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1997 Seibu Lions

1997 > Class Foreign > 1997 Japan Pacific League
Overall: 76-56
Scored 656 runs, Allowed 554 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-56

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Yutaka Sudo and Osamu Higashio
Represented: Tokorozawa, JP
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1996 / 1998

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Shinji Ando 26 L R 5' 10.0" 158 Sep 2, 1970 Saeki, Oita, JP
Brian Givens 31 R L 6' 6.0" 220 Nov 6, 1965 Lompoc, CA, US
Kazuya Harai 29 R R 5' 8.0" 154 Jun 17, 1968 Hidaka-gun, Wakayama, JP
Takehiro Hashimoto 32 L L 5' 6.0" 162 Sep 18, 1964 Kamikita-gun, Aomori, JP
Nariyuki Imakurusu 30 May 10, 1967
Takashi Ishii 25 Aug 25, 1971
Takehiro Ishii 32 Oct 25, 1964
Tsutomu Ito 34 Aug 29, 1962
Tetsuya Kakiuchi 27 Jun 6, 1970
Taigen Kaku 35 Mar 20, 1962
Yoshiaki Kanemura 33 Aug 27, 1963
Yoshitaka Katori 40 Mar 10, 1957
Yusuke Kawada 29 Dec 22, 1967
Satoshi Kuroda 22 Jan 11, 1975
Domingo Martinez 29 R R 6' 2.0" 215 Aug 4, 1967 Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional, DO
Kazuo Matsui 21 S R 5' 10.0" 187 Oct 23, 1975 Osaka, JP
Katsuhiko Miyaji 25 Aug 28, 1971
Shinji Mori 22 L R 6' 3.0" 200 Sep 12, 1974 Yamaguchi, JP
Hiroshi Narahara 29 May 16, 1968
Fumiya Nishiguchi 24 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Sep 26, 1972
Susumu Otomo 23 Jun 18, 1974
Koji Otsuka 29 Aug 26, 1967
Tatsuya Ozeki 20 Jul 24, 1976
Rudy Pemberton 27 R R 6' 1.0" 185 Dec 17, 1969 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Makoto Sasaki 31 L L 6' 0.0" 190 Oct 3, 1965
Masaji Shimizu 32 Jul 7, 1964
Hiroshi Shintani 32 Jul 14, 1964
Tetsuya Shiozaki 28 Nov 26, 1968
Kento Sugiyama 28 Dec 12, 1968
Ken Suzuki 27 L R 6' 3.0" 195 Jan 13, 1970
Hiroyuki Takagi 24 Oct 14, 1972
Taisei Takagi 23 Dec 7, 1973
Jun Takeshita 27 Jul 12, 1969
Norio Tanabe 31 R R 5' 11.0" 172 May 11, 1966
Shinji Taninaka 24 R R 5' 9.0" 176 May 15, 1973
Seiji Tomashino 33 R R 6' 0.0" 159 Jun 22, 1964
Hisaki Tomioka 24 May 8, 1973
Denney Tomori 29 R R 6' 4.0" 200 Sep 21, 1967 Okinawa, JP
Kiyoshi Toyoda 26 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Feb 2, 1971 Mie, JP
Hiroaki Ueda 28 Apr 30, 1969
Kazuhiro Wada 25 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Jun 19, 1972 JP
Hisanobu Watanabe 31 Aug 2, 1965
Bob Wishnevski 30 R R 6' 1.0" 215 Jan 2, 1967 Hammond, IN, US
Jun Yamada 25 Aug 30, 1971
Hisanori Yokota 29 L R 6' 3.0" 175 Sep 8, 1967 Wakayama, Wakayama, JP

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