1987 Lotte Orions Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 51-65
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Michiyo Arito (51-65)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium
1987 Lotte Orions StatisticsTeam Record: 51-65
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Michiyo Arito (51-65)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Kawasaki Stadium
The Lotte Orions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1987 season with a record of 51 wins and 65 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Orions plated 518 runs and yielded 525 runs. Shinichi Furukawa paced Lotte with 12 home runs Masashi Yokota accounted for 51 RBI. Hideaki Takazawa topped batters with significant playing time with a .292 average. Katsuo So led the squad with 13 wins, while Tokunari Nishina registered a 3.21 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Leron Lee played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Lotte Orions to do so.
Michiyo Arito 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 |
| Kazumasa Fujikura | R | R | August 31, 1957 | 5'7" | 150 | Ashikaga, Tochigi JP |
| Yoshio Fukazawa | R | R | May 30, 1955 | 5'9" | 158 | Minami Koma-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Shinichi Furukawa | R | R | July 26, 1963 | 5'11" | 187 | Edogawa Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Hidetoshi Hakamada | R | R | August 13, 1955 | 5'8" | 176 | Shizuoka, Shizuoka JP |
| Sadaharu Hiranuma | R | R | March 27, 1965 | 5'10" | 171 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Yasuji Ibe | R | R | July 21, 1959 | 5'11" | 176 | Sakuma-machi, Shizuoka JP |
| Masaru Ishikawa | R | R | May 21, 1960 | 5'11" | 165 | Higashi Yamanashi-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Fumio Ito | R | R | December 20, 1965 | 5'11" | 176 | Yashiro-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Masaru Ito | L | L | June 15, 1963 | 6'0" | 167 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Seiji Kamikawa | L | R | March 27, 1960 | 5'8" | 154 | Arita-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Eiichi Kasahara | R | R | June 11, 1966 | 6'2" | 185 | Isezaki, Gunma JP |
| Shigeru Kuwata | L | L | December 20, 1960 | 5'9" | 189 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Leron Lee | L | R | March 4, 1948 | 6'0" | 196 | Bakersfield, CA US |
| Kazuhito Maruyama | L | R | October 30, 1960 | 5'8" | 162 | Kamiukena-gun, Ehime JP |
| Kazuhiko Migita | R | R | June 3, 1960 | 5'10" | 162 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| 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 |
| Yoshihiko Morita | R | R | February 5, 1962 | 5'8" | 149 | Kushima, Miyazaki JP |
| Choji Murata | R | R | November 27, 1949 | 5'11" | 171 | Toyoda-gun, Hiroshima JP |
| Tetsuro Nagashima | R | R | November 9, 1959 | 6'0" | 187 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Norifumi Nishimura | S | R | January 9, 1960 | 5'10" | 154 | , Miyazaki JP |
| Tokunari Nishina | R | R | June 2, 1951 | 5'9" | 170 | Asakuchi-gun, Okayama JP |
| Hiroshi Ogawa | R | R | April 2, 1962 | 5'10" | 150 | Ashikaga, Tochigi JP |
| Akihito Okabe | L | L | October 13, 1962 | 5'10" | 171 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
| Ko Saito | R | R | November 25, 1957 | 5'11" | 176 | Nishiwaki, Hyogo JP |
| Kenichi Sato | R | R | September 13, 1959 | 5'11" | 170 | Sapporo, Hokkaido JP |
| Masao Sato | R | L | December 8, 1950 | 5'9" | 175 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Yukihiko Sato | R | R | April 16, 1968 | 6'0" | 180 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Kiyokazu Seki | R | R | September 26, 1964 | 6'0" | 176 | Kashima-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Tomohisa Shoji | R | R | May 30, 1953 | 5'9" | 154 | Higashi Muro-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Katsuo So | February 1, 1959 | |||||
| Kazumi Sonokawa | L | L | May 1, 1963 | 5'9" | 160 | Yashiro-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Hideaki Takazawa | R | R | September 10, 1958 | 5'10" | 176 | Saru-gun, Hokkaido JP |
| Toshio Tanokura | R | R | April 3, 1954 | 5'9" | 165 | Mitaka, Tokyo JP |
| Kazuhiko Ushijima | R | R | April 13, 1961 | 5'10" | 154 | Katsuragi-gun, Nara JP |
| Koji Yamamoto | L | L | December 25, 1951 | 6'1" | 185 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
| Masashi Yokota | L | R | November 26, 1962 | 5'8" | 165 | Nankoku, Kochi JP |
| Toshiaki Yoshioka | R | R | April 11, 1952 | 5'11" | 180 | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi JP |
