1999 Yomiuri Giants Roster

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 75-60
Finished 2nd in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima (75-60)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Dome

1999 Yomiuri Giants Statistics

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 Yoshinobu Takahashi, Tomohiro Nioka and Domingo Martínez 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.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Elmer DessensRRJanuary 13, 19715'11"200Hermosillo, Sonora MX
Yasuhiro EnokiRRMay 22, 19725'11"182Koshigaya, Saitama JP
Akihito FukuoLRJanuary 10, 19645'8"165Machida, Tokyo JP
Balvino GálvezRRMarch 31, 19646'0"170San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris DO
Koji GotoLRMay 14, 19696'1"187Ichninomya, Aichi JP
Kazuhiro HiramatsuLLMarch 23, 19745'10"170Kurashiki, Okayama JP
Katsumi HirosawaRRApril 10, 19626'1"217Shimozuma, Ibaraki JP
Ichiro HoritaRRApril 18, 19745'11"178Hiroo-cho, Hokkaido JP
Satoshi IrikiRRJune 3, 19675'10"176Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP
Yusaku IrikiRRAugust 13, 19725'10"180Miyakonojo, Miyazaki JP
Hiro IshiiRRJune 21, 19646'0"185Minami Akita-gun, Akita JP
Takashi KashiwadaLLMay 14, 19715'11"165Yashiro, Kumamoto JP
Junichi KawaharaRRJanuary 22, 19736'0"163Ota Ward, Tokyo JP
Masahiro KawaiRRSeptember 27, 19645'9"162, Okayama JP
Mototsugu KawanakaLRDecember 19, 19735'11"171Kyoto, Kyoto JP
Ryuji KimuraRRSeptember 1, 19705'8"170Nagoya, Aichi JP
Kazuhiro KiyoharaRRAugust 18, 19676'2"228Kishiawa, Osaka JP
Hirofumi KonoLLApril 28, 19625'8"180Hata-gun, Kochi JP
Masumi KuwataRRApril 1, 19685'10"185Yao, Osaka JP
Hiromi MakiharaRRAugust 11, 19636'2"206Handa, Aichi JP
Domingo MartínezRRAugust 4, 19656'2"215Santo Domingo, Distrito Nacional DO
Hideki MatsuiLRJune 12, 19746'2"210Neagari-cho, Ishikawa JP
Shinichiro MinamiRRApril 11, 19735'11"180Shingu, Wakayama JP
Koishi MisawaRRJune 8, 19745'10"170Iruma-gun, Saitama JP
Hidekazu MitsuyamaRRNovember 20, 19656'1"206Ikuno Ward, Osaka JP
Daisuke MotokiRRDecember 30, 19715'11"182Toyonaka, Osaka JP
Shinichi MurataRRDecember 5, 19636'0"180Kobe, Hyogo JP
Yoshinori MurataRRApril 24, 19745'9"175Sasebo, Nagasaki JP
Yasuo NagaikeRROctober 5, 19735'10"170Kazuga, Fukuoka JP
Tomohiro NiokaRRApril 29, 19765'11"180Miyoshi, Hiroshima JP
Toshihisa NishiRROctober 4, 19715'7"176Koga, Ibaraki JP
Kazutaka NishiyamaRRAugust 28, 19706'0"193Kochi, Kochi JP
Takahito NomuraLLJanuary 10, 19695'7"175Kouchi, Kochi JP
Kohei OdaRRMarch 15, 19775'11"185Takasago, Hyogo JP
Hirokazu OkadaRRJanuary 21, 19685'10"180Mihara, Hiroshima JP
Hideki OkajimaLLDecember 25, 19756'1"195Kyoto, Kyoto JP
Hitoshi OnoRLAugust 23, 19766'2"182Akita, Akita JP
Rin OnoRRApril 3, 19736'0"180Gushikawa, Okinawa JP
José ParraRRNovember 28, 19725'11"160Jacagua, Santiago DO
Masaki SaitoRRFebruary 18, 19655'11"198Adachi Ward, Tokyo JP
Takayuki SaitoLRJune 10, 19766'1"187Yokohama, Kanagawa JP
Akiyoshi SasakiRRJuly 20, 19715'9"162Misawa, Aomori JP
Takayuki ShimizuLROctober 23, 19736'0"183Tokyo, Tokyo JP
Naoki SugiyamaRRSeptember 3, 19695'11"187Numazu, Shizuoka JP
Yoshinobu TakahashiLRApril 3, 19755'11"190Chiba, Chiba JP
Koji UeharaRRApril 3, 19756'2"195Neyagawa, Osaka JP
Masahito WatanabeLLJuly 14, 19676'1"185Toyonaka, Osaka JP
Yuichi YanagisawaRRAugust 2, 19715'11"162Matsumoto, Nagano JP
Kosuke YoshiharaRRMarch 29, 19695'9"169Nishinomiya, Hyogo JP



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