1998 Yomiuri Giants Roster
Team Record: 73-62
Finished 3rd in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima (73-62)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Dome
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1998 season with a record of 73 wins and 62 losses, finishing third in the JPCL.
The Giants scored 632 runs and allowed 551 runs. Hideki Matsui walloped 34 home runs for Yomiuri, while Kazuhiro Kiyohara and Yoshinobu Takahashi swatted 15 or more, too. Hideki Matsui drove in 100 runs. Takayuki Shimizu paced all regular batters by hitting .301. Masumi Kuwata topped the team with 16 wins, and Masaki Saito recorded a 3.08 ERA, best among qualifying pitchers.
Hideki Matsui, Mariano Duncan, Balvino Gálvez, Takashi Kashiwada, Hideki Okajima, Masumi Kuwata and Takahito Nomura were all players from the 1998 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seong-Min Cho | R | R | April 5, 1973 | 6'4" | 211 | |
| Yudai Deguchi | R | R | September 23, 1971 | 5'9" | 173 | Amagasaki, Hyogo JP |
| Mariano Duncan | R | R | March 13, 1963 | 6'0" | 160 | San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris DO |
| Yasuhiro Enoki | R | R | May 22, 1972 | 5'11" | 182 | Koshigaya, Saitama JP |
| Akihito Fukuo | L | R | January 10, 1964 | 5'8" | 165 | Machida, Tokyo JP |
| Balvino Gálvez | R | R | March 31, 1964 | 6'0" | 170 | San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris DO |
| Koji Goto | L | R | May 14, 1969 | 6'1" | 187 | Ichninomya, Aichi JP |
| Kazuhiro Hiramatsu | L | L | March 23, 1974 | 5'10" | 170 | Kurashiki, Okayama JP |
| Katsumi Hirosawa | R | R | April 10, 1962 | 6'1" | 217 | Shimozuma, Ibaraki JP |
| Ichiro Horita | R | R | April 18, 1974 | 5'11" | 178 | Hiroo-cho, Hokkaido JP |
| Yusaku Iriki | R | R | August 13, 1972 | 5'10" | 180 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP |
| Hiro Ishii | R | R | June 21, 1964 | 6'0" | 185 | Minami Akita-gun, Akita JP |
| Akihito Kaneishi | R | R | December 26, 1960 | 6'6" | 190 | Kamo-gun, Gifu JP |
| 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 |
| Masahiro Kawai | R | R | September 27, 1964 | 5'9" | 162 | , Okayama JP |
| Mototsugu Kawanaka | L | R | December 19, 1973 | 5'11" | 171 | Kyoto, Kyoto JP |
| Ryuji Kimura | R | R | September 1, 1970 | 5'8" | 170 | Nagoya, Aichi JP |
| Kazuhiro Kiyohara | R | R | August 18, 1967 | 6'2" | 228 | Kishiawa, Osaka JP |
| Hirofumi Kono | L | L | April 28, 1962 | 5'8" | 180 | Hata-gun, Kochi JP |
| Masumi Kuwata | R | R | April 1, 1968 | 5'10" | 185 | Yao, Osaka JP |
| 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 |
| Shinichiro Minami | R | R | April 11, 1973 | 5'11" | 180 | Shingu, Wakayama JP |
| Koishi Misawa | R | R | June 8, 1974 | 5'10" | 170 | Iruma-gun, Saitama 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 |
| Yasuo Nagaike | R | R | October 5, 1973 | 5'10" | 170 | Kazuga, Fukuoka JP |
| Toshihisa Nishi | R | R | October 4, 1971 | 5'7" | 176 | Koga, Ibaraki JP |
| Kazutaka Nishiyama | R | R | August 28, 1970 | 6'0" | 193 | Kochi, Kochi JP |
| Takahito Nomura | L | L | January 10, 1969 | 5'7" | 175 | Kouchi, Kochi JP |
| Kohei Oda | R | R | March 15, 1977 | 5'11" | 185 | Takasago, Hyogo 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 |
| Hitoshi Ono | R | L | August 23, 1976 | 6'2" | 182 | Akita, Akita JP |
| Masaki Saito | R | R | February 18, 1965 | 5'11" | 198 | Adachi Ward, Tokyo JP |
| Takayuki Saito | L | R | June 10, 1976 | 6'1" | 187 | Yokohama, Kanagawa JP |
| Makoto Sato | R | R | June 12, 1975 | 6'0" | 198 | Tendo, Yamagata JP |
| Takayuki Shimizu | L | R | October 23, 1973 | 6'0" | 183 | Tokyo, Tokyo JP |
| Naoki Sugiyama | R | R | September 3, 1969 | 5'11" | 187 | Numazu, Shizuoka JP |
| Yoshinobu Takahashi | L | R | April 3, 1975 | 5'11" | 190 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Yuichi Yanagisawa | R | R | August 2, 1971 | 5'11" | 162 | Matsumoto, Nagano 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 |
