2000 Orix BlueWave Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 64-67
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Akira Ogi (64-67)
Location: Kobe, Japan
Ballpark: Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium, Kyocera Dome Osaka
2000 Orix BlueWave StatisticsTeam Record: 64-67
Finished 4th in the JPPL
Manager: Akira Ogi (64-67)
Location: Kobe, Japan
Ballpark: Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium, Kyocera Dome Osaka
The Orix BlueWave of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2000 season with a record of 64 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the JPPL.
The BlueWave plated 638 runs and allowed 672 runs. George Arias paced Orix with 26 home runs, and Yasuo Fujii walloped 15 or more, too. Ichiro Suzuki and Yoshitomo Tani each drove in 73 runs. Ichiro Suzuki led all qualifying hitters on the roster with a .387 average. Hisashi Ogura topped the team with 9 wins and a team-best 2.99 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Carlos Pulido, So Taguchi, Jon Nunnally, Orlando Merced, Terry Burrows, Masao Kida, Troy Neel, Ichiro Suzuki and George Arias were all players from the 2000 Orix BlueWave who played in the Major Leagues during their careers.
Akira Ogi served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| George Arias | R | R | March 12, 1972 | 5'11" | 190 | Tucson, AZ US |
| Terry Burrows | L | L | November 28, 1968 | 6'1" | 185 | Lake Charles, LA US |
| 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 |
| Jiro Fujitate | R | R | June 22, 1971 | 5'11" | 205 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Hiroki Fukutome | R | R | May 21, 1975 | 5'10" | 173 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Yuji Goshima | L | R | April 20, 1976 | 5'11" | 195 | Kofu, Yamanashi JP |
| Takeshi Hidaka | L | R | August 15, 1977 | 5'11" | 185 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Masafumi Hirai | R | R | April 21, 1975 | 6'1" | 214 | Uwajima, Ehime JP |
| Akihito Igarashi | L | R | April 12, 1968 | 5'11" | 158 | Maebashi, Gunma JP |
| Shuichi Iwashita | L | L | June 2, 1973 | 5'10" | 191 | Tenryu, Shizuoka JP |
| Masahiko Kaneda | L | L | April 30, 1969 | 5'10" | 136 | Bungotakada, Oita JP |
| Toshihiro Kase | L | L | October 6, 1976 | 5'10" | 176 | Amagasaki, Hyogo JP |
| Shinichi Kato | R | R | July 19, 1965 | 5'11" | 178 | Kurayoshi, Tottori JP |
| Ikuro Katsuragi | L | L | September 28, 1977 | 5'11" | 185 | , Oita JP |
| Hidetaka Kawagoe | R | R | June 8, 1973 | 5'9" | 163 | Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP |
| Ryo Kawano | R | R | May 3, 1971 | 5'10" | 200 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Masao Kida | R | R | September 12, 1968 | 6'3" | 210 | Kokubunji, Tokyo JP |
| Masahiro Kimura | R | R | August 16, 1974 | 6'4" | 191 | , Tokyo JP |
| Takatoshi Kishikawa | L | L | January 30, 1970 | 6'0" | 165 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Hiroshi Kobayashi | R | R | November 30, 1970 | 6'0" | 180 | Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima JP |
| Satoshi Kuriyama | R | R | June 15, 1974 | 6'1" | 176 | Niigata, Niigata JP |
| Rui Makino | R | R | July 17, 1974 | 6'0" | 190 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Shuichiro Matsumoto | L | R | June 22, 1972 | 5'10" | 154 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Orlando Merced | S | R | November 2, 1966 | 6'0" | 180 | Hato Rey, PR |
| Tokitaka Minamibuchi | R | R | October 29, 1965 | 5'7" | 154 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Takashi Miwa | R | R | December 1, 1969 | 5'10" | 178 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
| Yoshitaka Mizuo | L | L | May 2, 1968 | 5'11" | 180 | Sakade, Kagawa JP |
| Troy Neel | L | R | September 14, 1965 | 6'4" | 210 | Freeport, TX US |
| Jon Nunnally | L | R | November 9, 1971 | 5'10" | 190 | Pelham, NC US |
| Hirofumi Ogawa | R | R | March 6, 1967 | 5'8" | 171 | Tateyama, Chiba JP |
| Hisashi Ogura | R | R | August 10, 1970 | 5'10" | 163 | Kanuma, Tochigi JP |
| Koichi Oshima | S | R | June 17, 1967 | 5'6" | 147 | Itabashi Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Carlos Pulido | L | L | August 5, 1971 | 6'0" | 194 | Caracas, Distrito Federal VE |
| Hidemitsu Saito | R | R | April 18, 1975 | 6'0" | 172 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Manabu Satake | R | R | October 27, 1974 | 5'10" | 170 | Sapporo, Hokkaido JP |
| Makoto Shiozaki | R | R | June 29, 1973 | 5'10" | 159 | Yashiro, Kumamoto JP |
| Naofumi Sugimoto | R | R | May 9, 1971 | 5'10" | 176 | Anan, Tokushima JP |
| Yu Sugimoto | R | R | June 19, 1973 | 6'1" | 191 | Tokorozawa, Saitama 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 |
| Koichi Takahashi | R | R | July 2, 1971 | 6'0" | 178 | Noshiro, Akita JP |
| Nobuo Takahashi | L | R | March 22, 1972 | 5'10" | 170 | Showamura, Gunma JP |
| Yoshitomo Tani | R | R | February 9, 1973 | 5'8" | 170 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Satoshi Tokumoto | L | R | September 20, 1976 | 5'11" | 190 | Itoman, Okinawa JP |
| Kazuo Yamaguchi | R | R | May 11, 1974 | 6'1" | 207 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Yuichi Yanagisawa | R | R | August 2, 1971 | 5'11" | 162 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
