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1989 Yokohama Taiyo Whales

1989 > Class Foreign > 1989 Japan Central League
Overall: 47-80
Scored 474 runs, Allowed 594 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 51-76

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Takeshi Koba
Represented: Yokohama, JP
Ballpark: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1988 / 1990

Team Roster

Bold indicates they played in the majors
Age B T Ht Wt DoB Birthplace
Hideaki Aikawa 21 R R 5' 11.0" 176 Sep 11, 1967 Yokohama, Kanagawa, JP
Toshio Choshi 27 R R 5' 10.0" 160 Aug 24, 1961 Kashima, Ibaraki, JP
Kazuhiko Daimon 24 R R 6' 0.0" 182 May 31, 1965 Uji, Kyoto, JP
Kazuhiko Endo 34 R R 6' 0.0" 158 Apr 19, 1955 Nishi Shirakawa-gun, Fukushima, JP
Yoshiaki Hino 27 R R 5' 11.0" 165 Aug 16, 1961 Hayami-gun, Oita, JP
Hidetaka Horiba 34 Jun 26, 1955
Kazumasa Ichikawa 30 Oct 9, 1958
Mitsugu Ishibashi 32 May 5, 1957
Fumiki Ishida 22 Aug 22, 1966
Takuro Ishii 18 L R 5' 9.0" 172 Aug 25, 1970
Masaru Ishikawa 29 May 21, 1960
Mitsunori Kakehata 26 Jan 10, 1963
Shinsaku Katahira 39 Aug 5, 1949
Hirokazu Kato 37 Oct 9, 1951
Yasuhiko Kawano 28 Jan 31, 1961
Isamu Kida 35 Jun 7, 1954
Katsunori Kitano 21 L 6' 2.0" 195 Oct 10, 1967
Yutaka Matsumoto 26 Apr 14, 1963
Shiro Miyashita 27 May 19, 1962
Futoshi Miyazato 24 Mar 7, 1965
Koichi Muraoka 28 Jul 17, 1960
Hiroaki Nakayama 21 Nov 4, 1967
Hisao Niura 38 May 11, 1951
Hiroki Nomura 20 Jun 30, 1969
Tetsushi Okamoto 28 Mar 15, 1961
Toru Okamoto 24 Jun 13, 1965
Yuji Ono 28 Feb 2, 1961
Jim Paciorek 29 R R 6' 3.0" 203 Jun 7, 1960 Detroit, MI, US
Carlos Ponce 30 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Feb 7, 1959 Rio Piedras, PR
Akio Saito 34 Feb 23, 1955
Yoshiyuki Shimizu 25 Sep 19, 1963
Tatsuya Shindo 19 Jan 14, 1970
Yutaka Takagi 31 Oct 22, 1957
Kazuhiko Takahashi 28 Jun 12, 1961
Masahiro Takahashi 24 Jul 10, 1964
Manabu Tanabe 24 Mar 8, 1965
Motonobu Tanishige 18 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Dec 21, 1970 JP
Tomio Tashiro 34 Jul 9, 1954
Kenichi Yamazaki 26 Jul 20, 1962
Kaname Yashiki 30 Jun 11, 1959
Akimasa Yokotani 26 Apr 7, 1963

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