1988 Hankyu Braves Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 60-68
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (60-68)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
1988 Hankyu Braves StatisticsTeam Record: 60-68
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (60-68)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Hankyu Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1988 season with a record of 60 wins and 68 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The Braves scored 532 runs and conceded 578 runs. Kazuhiko Ishimine led Hankyu with 22 home runs, while Hiromi Matsunaga and Yasuo Fujii walloped 15 or more, too. Hiromi Matsunaga accounted for 77 RBI and topped hitters with significant playing time with a .326 average. Nobuyuki Hoshino and Yoshinori Sato paced the squad with 13 wins each, and Nobuyuki Hoshino registered a 3.06 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Greg Wells and Dallas Williams both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Toshiharu Ueda served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shusaku Beppu | R | R | August 14, 1963 | 5'10" | 154 | Kimotsuki-gun, Kagoshima JP |
| Yasuo Fujii | L | R | July 7, 1962 | 5'11" | 178 | Fukuyama, Hiroshima JP |
| Hiromasa Fujita | R | R | October 3, 1961 | 5'9" | 180 | Susuno, Shizuoka JP |
| Mineo Fukuhara | R | R | September 20, 1957 | 5'10" | 176 | Sumida Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Yutaka Fukumoto | L | L | November 7, 1947 | 5'6" | 150 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Junichi Fukura | R | R | May 28, 1960 | 5'9" | 160 | Kitaura-cho, Miyazaki JP |
| Katsuyuki Furumizo | L | L | November 14, 1963 | 5'11" | 193 | Fukushima, Fukushima JP |
| Kenji Harada | R | R | July 5, 1963 | 6'0" | 190 | Shimoagata-gun, Nagasaki JP |
| Nobuyuki Hoshino | L | L | January 31, 1966 | 6'0" | 162 | Asahikawa, Hokkaido JP |
| Tomiji Iizuka | R | R | September 1, 1962 | 6'0" | 187 | Aso-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Yutaro Imai | R | R | August 4, 1949 | 5'10" | 176 | Nagaoka, Niigata JP |
| Kazuhiko Ishimine | R | R | January 10, 1961 | 5'8" | 165 | Naha, Okinawa JP |
| Atsunori Ito | R | R | May 29, 1963 | 5'10" | 162 | Chita, Aichi JP |
| Naoyuki Kazaoka | R | R | January 24, 1968 | 5'9" | 158 | Kasugai, Aichi JP |
| Yuichi Kiyohara | L | L | May 23, 1969 | 5'10" | 190 | Higashikuni, Oita JP |
| Atsumi Kobayashi | R | R | September 27, 1961 | 5'10" | 162 | Ube, Yamaguchi JP |
| Terumitsu Kumano | L | R | August 28, 1957 | 5'7" | 165 | Kida-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Hiromi Matsunaga | S | R | September 27, 1960 | 5'11" | 171 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Toyozo Minamimure | R | R | December 9, 1960 | 5'10" | 162 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Koji Mori | L | L | January 1, 1962 | 5'10" | 160 | Nakamura, Kochi JP |
| Kozo Mori | R | R | March 19, 1959 | 5'9" | 176 | Nishi Uwa-gun, Ehime JP |
| Atsuhiro Motonishi | R | R | May 15, 1962 | 5'9" | 165 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Shinichi Murakami | L | R | July 13, 1963 | 5'8" | 160 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
| Hiroyuki Nagamura | R | R | December 12, 1958 | 5'9" | 171 | Naruto, Tokushima JP |
| Satoshi Nakajima | R | R | March 27, 1969 | 6'0" | 181 | Kita Akita-gun, Akita JP |
| Masami Ninomiya | R | R | October 6, 1966 | 5'11" | 178 | Tamana-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Yoshinori Sato | R | R | September 11, 1954 | 5'11" | 190 | Okushiri-gun, Hokkaido JP |
| Tomoyuki Sekiguchi | R | R | October 5, 1960 | 6'1" | 165 | Minami Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Minoru Shibahara | L | L | August 6, 1960 | 5'9" | 176 | Bizen, Okayama JP |
| Takayuki Shirai | R | R | May 31, 1966 | 6'3" | 187 | Shinjo, Aichi JP |
| Satoshi Takahashi | R | R | January 26, 1967 | 6'4" | 215 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Ryoji Tani | R | R | April 11, 1958 | 6'0" | 167 | Tatebayashi, Gunma JP |
| Tsuyoshi Uchida | R | R | May 27, 1961 | 5'7" | 160 | So-gun, Kagoshima JP |
| Shinji Watanabe | R | R | September 8, 1963 | 5'11" | 180 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
| Greg Wells | R | R | April 25, 1954 | 6'5" | 218 | McIntosh, AL US |
| Dallas Williams | L | L | February 28, 1958 | 5'11" | 165 | Brooklyn, NY US |
| Masayoshi Yagi | R | R | April 14, 1969 | 5'11" | 160 | Choshi, Chiba JP |
| Hisashi Yamada | R | R | July 29, 1948 | 5'9" | 170 | Noshiro, Akira JP |
| Yoshihiro Yamakoshi | R | R | February 20, 1963 | 5'11" | 165 | Uji, Kyoto JP |
| Masafumi Yamamori | R | R | November 26, 1960 | 5'10" | 165 | Shimomashiki-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Kenji Yamanaka | R | R | February 10, 1965 | 6'0" | 171 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Yukihiko Yamaoki | R | R | July 26, 1959 | 6'3" | 198 | Hata-gun, Kochi JP |
| Yoshihiro Yamauchi | R | R | February 15, 1966 | 5'11" | 184 | Settsu, Osaka JP |
| Keijiro Yumioka | R | R | June 28, 1958 | 5'8" | 154 | Himeji, Hyogo JP |
