1982 Seibu Lions Roster
Team Record: 68-58
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Tatsuro Hiroka (68-58)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome
Japan Series - Seibu Lions 4 games, Chunichi Dragons 2
The Seibu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1982 season with a record of 68 wins and 58 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Lions allowed 461 runs, least in the league. Seibu tallied 529 runs. Koichi Tabuchi and Terry Whitfield paced the squad with 25 home runs apiece., while Hiromichi Ishige and Takuji Ota walloped 15 or more, too. Terry Whitfield accounted for 71 RBI. Steve Ontiveros topped all regular batters with a .307 average. Masayuki Matsunuma led the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.77 ERA, leading hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Terry Whitfield and Steve Ontiveros both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Tatsuro Hiroka served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Tsutomu Ito | R | R | August 29, 1962 | 5'11" | 176 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Eiji Kanamori | L | R | January 24, 1957 | 5'9" | 158 | Kanazawa, Ishikawa JP |
| Shinsaku Katahira | L | L | August 5, 1949 | 6'0" | 171 | Minato 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 |
| Junki Kono | R | R | July 10, 1961 | 6'0" | 167 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Kimiyasu Kudo | L | L | May 5, 1963 | 5'9" | 176 | Toyoake, Aichi JP |
| Masahiro Kuroda | R | R | December 21, 1947 | 5'9" | 171 | Himeji, Hyogo 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 |
| 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 |
| Yoshihiro Nishioka | R | R | June 28, 1961 | 5'10" | 165 | Sakai, Osaka 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 |
| 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 |
| Makoto Ozawa | R | R | April 3, 1961 | 5'11" | 156 | Irimi-gun, Saitama 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 |
| Takayuki Suzuki | L | L | August 24, 1957 | 5'10" | 187 | , Miyagi 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 |
| Naoki Takahashi | R | R | February 15, 1945 | 6'0" | 165 | Saeki, Oita JP |
| Terry Whitfield | L | R | January 12, 1953 | 6'1" | 197 | Blythe, CA US |
| 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 |
