2022 Yakult Swallows Roster

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 80-59
in the JPCL
Manager: Shingo Takatsu (80-59)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Meiji Jingu Stadium

2022 Yakult Swallows Statistics

Playoffs - Yakult Swallows 4 games, Hanshin Tigers 0

The Yakult Swallows of the Japan Central League ended the 2022 season with a record of 80 wins and 59 losses

The Swallows plated 619 runs, tops in the circuit. Yakult yielded 566 runs. Munetaka Murakami crushed 56 homers for the team, while Domingo Santana, Tetsuto Yamada, José Osuna and Yasutaka Shiomi each walloped 15 or more also. Munetaka Murakami recorded 134 runs batted in and topped hitters with significant playing time by hitting .318. Cy Sneed and Naofumi Kizawa paced the team with 9 wins each, and Yasuhiro Ogawa registered a 2.82 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.

Nori Aoki, A. J. Cole, Patrick Kivlehan, Scott McGough, José Osuna, Domingo Santana, Cy Sneed and Andrew Suárez were all players from the 2022 Yakult Swallows who played in the Majors during their careers.

Shingo Takatsu served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Yoshihiro AkahaneRRJune 29, 20005'8"174
Nori AokiLRJanuary 5, 19825'9"180Hyuga, Miyazaki JP
Takahiro ArakiRRJuly 26, 19875'10"168Oyabe, Toyama JP
A. J. ColeRRJanuary 5, 19926'5"238Winter Springs, FL US
Taiki HamadaRRSeptember 4, 20005'9"178
Juri HaraRRJuly 19, 19935'11"174, JP
Tomoya HoshiRRApril 15, 19946'0"172
Yuta IchikawaRRMarch 29, 20016'0"165
Masanori IshikawaLLJanuary 22, 19805'6"152Akita, Akita JP
Taichi IshiyamaRRSeptember 1, 19885'11"165
Yuto KanakuboLRNovember 4, 19996'0"163
Shingo KawabataLROctober 16, 19876'1"181Kaizuka, Osaka JP
Patrick KivlehanRRDecember 22, 19896'2"223Nyack, NY US
Naofumi KizawaRRApril 25, 19986'0"187
Yudai KogaRRAugust 7, 19985'10"163
Ryuta KonnoRRMay 11, 19955'9"158
Reiji KozawaLRMarch 9, 19985'11"172
Takuma KuboLLJuly 27, 19965'8"165
Kazuya MaruyamaLLJuly 18, 19995'8"176
Naoki MatsumotoRROctober 17, 19935'10"180, JP
Yu MatsumotoLRFebruary 5, 19955'10"189
Scott McGoughRROctober 31, 19895'11"190Monroeville, PA US
Kohei MiyadaiLLJuly 1, 19955'10"183, JP
Takeshi MiyamotoLRApril 3, 19956'0"172, JP
Hiyu MotoyamaLRDecember 4, 19985'10"174
Munetaka MurakamiLRFebruary 2, 20006'2"213Kumamoto, JP
Hideki NagaokaLRSeptember 26, 20015'8"163
Yuhei NakamuraRRJune 17, 19905'9"154Ono, Fukui JP
Hidetaka NamikiRRMarch 23, 19995'6"154
Akihisa NishidaRRApril 28, 19925'10"182
Naomichi NishiuraRRApril 11, 19915'10"165
Yasuhiro OgawaRRMay 16, 19905'7"176
Hiroki OhnishiRRNovember 8, 19975'8"185
Yuma OhshitaLRJuly 6, 19925'10"183, JP
Kengo OhtaLRJanuary 19, 19976'1"158
Yasunobu OkugawaRRApril 16, 20016'0"180
Nobuyuki OkumuraLRMay 26, 19955'10"158
José OsunaRRDecember 12, 19926'2"240Trujillo, Trujillo VE
Tomotaka SakaguchiLRJuly 7, 19845'11"168Akashi, Hyogo JP
Koshiro SakamotoLLSeptember 9, 19945'10"165
Domingo SantanaRRAugust 5, 19926'5"220Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO
Daichi ShibataRRNovember 7, 19975'11"202
Motohiro ShimaRRDecember 13, 19845'10"181Kaizu, Gifu JP
Noboru ShimizuLROctober 15, 19965'10"185
Yasutaka ShiomiRRJune 12, 19935'10"167, JP
Cy SneedRROctober 1, 19926'4"215Twin Falls, ID US
Andrew SuárezLLSeptember 11, 19926'0"187Miami, FL US
Koki SugiyamaLRJune 25, 19975'11"185
Kazuto TaguchiLLSeptember 14, 19955'7"165
Keiji TakahashiLLMay 14, 19975'10"161Kameoka, JP
Hirotoshi TakanashiRRJune 5, 19916'1"180
Ryusei TakeokaLRMay 28, 20015'10"169
Hyuga TakeyamaRRNovember 2, 20035'11"185
Seiichi UchikawaRRAugust 4, 19826'0"180Oita, Oita JP
Souma UchiyamaRRJune 30, 20025'7"156
Yugo UmenoRRJanuary 13, 19995'9"185
Daiki WatanabeRRJune 7, 19976'0"191, JP
Tetsuto YamadaRRJuly 16, 19925'10"163Toyooka, JP
Daiki YamamotoLLNovember 10, 19956'0"175, JP
Kotaro YamasakiLLAugust 11, 19935'8"150, JP
Hikaru YamashitaLLSeptember 12, 19996'2"220
Daiki YoshidaRRJuly 27, 19975'8"182



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