1988 Seibu Lions Roster
Team Record: 73-51
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Masahiko Mori (73-51)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome
Japan Series - Seibu Lions 4 games, Chunichi Dragons 1
The Seibu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 1988 season with a record of 73 wins and 51 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Lions paced the league with 645 runs, sparked by 176 home runs. Seibu allowed 531 runs. Ty Van Burkleo and Koji Akiyama each. walloped 38 home runs for the team, while Hiromichi Ishige and Kazuhiro Kiyohara added 15 or more as well. Koji Akiyama drove in 103 runs. Ken Hirano led all regular batters with a .303 average. Hisanobu Watanabe topped the team with 15 wins, and Taigen Kaku recorded a 2.41 ERA, tops among pitchers with enough qualifying appearances.
Ty Van Burkleo played in Major League Baseball during his career, the only member of the Seibu Lions to do so.
Masahiko Mori served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osamu Abe | L | L | December 19, 1962 | 6'0" | 165 | |
| Koji Akiyama | R | R | April 6, 1962 | 6'2" | 180 | Miyahara, Kumamoto JP |
| Seigo Fujino | R | R | April 29, 1963 | 5'8" | 165 | Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Tetsuya Haraguchi | R | R | April 14, 1967 | 5'11" | 165 | Kumagai, Saitama JP |
| Osamu Higashio | R | R | May 18, 1950 | 5'10" | 173 | Arita-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Ken Hirano | S | R | June 20, 1955 | 5'10" | 165 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Koju Hirohashi | R | R | January 11, 1957 | 5'11" | 162 | Munakata-gun, Fukuoka JP |
| Shintaro Hirose | L | L | December 8, 1962 | 6'1" | 180 | Naka-gun, Kyoto JP |
| Norio Ichimura | L | L | July 16, 1952 | 5'6" | 160 | Makabe-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Hiromichi Ishige | R | R | September 22, 1956 | 5'11" | 165 | Asahi, Chiba JP |
| Tsutomu Ito | R | R | August 29, 1962 | 5'11" | 176 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Taigen Kaku | March 20, 1962 | |||||
| Eiji Kanamori | L | R | January 24, 1957 | 5'9" | 158 | Kanazawa, Ishikawa JP |
| Taketo Kanei | L | L | December 28, 1968 | 5'9" | 159 | Gunma, Gunma JP |
| Terufumi Kitamura | R | R | January 7, 1957 | 5'9" | 167 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Kazuhiro Kiyohara | R | R | August 18, 1967 | 6'2" | 228 | Kishiawa, Osaka JP |
| Yukiichi Komazaki | L | R | August 30, 1959 | 5'11" | 174 | Kawaguchi, Saitama JP |
| Kimiyasu Kudo | L | L | May 5, 1963 | 5'9" | 176 | Toyoake, Aichi JP |
| Yuji Kurohara | R | R | August 27, 1960 | 5'11" | 154 | Kita Moroagata-gun, Miyazaki JP |
| Koji Maeda | L | L | October 27, 1964 | 6'0" | 159 | Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP |
| Hirohisa Matsunuma | L | R | September 29, 1952 | 5'9" | 150 | Nagareyama, Chiba JP |
| Masayuki Matsunuma | R | R | July 24, 1956 | 5'11" | 170 | Nagareyama, Chiba JP |
| Shigekazu Mori | R | R | November 18, 1954 | 5'11" | 178 | Chosei-gun, Chiba JP |
| Ryoji Moriyama | R | R | July 20, 1963 | 6'0" | 185 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Hideshi Nakada | R | R | February 5, 1966 | 5'10" | 170 | Kunigashira-gun, Okinawa JP |
| Kazuhito Nishimoto | R | R | June 19, 1962 | 6'1" | 165 | Kawahigashi-gun, Hokkaido JP |
| Yoshihiro Nishioka | R | R | June 28, 1961 | 5'10" | 165 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
| Shinya Oda | L | L | January 18, 1961 | 5'10" | 154 | Shingu, Wakayama JP |
| Munenao Ogawa | L | L | May 23, 1962 | 5'10" | 187 | Seto, Aichi JP |
| Hirokazu Okada | R | R | January 21, 1968 | 5'10" | 180 | Mihara, Hiroshima JP |
| Takanori Okamura | L | L | October 2, 1954 | 5'8" | 150 | Yanai, Yamaguchi JP |
| Hiromoto Okubo | R | R | February 1, 1967 | 6'0" | 200 | Higashi Ibaraki-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Masakazu Seike | R | R | October 7, 1959 | 5'11" | 167 | Kita Kyushu, Fukuoka JP |
| Takahiro Shirahata | L | R | May 27, 1962 | 5'8" | 190 | Koto Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Yoshiie Tachibana | L | L | October 27, 1958 | 5'11" | 213 | Omuta, Fukuoka JP |
| Ikuo Takayama | R | R | September 8, 1962 | 6'3" | 175 | Odate, Akita JP |
| Norio Tanabe | R | R | May 11, 1966 | 5'11" | 172 | Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi JP |
| Seiji Tomashino | R | R | June 22, 1964 | 6'0" | 159 | Ibaraki, Osaka JP |
| Hatsuhiko Tsuji | R | R | October 24, 1958 | 6'0" | 170 | Ogi-gun, Saga JP |
| Ty Van Burkleo | L | L | October 7, 1963 | 6'5" | 230 | Oakland, CA US |
| Hisanobu Watanabe | R | R | August 2, 1965 | 6'1" | 167 | Seta-gun, Gunma JP |
| Kazuo Yamane | R | R | August 2, 1955 | 6'0" | 182 | Maniwa-gun, Okayama JP |
| Haruki Yoshitake | L | L | January 5, 1961 | 5'11" | 160 | Kasuga, Fukuoka JP |
| Hisataka Yukizawa | R | R | July 11, 1953 | 5'9" | 158 | Osaka, Osaka JP |
