1997 Yokohama BayStars Roster
Team Record: 72-63
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Akihiko Oya (72-63)
Location: Yokohama-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Yokohama Stadium
The Yokohama BayStars of the Japan Central League ended the 1997 season with a record of 72 wins and 63 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.
The BayStars scored 572 runs and conceded 548 runs. Takanori Suzuki led Yokohama with 21 home runs, while Bobby Rose walloped 15 or more, too. Bobby Rose drove in 99 runs. Takanori Suzuki paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .335 clip. Hiroki Nomura, Daisuke Miura, Takeo Kawamura and Hisashi Tokano topped the squad with 10 wins each, and Takeo Kawamura registered a 3.33 earned run average, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1997 Yokohama BayStars who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Pat Mahomes, Bill Selby, Bobby Rose, Kazuo Fukumori and Kazuhiro Sasaki.
Akihiko Oya served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kosaku Akimoto | R | R | January 29, 1968 | 6'0" | 187 | Bunkyo, Tokyo JP |
| Kiyoshi Arai | S | R | April 11, 1969 | 6'1" | 180 | Tomioka, Gunma JP |
| Kazuo Fukumori | R | R | August 4, 1976 | 6'0" | 175 | Kita Morokata-gun, Miyazaki JP |
| Toshio Haru | R | R | May 25, 1970 | 5'8" | 167 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Hitoshi Hatayama | R | R | June 11, 1964 | 5'11" | 176 | Komatsushima, Tokushima JP |
| Hideki Igarashi | R | R | August 23, 1969 | 6'1" | 205 | Kaizuka, Osaka JP |
| Jun Inoue | L | L | June 8, 1970 | 6'0" | 167 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Takuro Ishii | L | R | August 25, 1970 | 5'9" | 172 | Sano, Tochigi JP |
| Yoshihito Ishii | L | R | July 12, 1978 | 5'10" | 181 | Kawaguchi, Saitama JP |
| Daisuke Kanda | S | R | April 30, 1978 | 6'1" | 191 | Koshigaya, Saitama JP |
| Masato Kato | L | L | July 23, 1972 | 5'10" | 167 | Kishiwada, Osaka JP |
| Kazuaki Kawabata | R | R | March 12, 1968 | 5'11" | 158 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Ryuichi Kawahara | L | L | August 10, 1971 | 5'10" | 176 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Takeo Kawamura | R | R | April 30, 1972 | 6'0" | 176 | Yamato, Kanagawa JP |
| Yoshifumi Kawasaki | R | R | October 30, 1971 | 5'11" | 158 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Masahito Kohiyama | R | R | May 7, 1969 | 5'10" | 187 | , Tokyo JP |
| Norihiro Komada | L | L | September 14, 1962 | 6'3" | 191 | , Nara JP |
| Pat Mahomes | R | R | August 9, 1970 | 6'1" | 175 | Bryan, TX US |
| Takashi Manei | R | R | July 7, 1972 | 5'7" | 170 | Himeji, Hyogo JP |
| Daisuke Miura | R | R | December 25, 1973 | 6'0" | 194 | Kashihara, Nara JP |
| Kazuhiko Miyakawa | L | R | February 23, 1969 | 5'11" | 147 | Katsurashiki, Tokyo JP |
| Futoshi Miyazato | L | R | March 7, 1965 | 5'8" | 149 | Okinawa, Okinawa JP |
| Masao Morinaka | L | L | April 9, 1974 | 5'9" | 176 | Mishima, Shizuoka JP |
| Koki Morita | R | R | November 21, 1969 | 6'1" | 195 | Kayabe-gun, Hokkaido JP |
| Yasuo Nagaike | R | R | October 5, 1973 | 5'10" | 170 | Kazuga, Fukuoka JP |
| Kenji Nagami | R | R | May 5, 1972 | 6'4" | 190 | , Tottori JP |
| Kiyotaka Nishi | R | R | April 8, 1966 | 5'11" | 170 | , Mie JP |
| Hiroki Nomura | L | L | June 30, 1969 | 5'11" | 182 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Bobby Rose | R | R | March 15, 1967 | 5'11" | 170 | Covina, CA US |
| Takahiro Saeki | L | L | April 18, 1970 | 6'1" | 198 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Kazuhiro Sasaki | R | R | February 22, 1968 | 6'4" | 209 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Iori Sekiguchi | L | L | October 26, 1971 | 5'10" | 162 | Kumagai, Saitama JP |
| Bill Selby | L | R | June 11, 1970 | 5'9" | 190 | Monroeville, AL US |
| Naoya Shimada | R | R | March 17, 1970 | 5'9" | 171 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
| Tatsuya Shindo | R | R | January 14, 1970 | 5'8" | 154 | Takaoka, Toyama JP |
| Takanori Suzuki | L | R | April 10, 1972 | 6'1" | 187 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka JP |
| Hitoshi Tamura | R | R | March 28, 1977 | 5'11" | 179 | Kiyokawamura, Kanagawa JP |
| Motonobu Tanishige | R | R | December 21, 1970 | 5'10" | 180 | Hiba-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Hisashi Tokano | R | R | February 4, 1975 | 5'11" | 193 | Sano, Tochigi JP |
| Yoshinobu Yamane | R | R | December 18, 1968 | 5'8" | 190 | Kofu, Yamanashi JP |
| Yukiya Yokoyama | R | R | June 1, 1977 | 6'3" | 216 | Ebina, Kanagawa JP |
| Masahide Yone | R | R | June 11, 1972 | 6'1" | 198 | Yoshiki-gun, Yamaguchi JP |
