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1998 Yakult Swallows

1998 > Class Foreign > 1998 Japan Central League
Overall: 66-69
Scored 493 runs, Allowed 548 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 61-74

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Katsuya Nomura
Represented: Tokyo, JP
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1997 / 1999

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Mark Acre 29 R R 6' 8.0" 235 Sep 16, 1968 Concord, CA, US
Eric Anthony 30 L L 6' 2.0" 195 Nov 8, 1967 San Diego, CA, US
Susumu Aoyagi 29 R R 5' 11.0" 167 Jul 9, 1968 Kurume, Fukuoka, JP
Toshifumi Baba 33 R R 5' 8.0" 170 Feb 10, 1965 Mizuma-gun, Fukuoka, JP
Katsuyuki Dobashi 29 R R 5' 10.0" 182 Dec 5, 1968 Funabashi, Chiba, JP
Travis Driskill 26 R R 6' 0.0" 185 Aug 1, 1971 Omaha, NE, US
Atsuya Furuta 32 R R 5' 11.0" 176 Aug 6, 1965 Kawanishi, Hyogo, JP
Shinji Hata 35 L R 5' 10.0" 176 Jul 29, 1962 Tokushima, Tokushima, JP
Hiroaki Hirota 34 L R 5' 9.0" 167 Feb 26, 1964 Hagi, Yamaguchi, JP
Dwayne Hosey 31 S R 5' 10.0" 175 Mar 11, 1967 Sharon, PA, US
Tetsuya Iida 30 May 18, 1968
Takahiro Ikeyama 32 Dec 17, 1965
Atsunori Inaba 25 L L 6' 1.0" 207 Aug 3, 1972 Aichi, JP
Kazuhisa Ishii 24 L L 6' 0.0" 215 Sep 9, 1973 Chiba, JP
Akimitsu Ito 35 Apr 2, 1963
Tomohito Ito 27 Oct 30, 1970
Akinori Iwamura 19 L R 5' 9.0" 200 Feb 9, 1979 Ehime, JP
Tomohiro Jo 29 Apr 30, 1969
Hiroto Kato 29 Apr 29, 1969
Kenjiro Kawasaki 27 Jan 8, 1971
Tetsuya Kitagawa 25 Apr 18, 1973
Takehiko Kobayakawa 36 Nov 15, 1961
Mitsuru Manaka 27 Jan 6, 1971
Shinji Matsuda 30 Dec 17, 1967
Hajime Miki 21 Apr 25, 1977
Ryuji Miyade 20 R R 6' 3.0" 194 Aug 18, 1977
Shinya Miyamoto 27 R R 5' 9.0" 155 Nov 5, 1970 JP
Lyle Mouton 29 R R 6' 4.0" 240 May 13, 1969 Lafayette, LA, US
Katsunori Nomura 24 Jul 23, 1973
Tetsuhiro Nonaka 33 May 22, 1965
Yuji Ono 37 Feb 2, 1961
Kenichi Oshio 26 R R 6' 1.0" 180 Jul 3, 1971
Shinichi Sato 32 Aug 7, 1965
Noriyuki Shiroishi 25 R R 6' 0.0" 181 Apr 17, 1973
Kota Soejima 24 May 17, 1974
Kazuya Tabata 29 Feb 27, 1969
Koji Takagi 30 L L 6' 0.0" 181 May 10, 1968
Shingo Takatsu 29 R R 6' 0.0" 180 Nov 25, 1968 Hiroshima, JP
Hatsuhiko Tsuji 39 Oct 24, 1958
Hisanobu Watanabe 32 Aug 2, 1965
Hirobumi Watarai 26 Jan 26, 1972
Futoshi Yamabe 27 L L 5' 11.0" 167 Jan 4, 1971 Aichi, JP
Tatsuki Yamamoto 27 Aug 31, 1970

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