1986 Yomiuri Giants Roster
Team Record: 75-48
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Sadaharu Oh (75-48)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1986 season with a record of 75 wins and 48 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.
The Giants scored 600 runs, best in the league. Yomiuri conceded 437 runs. Warren Cromartie walloped 37 home runs for the team, while Tatsunori Hara and Sadaaki Yoshimura added 15 or more also. Warren Cromartie accounted for 98 RBI and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .363. Suguru Egawa led the team with 16 wins, and Hiromi Makihara registered a 2.29 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1986 Yomiuri Giants who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Keith Comstock, Warren Cromartie, Masumi Kuwata and Luis Sánchez.
Sadaharu Oh served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shuzo Arita | R | R | September 27, 1951 | 5'8" | 176 | Ube, Yamaguchi JP |
| Keith Comstock | L | L | December 23, 1955 | 6'0" | 174 | San Francisco, CA US |
| Warren Cromartie | L | L | September 29, 1953 | 6'0" | 190 | Miami Beach, FL US |
| Suguru Egawa | R | R | May 25, 1955 | 6'0" | 198 | Iwaki, Fukushima JP |
| Shigeki Fujimoto | R | R | October 7, 1964 | 5'10" | 165 | Hata-gun, Kochi JP |
| Tatsunori Hara | R | R | July 22, 1958 | 5'11" | 185 | Omuta, Fukuoka JP |
| Shinji Inoue | R | R | July 12, 1966 | 5'11" | 178 | Tamana-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Masahiro Ishii | R | R | September 4, 1960 | 6'0" | 167 | Arita, Wakayama JP |
| Hajime Kato | R | R | December 20, 1949 | 5'9" | 158 | Fuji, Shizuoka JP |
| Hideji Kato | L | L | May 24, 1948 | 5'9" | 165 | Haibara-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| Yoshitaka Katori | R | R | March 10, 1957 | 5'8" | 171 | Gomi-gun, Kochi JP |
| Masahiro Kawai | R | R | September 27, 1964 | 5'9" | 162 | , Okayama JP |
| Tomohiro Kinoshita | L | L | July 31, 1957 | 5'10" | 178 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Isao Koda | L | R | May 29, 1965 | 5'11" | 176 | Higashi Sonogi-gun, Nagasaki JP |
| Norihiro Komada | L | L | September 14, 1962 | 6'3" | 191 | , Nara JP |
| Junki Kono | R | R | July 10, 1961 | 6'0" | 167 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Kazumasa Kono | R | R | November 7, 1951 | 5'11" | 170 | Yawatahama, Ehime JP |
| Masumi Kuwata | R | R | April 1, 1968 | 5'10" | 185 | Yao, Osaka JP |
| Hiromi Makihara | R | R | August 11, 1963 | 6'2" | 206 | Handa, Aichi JP |
| Tadashi Matsumoto | S | R | August 8, 1954 | 5'11" | 171 | Ozaki, Hyogo JP |
| Kazutomo Miyamoto | L | L | February 13, 1964 | 5'10" | 170 | Shimonseki, Yamaguchi JP |
| Katsuhito Mizuno | R | R | September 3, 1965 | 5'10" | 180 | Anan, Tokushima JP |
| Kiyoshi Nakahata | R | R | January 6, 1954 | 6'0" | 176 | Nishi Shirakawa-gun, Fukushima JP |
| Kaoru Nimura | R | R | May 9, 1959 | 5'9" | 165 | Kawagoe, Saitama JP |
| Takashi Nishimoto | R | R | June 27, 1956 | 5'9" | 178 | Matsuyama, Ehime JP |
| Ko Okamoto | R | R | August 17, 1960 | 5'11" | 170 | Nishi Muro-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Kaoru Okazaki | L | R | June 7, 1961 | 5'10" | 171 | Oita, Oita JP |
| Masaki Saito | R | R | February 18, 1965 | 5'11" | 198 | Adachi Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Luis Sánchez | R | R | August 24, 1953 | 6'2" | 170 | Cariaco, Sucre VE |
| Motokuni Sano | R | R | March 6, 1958 | 5'10" | 195 | Yokohama, Yokohama JP |
| Kazunori Shinozuka | L | R | July 16, 1957 | 5'9" | 150 | Toyoshima Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Mitsuo Sumi | L | L | June 26, 1956 | 6'0" | 190 | Yonago, Tottori JP |
| Naoki Takahashi | R | R | February 15, 1945 | 6'0" | 165 | Saeki, Oita JP |
| Kazuhiro Yamakura | R | R | September 2, 1955 | 5'10" | 176 | Tagawa, Fukuoka JP |
| Katsura Yamamoto | R | R | May 12, 1959 | 6'0" | 176 | Tsuru, Yamanashi JP |
| Masao Yamamoto | R | R | August 12, 1953 | 6'0" | 167 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Akihiro Yamazaki | R | R | May 2, 1961 | 6'0" | 190 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Sadaaki Yoshimura | L | L | April 27, 1963 | 5'11" | 182 | Gose, Nara JP |
