1992 Orix BlueWave Roster
Team Record: 61-64
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Shozo Doi (61-64)
Location: Kobe, Japan
Ballpark: Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium
The Orix BlueWave of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1992 season with a record of 61 wins and 64 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.
The BlueWave scored 540 runs and surrendered 503 runs. Satoshi Takahashi led Orix with 29 home runs, and Kazuhiko Ishimine walloped 15 or more also. Satoshi Takahashi recorded 78 runs batted in. Kelvin Torve paced batters with significant playing time with a .305 average. Nobuyuki Hoshino topped the squad with 13 wins, while Yoshinori Sato registered a 3.21 earned run average, best among hurlers with significant time on the mound.
Shigetoshi Hasegawa, Kelvin Torve, Carmelo Martínez, Don Schulze, So Taguchi, Takahito Nomura and Ichiro Suzuki were all players from the 1992 Orix BlueWave who played in the Majors during their careers.
Shozo Doi 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 |
| 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 |
| Shigetoshi Hasegawa | R | R | August 1, 1968 | 5'11" | 160 | Kobe, JP |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Yasuhiro Kawabata | R | R | July 27, 1966 | 5'11" | 180 | Sumoto, Hyogo JP |
| Naoyuki Kazaoka | R | R | January 24, 1968 | 5'9" | 158 | Kasugai, Aichi 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 |
| Carmelo Martínez | R | R | July 28, 1960 | 6'2" | 190 | Dorado, PR |
| 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 |
| Koji Mori | L | L | January 1, 1962 | 5'10" | 160 | Nakamura, Kochi JP |
| Hiroshi Motohigashi | R | R | September 14, 1967 | 5'11" | 170 | Kagoshima, Kagoshima 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 |
| Takahito Nomura | L | L | January 10, 1969 | 5'7" | 175 | Kouchi, Kochi 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 |
| Minoru Shibahara | L | L | August 6, 1960 | 5'9" | 176 | Bizen, Okayama JP |
| Hironori Suguro | R | R | September 23, 1963 | 5'11" | 167 | Funabashi, Chiba JP |
| Ichiro Suzuki | L | R | October 22, 1973 | 5'11" | 175 | Nichi Kasugai-gun, Aichi JP |
| So Taguchi | R | R | July 2, 1969 | 5'10" | 170 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Makoto Takada | L | R | June 9, 1964 | 5'11" | 176 | Koto Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Satoshi Takahashi | R | R | January 26, 1967 | 6'4" | 215 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Toru Takashima | R | R | April 18, 1970 | 5'7" | 165 | Utsunomiya, Tochigi JP |
| Kelvin Torve | L | R | January 10, 1960 | 6'3" | 205 | Rapid City, SD US |
| Shinji Watanabe | R | R | September 8, 1963 | 5'11" | 180 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Minoru Yano | R | R | April 21, 1959 | 6'0" | 187 | Ashiya, Hyogo JP |
