1991 Seibu Lions Roster
Team Record: 81-43
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Masahiko Mori (81-43)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome
Japan Series - Seibu Lions 4 games, Hiroshima Toyo Carp 3
The Seibu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1991 season with a record of 81 wins and 43 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Lions scored 624 runs, most in the league. Seibu gave up 439 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Orestes Destrade walloped 39 home runs for the team, while Kazuhiro Kiyohara and Koji Akiyama added 15 or more also. Orestes Destrade accounted for 92 RBI. Koji Akiyama led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .297 average. Kimiyasu Kudo topped the team with 16 wins, plus Taigen Kaku, too contributed 15 or more wins, too Tomio Watanabe registered a 2.35 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Orestes Destrade played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Seibu Lions to do so.
Masahiko Mori served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osamu Abe | L | L | December 19, 1962 | 6'0" | 165 | |
| Koji Akiyama | R | R | April 6, 1962 | 6'2" | 180 | Miyahara, Kumamoto JP |
| Shinji Ando | L | R | September 2, 1970 | 5'10" | 158 | Saeki, Oita JP |
| Orestes Destrade | S | R | May 8, 1962 | 6'4" | 210 | Santiago de Cuba, Santiago de Cuba CU |
| Toshihiro Go | L | L | January 27, 1966 | 6'3" | 185 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
| Tadakatsu Haniyuda | May 1, 1964 | |||||
| Tetsuya Haraguchi | R | R | April 14, 1967 | 5'11" | 165 | Kumagai, Saitama JP |
| Ken Hirano | S | R | June 20, 1955 | 5'10" | 165 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Hiromichi Ishige | R | R | September 22, 1956 | 5'11" | 165 | Asahi, Chiba JP |
| Takehiro Ishii | R | R | October 25, 1964 | 6'1" | 193 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Tsutomu Ito | R | R | August 29, 1962 | 5'11" | 176 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Tetsuya Kakiuchi | R | R | June 6, 1970 | 6'1" | 198 | Hidaka-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Taigen Kaku | March 20, 1962 | |||||
| Michihisa Kaseda | R | R | April 24, 1969 | 6'0" | 167 | Kita Moroagata-gun, Miyazaki JP |
| Yoshitaka Katori | R | R | March 10, 1957 | 5'8" | 171 | Gomi-gun, Kochi JP |
| Kazuhiro Kiyohara | R | R | August 18, 1967 | 6'2" | 228 | Kishiawa, Osaka JP |
| Kimiyasu Kudo | L | L | May 5, 1963 | 5'9" | 176 | Toyoake, Aichi JP |
| Koji Maeda | L | L | October 27, 1964 | 6'0" | 159 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Hiroyuki Mori | L | L | May 29, 1963 | 6'2" | 194 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Ryoji Moriyama | R | R | July 20, 1963 | 6'0" | 185 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Hideshi Nakada | R | R | February 5, 1966 | 5'10" | 170 | Kunigashira-gun, Okinawa JP |
| Hiroshi Narahara | R | R | May 16, 1968 | 5'6" | 143 | Minami Saitama-gun, Saitama JP |
| Kazuhito Nishimoto | R | R | June 19, 1962 | 6'1" | 165 | Kawahigashi-gun, Hokkaido JP |
| Takeshi Nonogaki | R | R | July 8, 1971 | 5'9" | 165 | Sakurai, Nara JP |
| Shinya Oda | L | L | January 18, 1961 | 5'10" | 154 | Shingu, Wakayama JP |
| Hirokazu Okada | R | R | January 21, 1968 | 5'10" | 180 | Mihara, Hiroshima JP |
| Hiromoto Okubo | R | R | February 1, 1967 | 6'0" | 200 | Higashi Ibaraki-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Tatsuo Omiya | R | R | June 19, 1954 | 5'10" | 185 | Okazaki, Aichi JP |
| Koji Otsuka | S | R | August 26, 1967 | 5'11" | 165 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Tetsuya Shiozaki | R | R | November 26, 1968 | 5'10" | 165 | Naruto, Tokushima JP |
| Ken Suzuki | L | R | January 13, 1970 | 6'3" | 195 | Koshigaya, Saitama JP |
| Tetsu Suzuki | R | R | January 22, 1964 | 5'11" | 180 | Fukushima, Fukushima JP |
| Yasutomo Suzuki | R | R | July 6, 1959 | 6'0" | 173 | Gojo, Nara JP |
| Kazuhiko Takahashi | R | R | June 12, 1961 | 6'0" | 187 | Shiotani-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Norio Tanabe | R | R | May 11, 1966 | 5'11" | 172 | Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi JP |
| Seiji Tomashino | R | R | June 22, 1964 | 6'0" | 159 | Ibaraki, Osaka JP |
| Hatsuhiko Tsuji | R | R | October 24, 1958 | 6'0" | 170 | Ogi-gun, Saga JP |
| Hisanobu Watanabe | R | R | August 2, 1965 | 6'1" | 167 | Seta-gun, Gunma JP |
| Tomio Watanabe | L | R | June 23, 1967 | 5'10" | 176 | Takaoka-gun, Kochi JP |
| Hisanori Yokota | L | R | September 8, 1967 | 6'3" | 175 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Haruki Yoshitake | L | L | January 5, 1961 | 5'11" | 160 | Kasuga, Fukuoka JP |
| Ray Young | R | R | May 27, 1964 | 6'3" | 180 | Los Angeles, CA US |
