1990 Orix Braves Roster
Team Record: 69-57
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Toshiharu Ueda (69-57)
Location: Nishinomiya, Japan
Ballpark: Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium, Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium
The Orix Braves of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1990 season with a record of 69 wins and 57 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The Braves scored 690 runs, best in the league. Orix gave up 619 runs. Kazuhiko Ishimine and Yasuo Fujii each. walloped 37 home runs for the team, while Hiromitsu Kadota and Hiromi Matsunaga added 15 or more also. Kazuhiko Ishimine recorded 106 runs batted in. Yasuo Fujii led hitters with significant playing time with a .285 average. Nobuyuki Hoshino topped the team with 14 wins, and Yukihiko Yamaoki registered a 3.75 earned run average, best among qualifying pitchers.
Members of the 1990 Orix Braves who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Guy Hoffman, Don Schulze and Greg Wells.
Toshiharu Ueda served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yasuo Fujii | L | R | July 7, 1962 | 5'11" | 178 | Fukuyama, Hiroshima JP |
| Hiromasa Fujita | R | R | October 3, 1961 | 5'9" | 180 | Susuno, Shizuoka JP |
| Mineo Fukuhara | R | R | September 20, 1957 | 5'10" | 176 | Sumida Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Junichi Fukura | R | R | May 28, 1960 | 5'9" | 160 | Kitaura-cho, Miyazaki JP |
| Katsuyuki Furumizo | L | L | November 14, 1963 | 5'11" | 193 | Fukushima, Fukushima JP |
| Taro Hamuro | R | R | May 15, 1966 | 6'0" | 185 | Himeji, Hyogo JP |
| Guy Hoffman | L | L | July 9, 1956 | 5'9" | 175 | Ottawa, IL US |
| Nobuyuki Hoshino | L | L | January 31, 1966 | 6'0" | 162 | Asahikawa, Hokkaido JP |
| Tomiji Iizuka | R | R | September 1, 1962 | 6'0" | 187 | Aso-gun, Tochigi JP |
| Yutaro Imai | R | R | August 4, 1949 | 5'10" | 176 | Nagaoka, Niigata JP |
| Kazuhiko Ishimine | R | R | January 10, 1961 | 5'8" | 165 | Naha, Okinawa JP |
| Atsunori Ito | R | R | May 29, 1963 | 5'10" | 162 | Chita, Aichi JP |
| Takahide Ito | R | R | October 21, 1963 | 6'0" | 171 | Kita Shitara-gun, Aichi JP |
| Hiromitsu Kadota | L | L | February 26, 1948 | 5'7" | 178 | Onoda, Yamaguchi JP |
| Yuichi Kiyohara | L | L | May 23, 1969 | 5'10" | 190 | Higashikuni, Oita JP |
| Yuichi Kohama | R | R | February 19, 1968 | 6'0" | 170 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Terumitsu Kumano | L | R | August 28, 1957 | 5'7" | 165 | Kida-gun, Kagawa JP |
| Hiromi Matsunaga | S | R | September 27, 1960 | 5'11" | 171 | Kita-Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Hideaki Matsuyama | R | R | April 18, 1967 | 5'9" | 165 | Ito-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Toyozo Minamimure | R | R | December 9, 1960 | 5'10" | 162 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Koji Mori | L | L | January 1, 1962 | 5'10" | 160 | Nakamura, Kochi JP |
| Atsuhiro Motonishi | R | R | May 15, 1962 | 5'9" | 165 | Nagasaki, Nagasaki JP |
| Shinichi Murakami | L | R | July 13, 1963 | 5'8" | 160 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
| Satoshi Nakajima | R | R | March 27, 1969 | 6'0" | 181 | Kita Akita-gun, Akita JP |
| Hirofumi Ogawa | R | R | March 6, 1967 | 5'8" | 171 | Tateyama, Chiba JP |
| Tsutomu Sakai | R | R | June 27, 1963 | 5'11" | 171 | Funabashi, Chiba JP |
| Kazuhiro Sato | L | R | December 3, 1964 | 5'10" | 170 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
| Yoshinori Sato | R | R | September 11, 1954 | 5'11" | 190 | Okushiri-gun, Hokkaido JP |
| Don Schulze | R | R | September 27, 1962 | 6'3" | 215 | Roselle, IL US |
| Tomoyuki Sekiguchi | R | R | October 5, 1960 | 6'1" | 165 | Minami Tsuru-gun, Yamanashi JP |
| Minoru Shibahara | L | L | August 6, 1960 | 5'9" | 176 | Bizen, Okayama JP |
| Osamu Shimabukuro | R | R | February 26, 1965 | 5'10" | 154 | Itoman, Okinawa JP |
| Naofumi Sugimoto | R | R | May 9, 1971 | 5'10" | 176 | Anan, Tokushima JP |
| Koji Takagi | L | L | May 10, 1968 | 6'0" | 181 | Asahi, Chiba JP |
| Satoshi Takahashi | R | R | January 26, 1967 | 6'4" | 215 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Takashi Toba | R | R | August 27, 1970 | 5'8" | 158 | Sano, Tochigi JP |
| Shinji Watanabe | R | R | September 8, 1963 | 5'11" | 180 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
| Greg Wells | R | R | April 25, 1954 | 6'5" | 218 | McIntosh, AL US |
| Yoshihiro Yamakoshi | R | R | February 20, 1963 | 5'11" | 165 | Uji, Kyoto JP |
| Masafumi Yamamori | R | R | November 26, 1960 | 5'10" | 165 | Shimomashiki-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Kenji Yamanaka | R | R | February 10, 1965 | 6'0" | 171 | Tokushima, Tokushima JP |
| Yukihiko Yamaoki | R | R | July 26, 1959 | 6'3" | 198 | Hata-gun, Kochi JP |
| Yoshihiro Yamauchi | R | R | February 15, 1966 | 5'11" | 184 | Settsu, Osaka JP |
| Naoki Yoshida | R | R | June 14, 1967 | 5'11" | 154 | Sasebo, Nagasaki JP |
| Keijiro Yumioka | R | R | June 28, 1958 | 5'8" | 154 | Himeji, Hyogo JP |
