1992 Chiba Lotte Marines Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 54-74
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Soroku Yagisawa (54-74)
Location: Chiba-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Zozo Marine Stadium
1992 Chiba Lotte Marines StatisticsTeam Record: 54-74
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Soroku Yagisawa (54-74)
Location: Chiba-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Zozo Marine Stadium
The Chiba Lotte Marines of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1992 season with a record of 54 wins and 74 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.
The Marines scored 460 runs, worst in the league, and allowed 540 runs. Max Venable led Chiba Lotte with 13 home runs Takeshi Aiko drove in 53 runs. Koichi Hori paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .281 clip. Yukinaga Maeda topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 3.95 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 1992 Chiba Lotte Marines who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mike Diaz, Hideki Irabu, Satoru Komiyama, Darryl Motley and Max Venable.
Soroku Yagisawa served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eijiro Ai | R | R | September 29, 1964 | 5'11" | 138 | Inashiki-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Takeshi Aiko | L | L | August 15, 1962 | 6'0" | 170 | Zushi, Kanagawa JP |
| Susumu Aoyagi | R | R | July 9, 1968 | 5'11" | 167 | Kurume, Fukuoka JP |
| Mike Diaz | R | R | April 15, 1960 | 6'2" | 195 | San Francisco, CA US |
| Yoichi Fukuzawa | R | R | May 26, 1967 | 5'10" | 165 | Iizuka, Fukuoka JP |
| Shinichi Furukawa | R | R | July 26, 1963 | 5'11" | 187 | Edogawa Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Kiyoshi Hatsushiba | R | R | February 26, 1967 | 5'11" | 209 | Fushimi, Saitama JP |
| Mitsuchika Hirai | L | L | November 8, 1966 | 5'9" | 171 | Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Sadaharu Hiranuma | R | R | March 27, 1965 | 5'10" | 171 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Koichi Hori | R | R | April 2, 1969 | 6'0" | 187 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Yasuji Ibe | R | R | July 21, 1959 | 5'11" | 176 | Sakuma-machi, Shizuoka JP |
| Akihito Igarashi | L | R | April 12, 1968 | 5'11" | 158 | Maebashi, Gunma JP |
| Goichi Inokubo | R | R | December 26, 1957 | 5'8" | 176 | Morioka, Iwate JP |
| Hideki Irabu | R | R | May 5, 1969 | 6'4" | 240 | Hyogo, JP |
| Masahiko Jozume | R | R | September 24, 1966 | 5'10" | 180 | , Hiroshima JP |
| Seiji Kamikawa | L | R | March 27, 1960 | 5'8" | 154 | Arita-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Yasuyuki Kawamoto | L | L | October 21, 1967 | 5'8" | 171 | Kumage-gun, Yamaguchi JP |
| Satoru Komiyama | R | R | September 15, 1965 | 6'0" | 183 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
| Takahiro Konno | L | L | July 11, 1964 | 5'11" | 167 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Yukinaga Maeda | L | L | August 26, 1970 | 5'10" | 155 | Tsukushi-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Tokitaka Minamibuchi | R | R | October 29, 1965 | 5'7" | 154 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Yoshihiko Morita | R | R | February 5, 1962 | 5'8" | 149 | Kushima, Miyazaki JP |
| Darryl Motley | R | R | January 21, 1960 | 5'9" | 196 | Muskogee, OK US |
| Yoshinari Nagano | R | R | July 21, 1968 | 6'0" | 195 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Norifumi Nishimura | S | R | January 9, 1960 | 5'10" | 154 | , Miyazaki JP |
| Akihito Okabe | L | L | October 13, 1962 | 5'10" | 171 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
| Iwao Omura | R | R | May 31, 1969 | 6'1" | 185 | Wakanai, Hokkaido JP |
| Kenichi Sato | R | R | September 13, 1959 | 5'11" | 170 | Sapporo, Hokkaido JP |
| Yukihiko Sato | R | R | April 16, 1968 | 6'0" | 180 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Shigeru Shimada | R | R | August 30, 1962 | 5'11" | 187 | Itano-gun, Tokushima JP |
| Yoshihisa Shiratake | R | R | May 6, 1960 | 5'11" | 158 | Sasebo, Nagasaki JP |
| Katsuo So | February 1, 1959 | |||||
| Kazumi Sonokawa | L | L | May 1, 1963 | 5'9" | 160 | Yashiro-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Toshio Suzuki | R | R | December 18, 1965 | 6'2" | 198 | Sumiyoshi Ward, Osaka JP |
| Masahiro Taijun | November 16, 1964 | |||||
| Hideaki Takazawa | R | R | September 10, 1958 | 5'10" | 176 | Saru-gun, Hokkaido JP |
| Kenji Tanba | R | R | May 20, 1965 | 5'10" | 171 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
| Shoji Toyama | L | L | July 21, 1967 | 5'10" | 200 | Ashikita-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Kazuhiko Ushijima | R | R | April 13, 1961 | 5'10" | 154 | Katsuragi-gun, Nara JP |
| Max Venable | L | R | June 6, 1957 | 5'10" | 185 | Phoenix, AZ US |
| Hideaki Watanabe | R | R | August 18, 1966 | 6'0" | 176 | Kawaguchi, Saitama JP |
| Norihito Yamashita | L | R | October 11, 1965 | 6'1" | 180 | Kaiso-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Masashi Yokota | L | R | November 26, 1962 | 5'8" | 165 | Nankoku, Kochi JP |
| Atsushi Yoshida | R | R | September 29, 1970 | 5'11" | 170 | Ikebukuro, Tokyo JP |
