1999 Yomiuri Giants Roster
Team Record: 75-60
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima (75-60)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Dome
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 1999 season with a record of 75 wins and 60 losses, finishing second in the JPCL.
The Giants plated 618 runs and surrendered 553 runs. Hideki Matsui walloped 42 home runs for Yomiuri, while Domingo Martínez, Tomohiro Nioka and Yoshinobu Takahashi each swatted 15 or more also. Yoshinobu Takahashi recorded 98 runs batted in and topped all regular hitters by hitting .315. Koji Uehara led the squad with 20 wins and a team-best 2.1 ERA, leading regularly-used pitchers.
Members of the 1999 Yomiuri Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Hideki Matsui, Takahito Nomura, José Parra, Koji Uehara, Takashi Kashiwada, Balvino Gálvez, Elmer Dessens, Hideki Okajima, Masumi Kuwata and Domingo Martínez.
Shigeo Nagashima served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
| Player | Bats | Throws | Birth Date | Height | Weight | Hometown |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elmer Dessens | R | R | January 13, 1971 | 5'11" | 200 | Hermosillo, Sonora MX |
| 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 |
| Satoshi Iriki | R | R | June 3, 1967 | 5'10" | 176 | Miyakonojo, Miyazaki 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 |
| Takashi Kashiwada | L | L | May 14, 1971 | 5'11" | 165 | Yashiro, Kumamoto 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 |
| 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 |
| Domingo Martínez | R | R | August 4, 1965 | 6'2" | 215 | Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO |
| 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 |
| Hidekazu Mitsuyama | R | R | November 20, 1965 | 6'1" | 206 | Ikuno Ward, Osaka 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 |
| Tomohiro Nioka | R | R | April 29, 1976 | 5'11" | 180 | Miyoshi, Hiroshima 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 |
| Rin Ono | R | R | April 3, 1973 | 6'0" | 180 | Gushikawa, Okinawa JP |
| José Parra | R | R | November 28, 1972 | 5'11" | 160 | Jacagua, Santiago DO |
| 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 |
| Akiyoshi Sasaki | R | R | July 20, 1971 | 5'9" | 162 | Misawa, Aomori 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 |
| Koji Uehara | R | R | April 3, 1975 | 6'2" | 195 | Neyagawa, Osaka JP |
| Masahito Watanabe | L | L | July 14, 1967 | 6'1" | 185 | Toyonaka, Osaka 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 |
