2000 Yomiuri Giants Roster
Team Record: 78-57
Finished 1st in the JPCL
Manager: Shigeo Nagashima (78-57)
Location: Tokyo, Japan
Ballpark: Tokyo Dome
Japan Series - Yomiuri Giants 4 games, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 2
The Yomiuri Giants of the Japan Central League ended the 2000 season with a record of 78 wins and 57 losses, finishing first in the JPCL.
The Giants plated 689 runs, tops in the circuit. Yomiuri conceded 497 runs, the lowest total in the circuit. Hideki Matsui walloped 42 home runs for the squad, while Domingo Martínez, Toshihisa Nishi, Akira Eto, Yoshinobu Takahashi and Kazuhiro Kiyohara each swatted 15 or more as well. Hideki Matsui drove in 108 runs and topped all regular batters by hitting .316. Darrell May and Kimiyasu Kudo led the squad with 12 wins each, and Darrell May recorded a 2.96 ERA, leading regular hurlers.
Members of the 2000 Yomiuri Giants who played in Major League Baseball during their careers were Balvino Gálvez, Takashi Kashiwada, Hideki Okajima, Masumi Kuwata, Domingo Martínez, Koji Uehara, Takahito Nomura, Hisanori Takahashi, Darrell May and Hideki Matsui.
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 | |
| Akira Eto | R | R | April 15, 1970 | 6'0" | 209 | Higashi Yamato, Tokyo JP |
| Keiji Fukui | R | R | May 12, 1976 | 6'3" | 191 | Kita Katsuragi-gun, Nara 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 |
| 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 |
| Min Chul Jeong | R | R | March 28, 1972 | 6'2" | 178 | |
| Tsuyoshi Jobe | R | R | June 8, 1981 | 6'2" | 209 | Sakai, Osaka JP |
| Takashi Kashiwada | L | L | May 14, 1971 | 5'11" | 165 | Yashiro, Kumamoto JP |
| Ken Kato | R | R | March 23, 1981 | 6'1" | 200 | Kita Kanbara-gun, Niigata 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 |
| Yasuyuki Kawamoto | L | L | October 21, 1967 | 5'8" | 171 | Kumage-gun, Yamaguchi 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 |
| Kimiyasu Kudo | L | L | May 5, 1963 | 5'9" | 176 | Toyoake, Aichi 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 |
| Darrell May | L | L | June 13, 1972 | 6'2" | 170 | San Bernardino, CA US |
| 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 |
| Kazuaki Miyazaki | S | R | April 24, 1975 | 5'6" | 156 | Nakamura, Kochi 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Hisanori Takahashi | L | L | April 2, 1975 | 5'10" | 180 | Tokyo, Tokyo JP |
| Yoshinobu Takahashi | L | R | April 3, 1975 | 5'11" | 190 | Chiba, Chiba JP |
| Shinobu Takano | L | R | December 10, 1974 | 6'0" | 205 | Higashi Muro-gun, Wakayama JP |
| Norio Tanabe | R | R | May 11, 1966 | 5'11" | 172 | Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi JP |
| Naoki Uchizono | R | R | May 14, 1974 | 6'0" | 191 | So-gun, Kagoshima 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 |
