1994 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Team Record: 46-79
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Keiji Ozawa (46-79)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1994 season with a record of 46 wins and 79 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters scored 485 runs, worst in the league, and conceded 637 runs, most in the circuit. Yukio Tanaka paced Nippon with 27 home runs, and Matt Winters walloped 15 or more, too. Yukio Tanaka drove in 87 runs and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .286 clip. Hirofumi Kono and Yukihiro Nishizaki led the team with 8 wins each, while Hirofumi Kono recorded a 3.84 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Members of the 1994 Nippon Ham Fighters who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Kip Gross, Rick Schu and Matt Winters.
Keiji Ozawa served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wataru Adachi | L | R | January 8, 1968 | 6'0" | 180 | Yonago, Tottori JP |
| Shogo Arai | L | R | July 21, 1972 | 5'10" | 156 | Nerima Ward, Tokyo JP |
| 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 |
| Seigo Fujishima | R | R | October 3, 1969 | 6'0" | 209 | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi JP |
| Kip Gross | R | R | August 24, 1964 | 6'2" | 195 | Scottsbluff, NE US |
| 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 |
| Tsutomu Iwamoto | R | R | May 11, 1971 | 6'0" | 191 | Yao, Osaka 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 |
| Yoshihiro Kojima | L | L | May 31, 1968 | 6'0" | 182 | Shimoagata-gun, Nagasaki 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 |
| Yasufumi Ogai | L | L | July 19, 1972 | 5'6" | 145 | Tokushima, Tokushima 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 |
| Hiroyuki Sekine | R | R | December 9, 1971 | 6'1" | 190 | Matsudo, Chiba JP |
| Hiroshi Shibakusa | L | R | August 18, 1969 | 5'11" | 187 | Tokorozawa, Saitama JP |
| Nobutoshi Shimada | R | R | April 9, 1960 | 6'2" | 187 | Takefu, Fukui 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 |
| Yoshihiro Suzuki | L | R | May 21, 1963 | 5'8" | 160 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Masanori Taguchi | R | R | August 26, 1970 | 5'10" | 202 | Kita Soma-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Yutaka Takagi | S | R | October 22, 1957 | 5'8" | 167 | Bofu, Yamaguchi 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 |
| Masahiro Uchiyama | R | R | September 25, 1965 | 6'0" | 165 | Miyaki-gun, Saga JP |
| Hiroshi Watanabe | L | R | August 9, 1963 | 5'11" | 165 | Shirone, Niigata JP |
| Matt Winters | L | R | March 18, 1960 | 6'3" | 215 | Buffalo, NY US |
| Kiyoshi Yamanaka | L | R | October 29, 1961 | 5'10" | 170 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
