1994 Chiba Lotte Marines Roster
Team Record: 55-73
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Soroku Yagisawa (0-0), Futoshi Nakanishi (0-0)
Location: Chiba-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Zozo Marine Stadium
The Chiba Lotte Marines of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1994 season with a record of 55 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Marines scored 521 runs and surrendered 633 runs. Hensley Meulens led Chiba Lotte with 23 home runs, while Mel Hall and Kiyoshi Hatsushiba walloped 15 or more, too. Mel Hall recorded 80 runs batted in. Kiyoshi Hatsushiba topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .290 clip. Hideki Irabu paced the team with 15 wins and a team-best 3.04 ERA, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Players from the 1994 Chiba Lotte Marines who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mel Hall, Hensley Meulens, Hideki Irabu, Satoru Komiyama and Mike Hartley.
Soroku Yagisawa and Futoshi Nakanishi served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takeshi Aiko | L | L | August 15, 1962 | 6'0" | 170 | Zushi, Kanagawa JP |
| Manabu Ando | R | R | May 29, 1967 | 5'11" | 165 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Susumu Aoyagi | R | R | July 9, 1968 | 5'11" | 167 | Kurume, Fukuoka JP |
| Kotaro Azuse | L | L | May 6, 1967 | 5'10" | 171 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Yasuhiro Enoki | R | R | May 22, 1972 | 5'11" | 182 | Koshigaya, Saitama JP |
| Yoichi Fukuzawa | R | R | May 26, 1967 | 5'10" | 165 | Iizuka, Fukuoka JP |
| Mel Hall | L | L | September 16, 1960 | 6'0" | 185 | Lyons, NY US |
| Mike Hartley | R | R | August 31, 1961 | 6'1" | 192 | Hawthorne, CA US |
| Kiyoshi Hatsushiba | R | R | February 26, 1967 | 5'11" | 209 | Fushimi, Saitama JP |
| Fumio Hattori | R | R | August 6, 1969 | 5'9" | 158 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Kazutoshi Higuchi | L | R | September 9, 1967 | 5'6" | 147 | Kurume, Fukuoka JP |
| Mitsuchika Hirai | L | L | November 8, 1966 | 5'9" | 171 | Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Ken Hirano | S | R | June 20, 1955 | 5'10" | 165 | Nagoya, Aichi 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 |
| 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 |
| Takayasu Kato | L | L | June 7, 1969 | 6'1" | 193 | Setagaya Ward, Tokyo 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 |
| Yukinaga Maeda | L | L | August 26, 1970 | 5'10" | 155 | Tsukushi-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Hensley Meulens | R | R | June 23, 1967 | 6'4" | 200 | Willemstad, CW |
| Tokitaka Minamibuchi | R | R | October 29, 1965 | 5'7" | 154 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Koji Mori | R | R | March 8, 1969 | 6'0" | 171 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
| Kenji Morozumi | L | R | May 29, 1969 | 5'11" | 162 | Aizu Wakamatsu, Fukushima JP |
| Junichiro Muto | R | R | March 15, 1969 | 6'0" | 172 | , Fukushima JP |
| Masayuki Nakayama | R | R | September 3, 1969 | 6'0" | 178 | Koshigaya, Saitama JP |
| Toshihide Narimoto | R | R | September 11, 1968 | 5'11" | 193 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP |
| Norifumi Nishimura | S | R | January 9, 1960 | 5'10" | 154 | , Miyazaki JP |
| Kazuyuki Ono | R | R | August 19, 1962 | 6'1" | 205 | Akita, Akita 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 |
| Katsuo So | February 1, 1959 | |||||
| Kazumi Sonokawa | L | L | May 1, 1963 | 5'9" | 160 | Yashiro-gun, Kumamoto 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 |
| Masaru Uno | R | R | May 30, 1958 | 5'11" | 165 | Yokaichiba, Chiba JP |
| 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 |
| Atsushi Yoshida | R | R | September 29, 1970 | 5'11" | 170 | Ikebukuro, Tokyo JP |
| Hideaki Yoshii | R | R | April 3, 1972 | 5'11" | 173 | Horoiwa, Hokkaido JP |
