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1998 Yomiuri Giants

1998 > Class Foreign > 1998 Japan Central League
Overall: 73-62
Scored 632 runs, Allowed 551 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 76-59

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima
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
Sung-min Cho 25 Apr 5, 1973
Yudai Deguchi 26 R R 5' 9.0" 173 Sep 23, 1971 Amagasaki, Hyogo, JP
Mariano Duncan 35 R R 6' 0.0" 160 Mar 13, 1963 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Yasuhiro Enoki 26 R R 5' 11.0" 182 May 22, 1972 Koshigaya, Saitama, JP
Akihito Fukuo 34 L R 5' 8.0" 165 Jan 10, 1964 Machida, Tokyo, JP
Balvino Galvez 34 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Mar 31, 1964 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Koji Goto 29 L R 6' 1.0" 187 May 14, 1969 Ichninomya, Aichi, JP
Kazuhiro Hiramatsu 24 L L 5' 10.0" 170 Mar 23, 1974 Kurashiki, Okayama, JP
Katsumi Hirosawa 36 R R 6' 1.0" 217 Apr 10, 1962 Shimozuma, Ibaraki, JP
Ichiro Horita 24 Apr 18, 1974
Yusaku Iriki 25 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Aug 13, 1972 Miyazaki, JP
Hiro Ishii 34 Jun 21, 1964
Akihito Kaneishi 37 Dec 26, 1960
Takashi Kashiwada 27 L L 5' 11.0" 165 May 14, 1971 Tokyo, JP
Kazuhisa Kawaguchi 38 Jul 8, 1959
Masahiro Kawai 33 Sep 27, 1964
Mototsugu Kawanaka 24 Dec 19, 1973
Ryuji Kimura 27 Sep 1, 1970
Kazuhiro Kiyohara 30 Aug 18, 1967
Hirofumi Kono 36 Apr 28, 1962
Masumi Kuwata 30 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Apr 1, 1968 Osaka, JP
Hiromi Makihara 34 Aug 11, 1963
Hideki Matsui 24 L R 6' 2.0" 210 Jun 12, 1974 Ishikawa, JP
Shinichiro Minami 25 Apr 11, 1973
Koishi Misawa 24 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Jun 8, 1974 Saitama, JP
Daisuke Motoki 26 Dec 30, 1971
Shinichi Murata 34 Dec 5, 1963
Yoshinori Murata 24 R R 5' 9.0" 175 Apr 24, 1974 Nagasaki, JP
Yasuo Nagaike 24 Oct 5, 1973
Toshihisa Nishi 26 R R 5' 7.0" 176 Oct 4, 1971
Kazutaka Nishiyama 27 Aug 28, 1970
Takahito Nomura 29 L L 5' 7.0" 175 Jan 10, 1969 Kouchi, JP
Kohei Oda 21 R R 5' 11.0" 185 Mar 15, 1977
Hirokazu Okada 30 Jan 21, 1968
Hideki Okajima 22 L L 6' 1.0" 195 Dec 25, 1975 Kyoto, JP
Hitoshi Ono 21 Aug 23, 1976
Masaki Saito 33 Feb 18, 1965
Takayuki Saito 22 L R 6' 1.0" 187 Jun 10, 1976
Makoto Sato 23 R R 6' 0.0" 198 Jun 12, 1975
Takayuki Shimizu 24 L R 6' 0.0" 183 Oct 23, 1973 Tokyo, JP
Naoki Sugiyama 28 Sep 3, 1969
Yoshinobu Takahashi 23 L R 5' 11.0" 190 Apr 3, 1975 Chiba, JP
Yuichi Yanagisawa 26 Aug 2, 1971
Kosuke Yoshihara 29 R R 5' 9.0" 169 Mar 29, 1969 Okayama, JP
Sadaaki Yoshimura 35 Apr 27, 1963

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