2011 Saitama Seibu Lions Roster

Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 68-67
Finished 3rd in the JPPL
Manager: Hisanobu Watanabe (68-67)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome

2011 Saitama Seibu Lions Statistics

Playoffs - Saitama Seibu Lions 2 games, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 0
Playoffs - Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 4 games, Saitama Seibu Lions 0

The Saitama Seibu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2011 season with a record of 68 wins and 67 losses, finishing third in the JPPL.

The Seibu Lions led the league with 571 runs. Saitama allowed 522 runs.

Yusei Kikuchi, Dee Brown, José Fernández, Shogo Akiyama, Brian Sikorski, Alex Graman, Kazuhisa Ishii and Kazuhisa Makita were all players from the 2011 Saitama Seibu Lions who played in the Majors during their careers.

Hisanobu Watanabe served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Masahiro AbeRRMay 12, 19786'0"176Kawasaki, Kanagawa JP
Shogo AkiyamaLRApril 16, 19886'0"190Yokosuka, Kanagawa JP
Hideto AsamuraRRNovember 12, 19905'11"172Osaka, Osaka JP
Dee BrownLRMarch 27, 19786'0"235Bronx, NY US
Hirotaka EgusaLLSeptember 3, 19805'10"185Fukuyama, Hiroshima JP
José FernándezRRNovember 2, 19746'3"220La Vega, La Vega DO
Taiyo FujitaRRNovember 1, 19796'1"190Akita, Akita JP
Ryohei FujiwaraRRFebruary 15, 19866'0"171Asago, Hyogo JP
Taketoshi GotoRRJune 5, 19805'9"185Hamamatsu, Shizuoka JP
Alex GramanLLNovember 17, 19776'4"210Huntingburg, IN US
Takuya HaraLRMay 18, 19845'9"165Yokohama, Kanagawa JP
Ryo HayashizakiRRJune 12, 19885'8"165
Masamitsu HiranoRRJune 28, 19836'1"176Kawaguchi, Saitama JP
Hiroshi HiraoRRDecember 31, 19755'9"168
Kazuyuki HoashiLLJuly 15, 19795'11"170Ogori, Fukuoka JP
Hidekazu HoshiLRNovember 10, 19865'11"165Maebashi, Gunma JP
Takanori HoshiRRMay 4, 19825'9"179Natori, Miyagi JP
Tomoki HoshinoLLJuly 29, 19775'10"163Inabe-gun, Mie JP
Ming Chieh HsuRRDecember 1, 19766'0"198
Kazuhisa IshiiLLSeptember 9, 19736'0"215Chiba, Chiba JP
Yoshihito IshiiLRJuly 12, 19785'10"181Kawaguchi, Saitama JP
Tetsuya IwasakiRROctober 13, 19826'0"205Fukaya, Saitama JP
Yasuyuki KataokaRRFebruary 17, 19835'9"180Chiba, Chiba JP
Yusei KikuchiLLJune 17, 19916'0"200Morioka, Iwate JP
Fumikazu KimuraRRSeptember 13, 19885'11"180, Tokyo JP
Takayuki KishiRRDecember 4, 19845'11"150Sendai, Miyagi JP
Masato KumashiroRRApril 18, 19895'8"158Kumiukena-gun, Ehime JP
Takumi KuriyamaLRSeptember 3, 19835'10"187Kobe, Hyogo JP
Kazuhisa MakitaRRNovember 10, 19845'10"181Yaizu, Shizuoka JP
Hironori MatsunagaLLFebruary 24, 19845'9"168Nishi Sonogi-cun, Nagasaki JP
Ryan MulhernRRNovember 29, 19806'2"205Burbank, CA US
Hiroyuki NakajimaRRJuly 31, 19825'11"200Itami, Hyogo JP
Takeya NakamuraRRAugust 15, 19835'9"225Daito, Osaka JP
Fumiya NishiguchiRRSeptember 26, 19726'0"170Wakayama, Wakayama JP
Ryoma NogamiRRJune 15, 19875'10"150Dazaifu, Fukuoka JP
Atsushi OkamotoRRMay 20, 19815'10"168Nabari, Mie JP
Yuji OnizakiLRApril 7, 19835'10"165Saga, Saga JP
Shuichiro OsadaRRMay 6, 19805'10"176Yokohama, Kanagawa JP
Yutaro OsakiLROctober 18, 19845'7"168Tsukuba, Ibaraki JP
Hiroyuki OshimaLLJune 15, 19815'11"187Omiya, Saitama JP
Shogo SaitoLLMay 14, 19895'11"187Kasugabe, Saitama JP
Yataro SakamotoRRMay 24, 19826'0"190Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP
Ryo SakataLROctober 2, 19865'10"190Yokosuka, Kanagawa JP
Tomoaki SatoRRJune 13, 19785'10"187Fujisawa, Kanagawa JP
Brian SikorskiRRJuly 27, 19746'1"190Detroit, MI US
Ginjiro SumitaniRRJuly 19, 19875'11"205Kyoto, Kyoto JP
Hisashi TakayamaRRNovember 16, 19815'10"185Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP
Shota TakekumaLLNovember 24, 19895'10"170Kamikawa-gun, Hokkaido JP
Tatsuya TakenoRRMay 14, 19865'11"187Kasuya-gun, Fukuoka JP
Tatsuyuki UemotoLRNovember 8, 19806'1"203Ube, Yamaguchi JP
Hideaki WakuiRRJune 21, 19866'1"187Matsudo, Chiba JP
Tomohito YonenoRRJanuary 21, 19825'11"181Sapporo, Hokkaido JP



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