tadashi Sugimoto | L | L | May 3, 1959 | 5'8" | 176 | Sunto-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| Haruhiko Suzuki | L | L | July 25, 1951 | 5'11" | 182 | Urawa, Saitama JP |
| Koichi Tabuchi | R | R | September 24, 1946 | 6'2" | 198 | Toyoshima Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Yoshiie Tachibana | L | L | October 27, 1958 | 5'11" | 213 | Omuta, Fukuoka JP |
| Terry Whitfield | L | R | January 12, 1953 | 6'1" | 197 | Blythe, CA US |
| Takeshi Yamakawa | R | R | February 24, 1955 | 5'11" | 193 | Himeji, Hyogo JP |
| Yoshinori Yamamura | R | R | April 11, 1955 | 5'10" | 190 | Izuma, Osaka JP |
| Shigenobu Yamanaka | R | R | June 3, 1959 | 5'8" | 154 | Kumagai, Saitama JP |
| Ritsuo Yamashita | R | R | October 20, 1944 | 5'11" | 165 | Minami Uwa-gun, Ehime JP |
| Hiroyuki Yamazaki | R | R | December 22, 1946 | 5'9" | 167 | Ageo, Saitama JP |
| Hiroshi Yoshimoto | R | R | October 15, 1956 | 5'11" | 171 | Tokuyama, Yamaguchi JP |
| Hisataka Yukizawa | R | R | July 11, 1953 | 5'9" | 158 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
