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The Home Office Hitsujigaoka 1, Toyohira-ku Sapporo, Hokkaido Japan 062-0045 Phone: 011-857-3939 Fax:

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The Ballpark

Sapporo Dome

Address: Hitsujigaoka 1, Toyohira-ku Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan 062-0045

Telephone: 011-850-1000

Fax: 011-850-1011

Dimensions: LF 328 CF 400 RF 328

Capacity: 42,831

Comments: The newest of all the Japanese pro parks, the Fighters moved in to this very

modern domed affair starting with the 2004 season. But manager Trey Hillman radically

reconfigured his pitching staff in 2006 and took the Sparky Anderson approach by

relying on his bullpen and pulling starters at the first signs of trouble and then used a

more Japanese approach offensively by employing the sacrifice a lot. That ultimately

got them their first Japan Series win ever under the Nippon Ham moniker and the

franchise's first since 1962. Hillman interviewed for three major league jobs in the 2006

offseason and got neither of them, so he is back for 2007, but without the services of

the great first baseman Michihiro Ogasawara. It will be difficult for them to stay out of the

second division as a result.

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Roster and Yearly Player Stats

2006 Season Schedule

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The History   Year -------------Manager------------- -------------Stadium------------- Record 1946 Saburo Yokozawa 47-58-0 1947 Hisanori Karita 51-65-3 1948 Hisanori Karita 59-70-11 1949 Toshiharu Inagawa 64-73-1 1950 Shinobu Ando 51-69-0 1951 Shinobu Ando 38-56-8 1952 Toshiharu Inagawa Korakuen Stadium 49-59-0 1953 Toshiharu Inagawa Korakuen Stadium 50-67-3 1954 Toshiharu Inagawa Korakuen Stadium Komazawa Stadium 52-86-2 1955 Koichi Yasui Korakuen Stadium  Komazawa Stadium 51-89-3 1956 Yoshiyuki Iwamoto Korakuen Stadium  Komazawa Stadium 58-92-4 1957 Yoshiyuki Iwamoto Korakuen Stadium  Komazawa Stadium 56-73-3 1958 Yoshiyuki Iwamoto Korakuen Stadium  Komazawa Stadium 57-70-3 1959 Yoshiyuki Iwamoto Korakuen Stadium  Komazawa Stadium 67-63-5 1960 Yoshiyuki Iwamoto Korakuen Stadium  Komazawa Stadium 52-78-2 1961 Shigeru Mizuhara Korakuen Stadium  Komazawa Stadium 83-52-5 1962 Shigeru Mizuhara Korakuen Stadium  Komazawa Stadium  Meiji Jingu Stadium 78-52-3 1963 Shigeru Mizuhara Korakuen Stadium  Komazawa Stadium  Meiji Jingu Stadium 76-71-3 1964 Shigeru Mizuhara Korakuen Stadium 78-68-4 1965 Shigeru Mizuhara Korakuen Stadium 76-61-3 1966 Shigeru Mizuhara Korakuen Stadium 70-60-6 1967 Shigeru Mizuhara Korakuen Stadium 65-65-4 1968 Hiroshi Oshita Korakuen Stadium 51-79-5 1969 Kenjiro Matsuki Korakuen Stadium 57-70-3 1970 Kenjiro Matsuki  Kenjiro Tamiya Korakuen Stadium 54-70-6 1971 Kenjiro Tamiya Korakuen Stadium 44-74-12 1972 Kenjiro Tamiya Korakuen Stadium 63-61-6 1973 Kenjiro Tamiya  Masayuki Dobashi Korakuen Stadium 55-69-6 1974 Futoshi Nakanishi Korakuen Stadium 49-75-6 1975 Futoshi Nakanishi Korakuen Stadium 55-63-12 1976 Keiji Ozawa Korakuen Stadium 52-67-11 1977 Keiji Ozawa Korakuen Stadium 58-61-11 1978 Keiji Ozawa Korakuen Stadium 55-63-12 1979 Keiji Ozawa Korakuen Stadium 63-60-7 1980 Keiji Ozawa Korakuen Stadium 66-53-11 1981 Keiji Ozawa Korakuen Stadium 68-54-8 1982 Keiji Ozawa Korakuen Stadium 67-52-11 1983 Keiji Ozawa Korakuen Stadium 64-59-7 1984 Yoshinobu Uemura  Keiji Ozawa Korakuen Stadium 44-73-13 1985 Shigeru Takata Korakuen Stadium 53-65-12 1986 Shigeru Takata Korakuen Stadium 57-65-8 1987 Shigeru Takata Korakuen Stadium 63-60-7 1988 Shigeru Takata Tokyo Dome 62-65-3 1989 Sadao Kondo Tokyo Dome 54-73-3 1990 Sadao Kondo Tokyo Dome 66-63-1 1991 Sadao Kondo Tokyo Dome 53-72-5 1992 Masayuki Dobashi Tokyo Dome 54-73-3 1993 Keiji Ozawa Tokyo Dome 71-52-7 1994 Keiji Ozawa Tokyo Dome 46-79-5 1995 Toshiharu Ueda Tokyo Dome 59-68-3 1996 Toshiharu Ueda Tokyo Dome 68-58-4 1997 Toshiharu Ueda Tokyo Dome 63-71-1 1998 Toshiharu Ueda Tokyo Dome 67-65-3 1999 Toshiharu Ueda Tokyo Dome 60-73-2 2000 Yasunori Oshima Tokyo Dome 69-65-1 2001 Yasunori Oshima Tokyo Dome 53-84-3 2002 Yasunori Oshima Tokyo Dome 61-76-3 2003 Trey Hillman Tokyo Dome 62-74-4 2004 Trey Hillman Sapporo Dome 66-65-2 2005 Trey Hillman Sapporo Dome 62-71-3 2006 Trey Hillman Sapporo Dome 82-54-0