New Additions to the Nippon Ham Fighters for the 2010 Season
by Gen on Mar.03, 2010 @ 2:53 am, under NPB
Here's a list of players that the Fighters added to their roster during the off-season.
Manabu Iwadate, INF
Received Iwadate in a trade with the Yomiuri Giants for cash on November 9.
| Team | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | AVG | SLG | OBP | OPS |
| Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
Buddy Carlyle, P
Played for the Atlanta Braves in 2009. Signed on November 17.
| Org | Lvl | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SH | GF | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WP | WHIP |
| ATL | A | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.50 |
| ATL | AAA | 3 | 1 | 1.76 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15.1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 23 | 0 | 0.91 |
| ATL | MLB | 0 | 1 | 8.86 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 21.1 | 35 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 12 | 12 | 2 | 2.20 |
Takeharu Kato, P
Received Kato, Matsuka, and Sekiguchi in a trade with the Nippon Ham Fighters for Yataro Sakamoto, Suguru Matsuyama, and Naoto Inada on November 25.
| Team | G | W | L | Sv | CG | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | HBP | SO | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
| Yokohama | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 53 | 11.0 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 5.73 | 1.82 |
Takahiro Matsuka, P
Received Kato, Matsuka, and Sekiguchi in a trade with the Nippon Ham Fighters for Yataro Sakamoto, Suguru Matsuyama, and Naoto Inada on November 25.
| Team | G | W | L | Sv | CG | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | HBP | SO | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
| Yokohama | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 15.2 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 4.60 | 0.89 |
Yuta Sekiguchi, OF
Received Kato, Matsuka, and Sekiguchi in a trade with the Nippon Ham Fighters for Yataro Sakamoto, Suguru Matsuyama, and Naoto Inada on November 25.
| Team | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | AVG | SLG | OBP | OPS |
| Yokohama | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 |
Masao Kida, P
Opted for free agency and signed on November 27.
| Team | G | W | L | Sv | CG | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | HBP | SO | WP | BK | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
| Yakult | 30 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 223 | 48.2 | 58 | 6 | 17 | 5 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 30 | 5.55 | 1.54 |
Bob Keppel, P
Played for the Minnesota Twins in 2009. Signed on January 7.
| Org | Lvl | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SH | GF | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WP | WHIP |
| MIN | AAA | 3 | 3 | 2.43 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 55.2 | 51 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 13 | 28 | 3 | 1.15 |
| MIN | MLB | 1 | 1 | 4.83 | 37 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 54.0 | 63 | 30 | 29 | 4 | 21 | 32 | 2 | 1.56 |
Brian Wolfe, P
Played for the Toronto Blue Jays in 2009. Signed on January 8.
| Org | Lvl | W | L | ERA | G | GS | CG | SH | GF | Sv | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | SO | WP | WHIP |
| TOR | AAA | 2 | 3 | 5.05 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 46.1 | 59 | 29 | 26 | 3 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 1.53 |
| TOR | MLB | 2 | 2 | 8.22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 15.1 | 25 | 15 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2.09 |
Ikusei Pickups
- None
2009 Draft
- Masaru Nakamura, P
- Yutaka Ohtsuka, P
- Masayoshi Kato, INF
- John Clayton Unten, P
- Hirotoshi Masui, P
- Yuji Arahari, C

