2002 Orix BlueWave Roster
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 50-87
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Hiromichi Ishige (50-87)
Location: Kobe, Japan
Ballpark: Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium, Kyocera Dome Osaka
2002 Orix BlueWave StatisticsTeam Record: 50-87
Finished 6th in the JPPL
Manager: Hiromichi Ishige (50-87)
Location: Kobe, Japan
Ballpark: Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium, Kyocera Dome Osaka
The Orix BlueWave of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2002 season with a record of 50 wins and 87 losses, finishing sixth in the JPPL.
The BlueWave plated 438 runs, worst in the circuit, and conceded 547 runs. Scott Sheldon paced Orix with 26 home runs, and Fernando Seguignol walloped 15 or more as well. Scott Sheldon drove in 59 runs. Yoshitomo Tani topped batters with significant playing time with a .326 average. Hisashi Ogura and Yuki Tanaka led the team with 7 wins each, while Masahiko Kaneda registered a 2.5 earned run average, leading pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Players from the 2002 Orix BlueWave who spent time in Major League Baseball during their careers included Ed Yarnall, Fernando Seguignol, Dae-Sung Koo and Scott Sheldon.
Hiromichi Ishige served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ryota Aikawa | R | R | January 18, 1977 | 6'0" | 172 | Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP |
| Takashi Aiki | R | R | May 16, 1978 | 6'1" | 160 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| 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 |
| Ryoji Fukatani | R | R | December 9, 1974 | 5'10" | 182 | Chikugo, Fukuoka 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 |
| Mitsutaka Goto | L | R | July 27, 1978 | 5'9" | 165 | Minami Akita-gun, Akita JP |
| Jun Hagiwara | R | R | August 20, 1973 | 6'0" | 194 | Hoya, Tokyo JP |
| Daisuke Hayakawa | S | R | June 3, 1975 | 5'10" | 170 | Itami, Hyogo JP |
| Takashi Hida | L | L | June 27, 1979 | 5'8" | 154 | Kobe, Hyogo 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 |
| Keiichi Hirano | L | R | April 7, 1979 | 5'7" | 143 | Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP |
| Fumiaki Imamura | R | R | July 13, 1977 | 5'11" | 154 | Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto 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 |
| 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 |
| Tomoya Kawaguchi | August 25, 1979 | |||||
| Tomonori Kitagawa | R | R | January 9, 1978 | 5'11" | 167 | Sayama, Saitama JP |
| Hiroshi Kobayashi | R | R | November 30, 1970 | 6'0" | 180 | Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima JP |
| Dae-Sung Koo | L | L | August 2, 1969 | 6'1" | 185 | Daejeon, KR |
| Mitsuhiro Kubo | R | R | April 15, 1974 | 5'9" | 165 | Izuma, Osaka JP |
| Atsushi Kubota | R | R | February 20, 1978 | 5'11" | 171 | Choshi, Chiba JP |
| Rui Makino | R | R | July 17, 1974 | 6'0" | 190 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Shogo Makita | R | R | April 13, 1974 | 5'11" | 167 | Fujieda, Shizuoka JP |
| Takashi Miwa | R | R | December 1, 1969 | 5'10" | 178 | Kashiwa, Chiba JP |
| Kazuya Motoyanagi | R | R | November 5, 1976 | 5'8" | 143 | Koshigaya, Saitama JP |
| Yuichiro Mukae | R | R | December 22, 1981 | 5'11" | 174 | Nishi Matsuura-gun, Saga JP |
| Yusuke Ogawa | L | L | June 16, 1979 | 5'11" | 167 | Uji, Kyoto JP |
| Hisashi Ogura | R | R | August 10, 1970 | 5'10" | 163 | Kanuma, Tochigi JP |
| Masanobu Okubo | R | R | September 13, 1976 | 6'2" | 183 | Gobo, Wakayama JP |
| Koichi Oshima | S | R | June 17, 1967 | 5'6" | 147 | Itabashi Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Manabu Satake | R | R | October 27, 1974 | 5'10" | 170 | Sapporo, Hokkaido JP |
| Fernando Seguignol | S | R | January 19, 1975 | 6'5" | 257 | , Bocas del Toro PA |
| Scott Sheldon | R | R | November 28, 1968 | 6'3" | 185 | Hammond, IN US |
| Tatsuya Shindo | R | R | January 14, 1970 | 5'8" | 154 | Takaoka, Toyama JP |
| Kazuhiko Shiotani | R | R | May 27, 1974 | 5'11" | 172 | Takasago, Hyogo JP |
| Makoto Shiozaki | R | R | June 29, 1973 | 5'10" | 159 | Yashiro, Kumamoto JP |
| Daisuke Shoji | R | R | June 18, 1974 | 5'10" | 182 | , Tokyo JP |
| Kota Soejima | L | R | May 17, 1974 | 6'1" | 193 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Koji Takamizawa | L | R | April 30, 1975 | 5'11" | 170 | Maebashi, Gunma JP |
| Tomotaka Tamaki | R | R | June 13, 1975 | 6'0" | 171 | Edogawa Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Tsutomu Tamura | L | L | August 18, 1965 | 5'10" | 167 | Haibara-gun, Shizuoka JP |
| Yuki Tanaka | R | R | June 12, 1979 | 5'11" | 183 | Toyoda, Aichi JP |
| Yoshitomo Tani | R | R | February 9, 1973 | 5'8" | 170 | Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP |
| Hisashi Tokano | R | R | February 4, 1975 | 5'11" | 193 | Sano, Tochigi JP |
| Satoshi Tokumoto | L | R | September 20, 1976 | 5'11" | 190 | Itoman, Okinawa JP |
| Ryutaro Tsuji | L | R | June 8, 1976 | 5'11" | 176 | Minoo, Osaka JP |
| Kazuhiro Uemura | S | R | February 20, 1983 | 5'10" | 181 | Takikawa, Hokkaido JP |
| Kazuo Yamaguchi | R | R | May 11, 1974 | 6'1" | 207 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Takuji Yamamoto | L | L | November 29, 1979 | 6'0" | 167 | Suita, Osaka JP |
| Shintaro Yamasaki | L | R | May 19, 1966 | 6'0" | 165 | Shingu, Wakayama JP |
| Ed Yarnall | L | L | December 4, 1975 | 6'3" | 234 | Lima, PA US |
| Kosuke Yoshihara | R | R | March 29, 1969 | 5'9" | 169 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP |
