1982 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 67-52
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (67-52)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
1982 Nippon Ham Fighters StatisticsTeam Record: 67-52
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (67-52)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Korakuen Stadium
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1982 season with a record of 67 wins and 52 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters scored 551 runs and conceded 518 runs. Tony Solaita walloped 30 home runs for Nippon, while Tommy Cruz, Junichi Kashiwabara and Tatsuo Omiya each swatted 15 or more as well. Tony Solaita drove in 84 runs. Hideo Furuya led all regular hitters by connecting at a .291 clip. Mikio Kudo topped the squad with 20 wins, and Satoshi Takahashi earned a 1.84 ERA, best among regular hurlers.
Members of the 1982 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 |
| Yutaka Enatsu | L | L | May 15, 1948 | 5'10" | 198 | , Nara JP |
| 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 |
| Hiroaki Inoue | R | R | May 21, 1944 | 5'9" | 190 | Nishi Yodogawa Ward, Osaka JP |
| Takayuki Iwai | R | R | May 30, 1953 | 5'9" | 158 | Usa, Oita JP |
| Koji Kagitani | L | R | July 2, 1950 | 5'5" | 143 | Kumage-gun, Yamaguchi JP |
| Junichi Kashiwabara | R | R | June 15, 1952 | 5'10" | 182 | Yashiro, Kumamoto JP |
| Shoji Kawahara | November 17, 1953 | |||||
| Isamu Kida | L | L | June 7, 1954 | 5'11" | 165 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Takashi Kimura | S | R | September 18, 1958 | 6'2" | 182 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Mikio Kudo | R | R | September 30, 1960 | 5'11" | 165 | Honjo, Akita JP |
| Shigekuni Mashiba | L | L | November 15, 1951 | 5'10" | 178 | Ozu, Shiga 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 |
| Hiroaki Nakanishi | R | R | September 10, 1953 | 5'8" | 165 | , Hyogo 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 |
| Yoshiyuki Sakakibara | R | R | June 13, 1949 | 5'9" | 160 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka JP |
| Akira Sakamaki | R | R | May 12, 1955 | 6'0" | 178 | Kusaka, Saitama 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 |
| 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 |
| Satoshi Takahashi | R | R | May 17, 1948 | 5'10" | 167 | Tsuruga, Fukui JP |
| Nobuhiro Takashiro | R | R | May 27, 1954 | 5'6" | 162 | Yoshino-gun, Nara JP |
| Fujio Tamura | R | R | October 24, 1959 | 6'0" | 174 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Yukio Tanaka | R | R | February 27, 1959 | 6'3" | 198 | Nagareyama, Chiba JP |
| Hiromori Wada | R | R | August 12, 1957 | 5'11" | 167 | , Yamaguchi JP |
| Katsura Yamamoto | R | R | May 12, 1959 | 6'0" | 176 | Tsuru, Yamanashi JP |
