1993 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 71-52
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (71-52)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
1993 Nippon Ham Fighters StatisticsTeam Record: 71-52
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (71-52)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1993 season with a record of 71 wins and 52 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters plated 558 runs and conceded 478 runs. Matt Winters walloped 35 home runs for Nippon, and Rick Schu added 15 or more as well. Matt Winters drove in 87 runs. Atsushi Kataoka paced hitters with significant playing time by connecting at a .287 clip. Yukihiro Nishizaki topped the squad with 11 wins and a team-best 2.21 ERA, leading qualifying pitchers.
Rick Schu and Matt Winters both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.
Keiji Ozawa served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Masashi Arikura | R | R | June 12, 1967 | 6'2" | 193 | Uekawa-gun, Hokkaido JP |
| Hiroki Fujioka | R | R | October 18, 1966 | 5'10" | 195 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Yasushi Funayama | R | R | August 17, 1967 | 6'0" | 173 | Tachikawa, Tokyo JP |
| Tadami Futamura | R | R | October 8, 1959 | 5'10" | 178 | Mizuma-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Tetsuro Hirose | R | R | January 23, 1961 | 5'9" | 173 | Ihara-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| Shinichi Igarashi | R | R | August 29, 1959 | 5'9" | 167 | Suginami Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Masaru Imazeki | L | R | February 9, 1971 | 6'2" | 206 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa JP |
| Masaru Ishikawa | R | R | May 21, 1960 | 5'11" | 165 | Higashi Yamanashi-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Akihito Kaneishi | R | R | December 26, 1960 | 6'6" | 190 | Kamo-gun, Gifu JP |
| Atsushi Kataoka | L | R | June 27, 1969 | 6'2" | 205 | , Kyoto JP |
| Shinichi Kawana | S | R | April 10, 1970 | 5'10" | 170 | Kagoshima, Kagoshima JP |
| Takuya Kimura | S | R | April 15, 1972 | 5'8" | 165 | Miyagaki-gun, Miyazaki JP |
| Yuichi Komaki | R | R | May 2, 1967 | 5'9" | 176 | Hioki, Kumamoto JP |
| Hirofumi Kono | L | L | April 28, 1962 | 5'8" | 180 | Hata-gun, Kochi JP |
| Shinji Matsuda | L | L | December 17, 1967 | 5'7" | 154 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP |
| Hiroaki Matsuura | R | R | May 19, 1966 | 5'10" | 170 | Funabashi, Chiba JP |
| Ryuji Minami | R | R | June 26, 1972 | 6'4" | 209 | Takaishi, Osaka JP |
| Noriyuki Mori | R | R | December 31, 1966 | 5'9" | 178 | Edogawa Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Terushi Nakajima | R | R | July 27, 1962 | 6'2" | 202 | Mitagawa-machi, Saga JP |
| Motofumi Nishimura | L | L | November 17, 1962 | 5'11" | 156 | Itami, Hyogo JP |
| Yukihiro Nishizaki | R | R | April 13, 1964 | 5'11" | 165 | Ozu, Shiga JP |
| Koichi Ogawa | L | R | May 10, 1965 | 5'8" | 162 | Saga-gun, Saga JP |
| Tetsushi Okamoto | R | R | March 15, 1961 | 5'9" | 176 | Arita-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Yasunori Oshima | R | R | October 16, 1950 | 6'0" | 187 | Chikujo-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Mitsujiro Sakai | L | L | January 31, 1968 | 5'8" | 158 | Maikata, Osaka JP |
| Rick Schu | R | R | January 26, 1962 | 6'0" | 170 | Philadelphia, PA US |
| Hiroshi Shibakusa | L | R | August 18, 1969 | 5'11" | 187 | Tokorozawa, Saitama JP |
| Yasumitsu Shibata | R | R | August 20, 1957 | 5'11" | 187 | Minami Takaki-gun, Nagasaki JP |
| Nobutoshi Shimada | R | R | April 9, 1960 | 6'2" | 187 | Takefu, Fukui JP |
| Takeshi Shimazaki | R | R | March 3, 1967 | 5'11" | 180 | Narita, Chiba JP |
| Kazuyuki Shirai | S | R | June 7, 1961 | 5'10" | 167 | Okawa-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Yasukatsu Shirai | R | R | March 4, 1969 | 6'0" | 176 | Shinjo, Aichi JP |
| Yoshinori Sumiyoshi | R | R | October 10, 1964 | 6'0" | 191 | Suehiro, Osaka JP |
| Yoshihiro Suzuki | L | R | May 21, 1963 | 5'8" | 160 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Kazuhiro Takeda | L | R | June 22, 1965 | 5'7" | 176 | Setagaya Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Fujio Tamura | R | R | October 24, 1959 | 6'0" | 174 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Yukio Tanaka | R | R | December 14, 1967 | 6'1" | 195 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Tsutomu Ushiyama | R | R | July 3, 1965 | 5'11" | 190 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Matt Winters | L | R | March 18, 1960 | 6'3" | 215 | Buffalo, NY US |
| Kazutoshi Yamahara | R | R | December 28, 1970 | 5'9" | 156 | Okayama, Okayama JP |
| Kiyoshi Yamanaka | L | R | October 29, 1961 | 5'10" | 170 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
