1983 Seibu Lions Roster
Team Record: 86-40
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Tatsuro Hiroka (86-40)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome
Japan Series - Seibu Lions 4 games, Yomiuri Giants 3
The Seibu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1983 season with a record of 86 wins and 40 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Lions led the league with 700 runs, fueled by 182 home runs. Seibu allowed 440 runs, least in the league. Terry Whitfield walloped 38 home runs for the squad, while Shinsaku Katahira, Takuji Ota, Hiroyuki Yamazaki, Hiromichi Ishige, Steve Ontiveros and Koichi Tabuchi each added 15 or more, too. Terry Whitfield accounted for 109 RBI. Steve Ontiveros paced all regular batters with a .321 average. Osamu Higashio topped the team with 18 wins, and Masayuki Matsunuma contributed 15 or more victories as well Osamu Higashio registered a 2.92 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
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 |
| Takeshi Ishii | R | R | July 10, 1961 | 5'8" | 154 | Arita, Wakayama 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 |
| Yuji Kurohara | R | R | August 27, 1960 | 5'11" | 154 | Kita Moroagata-gun, Miyazaki 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 |
| Hiroyuki Noguchi | L | L | November 29, 1960 | 6'0" | 165 | Sishi Saeki-gun, Tottori 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 |
| Makoto Ozawa | R | R | April 3, 1961 | 5'11" | 156 | Irimi-gun, Saitama JP |
| Masakazu Seike | R | R | October 7, 1959 | 5'11" | 167 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Yasumitsu Shibata | R | R | August 20, 1957 | 5'11" | 187 | Minami Takaki-gun, Nagasaki JP |
| Hiroyoshi Shimizu | R | R | July 4, 1950 | 5'10" | 165 | , Tokyo 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 |
| Naoki Takahashi | R | R | February 15, 1945 | 6'0" | 165 | Saeki, Oita JP |
| Seiji Tomashino | R | R | June 22, 1964 | 6'0" | 159 | Ibaraki, Osaka 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 |
| Hisataka Yukizawa | R | R | July 11, 1953 | 5'9" | 158 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
