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• Shinnosuke Abe
  Shinnosuke Abe
  is a professional baseball player with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played for the Japanese national team since 1999 as a catcher. In the 2009 Japan Series, he was named the Most Valuable Player.-Career statistics:...
  
  
• Benny Agbayani
  Benny Agbayani
  Benny Peter Agbayani, Jr. is retired professional baseball player. Born in Hawaii to Filipino and Samoan parents, he attended Saint Louis School and Hawaii Pacific University. He also attended the Oregon Institute of Technology...
  
  
• Ryoji Aikawa
  Ryoji Aikawa
  is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.Aikawa was a member of the Japanese national baseball team at the 2006 World Baseball Classic. He also won the Bronze medal at the 2004 Olympic Games.-External links:...
  
  
• Norihiro Akahoshi
  Norihiro Akahoshi
  is a retired Nippon Professional Baseball player from Kariya, Aichi, Japan. He played as an outfielder for the Hanshin Tigers.Akahoshi announced his retirement on December 9, 2009. During the 2009 season, he was first deactivated in early July after sustaining a neck injury...
  
  
• Koji Akiyama
  Koji Akiyama
  Koji Akiyama is a retired Japanese professional baseball player. He played for the Seibu Lions and the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball...
  
  
• Rod Allen
  Rod Allen
  Roderick Bernet "Rod" Allen is a baseball analyst, currently for the Detroit Tigers on Fox Sports Detroit. He also analyzes for other games on Fox Saturday Baseball when the Tigers don't play on Fox Sports Detroit...
  
  
• Matty Alou
  Matty Alou
  Mateo Rojas "Matty" Alou was a Dominican outfielder who spent fifteen seasons in Major League Baseball with the San Francisco Giants , Pittsburgh Pirates , St. Louis Cardinals , Oakland Athletics , New York Yankees and San Diego Padres...
  
  
• George Altman
  George Altman
  George Lee Altman is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball. From through , Altman played for the Chicago Cubs , St. Louis Cardinals and New York Mets...
  
  
• Yuya Ando
  Yuya Ando
  Yuya Ando is a professional baseball player from Ōita City, Japan. He is part of the starting rotation for the Hanshin Tigers Japanese baseball team.-Career:...
  
  
• Norichika Aoki
  Norichika Aoki
  is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently an outfielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.Aoki is one of only four players to amass 200 or more hits in a single season in Japanese professional baseball...
  
  
• Takahiro Arai
  Takahiro Arai
  Takahiro Arai is a Japanese professional baseball player of Korean descent for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.-External links:...
  
  
• George Arias
  George Arias
  ----George Alberto Arias is a former baseball player in Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball.-Career:...
  
  
• Hideyuki Awano
  Hideyuki Awano
  is a former Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Kintetsu Buffaloes, Yomiuri Giants, and the Yokohama BayStars.-External links:...
  
  

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• Gene Bacque
  Gene Bacque
  Gene Bacque is a former professional baseball player who played in the Japanese professional leagues.-Biography:...
  
  
• John Bale
• Eiji Bando
  Eiji Bando
  is a Japanese television entertainer and former baseball player. He pitched many innings in his high school career. The Japan High School Baseball Federation were afraid that he　would injured his arm, so they set a new rematch rule in 1958. However, he pitched 18 innings in a 1958 quarterfinal...
  
  
• Randy Bass
  Randy Bass
  is a former American baseball player and current politician. He is less notable for his career in Major League Baseball than for his success in Japan's Hanshin Tigers of Central League, where he had the most spectacular run of any American to ever play in Japan...
  
  
• Tony Batista
  Tony Batista
  Leocadio Francisco "Tony" Batista is a former Major League Baseball infielder who is currently a free agent. He played in the major leagues from to and to , and with the Softbank Hawks of the Japanese Pacific League in .-Career:...
  
  
• Howard Battle
  Howard Battle
  Howard Dion Battle is a former third baseman in Major League Baseball. Battle spent parts of three seasons in the majors with the Toronto Blue Jays, Philadelphia Phillies and Atlanta Braves.-External links:...
  
  
• Kevin Beirne
  Kevin Beirne
  Kevin Patrick Beirne was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher. He is the son of Jim Beirne, who played with the Houston Oilers and San Diego Chargers of the NFL from 1968 to 1976....
  
  
• Tony Bernazard
  Tony Bernazard
  Antonio Bernazard Garcia is a former Major League Baseball player and former executive in the New York Mets organization...
  
  
• Frank Bolick
  Frank Bolick
  Frank Charles Bolick is a former Major League Baseball player from Ashland, Pennsylvania. He was an infielder for the Montreal Expos and Anaheim Angels. He also played four seasons in Japan with the Chiba Lotte Marines...
  
  
• Takehiko Bessho
  Takehiko Bessho
  Takehiko Bessho , born Akira Bessho , was a Japanese sportsperson whose professional career as a player lasted from 1942 until 1960. Bessho first achieved fame as a pitcher in Nippon Pro Baseball ; later, he served as a NPB manager....
  
  
• Kaoru Bettou
• Don Blasingame
  Don Blasingame
  Don Lee Blasingame was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played with the St. Louis Cardinals , San Francisco Giants , Cincinnati Reds , Washington Senators and Kansas City Athletics . Blasingame batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Jack Bloomfield
  Jack Bloomfield (baseball)
  Gordon Leigh "Jack" Bloomfield is an American former infielder, scout and coach in professional baseball...
  
  
• Mike Blowers
  Mike Blowers
  Michael Roy Blowers is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and first baseman. He is an alumnus of Bethel High School in Spanaway, Washington, Tacoma Community College and the University of Washington...
  
  
• Cedrick Bowers
  Cedrick Bowers
  Cedrick Jerome Bowers is a left-handed Major League Baseball pitcher, who is currently a free agent....
  
  
• Tony Brewer
  Tony Brewer
  Anthony Bruce Brewer is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He appeared in 24 games for the Los Angeles Dodgers during the baseball season...
  
  
• Terry Bross
  Terry Bross
  Terrence Paul "Terry" Bross is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He bats and throws right-handed....
  
  
• Marty Brown
• Roosevelt Brown
  Roosevelt Brown (baseball)
  Roosevelt Brown is a retired professional baseball player who played outfielder in the Major Leagues from -. He played for the Chicago Cubs in Major League Baseball and the Orix BlueWave in Japan. Brown ended his career after a season playing for the Charlotte Knights, the Triple-A affiliate of...
  
  
• Ralph Bryant
  Ralph Bryant
  Ralph Wendell Bryant is a former Major League Baseball player. He played with the Los Angeles Dodgers in the major leagues, and with the Chunichi Dragons and Kintetsu Buffaloes in Nippon Professional Baseball...
  
  
• Melvin Bunch
  Melvin Bunch
  Melvin Lynn Bunch, Jr. , is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played parts of two seasons in the majors: with the Kansas City Royals and for the Seattle Mariners. He also played three seasons in Japan for the Chunichi Dragons from through .-External links:...
  
  
• Ty Van Burkleo
  Ty Van Burkleo
  Tyler Lee Van Burkleo was a former bench coach for the Seattle Mariners and a former first baseman in major league baseball. He played for two different major league teams in his career: the California Angels and Colorado Rockies...
  
  

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• Alex Cabrera
  Alex Cabrera
  Alex Cabrera is a Venezuelan first baseman and right-handed batter who played in Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball...
  
  
• Robinson Checo
  Robinson Checo
  Robinson Checo Pérez is a former pitcher who played in Major League Baseball from through . He batted and threw right-handed....
  
  
• Phil Clark
  Phil Clark (baseball outfielder)
  Phillip Benjamin Clark is a former Major League Baseball player. He played infield and outfield for the Detroit Tigers, San Diego Padres, and Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• Steve Cox
  Steve Cox
  Charles Steven Cox is a former first baseman in Major League Baseball for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays....
  
  
• Warren Cromartie
  Warren Cromartie
  Warren Livingston Cromartie is a retired American baseball player.-Baseball career:Warren Cromartie debuted with the Montreal Expos of the Major Leagues on September 6, 1974 after being picked 6th in the 1973 amateur draft...
  
  
• Tommy Cruz
  Tommy Cruz
  Cirilo "Tommy" Cruz Dilan is a former mcc blue river soccer playeroutfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the St. Louis Cardinals and Chicago White Sox . Cruz batted and threw left-handed...
  
  

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• Yu Darvish
  Yu Darvish
  Yu Darvish is a Japanese starting pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.Darvish pitched in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2009 World Baseball Classic as a member of the Japanese national team...
  
  
• Glenn Davis
• Orestes Destrade
  Orestes Destrade
  Orestes Cucuas Destrade , is a former Major League Baseball infielder.-Biography:Destrade was born in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba, but emigrated to the United States with his family at the age of six. During his youth, he played Khoury League at Flagami Park in Miami. He graduated from Christopher...
  
  
• Larry Doby
  Larry Doby
  Lawrence Eugene "Larry" Doby was an American professional baseball player in the Negro leagues and Major League Baseball....
  
  
• Shozo Doi
• Yoshihiro Doi
  Yoshihiro Doi
  is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League.-External links:*...
  
  
• Chris Donnels
  Chris Donnels
  Christopher Barton Donnels is a former Major League Baseball third baseman. He is an alumnus of Loyola Marymount University where he was a standout for the Lions' baseball team.-New York Mets:...
  
  

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• Lawrence Eaves
• Angel Echevarria
  Angel Echevarria
  Angel Santos Echevarria is a retired American professional baseball player who played outfield in the Major Leagues from 1996-2002. He also played in the Japanese Pacific League, from 2003-2004.-Biography:...
  
  
• Suguru Egawa
  Suguru Egawa
  is a Japanese former pitcher and now a baseball analyst.-High school career:Egawa entered Sakushin Gakuin High School. In his high school career, he recorded two perfect games of nine no-hitters of 20 shutouts of 30 complete games in 44 games...
  
  
• Takenori Emoto
• Yutaka Enatsu
  Yutaka Enatsu
  is a former Japanese pitcher regarded as one of best Japanese pitchers of all-time. In , he recorded 401 strikeouts, which is still the world record. He recorded 9 consecutive strikeouts in one of the All-Star games, and 15 consecutive strikeouts in three of the All-Star games between and 1971....
  
  

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• Pedro Feliciano
  Pedro Feliciano
  Pedro Juan Feliciano Molina is a Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher for the New York Yankees.-Early career:...
  
  
• Cecil Fielder
  Cecil Fielder
  Cecil Grant Fielder is a former professional baseball player who was a noted power hitter in the 1980s and 1990s. He attended college at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas . He played with the Toronto Blue Jays , Detroit Tigers , New York Yankees , Anaheim Angels and Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• Julio Franco
  Julio Franco
  Julio César Robles Franco is a former Major League Baseball infielder and designated hitter. In , Franco was the oldest active player in the major leagues at the age of 49....
  
  
• Matt Franco
  Matt Franco
  Matthew Neil Franco is a former professional baseball player who played first base in the major leagues from 1995–2003, and in Nippon Professional Baseball from 2004-2006. Franco started his pro career in 1987 with the Rookie League Wytheville Cubs in the Appalachian League...
  
  
• Akihito Fujii
• Masao Fujii
  Masao Fujii
  was a professional baseball player for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He was born in Nishi-ku, Fukuoka and raised in Karatsu, Saga.His number 15 is honored by the Hawks.-References:...
  
  
• Kyuji Fujikawa
  Kyuji Fujikawa
  is a closer for the Hanshin Tigers.Fujikawa pitched in the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics as well as the 2008 Beijing Olympics. A prototypical power pitcher, Fujikawa is said to have one of the most explosive fastballs in all of Japanese professional baseball and is one of Japan's premier...
  
  
• Atsushi Fujimoto
  Atsushi Fujimoto
  Atsushi Fujimoto is a professional baseball player from Akashi, Hyōgo, Japan.He joined the Japanese olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal. He played in every inning of every game in the olympic tournament for the Japanese team.-External links:...
  
  
• Hideo Fujimoto
  Hideo Fujimoto
  was a Japanese baseball pitcher. He holds the Japanese records for lowest career ERA and seasonal ERA . At Aomori Stadium, in he pitched the first perfect game in NPB history....
  
  
• Fumio Fujimura
  Fumio Fujimura
  was a Japanese right-handed pitcher for the Osaka Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.In the 1933 National High School Baseball Championship, Fujimura's team reached the quarterfinals but his opponent Masao Yoshida pitched a shutout in the game. In the final of 1934 National High School...
  
  
• Hironori Fujisaki
• Soichi Fujita
  Soichi Fujita
  is a Japanese left-handed reliever for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played every single game of his career pitching in relief and holds the Japanese record for most pitching appearances....
  
  
• Kosuke Fukudome
  Kosuke Fukudome
  is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder.Prior to arriving in the United States, Fukudome played nine seasons for the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central League...
  
  
• Keiji Fukui
• Yutaka Fukumoto
  Yutaka Fukumoto
  Yutaka Fukumoto is a retired Japanese professional baseball player in Nippon Professional Baseball born in Osaka, Osaka.After a brief career at the company team of Matsushita, he was drafted seventh overall by the Hankyu Braves in 1968. In only his second season, he stole 75 bases, setting the...
  
  
• Atsuya Furuta
  Atsuya Furuta
  Atsuya Furuta is a Japanese former baseball player and player-manager for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows professional baseball club in the Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League...
  
  

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• Eddie Gaillard
  Eddie Gaillard
  Julian Edward Gaillard is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball.Though relatively unknown in the major leagues, he was highly successful in the Japanese Central League, making a total of 120 saves during his six year stay...
  
  
• Balvino Galvez
  Balvino Galvez
  Balvino Galvez Jerez is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers, and the Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball.-Professional career:...
  
  
• Shosei Go
  Shosei Go
  Shosei Go was a baseball player from Taiwan.Go was a leadoff man who played for the Tokyo Giants , Hanshin Tigers and Mainichi Orions . Only 5-foot-6 and 140 pounds, he was nicknamed "The Human Locomotive" due to his speed...
  
  
• Leo Gómez
  Leo Gomez
  Leonardo Gómez Vélez , is a former professional baseball player who played in the Major Leagues primarily as a 3rd baseman from 1990–1996. He currently manages the Aberdeen IronBirds of the New York-Penn League.-Minor leagues:Gómez was signed by the Baltimore Orioles in 1985 as an amateur...
  
  
• Kouji Goto
• Mike Greenwell
  Mike Greenwell
  Michael Lewis Greenwell is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played his entire MLB career with the Boston Red Sox . He briefly played a few games for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan , before retiring. Greenwell was nicknamed "The Gator." He batted left-handed and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Kip Gross
  Kip Gross
  Kip Lee Gross is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher.Gross played for four different ballclubs during his career: the Cincinnati Reds , Los Angeles Dodgers , Boston Red Sox , and Houston Astros...
  
  
• Lindsay Gulin
  Lindsay Gulin
  Lindsay Tyson Gulin Lindsay Tyson Gulin Lindsay Tyson Gulin (born November 22, 1976 in Southampton, New York is a professional baseball pitcher who is currently a free agent. He has pitched in Nippon Professional Baseball and the Chinese Professional Baseball League.-Minor league career:...
  
  
• Bill Gullickson
  Bill Gullickson
  William Lee Gullickson is a former major league baseball pitcher who played for six different major-league teams, in Canada, the U.S...
  
  
• Domingo Guzman
  Domingo Guzman
  Domingo Guzmán is a former Major League Baseball player.He made his major league debut with the San Diego Padres in 1999, and played in 8 games from 1999-2000. He traveled to Taiwan, and played one season in the Chinese Professional Baseball League with the Chinatrust Whales...
  
  

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• Kent Hadley
  Kent Hadley
  Kent William Hadley was a professional baseball player. A free-swinging first baseman, he played three years in Major League Baseball and six seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball .- United States :...
  
  
• Tatsunori Hara
  Tatsunori Hara
  is the current manager for the Yomiuri Giants baseball team in Nippon Professional Baseball. He also played for the Yomiuri Giants during his professional baseball career from to . Hara led the Japan national baseball team to victory in the final of the 2009 World Baseball Classic.- External links :...
  
  
• Isao Harimoto
  Isao Harimoto
  Isao Harimoto is a Korean former Nippon Professional Baseball player and holder of the record for most hits in the Japanese professional leagues. An ethnic Korean, his birth name is Jang Hun...
  
  
• Bucky Harris McGalliard
• Shigetoshi Hasegawa
  Shigetoshi Hasegawa
  is a retired relief pitcher in Major League Baseball and best-selling author and Japanese television personality. He achieved the most recognition when he played for the Seattle Mariners from through . Previously, Hasegawa played with the Anaheim Angels , and before that spent six years with the...
  
  
• Hayashi Masanori
• Osamu Higashio
  Osamu Higashio
  Osamu Higashio is a former Japanese baseball player who played in the Japanese professional leagues from 1969-1988. He also was manager of the Seibu Lions from 1995-2001.-Professional career:...
  
  
• Eric Hillman
  Eric Hillman
  John Eric Hillman is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. He pitched his entire 3-year MLB career with the New York Mets . After his MLB career, he pitched in NPB from 1995-1998 for the Chiba Lotte Marines and the Yomiuri Giants...
  
  
• Masatsugu Hiramatsu
• Kazuyuki Hoashi
  Kazuyuki Hoashi
  is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher. He is currently with the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League.-External links:...
  
  
• Kevin Hodges
  Kevin Hodges (baseball)
  Kevin Hodges is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball right-handed pitcher.He is the older brother of Trey Hodges, who also played in the major leagues and Nippon Professional Baseball....
  
  
• Ichiro Horita
• Bob Horner
• Dwayne Hosey
  Dwayne Hosey
  Dwayne Samuel Hosey is a former Major League Baseball outfielder for the Boston Red Sox. He threw right-handed, and was a switch hitter....
  
  
• Nobuyuki Hoshino
• Senichi Hoshino
  Senichi Hoshino
  , 22 January 1947, is a former Japanese professional baseball player and current manager.In 2003, he led the Tigers to their first Central League pennant in 18 years before retiring for health reasons. Since 2007, He had managed the Japanese national team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.In October,...
  
  
• Mike Holtz
  Mike Holtz
  Michael James Holtz is a former middle relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who played from through for the California Angels , Anaheim Angels , Oakland Athletics , San Diego Padres , and Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• Jack Howell

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• Hirokazu Ibata
  Hirokazu Ibata
  Hirokazu Ibata is a Japanese professional baseball player in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He plays second base for the Chunichi Dragons but is able to play at other positions. He has won 4 Gold gloves for shortstop, 2004-2007.-External links:...
  
  
• Akihito Igarashi
• Ryota Igarashi
  Ryota Igarashi
  is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously pitched for the Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball and the New York Mets of Major League Baseball.-Japanese career:...
  
  
• Kei Igawa
  Kei Igawa
  is a Japanese left-handed starting pitcher who is currently a free agent, originally from Ōarai, Ibaraki, Japan. He played for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball from to . He led all pitchers in the Central League for strikeouts in , and 2006...
  
  
• Tadahito Iguchi
  Tadahito Iguchi
  is a Japanese second baseman currently playing for the Chiba Lotte Marines.-Early life and Japanese career:Iguchi began playing in high school and after graduating in 1993, went to Aoyama Gakuin University where he distinguished himself by hitting the Tohto University Baseball League record of...
  
  
• Takehiro Ikeyama
• Toshiaki Imae
  Toshiaki Imae
  is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.Imae won the Most Valuable Player award in both the 2005 and 2010 Japan Series.-External links:...
  
  
• Makoto Imaoka
  Makoto Imaoka
  Makoto Imaoka is a Japanese professional baseball player from Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan.Imaoka spent several uneventful seasons in the Japanese professional leagues before being chosen as the lead-off batter by Senichi Hoshino, who managed the Hanshin Tigers from 2002-2004...
  
  
• Kazuhisa Inao
  Kazuhisa Inao
  was a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. In 1957, he won 20 consecutive games. In 1958 Japan Series, he pitched six games and won 4 consecutive games after his team lost 3 games. He even made a home run in fifth game of Japan Series. He was the Pacific League's Most Valuable Player in 1957 and...
  
  
• Hideki Irabu
  Hideki Irabu
  was a professional baseball player of Okinawan and American mixed ancestry. He played professionally in both Japan and the United States.-Early life:...
  
  
• Yusaku Iriki
  Yusaku Iriki
  is a Japanese former baseball pitcher.-Biography:Iriki attended the Perfect Liberty High School and Asia University before joining the Honda amateur baseball team. He was drafted by the Yomiuri Giants in . In , his older brother, Satoshi, was traded to the Giants from the Kintetsu Buffaloes, and...
  
  
• Hiromichi Ishige
  Hiromichi Ishige
  Hiromichi Ishige is a retired Japanese professional baseball player and manager in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball....
  
  
• Hirotoshi Ishii
  Hirotoshi Ishii
  Hirotoshi Ishii from Iwasaki, Ichihara, Chiba, Japan) is a Japanese baseball player. He currently plays as a relief pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows....
  
  
• Kazuhisa Ishii
  Kazuhisa Ishii
  Kazuhisa Ishii is a Japanese former Major League Baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Saitama Seibu Lions....
  
  
• Takuro Ishii
  Takuro Ishii
  Takuro Ishii is a Japanese professional baseball player. He currently plays for Hiroshima Toyo Carp. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed....
  
  
• Tomohito Ito
  Tomohito Ito
  Tomohito Ito is a Japanese former professional baseball player from Kyoto, Japan. He played for the Yakult Swallows from 1993-2003 before retiring...
  
  
• Tsutomu Ito
  Tsutomu Ito
  Tsutomu Ito is the former manager of Nippon Professional Baseball's Seibu Lions. He was the number 1 draft pick for the Seibu Lions in 1982 and went on to play for them until 2003. He was talented at leading pitcher, and led his team to winning 12 Pacific League championships and 10 Japan Series...
  
  
• Hisashi Iwakuma
  Hisashi Iwakuma
  is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently the starting pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.As the Eagles' reigning staff ace, Iwakuma won the Eiji Sawamura Award in and played in the 2004 Athens Olympics as well as the 2009 World Baseball Classic for the Japanese...
  
  
• Yoshiyuki Iwamoto
  Yoshiyuki Iwamoto
  was a Japanese baseball player and manager. He was born in Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture.-Biography:Iwamoto took part in the National High School Baseball Championship in 1931, but his team was defeated by a team of Masao Yoshida, who was also inducted to Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. He joined...
  
  
• Akinori Iwamura
  Akinori Iwamura
  Akinori Iwamura is a Japanese Major League Baseball infielder, who is currently with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Japanese Pacific League...
  
  
• Hitoki Iwase
  Hitoki Iwase
  Hitoki Iwase is a Japanese professional baseball player from Nishio, Aichi, Japan. He is a closing pitcher....
  
  

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• Hiromitsu Kadota
  Hiromitsu Kadota
  was a Japanese professional baseball player for the Nankai Hawks, Orix Braves and Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. Reputed for his slugging ability, he ate a lot and became a strong hitter, though he is suffered from diabetes mellitus even now. He hit 44 home runs at the age of 40 in 1988. He was retired after...
  
  
• Masaru Kageura
  Masaru Kageura
  was a Japanese baseball player from Matsuyama, Ehime. His team reached the final in the 1932 National High School Baseball Championship, but his team was defeated by Masao Yoshida in the final. He joined Tigers and he was a good rival for Eiji Sawamura in Giants. He was killed in the battle of the...
  
  
• Masayuki Kakefu
• Genji Kaku
  Genji Kaku
  Genji Kaku , is a Japanese former professional baseball player from Taitung, Taiwan. His family comes from the Taiwanese aborigines...
  
  
• Masaichi Kaneda
  Masaichi Kaneda
  is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He is one of the best known pitchers in Japanese baseball history, and is the only Japanese pitcher to have won 400 games. He was inducted in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988....
  
  
• Makoto Kaneko
  Makoto Kaneko
  is the President, CEO and Representative Director of Zuken Inc., a public listed multinational corporation in the Tokyo Stock Exchange.Makoto Kaneko is better known as a prominent horse owner in Japan...
  
  
• Yoshiaki Kanemura
• Gabe Kapler
  Gabe Kapler
  Gabriel "Gabe" Stefan Kapler is an American Major League Baseball outfielder.He has played portions of 13 seasons with the Detroit Tigers, Texas Rangers, Colorado Rockies, Boston Red Sox, Milwaukee Brewers, and the Tampa Bay Rays...
  
  
• Takashi Kashiwada
  Takashi Kashiwada
  Takashi Kashiwada is a retired Japanese baseball player. He played for the Yomiuri Giants and the New York Mets.-Biography:...
  
  
• Shinichi Kato
• Takeharu Kato
• Yoshitaka Katori
• Masahiro Kawai
  Masahiro Kawai
  Masahiro Kawai was an infielder for 23 years in Nippon Professional Baseball, primarily with the Yomiuri Giants. Known for his defense and bunting, he won several Gold Gloves, made two All-Star teams and set several sacrifice hit records....
  
  
• Tetsuharu Kawakami
  Tetsuharu Kawakami
  is a former Japanese baseball player and manager. Born in Hitoyoshi, Kumamoto, he was nicknamed "God of batting" as a player. In 1951, he had whiffed only 6 times, which is the Japanese single-season tie record. He was ruthless as a manager, but it made his team strong...
  
  
• Takeo Kawamura
  Takeo Kawamura (baseball)
  is a professional baseball player from Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. He is a pitcher for the Yokohama BayStars.Kawamura won 17 games in 1999 as a starter, and became a reliever in 2004...
  
  
• Mototsugu Kawanaka
• Munenori Kawasaki
  Munenori Kawasaki
  is a Japanese shortstop for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He played for the Japanese national team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics.-Early life and high school career:...
  
  
• Matt Keough
  Matt Keough
  Matthew Lon Keough Drafted by the Oakland A's out of Corona del Mar High School in 1973. Keough is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played from through for the Oakland Athletics , New York Yankees , St. Louis Cardinals , Chicago Cubs and Houston Astros...
  
  
• Yusei Kikuchi
  Yusei Kikuchi
  is a Japanese left-handed pitcher who currently plays for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball. Kikuchi mixes a fastball that was clocked at 154 km/h in the third round of the Japan National Sports Festival, though it routinely sits in the high-80s, with a slider in the...
  
  
• Ryuji Kimura
• Takuya Kimura
  Takuya Kimura (baseball)
  was a Japanese baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants. He previously played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp before being traded to the Giants in 2006. He played for the Giants through the 2009 season before retiring as a player, returning to the Giants for 2010 in a coaching capacity.Kimura was born in...
  
  
• Tatsuhiko Kinjoh
  Tatsuhiko Kinjoh
  Tatsuhiko Kinjoh is a Japanese professional baseball player from Higashinari-ku, Osaka, Japan. He plays center field for the Yokohama BayStars...
  
  
• Mike Kinkade
  Mike Kinkade
  Michael Arthur Kinkade is a former Major League Baseball player who was primarily a left fielder, but also spent time as a first baseman, right fielder, third baseman, designated hitter, and catcher....
  
  
• Sachio Kinugasa
  Sachio Kinugasa
  Sachio Kinugasa is a former Japanese baseball player with Hiroshima Carp. He is nicknamed Tetsujin, meaning "Iron Man"....
  
  
• Willie Kirkland
  Willie Kirkland
  Willie Charles Kirkland is a former right fielder in Major League Baseball who played for the San Francisco Giants , Cleveland Indians , Baltimore Orioles and Washington Senators...
  
  
• Hiroshi Kisanuki
• Manabu Kitabeppu
  Manabu Kitabeppu
  , is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, the first-round draft pick of the Hiroshima Carp in 1975 and one of the most famous Japanese right-handed pitchers...
  
  
• Kazuhiro Kiyohara
  Kazuhiro Kiyohara
  is a former professional baseball player in Japan, having played in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league for 23 seasons. He retired following the 2008 season.-Biography:...
  
  
• Atsushi Kizuka
• Hiroyuki Kobayashi
• Itaru Kobayashi
• Masahide Kobayashi
  Masahide Kobayashi
  is a professional baseball pitcher who currently plays for the Orix Buffaloes.From -, Kobayashi played in the Nippon Professional Baseball league for the Chiba Lotte Marines...
  
  
• Masahito Kohiyama
  Masahito Kohiyama
  is a former professional baseball player from Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan.Kohiyama was drafted in the first round of the 1992 amateur draft by the Yokohama BayStars. He was successful in his rookie year, pitching as the setup man for closer Kazuhiro Sasaki, but problems with control led the BayStars to...
  
  
• Hideo Koike
• Hiroki Kokubo
  Hiroki Kokubo
  Hiroki Kokubo is a professional baseball player from Wakayama, Japan. He currently plays for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in the Japanese Pacific League....
  
  
• Norihiro Komada
• Tatsuo Komatsu
• Satoru Komiyama
  Satoru Komiyama
  , born September 15, 1965, is a professional baseball player from Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan. He currently plays with the Chiba Lotte Marines, and played in the major leagues with the New York Mets in 2002.-Biography:...
  
  
• Dae-Sung Koo
• Makoto Kozuru
• Michael Kresnick
• Yuya Kubo
  Yuya Kubo
  is a Japanese footballer who plays for Kyoto Sanga F.C..-Club:-External links:* at Kyoto Sanga F.C. official site * at Yahoo! Japan sports...
  
  
• Kimiyasu Kudoh
  Kimiyasu Kudoh
  is a left-handed pitcher for the Pacific League's Saitama Seibu Lions of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball . He has recorded 224 career wins...
  
  
• Tomoyuki Kubota
  Tomoyuki Kubota
  is a Japanese pitcher with the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He was selected as a member in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.-External links:...
  
  
• Hideki Kuriyama
• Hiroki Kuroda
  Hiroki Kuroda
  is a professional baseball player from Osaka, Japan who is currently a free agent. He is a starting pitcher, who most recently pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers .-Early days:...
  
  
• Satoshi Kuroda
• Masumi Kuwata
  Masumi Kuwata
  Masumi Kuwata is a former Japanese right-handed pitcher. He was formerly with the Yomiuri Giants of the Central League. He pitched 21 seasons with the Giants, beginning in 1986. In December 2006 Masumi signed a minor league deal with the Pirates...
  
  

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• Jack Ladra
• Greg LaRocca
  Greg LaRocca
  Gregory Mark LaRocca is a second baseman for the Orix Buffaloes in the Nippon Professional Baseball league Pacific League....
  
  
• Chris Latham
  Chris Latham (baseball player)
  Christopher Joseph Latham is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball. He is a switch hitter who is 6'0" tall, weighs 195 pounds, and throws right-handed.-Baseball career:...
  
  
• Jim Lefebvre
  Jim Lefebvre
  James Kenneth Lefebvre is a former second baseman, third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. Lefebvre, the 1965 National League Rookie of the Year, was signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1962. In 1965, his rookie year, he hit .250 with 12 home runs and 69 RBI...
  
  
• Leon Lee
  Leon Lee
  Leon Lee is a former minor league baseball player and minor league manager. He played first base and third base during his career, batting and throwing right-handed....
  
  
• Leron Lee
  Leron Lee
  Leron Lee is a former left fielder in Major League Baseball who played 8 seasons with the St. Louis Cardinals, Los Angeles Dodgers, Cleveland Indians and San Diego Padres....
  
  
• Sang-Hoon Lee
  Sang-Hoon Lee
  Lee Sang-Hoon , nicknamed "Samson," is a retired professional baseball player formerly with the Boston Red Sox. He pitched in 9 games for the Red Sox in the 2000 MLB season, recording no decisions and a 3.09 ERA in 11.2 innings pitched.- External links :...
  
  
• Brad Lesley
  Brad Lesley
  Bradley Jay Lesley is a former Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers from 1982 to 1985. Lesley, who was nicknamed "The Animal", was known for his aggressive style to motivate himself. He later became a television personality in Japan after playing 2 seasons for...
  
  
• Omar Linares
  Omar Linares
  Omar Linares Izquierdo is a former Cuban baseball player. Linares, who played third base for the Cuban national team and for Pinar del Río and Vegueros in the Cuban National Series wearing the number 10 on his jersey, is considered one of the greatest Cuban players of all time...
  
  
• Luis Antonio Lopez
• Luis Lopez (baseball 3B)
• Jim Lyttle
  Jim Lyttle
  James Lawrence Lyttle Jr. is a former major league baseball player from Hamilton, Ohio. He played as an outfielder for the New York Yankees, Chicago White Sox, Montreal Expos, and Los Angeles Dodgers...
  
  

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• Ken Macha
  Ken Macha
  Kenneth Edward Macha is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and manager. During an 8-year managing career, he managed the Oakland Athletics , whom he guided to the American League's Western Division championship in both his first and final seasons with the team, and the Milwaukee Brewers...
  
  
• Tim Macintosh
• Bill Madlock
  Bill Madlock
  Bill "Mad Dog" Madlock, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball player. From 1973 to 1987, Madlock was a right-handed hitter who won several National League batting titles. His record of four batting titles as a third baseman would be eclipsed in 1988 by Wade Boggs. Since 1970, only Tony Gwynn has...
  
  
• Tadatoki Maeda
• Yukinaga Maeda
• Katsuhiko Maekawa
• Takahiro Mahara
  Takahiro Mahara
  is a right-handed pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played in the 2006 World Baseball Classic. Originally a starter, Mahara was converted to a closer partway through 2005 season and has been an efficient closer since then.His best season was in...
  
  
• Charlie Manuel
  Charlie Manuel
  Charles Fuqua Manuel, Jr. is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder and current Major League Baseball manager of the Philadelphia Phillies...
  
  
• Bobby Marcano
  Bobby Marcano
  Roberto "Bobby" Marcano was a Venezuelan professional baseball player who made a name for himself playing in Nippon Professional Baseball and for Tiburones de La Guaira in the Venezuelan Winter League....
  
  
• Jim Marshall
  Jim Marshall (baseball)
  Rufus James Marshall is a former first baseman and manager in American Major League Baseball. Marshall managed the Chicago Cubs and the Oakland Athletics but never enjoyed a winning season in either post...
  
  
• Domingo Martinez
  Domingo Martinez
  Domingo Emilio Martínez La Fontaine is a former professional baseball player who played for the Toronto Blue Jays in the major leagues, and the Seibu Lions and Yomiuri Giants in Nippon Professional Baseball...
  
  
• Kazuo Matsui
  Kazuo Matsui
  is a Japanese second baseman for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball. Matsui is a switch-hitter...
  
  
• Hideki Matsui
  Hideki Matsui
  is a Japanese Major League Baseball designated hitter and outfielder. He bats left-handed and throws right-handed.After playing the first ten seasons of his career for the Yomiuri Giants of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, he played the next seven seasons, from 2003–2009, for the New York...
  
  
• Takuya Matsumoto
• Daisuke Matsuzaka
  Daisuke Matsuzaka
  is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball in the United States. He previously played for the Seibu Lions in Japan's Pacific League. He was selected the MVP of the inaugural and the second World Baseball Classic, and is an Olympic bronze...
  
  
• Darrell May
  Darrell May
  Darrell Kevin May is a former Major League Baseball starting pitcher who last played for the New York Yankees. May stands at 6'2" tall and weighs 190 pounds...
  
  
• Derrick May
• Scott McClain
  Scott McClain
  Scott Michael McClain is a former Major League Baseball third baseman who is a scout in Nippon Professional Baseball....
  
  
• Dan Miceli
  Dan Miceli
  Daniel Miceli is former major league baseball relief pitcher.-Early career:Miceli was signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in , but never saw time at the major league level for Kansas City. Instead, he was dealt to the Pittsburgh Pirates with pitcher Jon Lieber in exchange...
  
  
• Osamu Mihara
• Hensley Meulens
  Hensley Meulens
  Hensley Filemon Acasio Meulens is a former professional baseball player and current hitting coach for the San Francisco Giants. He played from to in Major League Baseball, Nippon Professional Baseball, and the Korea Baseball Organization...
  
  
• Felix Millan
  Félix Millán
  Félix Bernardo Millán Martínez is a former second baseman in Major League Baseball.-Baseball career:Millán, nicknamed "The Kitten" , born in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, made his major league debut on June 2, 1966 with the Atlanta Braves, and played for Atlanta until 1973. Millan was primarily a second...
  
  
• Nathan Minchey
• Carlos Mirabal
• Koichi Misawa
• Bobby Mitchell
• Daisuke Miura
  Daisuke Miura
  Daisuke Miura is a professional baseball player from Kashihara, Nara, Japan. He is a starting pitcher for the Yokohama BayStars....
  
  
• Takashi Miwa
  Takashi Miwa
  Takashi Miwa is a former professional baseball player from Chiba, Japan. He was drafted by the Orix BlueWave in the second round of the 1993 amateur draft, and played with the team until 2004...
  
  
• Shinya Miyamoto
  Shinya Miyamoto
  is a professional baseball player from Suita, Osaka, Japan. He plays shortstop for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.He was chosen as the captain of the Japanese olympic baseball team for the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal in 2004. He was also part of the 2006 World Baseball Classic...
  
  
• Eiji Mizuguchi
• Shigeru Mizuhara
• Trey Moore
  Trey Moore
  Warren Neal "Trey" Moore III , is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He pitched parts of three seasons in the major leagues, between and , for the Montreal Expos and Atlanta Braves. He also played three seasons in Japan, from until , for the Hanshin Tigers and Orix BlueWave.-External links:...
  
  
• Shinji Mori
  Shinji Mori
  Shinji Mori is a right-handed pitcher.From -, he played for the Seibu Lions in Nippon Professional Baseball. After the 2005 season, he was acquired by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays through the posting system....
  
  
• Masao Morinaka
  Masao Morinaka
  Masao Morinaka is a former professional baseball player who played for the Yokohama BayStars. He currently works as a batting pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants organization....
  
  
• Daisuke Motoki
• Scott Mullen
  Scott Mullen
  Kenneth Scott Mullen is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball.He was drafted in the seventh round of the MLB Draft by the Kansas City Royals out of Dallas Baptist University...
  
  
• Masanori Murakami
  Masanori Murakami
  Masanori "Mashi" Murakami is a former pitcher for the San Francisco Giants....
  
  
• Arihito Muramatsu
  Arihito Muramatsu
  Arihito Muramatsu is a former professional baseball player from Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan. He was an outfielder for the Orix Buffaloes, but now is with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks....
  
  
• Choji Murata
• Shuichi Murata
  Shuichi Murata
  is a third baseswine for the Yokohama BayStars.Murata led the Central League in home runs in both and and is one of the few pure home run hitters in Japanese professional baseball today...
  
  
• Minoru Murayama
  Minoru Murayama
  was a professional baseball player for the Osaka Tigers in Nippon Professional Baseball. His number 11 is retired with the Tigers. A pitcher with Hanshin from 1959 to 1972, he recorded a career 2.09 ERA and 192 career complete games to go with 222 wins. Hall of Famer.-Early life:He was born on...
  
  

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• Yasuo Nagaike
• Kazushige Nagashima
  Kazushige Nagashima
  is a Japanese actor, sports commentator and former professional baseball player. His father is Japanese baseball legend, Shigeo Nagashima.-Biography:...
  
  
• Shigeo Nagashima
  Shigeo Nagashima
  is a Japanese former professional baseball player and manager.Nagashima was by far the most popular figure in Japanese baseball during his career. His contributions to the development of the sport in Japan are immeasurable.-Biography:...
  
  
• Kiyoshi Nakahata
• Haruyasu Nakajima
  Haruyasu Nakajima
  Haruyasu Nakajima was a Japanese baseball player. He is one who played an active part most in the Nippon Professional Baseball of the dawn....
  
  
• Micheal Nakamura
  Micheal Nakamura
  is a former Major League Baseball player who currently plays in the Japanese professional leagues. He pitched as the closer for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.He was educated at The Knox School and Wesley College, Melbourne.-Biography:...
  
  
• Norihiro Nakamura
  Norihiro Nakamura
  is a Japanese professional baseball third baseman who plays for the Yokohama BayStars.-Career:He was born in Osaka, Japan, and spent almost all of his professional career in Japan with the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. Drafted in , Nakamura began to emerge as one the leading power hitters in Nippon...
  
  
• Sho Nakata
  Sho Nakata
  is a Japanese baseball hitter of the Nippon Professional Baseball. In his high school career, he was a pitcher.As a high school student, he hit 87 home runs and his fastball reached 94 mph. In 2006, he took part in a National High School Baseball Championship, but he was defeated by his...
  
  
• Yoshihisa Naruse
  Yoshihisa Naruse
  Yoshihisa Naruse is a Japanese baseball player. He is a pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball. He made his debut in the 2006 season.. In 2007, Naruse had his best season as a professional in his short career...
  
  
• Troy Neel
  Troy Neel
  Troy Lee Neel is a former professional baseball player who played in the major leagues for the Oakland Athletics primarily as a first baseman and designated hitter from -...
  
  
• Jimmy Newberry
• Don Newcombe
  Don Newcombe
  Donald Newcombe , nicknamed "Newk", is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher who played for the Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers , Cincinnati Reds and Cleveland Indians .Until 2011 when Detroit Tigers Pitcher Justin Verlander did it, Newcombe was the only baseball...
  
  
• Tomohiro Nioka
  Tomohiro Nioka
  Tomohiro Nioka is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. Nioka bats and throws right-handed.-Early career:...
  
  
• Toshihisa Nishi
• Fumiya Nishiguchi
  Fumiya Nishiguchi
  , born September 26, 1972 in Wakayama, Japan) is a Japanese baseball player. He is a right-handed pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball for the Seibu Lions.-External links:...
  
  
• Tsuyoshi Nishioka
  Tsuyoshi Nishioka
  is a professional baseball infielder who currently plays for the Minnesota Twins of Major League Baseball. He also played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Chiba Lotte Marines from 2003–10....
  
  
• Takashi Nishimoto
• Kazutaka Nishiyama
  Kazutaka Nishiyama
  is a retired Japanese professional baseball player from Kōchi, Japan.Nishiyama was drafted in the 5th round of the 1988 amateur draft by the Lotte Orions, but did not sign with the team. He entered the professional leagues in 1993 as the 3rd round draft pick of the Yomiuri Giants...
  
  
• Yukihiro Nishizaki
• Michio Nishizawa
  Michio Nishizawa
  was a prominent Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player.- Biography :He debuted with Nagoya at the age of 15 in 1936, the youngest player ever in the history of pro Yakyu. He achieved early fame as a pitcher, developing into a twenty game winner by 1939. His most memorable pitching feats...
  
  
• Hideo Nomo
  Hideo Nomo
  is a former right-handed pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball from Japan. He achieved early success in Japan, where he played with the Kintetsu Buffaloes from to...
  
  
• Katsuya Nomura
  Katsuya Nomura
  was one of Nippon Professional Baseball's greatest players as a catcher and was also a long-time manager for the Yakult Swallows, the Hanshin Tigers, and the Rakuten Golden Eagles of NPB's Pacific League.-Career:...
  
  

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• Sherman Obando
  Sherman Obando
  Sherman Omar Obando Gainor is a former major league baseball player who played for the Baltimore Orioles and Montreal Expos. His main position was outfield, but often played as a first baseman or designated hitter...
  
  
• Hiromitsu Ochiai
  Hiromitsu Ochiai
  Hiromitsu Ochiai is a former Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently manager of the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball...
  
  
• Alex Ochoa
  Alex Ochoa
  Alex Ochoa is a former Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder. He is a Cuban American and is currently an assistant coach for the Boston Red Sox....
  
  
• Michihiro Ogasawara
  Michihiro Ogasawara
  Michihiro Ogasawara is a Japanese professional baseball player. He currently plays first base for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League . He played with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters from to .-Career:Ogasawara is one of the most consistent hitters in Japanese baseball...
  
  
• Koichi Ogata
• Sadaharu Oh
  Sadaharu Oh
  Sadaharu Oh, or Wang Chenchih , is a retired Japanese-Taiwanese baseball player and manager. He batted and threw left-handed and primarily played first base. Oh, who was born in Sumida, Tokyo the son of a Taiwanese father and a Japanese mother, had originally signed with the powerhouse Yomiuri...
  
  
• Akira Ohgi
• Tomokazu Ohka
• Hideki Okajima
  Hideki Okajima
  is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox organization in the United States, currently with their AAA affiliate, the Pawtucket Red Sox. He played with the Yomiuri Giants and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball league from 1994-2006...
  
  
• Tom O'Malley
  Tom O'Malley
  ----Thomas Patrick O'Malley is a former Major League baseball player born in Orange, New Jersey, and raised in Montoursville, Pennsylvania in the United States. He played for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos, and New York Mets...
  
  
• Naoyuki Omura
• Marion O'Neil
• Steve Ontiveros
• José Ortiz
  José Ortiz (second baseman)
  José Daniel Ortiz is a former Major League Baseball second baseman. He has played all or part of three seasons in the majors, and is currently playing for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Pacific League in Japan.-Early career and MLB debut:...
  
  
• Koichi Oshima
  Koichi Oshima
  is a retired Japanese professional baseball player from Itabashi, Tokyo, Japan. He played for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, Orix BlueWave, and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles during his professional career, and currently works as a minor league hitting coach for the Orix Buffaloes.Oshima was a...
  
  
• Akinori Otsuka
  Akinori Otsuka
  is a currently inactive Japanese Major League Baseball player. He was formerly the set-up man for the San Diego Padres and the Texas Rangers...
  
  

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• Jim Paciorek
  Jim Paciorek
  James Joseph Paciorek is a former major league baseball player from Detroit, Michigan. He played first base, third base, and outfield for the Milwaukee Brewers...
  
  
• Larry Parrish
  Larry Parrish
  Larry Alton Parrish is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and right-handed batter who played with the Montreal Expos , Texas Rangers and Boston Red Sox...
  
  
• Rodney Pedraza
• Ferix Perdomo
• Roberto Petagine
  Roberto Petagine
  Roberto Antonio Petagine is a left-handed first baseman for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Nippon Professional Baseball. His Major League Baseball career includes brief stints with the Houston Astros , San Diego Padres , New York Mets , Cincinnati Reds , Boston Red Sox , and Seattle Mariners , but...
  
  
• Jason Phillips
  Jason Phillips (pitcher)
  Jason Charles Phillips is a former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played between and for the Pittsburgh Pirates and Cleveland Indians . Phillips batted and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Carlos Ponce
  Carlos Ponce (baseball)
  Carlos Ponce is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. He signed with the Milwaukee Brewers as a free agent in 1982 and played with the team at the Major League level in 1985....
  
  
• Alonzo Powell
  Alonzo Powell
  Alonzo Sidney Powell is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. He batted and threw right-handed.-Career:...
  
  
• Jeremy Powell
  Jeremy Powell
  Jeremy Robert Powell is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates organization. Powell made his MLB debut for the Montreal Expos in and played for them until . In , he joined the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball and pitched for several...
  
  

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• Larry Raines
  Larry Raines
  Lawrence Glenn Hope Raines was a Major League Baseball infielder who played for two seasons. He first played for the Chicago American Giants in Negro league baseball and also played professional baseball in Japan. In Japan he played for the Hankyu Braves...
  
  
• Alex Ramirez
  Alex Ramírez
  Alexander Ramón Ramírez is a former Major League Baseball outfielder who currently plays for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball. He played in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians and Pittsburgh Pirates...
  
  
• Dave Rajsich
  Dave Rajsich
  David Christopher Rajsich is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1978 to 1980 for the New York Yankees and Texas Rangers. He also played one season in Japan for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in 1984...
  
  
• Gary Rajsich
  Gary Rajsich
  Gary Louis Rajsich is an American Major League Baseball scout and a former professional baseball outfielder. He played all or part of four seasons in the Majors from until , then played three additional seasons for the Chunichi Dragons from until...
  
  
• Mathew Randel
• Kenny Rayborn
• Mike Reinbach
  Mike Reinbach
  Michael Wayne "Mike" Reinbach was a Major League Baseball player who played in with the Baltimore Orioles.-External links:...
  
  
• Tuffy Rhodes
  Tuffy Rhodes
  Karl Derrick "Tuffy" Rhodes is a professional baseball player. He played six years in Major League Baseball in the US, and eleven years in Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan....
  
  
• Dave Roberts
  Dave Roberts (first baseman)
  David Leonard Roberts is a former Major League Baseball first baseman who played 22 seasons of professional baseball. Of all professional baseball players whose careers began in 1952 only Hank Aaron had a longer career.-Minor leagues:...
  
  
• Boi Rodriguez
• Robert Rose
  Robert Rose (baseball)
  Robert Richard "Bobby" Rose, born March 15, 1967) is a former major league baseball player from Covina, California. He played on the California Angels in the major leagues, and on the Yokohama BayStars in the Japanese Central League.-Biography:...
  
  

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• Shoji Sadaoka
• Takahiro Saeki
• Kazumi Saito
  Kazumi Saito
  is a Japanese professional baseball player. starting pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He is a two-time winner of the Eiji Sawamura Award , but has not pitched in a regular season game since October 2007 due to various shoulder injuries.-Professional career:...
  
  
• Masaki Saito
• Takashi Saito
  Takashi Saito
  is a Japanese professional baseball player.Saito previously pitched for the Yokohama BayStars in the Japanese Central League, compiling a record of 87–80 over 13 seasons...
  
  
• Kazuhiro Sasaki
  Kazuhiro Sasaki
  Kazuhiro "Daimajin" Sasaki is a former Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball right-handed relief pitcher. He played his entire NPB career with the Yokohama Taiyo Whales / Yokohama BayStars...
  
  
• Shinichi Sato
  Shinichi Sato
  , born August 7, 1965) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player from Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan.Sato joined the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks at age 28, but did not live up to expectations with the team. He was traded to the Yakult Swallows in 1996, and played in 113 games in 1999, marking a .341...
  
  
• Tomoya Satozaki
  Tomoya Satozaki
  is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently with the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.-External links:*...
  
  
• Eiji Sawamura
  Eiji Sawamura
  Eiji Sawamura was a Japanese professional baseball player...
  
  
• Erik Schullstrom
  Erik Schullstrom
  Erik Paul Schullstrom is a former Major League Baseball pitcher who played for the Minnesota Twins in 1994 and 1995. He was born on March 25, 1969 in San Diego, California, and he attended Fresno State University. Schullstrom was 6'5" and 220 pounds...
  
  
• Fernando Seguignol
  Fernando Seguignol
  Fernando Alfredo Seguignol is a Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder who is currently a free agent. In 2010 he played for the Orix Buffaloes in the Japanese Pacific League, where he had previously played in 2002, After playing for the Newark Bears...
  
  
• Andy Sheets
  Andy Sheets
  Andrew Mark Sheets is a former shortstop in Major League Baseball who played for the Seattle Mariners , San Diego Padres , Anaheim Angels , Boston Red Sox and Tampa Bay Devil Rays . He played first base for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp , and Hanshin Tigers , of the Nippon Professional Baseball league....
  
  
• Yasumitsu Shibata
• Naoyuki Shimizu
  Naoyuki Shimizu
  is a professional baseball player from Kyoto, Japan. He is a starting pitcher for the Yokohama BayStars.He joined the Japanese Olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal. He also played with the Japanese national team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic...
  
  
• Takayuki Shimizu
  Takayuki Shimizu
  Takayuki Shimizu is a professional baseballer for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Nippon Professional Baseball. He was the Number 3 draft pick by the Yomiuri Giants in .-External links:...
  
  
• Tsuyoshi Shinjo
  Tsuyoshi Shinjo
  is a former Japanese professional baseball outfielder.-Career:Born in Tsushima, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan and raised in Minami-ku, Fukuoka, he played for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan from until , then for Major League Baseball's New York Mets and San Francisco Giants...
  
  
• Brian Sikorski
  Brian Sikorski
  Brian Patrick Sikorski is a baseball relief pitcher who plays for the Saitama Seibu Lions franchise in Japan.Although Sikorski made his MLB debut in , he didn't play another game in the big leagues until...
  
  
• John Sipin
  John Sipin
  John White Sipin is a former major league baseball player from Watsonville, California. He was a second baseman for the San Diego Padres. He also played nine seasons in Japan with the Taiyo Whales and Yomiuri Giants. He is of Filipino and Caucasian ancestry.-With the Cardinals:Sipin was selected...
  
  
• Reggie Smith
  Reggie Smith
  Carl Reginald Smith is a former Major League Baseball outfielder, coach and front office executive. During a 17-year big league career , Smith appeared in 1,987 games, hit 314 home runs and batted .287. He was a switch-hitter who threw right-handed. In his prime, he had one of the strongest...
  
  
• Tony Solaita
  Tony Solaita
  Tolia "Tony" Solaita was a Major League Baseball player for the New York Yankees, Kansas City Royals, California Angels, Toronto Blue Jays, and Montreal Expos between 1968 and 1979...
  
  
• Mike Solomko
• Alfonso Soriano
  Alfonso Soriano
  Alfonso Guilleard Soriano is a Major League Baseball outfielder for the Chicago Cubs....
  
  
• Daryl Spencer
  Daryl Spencer
  Daryl Dean Spencer , is a former professional baseball player. He was a utility infielder, playing shortstop, second base, and third base in the major leagues from 1952-1963. He played for the New York Giants, San Francisco Giants, St...
  
  
• Joe Stanka
  Joe Stanka
  Joe Donald Stanka is a former major league baseball player from Hammon, Oklahoma. He played for the Chicago White Sox in the major leagues, and the Nankai Hawks and Taiyo Whales in the Japanese professional leagues.-Biography:...
  
  
• Victor Starffin
  Victor Starffin
  Victor Starffin , nicknamed , was an ethnic Russian baseball player in Japan and the first professional pitcher in Japan to win three hundred games.-Biography:...
  
  
• Shigeru Sugishita
• Toshiya Sugiuchi
  Toshiya Sugiuchi
  is a Japanese baseball player. He is a left-handed starting pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.Sugiuchi was the Eiji Sawamura Award winner in...
  
  
• Tadashi Sugiura
  Tadashi Sugiura
  was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player with the Nankai Hawks. He debuted in the 1958 and went on to join the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame for his skills as a pitcher.-External links:...
  
  
• Kento Sugiyama
  Kento Sugiyama
  is a retired Japanese professional baseball player from Numazu, Shizuoka, Japan. He played for the Seibu Lions, Hanshin Tigers, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, and Yokohama BayStars during his 10-year career in the Japanese professional leagues....
  
  
• Ichiro Suzuki
  Ichiro Suzuki
  , usually known simply as is a Major League Baseball right fielder for the Seattle Mariners. Ichiro has established a number of batting records, including the sport's single-season record for hits with 262...
  
  
• Keishi Suzuki
• Mac Suzuki
  Mac Suzuki
  is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher who plays for the Calgary Vipers of the Golden League. Over his career, Suzuki had played 18 seasons in professional baseball, including six in Major League Baseball and one in the Japan Pacific League...
  
  
• Takanori Suzuki

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• Koichi Tabuchi
  Koichi Tabuchi
  is a Japanese former professional baseball player, manager, and commentator.Tabuchi played for the Hanshin Tigers as catcher between 1969 and 1978, where his combination with pitcher Yutaka Enatsu was called the "Golden Battery"...
  
  
• Kazuhito Tadano
  Kazuhito Tadano
  is a right-handed pitcher for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Japan's Pacific League. He had previously pitched in Major League Baseball for the Cleveland Indians.-Biography:...
  
  
• So Taguchi
  So Taguchi
  is a Nippon Professional Baseball outfielder who is currently playing with the Orix Buffaloes. Previously, he has played for the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and the Chicago Cubs in Major League Baseball, and with the Orix BlueWave in Nippon Professional Baseball.Taguchi is the first...
  
  
• Morimichi Takagi
• Yutaka Takagi
• Hisanori Takahashi
  Hisanori Takahashi
  is a Japanese Major League Baseball pitcher who is currently with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim.-Career:-Nippon Professional Baseball:Takahashi previously spent his entire professional career with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball...
  
  
• Yoshinobu Takahashi
  Yoshinobu Takahashi
  Yoshinobu Takahashi is a Japanese professional baseball player from Chiba, Japan. He currently plays right field for the Yomiuri Giants, and is one of the most well-known players in Japanese baseball. He graduated from Keio University.A superb contact hitter, he is also known for his exemplary...
  
  
• Fumitoshi Takano
• Yosuke Takasu
  Yosuke Takasu
  is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in Japan's Pacific League.-External links:...
  
  
• Shingo Takatsu
  Shingo Takatsu
  Shingo Takatsu is a professional baseball pitcher for the Sinon Bulls of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. He had a short stint with the Chicago White Sox where he was the closer for two seasons until struggles closing games ultimately led to his demotion to the minors...
  
  
• Hitoshi Tamura
  Hitoshi Tamura
  Hitoshi Tamura is a Japanese professional baseball player with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.-External links:...
  
  
• Kazunori Tanaka
  Kazunori Tanaka
  is a Japanese politician serving in the House of Representatives in the Diet as a member of the Liberal Democratic Party. A native of Toyoura District, Yamaguchi and graduate of Hosei University he was elected for the first time in 1996 after serving in local assemblies.-External links:* in...
  
  
• Masahiro Tanaka
  Masahiro Tanaka
  is a Japanese starting pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.Tanaka led his team to a championship in the National High School Baseball tournament as a junior for Komazawa University Tomakomai High School in and a runner-up berth in the same tournament as a senior in...
  
  
• Yukio Tanaka
  Yukio Tanaka
  is a former Japanese baseball player for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He played baseball for Fighters during all 22 years in his professional career. He was nicknamed "Mr. Fighters". On May 15, 2007, he hit his 2000th Career Hit during a match against Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. He retired...
  
  
• Hitoshi Taneda
• Yoshitomo Tani
  Yoshitomo Tani
  Yoshitomo Tani is a Japanese professional baseball player from Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan. He currently plays as an outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants....
  
  
• Motonobu Tanishige
  Motonobu Tanishige
  Motonobu Tanishige is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.-External links:...
  
  
• Gary Thomasson
  Gary Thomasson
  Gary Leah Thomasson is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played from 1972-1980.He played in 1981-1982 for the Yomiuri Giants in Japanese Nippon Pro Baseball...
  
  
• Denny Tomori
• Kiyoshi Toyoda
  Kiyoshi Toyoda
  Kiyoshi Toyoda is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.-External links:...
  
  
• Yasumitsu Toyoda

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• Seiichi Uchikawa
  Seiichi Uchikawa
  Seiichi Uchikawa is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He rose to prominence in 2008 with a league-leading .378 batting average...
  
  
• Shinji Udaka
• Koji Uehara
  Koji Uehara
  is a Major League Baseball Japanese right-handed relief pitcher. He is currently a relief pitcher for the Texas Rangers.Uehara throws a high-80s four-seam fastball and a solid forkball as his primary pitches...
  
  
• Masaru Uno
• Shigeki Ushida
• Itaru Uto

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• Kazuhiro Wada
  Kazuhiro Wada
  is a Japanese professional baseball player. He currently plays outfield for the Chunichi Dragons of the Nippon Professional Baseball league....
  
  
• Tsuyoshi Wada
  Tsuyoshi Wada
  is a left-handed starting pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.Wada pitched in the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2006 World Baseball Classic for the Japanese national team...
  
  
• Yutaka Wada
• Tadashi Wakabayashi
  Tadashi Wakabayashi
  Tadashi Henry Wakabayashi was a professional baseball player from Oahu, Hawaii. He was a second generation Japanese-American.-Biography:...
  
  
• Tsutomu Wakamatsu
  Tsutomu Wakamatsu
  Tsutomu Wakamatsu was a Japanese baseball player, coach, and manager for the Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball. He batted left-handed, and threw right-handed...
  
  
• Kenichi Wakatabe
• Pete Walker
  Pete Walker
  Peter Brian Walker is a former right-handed relief pitcher in Major League Baseball. Walker is a graduate of East Lyme High School in East Lyme, Connecticut. He completed his college degree at Charter Oak State College. He attended the University of Connecticut and was drafted by the New York Mets...
  
  
• John Wasdin
  John Wasdin
  John Truman Wasdin is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played in Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball. He was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia and raised in Tallahassee, Florida....
  
  
• Masahiro Watanabe
• Boomer Wells
• Roy White
  Roy White
  Roy Hilton White is a former American professional baseball player and coach. He played his entire career in Major League Baseball as an outfielder for the New York Yankees between 1965 and 1979....
  
  
• Bernie Williams
• Jeff Williams
• Nigel Wilson
  Nigel Wilson
  Nigel Edward Wilson is a former major league baseball player from Oshawa, Ontario. He played for the Florida Marlins, Cincinnati Reds, and Cleveland Indians...
  
  
• Matt Winters
  Matt Winters
  Matthew Littleton Winters is a former major league baseball player from Buffalo, New York. He played with the Kansas City Royals, and the Nippon Ham Fighters in Nippon Professional Baseball.-Biography:...
  
  
• Tyrone Woods
  Tyrone Woods
  Tyrone Woods is a Nippon Professional Baseball first baseman who is currently a free agent. He was the 5th pick of the Montreal Expos in the MLB draft as a high school third baseman. His debut year showed no indication of the heights he would reach as a pro player...
  
  
• Clyde Wright
  Clyde Wright
  Clyde Wright , nicknamed "Skeeter", is a former Major League Baseball left-handed pitcher. He pitched for the California Angels , Milwaukee Brewers and Texas Rangers . He also pitched three seasons in Japan for the Yomiuri Giants...
  
  

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• Yasuhiko Yabuta
  Yasuhiko Yabuta
  is a Japanese baseball pitcher. He currently plays for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He competed in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and struck out Alex Rodriguez, Johnny Damon, and Derrek Lee....
  
  
• Hisashi Yamada
  Hisashi Yamada
  was a Japanese baseball submarine pitcher. He played with the Hankyu Braves in Nippon Professional Baseball from to .Yamada won the Pacific League MVP for three years in a row , and the Japan Series MVP in 1977. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in .-External links:...
  
  
• Koji Yamamoto (Chiba Lotte Marines)
• Koji Yamamoto (Hiroshima Toyo Carp)
  Koji Yamamoto (baseball)
  is a former Japanese baseball player and manager of the Hiroshima Carp of Japan's Central League. A four-time home run king having played for Hiroshima Carp throughout his career, Yamamoto contributed to the team winning five league championships including its first-ever in 1975, and three titles...
  
  
• Hiroki Yamamura
• Daisuke Yamashita
• Tetsuya Yokoyama
• Wally Kaname Yonamine
  Wally Kaname Yonamine
  Wallace Kaname "Wally" Yonamine , also known as Wally Yonamine, was a multi-sport American athlete who played in the All-America Football Conference and Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball....
  
  
• Tetsuya Yoneda
  Tetsuya Yoneda
  Tetsuya Yoneda is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher with the Hankyu Braves in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He won 350 games and is a Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductee.He was so tough that he was called Gasoline Tank....
  
  
• Toyohiko Yoshida
• Yoshio Yoshida
  Yoshio Yoshida
  was a Japanese professional baseball player with the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. His number 23, is retired with the Hanshin Tigers...
  
  
• Masato Yoshii
  Masato Yoshii
  is a retired Japanese baseball player who is currently a pitching coach for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in the Japanese Pacific League. He pitched in the Major Leagues from to .-Biography:...
  
  
• Yuji Yoshioka