2001 Yomiuri Giants Roster
Team Record: 75-63
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima (75-63)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Dome
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 2001 season with a record of 75 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.
The Giants plated 688 runs, tops in the circuit. Yomiuri gave up 659 runs, most in the league. Hideki Matsui walloped 36 home runs for the team, while Toshihisa Nishi, Akira Eto, Yoshinobu Takahashi and Kazuhiro Kiyohara each added 15 or more as well. Kazuhiro Kiyohara recorded 121 runs batted in. Hideki Matsui led all regular batters by hitting .333. Yusaku Iriki topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.72 ERA, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 2001 Yomiuri Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Héctor Almonte, Hisanori Takahashi, Koji Uehara, Takahito Nomura, Hideki Okajima, Masumi Kuwata, Domingo Martínez, Takashi Kashiwada, Hideki Matsui and Darrell May.
Shigeo Nagashima served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shinnosuke Abe | L | R | March 20, 1979 | 5'11" | 214 | Urayasu, Chiba JP |
| Héctor Almonte | R | R | October 17, 1975 | 6'2" | 190 | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO |
| Min Tae Chung | R | R | March 1, 1970 | 6'0" | 198 | |
| Akira Eto | R | R | April 15, 1970 | 6'0" | 209 | Higashi Yamato, Tokyo JP |
| Keiji Fukui | R | R | May 12, 1976 | 6'3" | 191 | Kita Katsuragi-gun, Nara JP |
| Koji Goto | L | R | May 14, 1969 | 6'1" | 187 | Ichninomya, Aichi JP |
| Kazuhiro Hiramatsu | L | L | March 23, 1974 | 5'10" | 170 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
| Ichiro Horita | R | R | April 18, 1974 | 5'11" | 178 | Hiroo-cho, Hokkaido JP |
| Yusaku Iriki | R | R | August 13, 1972 | 5'10" | 180 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Min Chul Jeong | R | R | March 28, 1972 | 6'2" | 178 | |
| Tsuyoshi Jobe | R | R | June 8, 1981 | 6'2" | 209 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
| Takashi Kashiwada | L | L | May 14, 1971 | 5'11" | 165 | Yashiro, Kumamoto JP |
| Junichi Kawahara | R | R | January 22, 1973 | 6'0" | 163 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Masahiro Kawai | R | R | September 27, 1964 | 5'9" | 162 | , Okayama JP |
| Yasuyuki Kawamoto | L | L | October 21, 1967 | 5'8" | 171 | Kumage-gun, Yamaguchi JP |
| Mototsugu Kawanaka | L | R | December 19, 1973 | 5'11" | 171 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Ryuji Kimura | R | R | September 1, 1970 | 5'8" | 170 | Nagoya, Aichi 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 |
| 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 |
| Domingo Martínez | R | R | August 4, 1965 | 6'2" | 215 | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO |
| Hideki Matsui | L | R | June 12, 1974 | 6'2" | 210 | Neagari-cho, Ishikawa JP |
| Darrell May | L | L | June 13, 1972 | 6'2" | 170 | San Bernardino, CA US |
| Shinichiro Minami | R | R | April 11, 1973 | 5'11" | 180 | Shingu, Wakayama JP |
| Koishi Misawa | R | R | June 8, 1974 | 5'10" | 170 | Iruma-gun, Saitama JP |
| Taka Miura | R | R | May 21, 1978 | 5'11" | 176 | Yono, Saitama JP |
| Daisuke Motoki | R | R | December 30, 1971 | 5'11" | 182 | Toyonaka, Osaka JP |
| Shinichi Murata | R | R | December 5, 1963 | 6'0" | 180 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Yoshinori Murata | R | R | April 24, 1974 | 5'9" | 175 | Sasebo, Nagasaki JP |
| Tomohiro Nioka | R | R | April 29, 1976 | 5'11" | 180 | Miyoshi, Hiroshima JP |
| Toshihisa Nishi | R | R | October 4, 1971 | 5'7" | 176 | Koga, Ibaraki JP |
| Kazutaka Nishiyama | R | R | August 28, 1970 | 6'0" | 193 | Kochi, Kochi JP |
| Takahito Nomura | L | L | January 10, 1969 | 5'7" | 175 | Kouchi, Kochi JP |
| Kohei Oda | R | R | March 15, 1977 | 5'11" | 185 | Takasago, Hyogo JP |
| Hideki Okajima | L | L | December 25, 1975 | 6'1" | 195 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Hitoshi Ono | R | L | August 23, 1976 | 6'2" | 182 | Akita, Akita JP |
| Masaki Saito | R | R | February 18, 1965 | 5'11" | 198 | Adachi Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Takayuki Saito | L | R | June 10, 1976 | 6'1" | 187 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Junya Sakai | R | R | March 4, 1981 | 6'1" | 187 | Ochi-gun, Shimane JP |
| Takayuki Shimizu | L | R | October 23, 1973 | 6'0" | 183 | Tokyo, Tokyo JP |
| Kazuya Tabata | R | R | February 27, 1969 | 5'10" | 176 | Takaoka, Toyama JP |
| Hisanori Takahashi | L | L | April 2, 1975 | 5'10" | 180 | Tokyo, Tokyo JP |
| Yoshinobu Takahashi | L | R | April 3, 1975 | 5'11" | 190 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Shinobu Takano | L | R | December 10, 1974 | 6'0" | 205 | Higashi Muro-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Koji Uehara | R | R | April 3, 1975 | 6'2" | 195 | Neyagawa, Osaka JP |
| Yuhei Ueno | R | R | December 25, 1978 | 6'0" | 171 | Kanazawa, Ishikawa JP |
| Masatoshi Yasuhara | R | R | October 8, 1980 | 6'1" | 206 | Ichikawa, Chiba JP |
| Koichiro Yoshinaga | L | R | May 1, 1969 | 6'0" | 195 | Maikata, Osaka JP |
