1980 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Team Record: 66-53
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (66-53)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1980 season with a record of 66 wins and 53 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters topped the league with just 513 runs allowed. Nippon scored 593 runs, worst in the league,. Tony Solaita walloped 45 home runs for the team, while Junichi Kashiwabara and Tommy Cruz added 15 or more also. Junichi Kashiwabara recorded 96 runs batted in. Tommy Cruz led all regular batters by connecting at a .309 clip. Isamu Kida paced the squad with 22 wins and a team-best 2.28 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1980 Nippon Ham Fighters who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Tony Solaita, Tommy Cruz and Masanori Murakami.
Keiji Ozawa served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tommy Cruz | L | L | February 15, 1951 | 5'9" | 165 | Arroyo, PR |
| 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 |
| Shinichi Igarashi | R | R | August 29, 1959 | 5'9" | 167 | Suginami Ward, Tokyo 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 |
| Shoji Kawahara | November 17, 1953 | |||||
| Isamu Kida | L | L | June 7, 1954 | 5'11" | 165 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Shigekuni Mashiba | L | L | November 15, 1951 | 5'10" | 178 | Ozu, Shiga JP |
| Yoshinobu Miyamoto | R | R | July 26, 1950 | 6'0" | 158 | , Osaka 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 |
| Katsutoshi Nakahara | R | R | November 30, 1944 | 5'8" | 165 | , Kagoshima JP |
| Fumio Narita | R | R | October 2, 1946 | 5'10" | 167 | , Tokyo 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 |
| Tony Solaita | L | L | January 15, 1947 | 6'0" | 210 | Nuuuli, AS |
| 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 |
| Masami Takahashi | R | R | December 20, 1954 | 6'2" | 190 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Naoki Takahashi | R | R | February 15, 1945 | 6'0" | 165 | Saeki, Oita JP |
| Nobuhiro Takashiro | R | R | May 27, 1954 | 5'6" | 162 | Yoshino-gun, Nara 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 |
| Kunizo Umeda | R | R | February 1, 1947 | 5'9" | 143 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Satoru Yoshioka | L | R | April 14, 1949 | 5'8" | 151 | , Toyama JP |
