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1997 Orix Blue Wave

1997 > Class Foreign > 1997 Japan Pacific League
Overall: 71-61
Scored 582 runs, Allowed 544 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 70-62

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Akira Ogi
Represented: Kobe, 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
Toshifumi Baba 32 R R 5' 8.0" 170 Feb 10, 1965 Mizuma-gun, Fukuoka, JP
Jim Bonnici 25 R R 6' 4.0" 230 Jan 21, 1972 Omaha, NE, US
Chris Donnels 31 L R 6' 0.0" 185 Apr 21, 1966 Los Angeles, CA, US
Nobuyuki Ebisu 25 R R 6' 0.0" 205 Apr 24, 1972 Kobe, Hyogo, JP
Willie Fraser 33 R R 6' 1.0" 200 May 26, 1964 New York, NY, US
Yasuo Fujii 34 L R 5' 11.0" 178 Jul 7, 1962 Fukuyama, Hiroshima, JP
Junichi Fukura 37 R R 5' 9.0" 160 May 28, 1960 Kitaura-cho, Miyazaki, JP
Hiroki Fukutome 22 R R 5' 10.0" 173 May 21, 1975 Nagoya, Aichi, JP
Jun Hagiwara 23 R R 6' 0.0" 194 Aug 20, 1973 Hoya, Tokyo, JP
Masafumi Hirai 22 R R 6' 1.0" 214 Apr 21, 1975 Uwajima, Ehime, JP
Yasutaka Hironaga 29 L R 5' 8.0" 185 Mar 5, 1968 Tokushima, Tokushima, JP
Nobuyuki Hoshino 31 L L 6' 0.0" 162 Jan 31, 1966 Asahikawa, Hokkaido, JP
Takahide Ito 33 Oct 21, 1963
Hisanori Iwasaki 29 Apr 4, 1968
Doug Jennings 32 L L 5' 10.0" 175 Sep 30, 1964 Atlanta, GA, US
Masahiko Kaneda 28 Apr 30, 1969
Toshihiro Kase 20 Oct 6, 1976
Naoyuki Kazaoka 29 Jan 24, 1968
Yuichi Kiyohara 28 May 23, 1969
Hiroshi Kobayashi 26 Nov 30, 1970
Rui Makino 22 R R 6' 0.0" 190 Jul 17, 1974
Eiji Maruo 25 Apr 26, 1972
Hideaki Matsuyama 30 Apr 18, 1967
Takashi Miwa 27 Dec 1, 1969
Yoshitaka Mizuo 29 L L 5' 11.0" 180 May 2, 1968 Souka City, JP
Atsuhiro Motonishi 35 May 15, 1962
Satoshi Nakajima 28 R R 6' 0.0" 181 Mar 27, 1969
Troy Neel 31 L R 6' 4.0" 210 Sep 14, 1965 Freeport, TX, US
Koji Noda 29 Feb 9, 1968
Takahito Nomura 28 L L 5' 7.0" 175 Jan 10, 1969 Kouchi, JP
Hirofumi Ogawa 30 Mar 6, 1967
Hisashi Ogura 26 R R 5' 10.0" 163 Aug 10, 1970 Tochigi, JP
Koichi Oshima 30 Jun 17, 1967
Manabu Satake 22 Oct 27, 1974
Yoshinori Sato 42 Sep 11, 1954
Makoto Shiozaki 24 R R 5' 10.0" 159 Jun 29, 1973
Yu Sugimoto 24 Jun 19, 1973
Ichiro Suzuki 23 L R 5' 11.0" 170 Oct 22, 1973 Kasugai, JP
Taira Suzuki 27 Mar 10, 1970
So Taguchi 27 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Jul 2, 1969 Hyogo Prefecture, JP
Makoto Takada 33 Jun 9, 1964
Koichi Takahashi 25 Jul 2, 1971
Satoshi Takahashi 30 Jan 26, 1967
Yoshitomo Tani 24 R R 5' 8.0" 170 Feb 9, 1973 Osaka, JP
Jiro Toyoda 30 Jun 2, 1967
Takashi Watabe 24 Aug 27, 1972
Nobuhiko Watanabe 31 Mar 22, 1966
Minoru Yojo 30 L L 5' 11.0" 180 Sep 27, 1966

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