1994 Orix BlueWave Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 68-59
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Akira Ogi (68-59)
Location: Kobe, Japan
Ballpark: Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium
1994 Orix BlueWave StatisticsTeam Record: 68-59
Finished 2nd in the JPPL
Manager: Akira Ogi (68-59)
Location: Kobe, Japan
Ballpark: Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium
The Orix BlueWave of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1994 season with a record of 68 wins and 59 losses, finishing second in the JPPL.
The BlueWave scored 601 runs and surrendered 563 runs. Ichiro Suzuki and Yasuo Fujii led Orix with 13 home runs apiece. Ty Gainey recorded 56 runs batted in. Ichiro Suzuki paced all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .385 average. Koji Noda topped the squad with 12 wins, while Shigetoshi Hasegawa earned a 3.11 ERA, best among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Takahito Nomura, Ichiro Suzuki, Jay Baller, So Taguchi, Ty Gainey, Francisco Cabrera and Shigetoshi Hasegawa were all players from the 1994 Orix BlueWave who played in the Majors during their careers.
Akira Ogi served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toshifumi Baba | R | R | February 10, 1965 | 5'8" | 170 | Mizuma-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Jay Baller | R | R | October 6, 1960 | 6'6" | 215 | Stayton, OR US |
| Francisco Cabrera | R | R | October 10, 1966 | 6'4" | 195 | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO |
| Nobuyuki Ebisu | R | R | April 24, 1972 | 6'0" | 205 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Yasuo Fujii | L | R | July 7, 1962 | 5'11" | 178 | Fukuyama, Hiroshima JP |
| Junichi Fukura | R | R | May 28, 1960 | 5'9" | 160 | Kitaura-cho, Miyazaki JP |
| Ty Gainey | L | R | December 25, 1960 | 6'1" | 190 | Cheraw, SC US |
| Shigetoshi Hasegawa | R | R | August 1, 1968 | 5'11" | 160 | Kobe, JP |
| Masafumi Hirai | R | R | April 21, 1975 | 6'1" | 214 | Uwajima, Ehime JP |
| Katsuhiro Hiratsuka | R | R | January 29, 1966 | 6'0" | 180 | Sumida Ward, Tokyo 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 |
| 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 |
| Hisanori Iwasaki | R | R | April 4, 1968 | 5'10" | 165 | Oita, Oita JP |
| Masahiko Kaneda | L | L | April 30, 1969 | 5'10" | 136 | Bungotakada, Oita 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 |
| Hiroshi Kobayashi | R | R | November 30, 1970 | 6'0" | 180 | Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima JP |
| Rui Makino | R | R | July 17, 1974 | 6'0" | 190 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Hideaki Matsuyama | R | R | April 18, 1967 | 5'9" | 165 | Ito-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Takashi Miwa | R | R | December 1, 1969 | 5'10" | 178 | Kashiwa, Chiba 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 |
| Tadami Nakatani | L | R | September 1, 1965 | 5'10" | 190 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Koji Noda | R | R | February 9, 1968 | 6'1" | 180 | Kuma-gun, Kumamoto 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 |
| Akinobu Okada | R | R | November 25, 1957 | 5'9" | 170 | Kita Ward, Osaka JP |
| Akiyoshi Sasaki | R | R | July 20, 1971 | 5'9" | 162 | Misawa, Aomori 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 |
| 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 |
| Koichi Takahashi | R | R | July 2, 1971 | 6'0" | 178 | Noshiro, Akita 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 |
| Nobuhiko Watanabe | R | R | March 22, 1966 | 5'9" | 140 | Ochi-gun, Shimane JP |
| Yoshihiro Yamakoshi | R | R | February 20, 1963 | 5'11" | 165 | Uji, Kyoto 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 |
