1980 Lotte Orions Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-51
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuhiro Yamauchi (64-51)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium
1980 Lotte Orions StatisticsTeam Record: 64-51
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Kazuhiro Yamauchi (64-51)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium
The Lotte Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1980 season with a record of 64 wins and 51 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Orions tallied 639 runs and conceded 588 runs. Leon Lee walloped 41 home runs for Lotte, while Hiromitsu Ochiai, Leron Lee, Michiyo Arito and Yoshio Mizukami each swatted 15 or more, too. Leon Lee recorded 116 runs batted in. Leron Lee topped hitters with significant playing time with a .358 average. Tokunari Nishina led the team with 17 wins and a team-best 3.2 earned run average, leading qualifying pitchers.
Leron Lee played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lotte Orions to do so.
Kazuhiro Yamauchi served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masanori Arai | R | R | June 23, 1948 | 5'8" | 156 | Osato-gun, Saitama JP |
| Michiyo Arito | R | R | December 17, 1946 | 6'1" | 180 | Usa-cho, Kochi JP |
| Kenji Doi | R | R | May 17, 1950 | 5'7" | 171 | Takaoka, Toyama JP |
| Takumi Ejima | R | R | November 24, 1949 | 5'9" | 180 | Mizuma, Fukuoka JP |
| Osamu Fukuma | L | L | July 13, 1961 | 5'9" | 151 | Ota, Shimane JP |
| Hidetoshi Hakamada | R | R | August 13, 1955 | 5'8" | 176 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
| Isao Harimoto | L | L | June 19, 1940 | 5'11" | 187 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Sumio Hirota | R | R | May 13, 1949 | 5'4" | 140 | Nankoku, Kochi JP |
| Yoshihiro Iizuka | L | R | January 26, 1945 | 5'8" | 150 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi JP |
| Yoichi Inoue | R | R | February 5, 1949 | 5'10" | 165 | Koganei, Tokyo JP |
| Masayuki Kawashima | L | L | June 14, 1959 | 6'1" | 178 | Komagane, Nagano JP |
| Takahiro Kenmotsu | R | R | May 16, 1953 | 5'9" | 160 | Kurashiki, Hiroshima JP |
| Akira Kuramochi | R | R | July 20, 1952 | 5'11" | 158 | , Kanagawa JP |
| Leon Lee | S | R | December 4, 1952 | 6'0" | 189 | Sacramento, CA US |
| Leron Lee | L | R | March 4, 1948 | 6'0" | 196 | Bakersfield, CA US |
| Yoshio Mizukami | R | R | August 9, 1957 | 6'0" | 156 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa JP |
| Norihiro Mizutani | L | L | April 27, 1950 | 5'10" | 167 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Takuya Mochizuki | R | R | May 8, 1956 | 6'0" | 154 | Toyoda-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Choji Murata | R | R | November 27, 1949 | 5'11" | 171 | Toyoda-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Tokunari Nishina | R | R | June 2, 1951 | 5'9" | 170 | Asakuchi-gun, Okayama JP |
| Hiromitsu Ochiai | R | R | December 9, 1953 | 5'10" | 180 | Minami, Akita JP |
| Hideyuki Okue | R | R | August 11, 1950 | 5'11" | 162 | Okayama, Okayama JP |
| Susumu Omata | L | L | August 18, 1951 | 5'10" | 170 | , Kanagawa JP |
| In-cheon Paek | R | R | November 27, 1943 | 5'8" | 180 | , KR |
| Kenichi Sato | R | R | September 13, 1959 | 5'11" | 170 | Sapporo, Hokkaido JP |
| Tomohisa Shoji | R | R | May 30, 1953 | 5'9" | 154 | Higashi Muro-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Hiroshi Takahashi | R | R | March 10, 1946 | 5'7" | 167 | , Miyazaki JP |
| Hideaki Takazawa | R | R | September 10, 1958 | 5'10" | 176 | Saru-gun, Hokkaido JP |
| Isao Tamura | R | R | March 22, 1957 | 6'0" | 167 | Kuga-gun, Yamaguchi JP |
| Takahiro Tokutsu | L | L | April 12, 1947 | 5'8" | 180 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Yoshikatsu Umezawa | R | R | April 25, 1959 | 5'11" | 176 | Shomodate, Ibaraki JP |
| Hitoshi Wakabayashi | R | R | November 5, 1956 | 5'11" | 176 | Minami Koma-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Shoji Yasuki | L | L | November 4, 1948 | 5'11" | 167 | Oku-gun, Okayama JP |
| Toshiaki Yoshioka | R | R | April 11, 1952 | 5'11" | 180 | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi JP |
