2003 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 62-74
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Trey Hillman (62-74)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
2003 Nippon Ham Fighters StatisticsTeam Record: 62-74
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Trey Hillman (62-74)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2003 season with a record of 62 wins and 74 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters scored 675 runs and conceded 738 runs. Angel Echevarria and Michihiro Ogasawara each. walloped 31 home runs for Nippon Michihiro Ogasawara recorded 100 runs batted in and topped all qualifying hitters on the roster by connecting at a .360 clip. Carlos Mirabal led the team with 16 wins, while Satoru Kanemura registered a 4.24 earned run average, tops among qualifying pitchers.
Players from the 2003 Nippon Ham Fighters who spent time in the Majors during their careers included Yoshinori Tateyama, Takahito Nomura, D. T. Cromer, Chris Seelbach, Kensuke Tanaka and Angel Echevarria.
Trey Hillman 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 |
| D. T. Cromer | L | L | March 19, 1971 | 6'2" | 190 | Lake City, SC US |
| Masashi Date | R | R | August 23, 1975 | 5'11" | 170 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
| Angel Echevarria | R | R | May 25, 1971 | 6'4" | 215 | Bridgeport, CT US |
| Shintaro Ejiri | R | R | April 30, 1977 | 6'1" | 170 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| 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 |
| Takaya Hayashi | R | R | June 1, 1973 | 5'10" | 182 | Wakayama, Wakayama JP |
| Tomokazu Iba | R | R | August 27, 1976 | 6'1" | 215 | Uto-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Tatsuya Ide | R | R | April 19, 1971 | 5'11" | 187 | Minami Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Yuji Iiyama | R | R | July 13, 1979 | 5'10" | 168 | Ichiki Kushikino, Kagoshima 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 |
| Ken Kamakura | R | R | November 25, 1984 | 6'3" | 190 | Shikoku Chuo, Ehime 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 |
| Tatsuhito Kato | L | L | August 11, 1976 | 6'0" | 182 | Yamakawa-cho, Tokushima JP |
| Kuniyuki Kimoto | L | R | October 7, 1978 | 6'0" | 187 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Teppei Komai | R | R | May 22, 1982 | 5'11" | 154 | |
| Toshimasa Konta | L | R | August 12, 1980 | 6'1" | 170 | Tonami, Toyama JP |
| Eiichi Koyano | R | R | October 10, 1980 | 5'10" | 183 | , Tokyo JP |
| Carlos Mirabal | R | R | April 24, 1973 | 6'0" | 169 | |
| Hichori Morimoto | R | R | January 31, 1981 | 6'0" | 176 | , Tokyo JP |
| Junichiro Muto | R | R | March 15, 1969 | 6'0" | 172 | , Fukushima JP |
| Hayato Nakamura | R | R | August 22, 1975 | 6'0" | 198 | Nishi Sonogi-gun, Nagasaki JP |
| Hiroshi Narahara | R | R | May 16, 1968 | 5'6" | 143 | Minami Saitama-gun, Saitama JP |
| Katsuhiro Nishiura | R | R | November 12, 1974 | 6'0" | 198 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Takahito Nomura | L | L | January 10, 1969 | 5'7" | 175 | Kouchi, Kochi JP |
| Tomoyuki Oda | L | R | May 19, 1979 | 5'10" | 168 | Hamamatsu, Shizuoka JP |
| Michihiro Ogasawara | L | R | October 25, 1973 | 5'10" | 185 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| 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 |
| Chris Seelbach | R | R | December 18, 1972 | 6'4" | 180 | Lufkin, TX 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 |
| Akio Shimizu | L | L | September 9, 1975 | 6'1" | 176 | Toyonaka, Osaka JP |
| Itsuki Shoda | L | L | November 3, 1981 | 6'2" | 198 | Ota, Gunma 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 |
| Hisashi Takeda | L | R | October 14, 1978 | 5'7" | 161 | Tokushima, Tokushima 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 |
| Tomochika Tsuboi | L | L | February 19, 1974 | 5'10" | 173 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Yoshinori Ueda | L | R | November 18, 1973 | 6'2" | 195 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Katsuhiko Yamada | R | R | July 2, 1969 | 6'0" | 182 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Kosuke Yamaguchi | L | L | August 6, 1977 | 5'9" | 165 | Taito, Osaka JP |
| Masaru Yoshizaki | L | L | October 4, 1978 | 5'10" | 179 | Ueno, Mie JP |
