1999 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 60-73
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Taira Sumitomo (0-0), Toshiharu Ueda (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
1999 Nippon Ham Fighters StatisticsTeam Record: 60-73
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Taira Sumitomo (0-0), Toshiharu Ueda (0-0)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1999 season with a record of 60 wins and 73 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters scored 614 runs and yielded 625 runs. Micah Franklin walloped 30 home runs for Nippon, while Sherman Obando, Atsushi Kataoka, Michihiro Ogasawara and Yukio Tanaka each swatted 15 or more as well. Michihiro Ogasawara recorded 83 runs batted in and topped batters with significant playing time by connecting at a .285 clip. Tsutomu Iwamoto led the squad with 13 wins and a team-best 3.81 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.
Players from the 1999 Nippon Ham Fighters who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Yoshinori Tateyama, Shannon Withem, Sherman Obando, Nigel Wilson, Micah Franklin and Erik Schullstrom.
Taira Sumitomo and Toshiharu Ueda served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kokichi Akune | L | R | June 22, 1974 | 5'10" | 165 | Adachi, Tokyo JP |
| Nobuaki Arai | L | R | August 11, 1973 | 5'10" | 165 | Abiko, Chiba JP |
| Kazuyuki Atsuzawa | L | L | August 11, 1972 | 6'0" | 165 | Urawa, Saitama JP |
| Micah Franklin | S | R | April 25, 1972 | 6'0" | 205 | San Francisco, CA US |
| Seigo Fujishima | R | R | October 3, 1969 | 6'0" | 209 | Iwakuni, Yamaguchi JP |
| Shigeyuki Furuki | L | R | January 12, 1976 | 5'8" | 170 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
| Katsuyuki Furumizo | L | L | November 14, 1963 | 5'11" | 193 | Fukushima, Fukushima JP |
| Kenji Harada | L | L | June 2, 1976 | 5'8" | 170 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Hideki Hashigami | R | R | November 4, 1965 | 5'11" | 176 | Funabashi, Chiba JP |
| Shinji Hata | L | R | July 29, 1962 | 5'10" | 176 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Shoji Hiramatsu | R | R | October 20, 1971 | 6'0" | 185 | Kawanuma-gun, Fukushima JP |
| Tatsuya Ide | R | R | April 19, 1971 | 5'11" | 187 | Minami Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Masaki Ikoma | R | R | February 5, 1975 | 5'11" | 162 | Arita, Wakayama JP |
| Keigo Imai | R | R | July 16, 1974 | 6'1" | 182 | Iyo-gun, Ehime JP |
| Masaru Imazeki | L | R | February 9, 1971 | 6'2" | 206 | Yokosuka, Kanagawa JP |
| Takehiro Ishii | R | R | October 25, 1964 | 6'1" | 193 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Tsutomu Ishimoto | S | R | February 4, 1973 | 5'11" | 162 | , Nagasaki JP |
| Takeshi Ito | R | R | December 17, 1976 | 6'1" | 201 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
| Tsutomu Iwamoto | R | R | May 11, 1971 | 6'0" | 191 | Yao, Osaka JP |
| Makoto Kaneko | R | R | November 8, 1975 | 6'1" | 185 | Abiko, Chiba JP |
| Satoru Kanemura | R | R | April 19, 1976 | 6'2" | 183 | Kisennuma, Miyagi JP |
| Atsushi Kataoka | L | R | June 27, 1969 | 6'2" | 205 | , Kyoto JP |
| Junji Kuroki | R | R | June 20, 1974 | 6'0" | 180 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP |
| Atsuhiro Motonishi | R | R | May 15, 1962 | 5'9" | 165 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Yutaka Nakamura | R | R | April 23, 1973 | 5'8" | 182 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
| Hiroshi Narahara | R | R | May 16, 1968 | 5'6" | 143 | Minami Saitama-gun, Saitama JP |
| Ryuki Nemoto | L | R | June 6, 1973 | 5'10" | 170 | Komatsushima, Tokushima JP |
| Shunji Nishi | R | R | January 17, 1965 | 6'0" | 167 | Kainan, Wakayama JP |
| Katsuhiro Nishiura | R | R | November 12, 1974 | 6'0" | 198 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Toshihiro Noguchi | R | R | June 24, 1971 | 6'0" | 168 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Hiroshi Numata | R | R | June 6, 1973 | 5'10" | 170 | , Osaka JP |
| Sherman Obando | R | R | January 23, 1970 | 6'4" | 215 | , Bocas del Toro PA |
| Yasufumi Ogai | L | L | July 19, 1972 | 5'6" | 145 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Michihiro Ogasawara | L | R | October 25, 1973 | 5'10" | 185 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Rafael Orellano | L | L | April 28, 1973 | 6'2" | 160 | Hamacao, PR |
| Yukihiro Sakurai | R | R | May 26, 1976 | 6'0" | 154 | Miyagi-gun, Miyagi JP |
| Erik Schullstrom | R | R | March 25, 1969 | 6'5" | 220 | San Diego, CA 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 |
| Kazuteru Shimada | R | R | September 19, 1969 | 6'0" | 195 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi | L | L | May 16, 1968 | 6'0" | 212 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Masanori Taguchi | R | R | August 26, 1970 | 5'10" | 202 | Kita Soma-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Noriyuki Takahashi | L | L | February 25, 1971 | 5'10" | 171 | Takasaki, Gunma JP |
| Yukio Tanaka | R | R | December 14, 1967 | 6'1" | 195 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Naoyuki Tateishi | R | R | May 14, 1970 | 5'10" | 178 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Yoshinori Tateyama | R | R | December 26, 1975 | 5'10" | 165 | Daito, Osaka JP |
| Yoshinori Ueda | L | R | November 18, 1973 | 6'2" | 195 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Nigel Wilson | L | L | January 12, 1970 | 6'1" | 185 | Oshawa, ON CA |
| Shannon Withem | R | R | September 21, 1972 | 6'3" | 185 | Ann Arbor, MI US |
| Kazutoshi Yamahara | R | R | December 28, 1970 | 5'9" | 156 | Okayama, Okayama JP |
| Satoshi Yano | R | R | April 25, 1978 | 6'1" | 180 | Ayauta-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Tsuyoshi Yoda | R | R | December 4, 1965 | 6'0" | 170 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
