1995 Yomiuri Giants Roster
Team Record: 72-58
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima (72-58)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Dome
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1995 season with a record of 72 wins and 58 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.
The Giants surrendered 494 runs, fewest in the league. Yomiuri plated 527 runs. Hideki Matsui paced the team with 22 home runs, while Hiromitsu Ochiai, Katsumi Hirosawa and Shane Mack each walloped 15 or more as well. Hideki Matsui drove in 80 runs. Hiromitsu Ochiai topped all regular batters by hitting .311. Masaki Saito led the squad with 18 wins and a team-best 2.7 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Jimmy Jones, Takashi Kashiwada, Masumi Kuwata, Hideki Okajima, Hideki Matsui, Masao Kida, Jack Howell and Shane Mack were all players from the 1995 Yomiuri Giants who played in the Majors during their careers.
Shigeo Nagashima served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hideyuki Awano | L | L | July 28, 1964 | 5'10" | 165 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Yudai Deguchi | R | R | September 23, 1971 | 5'9" | 173 | Amagasaki, Hyogo JP |
| Akihito Fukuo | L | R | January 10, 1964 | 5'8" | 165 | Machida, Tokyo JP |
| Koji Goto | L | R | May 14, 1969 | 6'1" | 187 | Ichninomya, Aichi JP |
| Tatsunori Hara | R | R | July 22, 1958 | 5'11" | 185 | Omuta, Fukuoka JP |
| Kiyoshi Hashimoto | R | R | May 22, 1969 | 6'2" | 198 | Settsu, Osaka JP |
| Katsumi Hirosawa | R | R | April 10, 1962 | 6'1" | 217 | Shimozuma, Ibaraki JP |
| Jack Howell | L | R | August 18, 1961 | 6'0" | 180 | Tucson, AZ US |
| Shinji Inoue | R | R | July 12, 1966 | 5'11" | 178 | Tamana-gun, Kumamoto JP |
| Hiroshi Ishige | R | R | July 13, 1970 | 6'2" | 205 | Choshi, Chiba JP |
| Jimmy Jones | R | R | April 20, 1964 | 6'2" | 175 | Dallas, TX US |
| Takashi Kashiwada | L | L | May 14, 1971 | 5'11" | 165 | Yashiro, Kumamoto JP |
| Kazuhisa Kawaguchi | S | L | July 8, 1959 | 6'0" | 165 | Tottori, Tottori JP |
| Junichi Kawahara | R | R | January 22, 1973 | 6'0" | 163 | Ota Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Masahiro Kawai | R | R | September 27, 1964 | 5'9" | 162 | , Okayama JP |
| Masao Kida | R | R | September 12, 1968 | 6'3" | 210 | Kokubunji, Tokyo JP |
| Ryuji Kimura | R | R | September 1, 1970 | 5'8" | 170 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Katsuya Kishigawa | R | R | April 24, 1965 | 5'11" | 206 | Saga-gun, Saga JP |
| Shigeyori Koharazawa | R | R | August 9, 1969 | 6'0" | 176 | , Saitama JP |
| Yoshikazu Komura | S | R | February 10, 1971 | 5'9" | 156 | Hikari, Yamaguchi JP |
| Masumi Kuwata | R | R | April 1, 1968 | 5'10" | 185 | Yao, Osaka JP |
| Shane Mack | R | R | December 7, 1963 | 6'0" | 185 | Los Angeles, CA US |
| Hiromi Makihara | R | R | August 11, 1963 | 6'2" | 206 | Handa, Aichi JP |
| Hideki Matsui | L | R | June 12, 1974 | 6'2" | 210 | Neagari-cho, Ishikawa JP |
| Kazutomo Miyamoto | L | L | February 13, 1964 | 5'10" | 170 | Shimonseki, Yamaguchi JP |
| Katsuhito Mizuno | R | R | September 3, 1965 | 5'10" | 180 | Anan, Tokushima JP |
| Daisuke Motoki | R | R | December 30, 1971 | 5'11" | 182 | Toyonaka, Osaka JP |
| Shinichi Murata | R | R | December 5, 1963 | 6'0" | 180 | Kobe, Hyogo JP |
| Yoshinori Murata | R | R | April 24, 1974 | 5'9" | 175 | Sasebo, Nagasaki JP |
| Kazutaka Nishiyama | R | R | August 28, 1970 | 6'0" | 193 | Kochi, Kochi JP |
| Hiromitsu Ochiai | R | R | December 9, 1953 | 5'10" | 180 | Minami, Akita JP |
| Koichi Ogata | S | R | September 2, 1968 | 5'9" | 140 | Kumamoto, Kumamoto JP |
| Hirokazu Okada | R | R | January 21, 1968 | 5'10" | 180 | Mihara, Hiroshima JP |
| Hideki Okajima | L | L | December 25, 1975 | 6'1" | 195 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Kaoru Okazaki | L | R | June 7, 1961 | 5'10" | 171 | Oita, Oita JP |
| Hiromoto Okubo | R | R | February 1, 1967 | 6'0" | 200 | Higashi Ibaraki-gun, Ibaraki JP |
| Takeshi Omori | L | R | August 4, 1967 | 6'2" | 202 | Nara, Nara JP |
| Junya Orita | R | R | August 8, 1972 | 6'0" | 198 | Usuki-gun, Miyazaki JP |
| Masaki Saito | R | R | February 18, 1965 | 5'11" | 198 | Adachi Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Akiyoshi Sasaki | R | R | July 20, 1971 | 5'9" | 162 | Misawa, Aomori JP |
| Naoki Sugiyama | R | R | September 3, 1969 | 5'11" | 187 | Numazu, Shizuoka JP |
| Yuichi Yanagisawa | R | R | August 2, 1971 | 5'11" | 162 | Matsumoto, Nagano JP |
| Kaname Yashiki | S | R | June 11, 1959 | 5'10" | 165 | Kawanishi, Hyogo JP |
| Kosuke Yoshihara | R | R | March 29, 1969 | 5'9" | 169 | Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP |
| Sadaaki Yoshimura | L | L | April 27, 1963 | 5'11" | 182 | Gose, Nara JP |
| Yuji Yoshioka | R | R | July 29, 1971 | 6'2" | 209 | Adachi Ward, Tokyo JP |
