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 Statistics

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.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Ryota AikawaRRJanuary 18, 19776'0"172Fukuoka, Fukuoka JP
Takashi AikiRRMay 16, 19786'1"160Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP
Nobuyuki EbisuRRApril 24, 19726'0"205Kobe, Hyogo JP
Yasuo FujiiLRJuly 7, 19625'11"178Fukuyama, Hiroshima JP
Ryoji FukataniRRDecember 9, 19745'10"182Chikugo, Fukuoka JP
Hiroki FukutomeRRMay 21, 19755'10"173Nagoya, Aichi JP
Yuji GoshimaLRApril 20, 19765'11"195Kofu, Yamanashi JP
Mitsutaka GotoLRJuly 27, 19785'9"165Minami Akita-gun, Akita JP
Jun HagiwaraRRAugust 20, 19736'0"194Hoya, Tokyo JP
Daisuke HayakawaSRJune 3, 19755'10"170Itami, Hyogo JP
Takashi HidaLLJune 27, 19795'8"154Kobe, Hyogo JP
Takeshi HidakaLRAugust 15, 19775'11"185Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP
Masafumi HiraiRRApril 21, 19756'1"214Uwajima, Ehime JP
Keiichi HiranoLRApril 7, 19795'7"143Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP
Fumiaki ImamuraRRJuly 13, 19775'11"154Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto JP
Shuichi IwashitaLLJune 2, 19735'10"191Tenryu, Shizuoka JP
Masahiko KanedaLLApril 30, 19695'10"136Bungotakada, Oita JP
Toshihiro KaseLLOctober 6, 19765'10"176Amagasaki, Hyogo JP
Ikuro KatsuragiLLSeptember 28, 19775'11"185, Oita JP
Hidetaka KawagoeRRJune 8, 19735'9"163Sagamihara, Kanagawa JP
Tomoya KawaguchiAugust 25, 1979
Tomonori KitagawaRRJanuary 9, 19785'11"167Sayama, Saitama JP
Hiroshi KobayashiRRNovember 30, 19706'0"180Hatsukaichi, Hiroshima JP
Dae-Sung KooLLAugust 2, 19696'1"185Daejeon, KR
Mitsuhiro KuboRRApril 15, 19745'9"165Izuma, Osaka JP
Atsushi KubotaRRFebruary 20, 19785'11"171Choshi, Chiba JP
Rui MakinoRRJuly 17, 19746'0"190Yokohama, Kanagawa JP
Shogo MakitaRRApril 13, 19745'11"167Fujieda, Shizuoka JP
Takashi MiwaRRDecember 1, 19695'10"178Kashiwa, Chiba JP
Kazuya MotoyanagiRRNovember 5, 19765'8"143Koshigaya, Saitama JP
Yuichiro MukaeRRDecember 22, 19815'11"174Nishi Matsuura-gun, Saga JP
Yusuke OgawaLLJune 16, 19795'11"167Uji, Kyoto JP
Hisashi OguraRRAugust 10, 19705'10"163Kanuma, Tochigi JP
Masanobu OkuboRRSeptember 13, 19766'2"183Gobo, Wakayama JP
Koichi OshimaSRJune 17, 19675'6"147Itabashi Ward, Tokyo JP
Manabu SatakeRROctober 27, 19745'10"170Sapporo, Hokkaido JP
Fernando SeguignolSRJanuary 19, 19756'5"257, Bocas del Toro PA
Scott SheldonRRNovember 28, 19686'3"185Hammond, IN US
Tatsuya ShindoRRJanuary 14, 19705'8"154Takaoka, Toyama JP
Kazuhiko ShiotaniRRMay 27, 19745'11"172Takasago, Hyogo JP
Makoto ShiozakiRRJune 29, 19735'10"159Yashiro, Kumamoto JP
Daisuke ShojiRRJune 18, 19745'10"182, Tokyo JP
Kota SoejimaLRMay 17, 19746'1"193Ota Ward, Tokyo JP
Koji TakamizawaLRApril 30, 19755'11"170Maebashi, Gunma JP
Tomotaka TamakiRRJune 13, 19756'0"171Edogawa Ward, Tokyo JP
Tsutomu TamuraLLAugust 18, 19655'10"167Haibara-gun, Shizuoka JP
Yuki TanakaRRJune 12, 19795'11"183Toyoda, Aichi JP
Yoshitomo TaniRRFebruary 9, 19735'8"170Higashi Osaka, Osaka JP
Hisashi TokanoRRFebruary 4, 19755'11"193Sano, Tochigi JP
Satoshi TokumotoLRSeptember 20, 19765'11"190Itoman, Okinawa JP
Ryutaro TsujiLRJune 8, 19765'11"176Minoo, Osaka JP
Kazuhiro UemuraSRFebruary 20, 19835'10"181Takikawa, Hokkaido JP
Kazuo YamaguchiRRMay 11, 19746'1"207Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP
Takuji YamamotoLLNovember 29, 19796'0"167Suita, Osaka JP
Shintaro YamasakiLRMay 19, 19666'0"165Shingu, Wakayama JP
Ed YarnallLLDecember 4, 19756'3"234Lima, PA US
Kosuke YoshiharaRRMarch 29, 19695'9"169Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP



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