2000 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Team Record: 69-65
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Yasunori Oshima (69-65)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2000 season with a record of 69 wins and 65 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters led the league with 771 runs, sparked by 177 home runs. Nippon surrendered 664 runs. Nigel Wilson walloped 37 home runs for the team, while Atsushi Kataoka, Sherman Obando, Michihiro Ogasawara and Yukio Tanaka each added 15 or more as well. Michihiro Ogasawara recorded 102 runs batted in. Sherman Obando paced all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .332 clip. Hiroyuki Sekine topped the squad with 10 wins, and Akio Shimizu recorded a 4.07 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Ramón Tatís, Yoshinori Tateyama, Nigel Wilson, Sherman Obando, Kensuke Tanaka, Kevin Ohme and Micah Franklin were all players from the 2000 Nippon Ham Fighters who played in the Majors during their careers.
Yasunori Oshima 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 |
| 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 |
| Kenji Harada | L | L | June 2, 1976 | 5'8" | 170 | Osaka, Osaka 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 |
| 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 |
| Yuichi Komaki | R | R | May 2, 1967 | 5'9" | 176 | Hioki, Kumamoto JP |
| Junji Kuroki | R | R | June 20, 1974 | 6'0" | 180 | Nobeoka, Miyazaki JP |
| Carlos Mirabal | R | R | April 24, 1973 | 6'0" | 169 | |
| Hichori Morimoto | R | R | January 31, 1981 | 6'0" | 176 | , Tokyo 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 |
| Sherman Obando | R | R | January 23, 1970 | 6'4" | 215 | , Bocas del Toro PA |
| Michihiro Ogasawara | L | R | October 25, 1973 | 5'10" | 185 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Kevin Ohme | L | L | April 13, 1971 | 6'1" | 180 | Palm Beach, FL US |
| 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 |
| Kazunari Sanematsu | R | R | January 18, 1981 | 5'10" | 180 | Morodomi-cho, Saga JP |
| Kiyoshi Sasaki | L | L | September 15, 1981 | 6'0" | 176 | , Osaka JP |
| 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 |
| Akio Shimizu | L | L | September 9, 1975 | 6'1" | 176 | Toyonaka, Osaka JP |
| Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi | L | L | May 16, 1968 | 6'0" | 212 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Hiroshi Shintani | R | R | July 14, 1964 | 6'0" | 170 | Saga, Saga JP |
| Itsuki Shoda | L | L | November 3, 1981 | 6'2" | 198 | Ota, Gunma 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 |
| Shinji Takahashi | R | R | August 7, 1978 | 6'0" | 185 | Tsuyama, Okayama JP |
| Masaya Takeuchi | R | R | May 25, 1971 | 6'0" | 202 | Yuri-gun, Akita JP |
| Kensuke Tanaka | L | R | May 20, 1981 | 5'9" | 170 | Chikushino, Fukuoka 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 |
| Ramón Tatís | L | L | January 5, 1973 | 6'2" | 185 | Guayubin, Monte Cristi DO |
| 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 |
| Masaru Yoshizaki | L | L | October 4, 1978 | 5'10" | 179 | Ueno, Mie JP |
