2005 Nippon Ham Fighters Roster
Team Record: 62-71
Finished 5th in the JPPL
Manager: Trey Hillman (62-71)
Location: Sapporo-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Sapporo Dome
The Nippon Ham Fighters of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2005 season with a record of 62 wins and 71 losses, finishing fifth in the JPPL.
The Ham Fighters scored 605 runs and yielded 606 runs. Michihiro Ogasawara walloped 37 home runs for Nippon, while Kuniyuki Kimoto, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Fernando Seguignol and Atsunori Inaba each added 15 or more, too. Michihiro Ogasawara recorded 92 runs batted in. Fernando Seguignol topped all regular hitters by connecting at a .288 clip. Satoru Kanemura led the squad with 13 wins, and Yusaku Iriki recorded a 3.36 ERA, tops among regular hurlers.
Members of the 2005 Nippon Ham Fighters who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Yoshinori Tateyama, Sherman Obando, Corey Lee, Tsuyoshi Shinjo, Erick Almonte, Micheal Nakamura, Brad Thomas, Brandon Knight, Fernando Seguignol, Kensuke Tanaka and Yu Darvish.
Trey Hillman served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erick Almonte | R | R | February 1, 1978 | 6'2" | 245 | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO |
| Yu Darvish | R | R | August 16, 1986 | 6'5" | 220 | Habikino, Osaka JP |
| Shintaro Ejiri | R | R | April 30, 1977 | 6'1" | 170 | Sendai, Miyagi JP |
| Shigeyuki Furuki | L | R | January 12, 1976 | 5'8" | 170 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
| Yoshitaka Hashimoto | R | R | December 6, 1979 | 5'11" | 179 | Bizen, Okayama JP |
| Tomokazu Iba | R | R | August 27, 1976 | 6'1" | 215 | Uto-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Yuji Iiyama | R | R | July 13, 1979 | 5'10" | 168 | Ichiki Kushikino, Kagoshima JP |
| Atsunori Inaba | L | L | August 3, 1972 | 6'1" | 207 | Nishi Kasugai-gun, Aichi JP |
| Yusaku Iriki | R | R | August 13, 1972 | 5'10" | 180 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Tsutomu Ishimoto | S | R | February 4, 1973 | 5'11" | 162 | , Nagasaki 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 |
| Kazumasa Kikuchi | R | R | June 27, 1982 | 5'10" | 163 | Takasaki, Gunma JP |
| Kuniyuki Kimoto | L | R | October 7, 1978 | 6'0" | 187 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Brandon Knight | L | R | October 1, 1975 | 6'0" | 175 | Oxnard, CA US |
| Eiichi Koyano | R | R | October 10, 1980 | 5'10" | 183 | , Tokyo JP |
| Takahito Kudo | L | L | March 30, 1981 | 5'7" | 161 | Kurioshi, Aomori JP |
| Corey Lee | S | L | December 26, 1974 | 6'2" | 180 | Raleigh, NC US |
| Carlos Mirabal | R | R | April 24, 1973 | 6'0" | 169 | |
| Hichori Morimoto | R | R | January 31, 1981 | 6'0" | 176 | , Tokyo JP |
| Satoshi Nakajima | R | R | March 27, 1969 | 6'0" | 181 | Kita Akita-gun, Akita JP |
| Micheal Nakamura | R | R | September 6, 1976 | 5'10" | 170 | Nara, JP |
| Hiroshi Narahara | R | R | May 16, 1968 | 5'6" | 143 | Minami Saitama-gun, Saitama JP |
| Sherman Obando | R | R | January 23, 1970 | 6'4" | 215 | , Bocas del Toro PA |
| 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 |
| Takehiko Oshimoto | R | R | October 28, 1982 | 5'11" | 203 | Nagareyama, Chiba 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 |
| Fernando Seguignol | S | R | January 19, 1975 | 6'5" | 257 | , Bocas del Toro PA |
| Kazuteru Shimada | R | R | September 19, 1969 | 6'0" | 195 | Narashino, Chiba JP |
| Tsuyoshi Shinjo | R | R | January 28, 1972 | 6'1" | 185 | Tsushima, Nagasaki JP |
| Itsuki Shoda | L | L | November 3, 1981 | 6'2" | 198 | Ota, Gunma JP |
| Hideki Sunaga | L | L | October 28, 1985 | 5'11" | 174 | , Tokyo 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 |
| Brad Thomas | L | L | October 22, 1977 | 6'4" | 235 | Sydney, New South Wales AU |
| Tomochika Tsuboi | L | L | February 19, 1974 | 5'10" | 173 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Shinya Tsuruoka | R | R | April 11, 1981 | 5'9" | 170 | Kimotsuki-gun, Kagoshima 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 |
| Satoshi Yano | R | R | April 25, 1978 | 6'1" | 180 | Ayauta-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Yukiya Yokoyama | R | R | June 1, 1977 | 6'3" | 216 | Ebina, Kanagawa JP |
| Masaru Yoshizaki | L | L | October 4, 1978 | 5'10" | 179 | Ueno, Mie JP |
