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2004 Orix Blue Wave
2004 > Class Foreign > 2004 Japan Pacific League
Overall: 49-82
Scored 622 runs, Allowed 807 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 50-81
Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Haruki Ihara
Represented: Kobe, JP
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 2003 / 2005
Team Roster
Bold indicates they played in the majors
| Age | B | T | Ht | Wt | DoB | Birthplace | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryota Aikawa | 27 | R | R | 6' 0.0" | 172 | Jan 18, 1977 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka, JP | |||
| Takashi Aiki | 26 | R | R | 6' 1.0" | 160 | May 16, 1978 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto, JP | |||
| Roosevelt Brown | 28 | L | R | 5' 11.0" | 195 | Aug 3, 1975 | Vicksburg, MS, US | |||
| Hiroki Fukutome | 29 | R | R | 5' 10.0" | 173 | May 21, 1975 | Nagoya, Aichi, JP | |||
| Yuji Goshima | 28 | L | R | 5' 11.0" | 195 | Apr 20, 1976 | Kofu, Yamanashi, JP | |||
| Mitsutaka Goto | 25 | L | R | 5' 9.0" | 165 | Jul 27, 1978 | Minami Akita-gun, Akita, JP | |||
| Jun Hagiwara | 30 | R | R | 6' 0.0" | 194 | Aug 20, 1973 | Hoya, Tokyo, JP | |||
| Daisuke Hayakawa | 29 | S | R | 5' 10.0" | 170 | Jun 3, 1975 | Itami, Hyogo, JP | |||
| Takashi Hida | 25 | L | L | 5' 8.0" | 154 | Jun 27, 1979 | Kobe, Hyogo, JP | |||
| Takeshi Hidaka | 26 | L | R | 5' 11.0" | 185 | Aug 15, 1977 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka, JP | |||
| Keiichi Hirano | 25 | L | R | 5' 7.0" | 143 | Apr 7, 1979 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa, JP | |||
| Shuichi Iwashita | 31 | Jun 2, 1973 | ||||||||
| Masahiko Kaneda | 35 | Apr 30, 1969 | ||||||||
| Toshihiro Kase | 27 | Oct 6, 1976 | ||||||||
| Daisuke Kato | 23 | R | R | 5' 10.0" | 198 | Jul 27, 1980 | ||||
| Tatsuo Kato | 26 | L | L | 5' 11.0" | 165 | Jun 15, 1978 | ||||
| Hidetaka Kawagoe | 31 | R | R | 5' 9.0" | 163 | Jun 8, 1973 | ||||
| Tomonori Kitagawa | 26 | Jan 9, 1978 | ||||||||
| Hiroshi Kobayashi | 33 | Nov 30, 1970 | ||||||||
| Dae-Sung Koo | 34 | L | L | 6' 1.0" | 185 | Aug 2, 1969 | Daejeon, KR | |||
| Satoshi Kuriyama | 30 | Jun 15, 1974 | ||||||||
| Daisuke Maeda | 24 | R | R | 5' 10.0" | 176 | Sep 14, 1979 | ||||
| Shogo Makita | 30 | Apr 13, 1974 | ||||||||
| Toyoji Matsumura | 23 | R | R | 6' 2.0" | 180 | Jun 5, 1981 | Shiga, JP | |||
| Takashi Miwa | 34 | Dec 1, 1969 | ||||||||
| Trey Moore | 31 | L | L | 6' 1.0" | 200 | Oct 2, 1972 | Houston, TX, US | |||
| Kazuya Motoyanagi | 27 | R | R | 5' 8.0" | 143 | Nov 5, 1976 | ||||
| Yuichiro Mukae | 22 | R | R | 5' 11.0" | 174 | Dec 22, 1981 | ||||
| Arihito Muramatsu | 31 | L | L | 5' 10.0" | 172 | Dec 12, 1972 | ||||
| Toshiya Nakashima | 24 | R | R | 5' 11.0" | 176 | Jun 10, 1980 | ||||
| Hiroyuki Nomura | 22 | Jul 24, 1981 | ||||||||
| Hisashi Ogura | 33 | R | R | 5' 10.0" | 163 | Aug 10, 1970 | Tochigi, JP | |||
| Masanobu Okubo | 27 | R | R | 6' 2.0" | 183 | Sep 13, 1976 | ||||
| Jose Ortiz | 27 | R | R | 5' 9.0" | 177 | Jun 13, 1977 | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO | |||
| Koichi Oshima | 37 | Jun 17, 1967 | ||||||||
| Jason Phillips | 30 | R | R | 6' 6.0" | 225 | Mar 22, 1974 | Williamsport, PA, US | |||
| Hidemitsu Saito | 29 | R | R | 6' 0.0" | 172 | Apr 18, 1975 | ||||
| Manabu Satake | 29 | Oct 27, 1974 | ||||||||
| Ikki Shimamura | 22 | R | R | 5' 11.0" | 170 | Oct 13, 1981 | ||||
| Kazuhiko Shiotani | 30 | R | R | 5' 11.0" | 172 | May 27, 1974 | ||||
| Makoto Shiozaki | 31 | R | R | 5' 10.0" | 159 | Jun 29, 1973 | ||||
| Kota Soejima | 30 | May 17, 1974 | ||||||||
| Mac Suzuki | 29 | R | R | 6' 3.0" | 195 | May 31, 1975 | Kobe, JP | |||
| Tomotaka Tamaki | 29 | Jun 13, 1975 | ||||||||
| Yoshitomo Tani | 31 | R | R | 5' 8.0" | 170 | Feb 9, 1973 | Osaka, JP | |||
| Shinji Taninaka | 31 | R | R | 5' 9.0" | 176 | May 15, 1973 | ||||
| Hisashi Tokano | 29 | Feb 4, 1975 | ||||||||
| Satoshi Tokumoto | 27 | Sep 20, 1976 | ||||||||
| Ryutaro Tsuji | 28 | Jun 8, 1976 | ||||||||
| Kazuo Yamaguchi | 30 | R | R | 6' 1.0" | 207 | May 11, 1974 | ||||
| Takeshi Yamasaki | 35 | R | R | 6' 0.0" | 220 | Nov 7, 1968 | ||||
| Kosuke Yoshihara | 35 | R | R | 5' 9.0" | 169 | Mar 29, 1969 | Okayama, JP | |||
| Masato Yoshii | 39 | R | R | 6' 2.0" | 210 | Apr 20, 1965 | Osaka, JP |
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