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1997 Yomiuri Giants

1997 > Class Foreign > 1997 Japan Central League
Overall: 63-72
Scored 550 runs, Allowed 536 runs. Pythagorean W-L: 69-66

Affiliation: none or n/a
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima
Represented: Tokyo, 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
Hideyuki Awano 32 L L 5' 10.0" 165 Jul 28, 1964 Ota Ward, Tokyo, JP
Pedro Castellano 27 R R 5' 7.0" 165 Mar 11, 1970 Barquisimeto, Lara, VE
Sung-min Cho 24 Apr 5, 1973
Luis de los Santos 30 R R 6' 5.0" 205 Dec 29, 1966 San Cristobal, San Cristobal, DO
Yudai Deguchi 25 R R 5' 9.0" 173 Sep 23, 1971 Amagasaki, Hyogo, JP
Akihito Fukuo 33 L R 5' 8.0" 165 Jan 10, 1964 Machida, Tokyo, JP
Balvino Galvez 33 R R 6' 0.0" 170 Mar 31, 1964 San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, DO
Koji Goto 28 L R 6' 1.0" 187 May 14, 1969 Ichninomya, Aichi, JP
Kiyoshi Hashimoto 28 R R 6' 2.0" 198 May 22, 1969 Settsu, Osaka, JP
Eric Hillman 31 L L 6' 10.0" 235 Apr 27, 1966 Gary, IN, US
Katsumi Hirosawa 35 R R 6' 1.0" 217 Apr 10, 1962 Shimozuma, Ibaraki, JP
Ichiro Horita 23 R R 5' 11.0" 178 Apr 18, 1974 Hiroo-cho, Hokkaido, JP
Shinji Inoue 30 Jul 12, 1966
Yusaku Iriki 24 R R 5' 10.0" 180 Aug 13, 1972 Miyazaki, JP
Hiro Ishii 33 Jun 21, 1964
Kazuhisa Kawaguchi 37 Jul 8, 1959
Junichi Kawahara 24 R R 6' 0.0" 163 Jan 22, 1973
Masahiro Kawai 32 Sep 27, 1964
Masao Kida 28 R R 6' 3.0" 210 Sep 12, 1968 Tokyo, JP
Kazuhiro Kiyohara 29 Aug 18, 1967
Satoshi Kobayashi 19 Aug 21, 1977
Shigeyori Koharazawa 27 Aug 9, 1969
Hirofumi Kono 35 Apr 28, 1962
Masumi Kuwata 29 R R 5' 10.0" 185 Apr 1, 1968 Osaka, JP
Hiromi Makihara 33 Aug 11, 1963
Hideki Matsui 23 L R 6' 2.0" 210 Jun 12, 1974 Ishikawa, JP
Katsuhiro Mino 25 Jul 6, 1971
Koishi Misawa 23 R R 5' 10.0" 170 Jun 8, 1974 Saitama, JP
Kazutomo Miyamoto 33 Feb 13, 1964
Daisuke Motoki 25 Dec 30, 1971
Shinichi Murata 33 Dec 5, 1963
Yoshinori Murata 23 R R 5' 9.0" 175 Apr 24, 1974 Nagasaki, JP
Toshihisa Nishi 25 R R 5' 7.0" 176 Oct 4, 1971
Kazutaka Nishiyama 26 Aug 28, 1970
Koichi Ogata 28 Sep 2, 1968
Hirokazu Okada 29 Jan 21, 1968
Hideki Okajima 21 L L 6' 1.0" 195 Dec 25, 1975 Kyoto, JP
Takeshi Omori 29 Aug 4, 1967
Hitoshi Ono 20 Aug 23, 1976
Kazuya Ono 25 Sep 16, 1971
Rin Ono 24 Apr 3, 1973
Dave Pavlas 34 R R 6' 7.0" 180 Aug 12, 1962 Frankfurt, DE
Masaki Saito 32 Feb 18, 1965
Takayuki Saito 21 L R 6' 1.0" 187 Jun 10, 1976
Akiyoshi Sasaki 25 Jul 20, 1971
Makoto Sato 22 R R 6' 0.0" 198 Jun 12, 1975
Takayuki Shimizu 23 L R 6' 0.0" 183 Oct 23, 1973 Tokyo, JP
Naoki Sugiyama 27 Sep 3, 1969
Masahito Watanabe 29 Jul 14, 1967
Yuichi Yanagisawa 25 Aug 2, 1971
Kosuke Yoshihara 28 R R 5' 9.0" 169 Mar 29, 1969 Okayama, JP
Sadaaki Yoshimura 34 Apr 27, 1963

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