1988 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Roster

Japan Central League (JPCL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 59-67
Finished 4th in the JPCL
Manager: Takeshi Koba (59-67)
Location: Yokohama-shi, Japan
Ballpark: Yokohama Stadium

1988 Yokohama Taiyo Whales Statistics

The Yokohama Taiyo Whales of the Japan Central League ended the 1988 season with a record of 59 wins and 67 losses, finishing fourth in the JPCL.

The Whales scored 514 runs and allowed 542 runs, most in the circuit. Carlos Ponce walloped 33 home runs for Yokohama, while Jim Paciorek swatted 15 or more, too. Carlos Ponce drove in 102 runs. Jim Paciorek led all regular hitters with a .332 average. Mitsunori Kakehata topped the squad with 11 wins, and Hiroaki Nakayama registered a 2.28 earned run average, tops among regular hurlers.

Jim Paciorek and Carlos Ponce both played in Major League Baseball during their careers.

Takeshi Koba served as manager.


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Player Bats Throws Birth Date Height Weight Hometown
Hideaki AikawaRRSeptember 11, 19675'11"176Yokohama, Kanagawa JP
Toshio ChoshiRRAugust 24, 19615'10"160Kashima, Ibaraki JP
Kazuhiko DaimonRRMay 31, 19656'0"182Uji, Kyoto JP
Kazuhiko EndoRRApril 19, 19556'0"158Nishi Shirakawa-gun, Fukushima JP
Yoshiaki HinoRRAugust 16, 19615'11"165Hayami-gun, Oita JP
Hidetaka HoribaRRJune 26, 19555'10"180Ueda, Nagano JP
Kazumasa IchikawaRROctober 9, 19585'9"173Handa, Aichi JP
Toru IkenoueRRMay 19, 19546'0"180Tarumizu, Kagoshima JP
Mitsugu IshibashiRRMay 5, 19576'0"171Izumo, Shimane JP
Masaru IshikawaRRMay 21, 19605'11"165Higashi Yamanashi-gun, Yamanashi JP
Masaaki IwashitaLLJanuary 14, 19555'8"150, Kagoshima JP
Mitsunori KakehataRRJanuary 10, 19636'0"195Ninohe-gun, Iwate JP
Shinsaku KatahiraLLAugust 5, 19496'0"171Minato Ward, Osaka JP
Hirokazu KatoSLOctober 9, 19515'10"160Taku, Saga JP
Yasuhiko KawanoRRJanuary 31, 19615'11"167Amakusa-gun, Kumamoto JP
Isamu KidaLLJune 7, 19545'11"165Yokohama, Kanagawa JP
Katsunori KitanoLLOctober 10, 19676'2"195Suzuka, Mie JP
Yutaka MatsumotoRRApril 14, 19636'0"176Senpoku-gun, Akita JP
Masahiko MiyashitaLLMay 19, 19625'8"171Edogawa Ward, Tokyo JP
Koki MoritaRRNovember 21, 19696'1"195Kayabe-gun, Hokkaido JP
Koichi MuraokaSRJuly 17, 19605'8"147Saga, Saga JP
Tamotsu NagaiLLOctober 3, 19535'8"162Kawabe-gun, Kagoshima JP
Hiroaki NakayamaRRNovember 4, 19675'9"176Kochi, Kochi JP
Hisao NiuraLLMay 11, 19516'0"176Setagaya Ward, Tokyo JP
Hiroki NomuraLLJune 30, 19695'11"182Hiroshima, Hiroshima JP
Tetsushi OkamotoRRMarch 15, 19615'9"176Arita-gun, Wakayama JP
Toru OkamotoLLJune 13, 19655'8"162Amagasaki, Hyogo JP
Takashi OkawaSRAugust 2, 19675'10"154Yukue, Ibaraki JP
Yuji OnoRRFebruary 2, 19615'8"180Chiba, Chiba JP
Jim PaciorekRRJune 7, 19606'3"203Detroit, MI US
Carlos PonceRRFebruary 7, 19595'10"170Rio Piedras, PR
Akio SaitoRRFebruary 23, 19556'0"187Kyoto, Kyoto JP
Hirofumi SekineRRSeptember 14, 19615'11"180Chiba, Chiba JP
Yoshiyuki ShimizuRRSeptember 19, 19635'8"167Chofu, Tokyo JP
Tatsuya ShindoRRJanuary 14, 19705'8"154Takaoka, Toyama JP
Yutaka TakagiSROctober 22, 19575'8"167Bofu, Yamaguchi JP
Kazuhiko TakahashiRRJune 12, 19616'0"187Shiotani-gun, Tochigi JP
Masahiro TakahashiSRJuly 10, 19645'9"180Toyoaki, Aichi JP
Mitsukuni TakedaRRAugust 9, 19625'11"178Arakawa Ward, Tokyo JP
Tomio TashiroRRJuly 9, 19546'1"193Odawara, Kanagawa JP
Yoshiharu WakanaRRDecember 5, 19536'0"170Chikugo, Fukuoka JP
Kenichi YamazakiLLJuly 20, 19625'8"165Nerima Ward, Tokyo JP
Kaname YashikiSRJune 11, 19595'10"165Kawanishi, Hyogo JP



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