1978 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 55-63
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (55-63)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1978 Nippon Ham Fighters StatisticsTeam Record: 55-63
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (55-63)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1978 season with a record of 55 wins and 63 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters scored 534 runs and yielded 566 runs. Bobby Mitchell walloped 36 home runs for Nippon, and Junichi Kashiwabara added 15 or more as well. Bobby Mitchell accounted for 93 RBI. Masaru Tomita led batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .307 clip. Kazushi Saeki topped the squad with 13 wins, while Naoki Takahashi registered a 2.88 earned run average, tops among regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1978 Nippon Ham Fighters who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Bobby Mitchell, Gene Locklear and Masanori Murakami.
Keiji Ozawa served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Koichi Eda | October 31, 1947 | |||||
| Hideo Furuya | R | R | August 1, 1955 | 5'8" | 182 | Futtsu, Chiba JP |
| Toshikazu Hattori | R | R | February 13, 1948 | 5'9" | 158 | Shimizu, Shizuoka JP |
| Eiji Hosaka | L | L | November 29, 1953 | 5'6" | 154 | Tokyo, Tokyo JP |
| Kunihiko Ishii | R | R | June 25, 1955 | 6'2" | 190 | , Osaka JP |
| Koji Kagitani | L | R | July 2, 1950 | 5'5" | 143 | Kumage-gun, Yamaguchi JP |
| Yukio Kakizaki | R | R | November 28, 1956 | 5'9" | 156 | Misawa, Aomori JP |
| Junichi Kashiwabara | R | R | June 15, 1952 | 5'10" | 182 | Yashiro, Kumamoto JP |
| Toshio Kato | R | R | January 20, 1948 | 5'10" | 187 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Toshimi Kubo | R | R | June 27, 1950 | 5'10" | 171 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Gene Locklear | L | R | July 19, 1949 | 5'10" | 165 | Lumberton, NC US |
| Shigekuni Mashiba | L | L | November 15, 1951 | 5'10" | 178 | Ozu, Shiga JP |
| Bobby Mitchell | R | R | October 22, 1943 | 6'3" | 185 | Norristown, PA US |
| Yoshinobu Miyamoto | R | R | July 26, 1950 | 6'0" | 158 | , Osaka JP |
| Yukinobu Miyamoto | R | R | June 3, 1945 | 6'0" | 190 | , Hyogo JP |
| Hideshi Murai | R | R | January 9, 1950 | 5'8" | 162 | Sapporo, Hokkaido JP |
| Masanori Murakami | L | L | May 6, 1944 | 6'0" | 180 | Kita Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Yozo Nagabuchi | L | L | May 3, 1942 | 5'6" | 143 | Saga, Saga JP |
| Katsutoshi Nakahara | R | R | November 30, 1944 | 5'8" | 165 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Kuniaki Nakamura | R | R | February 28, 1947 | 5'11" | 170 | , Oita JP |
| Noriaki Okabe | R | R | April 11, 1958 | 6'0" | 185 | Kita Tama-gun, Tokyo JP |
| Kazuhiko Okaji | L | L | September 9, 1951 | 5'9" | 170 | Bunkyo Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Tatsuo Omiya | R | R | June 19, 1954 | 5'10" | 185 | Okazaki, Aichi JP |
| Kazushi Saeki | R | R | June 5, 1952 | 5'11" | 180 | Miwa, Yamaguchi JP |
| Mikio Sendo | L | L | September 28, 1947 | 5'11" | 191 | Gifu, Gifu JP |
| Toru Shibuya | L | L | May 14, 1951 | 5'10" | 170 | , Yamagata JP |
| Makoto Shimada | L | L | September 3, 1954 | 5'6" | 149 | Nakama, Fukuoka JP |
| Akira Shinya | R | R | February 1, 1955 | 5'7" | 151 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Mitsuo Sugano | R | R | August 28, 1952 | 5'8" | 158 | Naka-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Tomotaka Sugiyama | R | R | August 22, 1947 | 6'0" | 185 | , Shizuoka JP |
| Kazumi Takahashi | L | L | June 9, 1946 | 5'10" | 171 | Fuchu, Hiroshima JP |
| Naoki Takahashi | R | R | February 15, 1945 | 6'0" | 165 | Saeki, Oita JP |
| Takaaki Taniyama | R | R | October 8, 1950 | 5'10" | 160 | Takaoka-gun, Kochi JP |
| Masaru Tomita | R | R | October 11, 1946 | 5'10" | 165 | , Osaka JP |
| Toshoku Uda | R | R | August 23, 1948 | 5'10" | 156 | , Tokyo JP |
| Hisataka Yukizawa | R | R | July 11, 1953 | 5'9" | 158 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
