1995 Yakult Swallows Roster
Team Record: 82-48
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Katsuya Nomura (82-48)
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium
Japan Series - Yakult Swallows 4 games, Orix BlueWave 1
The Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 1995 season with a record of 82 wins and 48 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Swallows scored 601 runs and yielded 495 runs. Tom O'Malley walloped 31 home runs for Yakult, while Atsuya Furuta, Hensley Meulens and Takahiro Ikeyama each swatted 15 or more, too. Tom O'Malley drove in 87 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by hitting .302. Futoshi Yamabe led the team with 16 wins, and Terry Bross recorded a 2.33 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1995 Yakult Swallows who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Masato Yoshii, Kazuhisa Ishii, Shingo Takatsu, Hensley Meulens, Terry Bross and Tom O'Malley.
Katsuya Nomura served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Susumu Aoyagi | R | R | July 9, 1968 | 5'11" | 167 | Kurume, Fukuoka JP |
| Yukio Arai | L | L | October 13, 1964 | 5'7" | 163 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Terry Bross | R | R | March 30, 1966 | 6'9" | 234 | El Paso, TX US |
| Katsuyuki Dobashi | R | R | December 5, 1968 | 5'10" | 182 | Funabashi, Chiba JP |
| Jun Furusawa | R | R | January 27, 1971 | 5'11" | 171 | Aso-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Atsuya Furuta | R | R | August 6, 1965 | 5'11" | 176 | Kawanishi, Hyogo JP |
| Hideki Hashigami | R | R | November 4, 1965 | 5'11" | 176 | Funabashi, Chiba JP |
| Shinji Hata | L | R | July 29, 1962 | 5'10" | 176 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Yasutaka Hironaga | L | R | March 5, 1968 | 5'8" | 185 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Atsushi Ibayashi | L | L | August 16, 1972 | 5'11" | 185 | Asahikawa, Hokkaido JP |
| Tetsuya Iida | R | R | May 18, 1968 | 5'8" | 158 | Chofu, Tokyo JP |
| Chikafusa Ikeda | R | R | May 17, 1959 | 6'0" | 202 | Miyazaki, Miyazaki JP |
| Takahiro Ikeyama | R | R | December 17, 1965 | 6'0" | 165 | Ozaki, Hyogo JP |
| Atsunori Inaba | L | L | August 3, 1972 | 6'1" | 207 | Nishi Kasugai-gun, Aichi JP |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | L | L | September 9, 1973 | 6'0" | 215 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Akimitsu Ito | R | R | April 2, 1963 | 5'9" | 167 | Edogawa Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Tomohiro Jo | R | R | April 30, 1969 | 5'8" | 154 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Eiji Kanamori | L | R | January 24, 1957 | 5'9" | 158 | Kanazawa, Ishikawa JP |
| Hiroto Kato | L | L | April 29, 1969 | 5'11" | 154 | Yachiyo, Chiba JP |
| Kenjiro Kawasaki | R | R | January 8, 1971 | 5'11" | 171 | Saeki, Oita JP |
| Tetsuya Kitagawa | R | R | April 18, 1973 | 5'11" | 180 | Edogawa Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Mitsuru Manaka | L | L | January 6, 1971 | 5'7" | 165 | Odawara, Tochigi JP |
| Masayuki Masuda | R | R | April 13, 1969 | 6'1" | 171 | Kita Soma-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Shigeru Matsumoto | R | R | May 30, 1971 | 6'1" | 165 | Niiza, Saitama JP |
| Hensley Meulens | R | R | June 23, 1967 | 6'4" | 200 | Willemstad, CW |
| Kenji Miyamoto | R | R | September 9, 1959 | 5'10" | 160 | Kanzaki-gun, Hyogo JP |
| Shinya Miyamoto | R | R | November 5, 1970 | 5'9" | 155 | Suita, Osaka JP |
| Hiroshi Nishioka | L | L | September 27, 1969 | 5'9" | 160 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Toshihiro Noguchi | R | R | June 24, 1971 | 6'0" | 168 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Tom O'Malley | L | R | December 25, 1960 | 6'0" | 180 | Orange, NJ US |
| Hisashi Ogura | R | R | August 10, 1970 | 5'10" | 163 | Kanuma, Tochigi JP |
| Yoichi Okabayashi | L | R | April 11, 1968 | 6'1" | 176 | , PY |
| Yuji Ono | R | R | February 2, 1961 | 5'8" | 180 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Katsuhito Osaka | R | R | June 14, 1968 | 5'10" | 180 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Mitsuhiro Saito | R | R | December 17, 1968 | 5'11" | 182 | Ina, Nagano JP |
| Toshihiro Takanashi | R | R | January 9, 1974 | 6'0" | 170 | Sapporo, Hokkaido JP |
| Shingo Takatsu | R | R | November 25, 1968 | 6'0" | 180 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Futoshi Yamabe | L | L | January 4, 1971 | 5'11" | 167 | Yawatahama, Ehime JP |
| Tsutomu Yamada | R | R | February 9, 1968 | 6'2" | 186 | Ogaki, Gifu JP |
| Shigeyuki Yamaguchi | R | R | June 24, 1966 | 5'10" | 171 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Tatsuki Yamamoto | L | L | August 31, 1970 | 6'0" | 171 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
| Yoshihiro Yamauchi | R | R | February 15, 1966 | 5'11" | 184 | Settsu, Osaka JP |
| Masato Yoshii | R | R | April 20, 1965 | 6'2" | 210 | Arita-gun, Wakayama JP |
