1998 Chiba Lotte Marines Roster
Team Record: 61-71
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Akihito Kondo (61-71)
Location: Chiba-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Zozo Marine Stadium
The Chiba Lotte Marines of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1998 season with a record of 61 wins and 71 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.
The Marines scored 581 runs and surrendered 563 runs. Kiyoshi Hatsushiba led Chiba Lotte with 25 home runs, and Julio Franco walloped 15 or more, too. Kiyoshi Hatsushiba recorded 86 runs batted in. Mitsuchika Hirai paced batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .320 clip. Tomohiro Kuroki topped the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.29 earned run average, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 1998 Chiba Lotte Marines who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Mark Carreon, Satoru Komiyama, Joe Crawford, Julio Franco, Scott Davison and Yasuhiko Yabuta.
Akihito Kondo served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mark Carreon | R | L | July 19, 1963 | 6'0" | 170 | Chicago, IL US |
| Joe Crawford | L | L | May 2, 1970 | 6'3" | 225 | Gainesville, FL US |
| Scott Davison | R | R | October 16, 1970 | 6'0" | 190 | Inglewood, CA US |
| Julio Franco | R | R | August 23, 1958 | 6'0" | 160 | Hato Mayor del Rey, Hato Mayor DO |
| Soichi Fujita | L | L | October 17, 1972 | 5'9" | 175 | Yawata, Kyoto JP |
| Kazuya Fukuura | L | L | December 14, 1975 | 5'11" | 180 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Yoichi Fukuzawa | R | R | May 26, 1967 | 5'10" | 165 | Iizuka, Fukuoka JP |
| Toshiyuki Goto | R | R | May 4, 1971 | 5'9" | 160 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Ryu Hanekawa | L | L | June 5, 1973 | 6'0" | 165 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Kiyoshi Hatsushiba | R | R | February 26, 1967 | 5'11" | 209 | Fushimi, Saitama 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 |
| Koichi Hori | R | R | April 2, 1969 | 6'0" | 187 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Takahisa Hoshiba | L | R | January 12, 1972 | 6'1" | 180 | Himi, Toyama JP |
| Tsuneyuki Iso | R | R | November 29, 1975 | 5'10" | 158 | Nasu-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Hiroaki Kawamata | R | R | August 12, 1972 | 6'3" | 202 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Yasuyuki Kawamoto | L | L | October 21, 1967 | 5'8" | 171 | Kumage-gun, Yamaguchi JP |
| Hiroyuki Kobayashi | R | R | June 4, 1978 | 6'0" | 175 | Kusaka, Saitama JP |
| Hiromu Kojima | R | R | October 30, 1967 | 5'11" | 180 | Otokun-gun, Kyoto JP |
| Satoru Komiyama | R | R | September 15, 1965 | 6'0" | 183 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
| Yoshihisa Kondo | R | R | September 7, 1965 | 5'11" | 211 | Yamamoto-gun, Akita JP |
| Makoto Kosaka | L | R | July 2, 1973 | 5'6" | 145 | Watari-gun, Miyagi JP |
| Tomohiro Kuroki | R | R | December 13, 1973 | 5'10" | 175 | Hyuga, Miyazaki JP |
| Naoki Matsumoto | L | R | September 11, 1970 | 5'8" | 158 | Wakayama, Wakayama 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 |
| Iwao Omura | R | R | May 31, 1969 | 6'1" | 185 | Wakanai, Hokkaido JP |
| Saburo Omura | R | R | June 1, 1976 | 5'11" | 187 | Okayama, Okayama JP |
| Shingo Ono | R | R | April 7, 1975 | 5'10" | 181 | Sunto-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| Akira Otsuka | R | R | April 28, 1975 | 6'0" | 183 | Beppu, Oita JP |
| Tadaharu Sakai | R | R | June 21, 1970 | 5'9" | 165 | Misato, Saitama JP |
| Yukihiko Sato | R | R | April 16, 1968 | 6'0" | 180 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Ryosuke Sawai | L | R | March 9, 1978 | 5'10" | 170 | Choshi, Chiba JP |
| Takumi Shiigi | L | R | July 25, 1971 | 5'10" | 187 | Tokuyama, Yamaguchi JP |
| Masaumi Shimizu | R | R | January 9, 1975 | 5'11" | 185 | Takasaki, Gunma JP |
| Kazumi Sonokawa | L | L | May 1, 1963 | 5'9" | 160 | Yashiro-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Takashi Tachikawa | R | R | October 7, 1975 | 6'0" | 180 | Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Masahiro Takahashi | S | R | July 10, 1964 | 5'9" | 180 | Toyoaki, Aichi JP |
| Koji Takekiyo | R | R | November 22, 1974 | 6'0" | 180 | Takatsuki, Osaka JP |
| Brian Warren | R | R | April 26, 1967 | 6'1" | 180 | Brockton, MA US |
| Yasuhiko Yabuta | R | R | June 19, 1973 | 6'2" | 190 | Kishiwada, Osaka JP |
| Yasushi Yamamoto | R | R | April 9, 1972 | 5'10" | 178 | Atsugi, Kanagawa 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 |
| Kenji Yoshitsuru | R | R | May 3, 1971 | 5'8" | 176 | Kagoshima, Kagoshima JP |
