This list consists of players both past and present who have played in Japanese Baseball,. This list include those players who played in other leagues like Major League Baseball in the United States and ignores nationality. Baseball has been a popular sport in Japan for over a century since its introduction in 1872. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in professional baseball in the world. ...

Contents: Top - 0–9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A

• Abe Shinnosuke（阿部慎之助）
• Benny Agbayani
• Francis Agcaoili
• Akahoshi Norihiro（赤星憲広）
• Akiyama Koji（秋山幸二）
• Matty Alou
• George Altman
• George Arias
• Awano Hideyuki

Benny Agbayani (born December 28, 1971) is a professional baseball player. ... Mateo Rojas Matty Alou (born December 22, 1938 in Haina, Dominican Republic) was a professional baseball player for the San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates, St. ... George Lee Altman (born March 20, 1933 Goldsboro, North Carolina, USA - ) was a first baseman/outfielder who had a 9 year career from 1959 to 1967. ...

B

• Gene Bacque
• Randy Bass
• Kevin Beirne
• Tony Bernazard
• Bessho Takehiko（別所毅彦）
• Bettou Kaoru
• Don Blasingame (Don Blazer)
• Jack Bloomfield ("Bloom")
• Cedrick Bowers
• Tony Brewer
• Terry Bross
• Roosevelt Brown
• Ralph Bryant
• Melvin Bunch
• Tyler Van Burkleo

Randy William Bass (born March 13, 1954 in Lawton, Oklahoma) is a former American baseball player and current politician. ... Born on August 24, 1956 in Caguas, P.R., Antonio Bernazard Garcia is a former Major League Baseball player. ... Don Lee Blasingame ( March 16, 1932 – April 13, 2005) was a second baseman in Major League Baseball who played with the St. ...

C

• Alex Cabrera (Venezuela)
• Robinson Checo (Dominican Republic)
• Cho Sungmin
• Phil Clark
• Warren Cromartie
• Tommy Cruz
• John Baxter

Alex Cabrera (born December 24, 1971 in Caripito, Sucre State, Venezuela) is a first baseman and right-handed batter who played in Major League Baseball for the Arizona Diamondbacks. ... Warren Livingston Cromartie (born September 29, 1953, in Miami Beach, Florida) is an African-American baseball player. ... John Babington Macaulay Baxter (February 16, 1868-December 27, 1946) was a New Brunswick jurist and politician. ...

D

• Orestes Destrade
• Larry Doby
• Doi Shozo
• Doi Yoshihiro
• Chris Donnels ("CD")

Orestes Destrade Cucuas (Born May 8, 1962 in Santiago de Cuba, Cuba) is a retired Major League Baseball infielder. ... Lawrence Eugene Larry Doby (December 13, 1923 - June 18, 2003), was an American professional baseball player. ...

E

• Angel Echevarria
• Egawa Suguru
• Emoto Takenori
• Enatsu Yutaka（江夏豊）

F

• Cecil Fielder
• Julio Franco
• Fujii Akihito
• Fujii Masao
• Fujimoto Hideo
• Fujimura Fumio
• Fujisaki Hironori
• Fukui Keiji
• Fukumoto Yutaka（福本豊）
• Furuta Atsuya（古田敦也）

Cecil Grant Fielder (born September 21, 1963 in Los Angeles, California, United States) is a former Major League Baseball player who was a popular slugger with the Toronto Blue Jays (1985-88), Detroit Tigers (1990-96), New York Yankees (1996-97), Anaheim Angels and Cleveland Indians (both in 1998). ... Julio Franco NY Mets Julio César Robles Franco (born August 23, 1958 in Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball player with the New York Mets. ... Yutaka Fukumoto (福本豊, born November 7, 1947) was a professional baseball player born in Osaka, Osaka. ... Atsuya Furuta (古田 敦也, b. ...

G

• Eddie Gaillard
• Balvino Galvez
• Shosei Go
• Leo Gomez
• Goto Kouji
• Kip Gross
• Lindsay Gulin
• Bill Gullickson
• Domingo Guzman

Shosei Go (呉昌征 Go Shousei June 28, 1916 - June 7, 1987) was a Japanese baseball player from Taiwan. ... Bill Gullickson (born February 20, 1959 in Marshall, Minnesota) is a former major league baseball pitcher who played for five different teams, in both the U.S. and Japan during a fourteen year career. ...

H

• Hara Tatsunori（原辰徳）
• Bucky Harris Mcgalliard
• Hasegawa Shigetoshi（長谷川滋利）
• Hayashi Masanori
• Osamu Higashio
• Eric Hillman
• Hiramatsu Masatsugu
• Hoashi Kazuyuki
• Kevin Hodges
• Horita Ichiro
• Bob Horner
• Hoshino Nobuyuki
• Hoshino Senichi
• Jack Howell

Shigetoshi Hasegawa (born August 1, 1968 in Kobe, Japan) is a relief pitcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Seattle Mariners since 2002. ... ‹The template below has been proposed for deletion. ... James Robert Bob Horner (born August 6, 1957) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman/first baseman and right-handed batter who played for the Atlanta Braves (1978-1986) and St. ... 1996 Jack Howell baseball card. ...

I

• Ibata Hirokazu（井端弘和）
• Igarashi Akihito（五十嵐章人）
• Igarashi Ryota（五十嵐亮太）
• Igawa Kei（井川慶）
• Iguchi Tadahito（井口資仁）
• Ikeyama Takahiro（池山隆寛）
• Inao Kazuhisa（稲尾和久）
• Irabu Hideki（伊良部秀輝）
• Iriki Yusaku（入来祐作）
• Ishige Hiromichi（石毛宏典）
• Ishii Hirotoshi（石井弘寿）
• Ishii Kazuhisa（石井一久）
• Ishii Takuro（石井琢朗）
• Ito Tsutomu（伊東勤）
• Iwakuma Hisashi（岩隈久志）
• Iwamura Akinori（岩村明憲）
• Iwase Hitoki（岩瀬仁紀）

Tadahito Iguchi (井口 資仁 Iguchi Tadahito born December 4, 1974 in Tokyo, Japan) is a second baseman who played his first major league season for the 2005 World Series champions Chicago White Sox. ... Hideki Irabu (Japanese: 伊良部秀輝), born in Hyogo, Japan on May 15, 1969, is a former professional baseball player. ... Kazuhisa Ishii (石井一久 Ishii Kazuhisa; born September 9, 1973 in Tokyo) is a Japanese Major League Baseball pitcher. ...

J

• Lou Jackson
• Doug Jennings ("DJ")
• Johjima Kenji（城島健司）
• Davey Johnson

Kenji Johjima (born June 8, 1976 in Nagasaki, Japan) is a catcher in Major League Baseball who plays for the Seattle Mariners. ... David Allen Johnson (born January 30, 1943) in Orlando, Florida is a former second baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. ...

K

• Kadota Hiromitsu
• Kakefu Masayuki
• Kaneda Masaichi（金田正一）
• Kanemura Yoshiaki
• Kashiwada Takashi（柏田貴史）
• Kato Shinichi
• Kato Takeharu
• Katori Yoshitaka
• Kawakami Tetsuharu
• Kawanaka Mototsugu
• Matt Keough
• Kimura Ryuji
• Kinjoh Tatsuhiko
• Kinugasa Sachio（衣笠祥雄）
• Willie Kirkland
• Kisanuki Hiroshi
• Kitabeppu Manabu
• Kiyohara Kazuhiro（清原和博）
• Kizuka Atsushi
• Kobayashi Itaru
• Koike Hideo
• Kokubo Hiroki
• Komada Norihiro
• Komatsu Tatsuo
• Komiyama Satoru（小宮山悟）
• Kubo Yuya
• Kudo Kimiyasu
• Kuriyama Hideki
• Kuroda Satoshi
• Kuwata Masumi

Masaichi Kaneda (金田正一; Kaneda Masaichi, August 1, 1933-) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher from Nagoya. ... Sachio Kinugasa 衣笠祥雄 is known as the Iron Man of Japanese baseball. ...

L

• Jack Ladra
• Greg LaRocca
• Jim Lefebvre
• Leon Lee
• Leron Lee
• Brad Lesley (Animal Lesley)
• Art Lopez
• Luis Lopez
• Jim Lyttle

James Kenneth (Jim) Lefebvre (born January 7, 1942 in Inglewood, California) is a former second baseman, third baseman and manager in Major League Baseball. ... Bradley Jay Lesley (born September 11, 1958 in Turlock, California) was a Major League Baseball player for the Cincinnati Reds and Milwaukee Brewers from 1982 to 1985. ...

M

• Ken Macha
• Tim Macintosh
• Maeda Tadatoki
• Maeda Yukinaga
• Maekawa Katsuhiko
• Charlie Manuel
• Bobby Marcano
• Jim Marshall
• Gene Martin
• Domingo Martinez
• Matsui Kazuo（松井稼頭央）
• Matsui Hideki（松井秀喜）
• Matsumoto Takuya
• Matsuzaka Daisuke（松坂大輔）
• Mihara Osamu
• Darrell May
• Felix Millan
• Nathan Minchey
• Carlos Mirabal
• Misawa Koichi
• Bobby Mitchell
• Miura Daisuke
• Mizuguchi Eiji
• Mizuhara Shigeru
• Trey Moore
• Mori Shinji（森慎二）
• Motoki Daisuke
• Scott Mullen
• Murakami Masanori（村上雅則）
• Murata Choji
• Murata Shuichi
• Murayama Minoru（村山実）

The manager of the Oakland As, a major league baseball team, since 2002. ... Charles Fuqua Manuel (born January 4, 1944 in Northfork, West Virginia) is the current manager of the Philadelphia Phillies and the former manager of the Cleveland Indians, from 1999-2002. ... Roberto Bobby Marcano (June 7, 1951 — 1990) was a Venezuelan baseball player who made a name for himself playing Japanese baseball. ... Jim Marshall could be: Jim Marshall, the United States politician Jim Marshall, the United Kingdom politician Jim Marshall, owner and founder of Marshall amplification Jim Marshall, a United States football player ... Kazuo Matsui (松井 稼頭央 Matsui Kazuo, born October 23, 1975 in Osaka, Japan) is an infielder and switch hitter in Major League Baseball and plays for the New York Mets. ... Hideki Matsui (松井 秀喜 Matsui Hideki, born June 12, 1974) is a Japanese Major League Baseball left fielder who plays for the New York Yankees. ... Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂大輔, Matsuzaka Daisuke; born September 13, 1980 in Tokyo, Japan) is a right-handed pitcher who plays for the Seibu Lions in Japans Pacific League. ... Darrell May was born on June 13, 1972 in San Bernardino, California. ... Felix Millan born August 21, 1943 in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico is a former major league baseball player. ... Robert Cornelius Mitchell (born June 6, 1935, Hot Springs, Arkansas) is a former American football running back/ wide receiver who played for the Washington Redskins and Cleveland Browns. ... Masanori Murakami (Born May 6, 1944 in Otsuki, Japan) was a pitcher for the San Francisco Giants. ...

N

• Nagaike Yasuo
• Nagashima Kazushige（長嶋一茂）
• Nagashima Shigeo（長嶋茂雄）
• Nakahata Kiyoshi
• Nakamura Norihiro（中村紀洋）
• Troy Neel
• Jimmy Newberry
• Don Newcombe
• Nioka Tomohiro
• Nishi Toshihisa
• Nishiguchi Fumiya
• Nishimoto Takashi
• Nishizaki Yukihiro
• Nomo Hideo（野茂英雄）
• Nomura Katsuya（野村克也）

Kazushige Nagashima (長嶋一茂 1966 January 26-) was a Japanese actor and former baseball player at the Yakult Swallows and Yomiuri Giants. ... Shigeo Nagashima (長嶋茂雄 Nagashima Shigeo, born February 20, 1936) is a famous Japanese baseball player in Japan. ... Donald Newcombe (born June 14, 1926 in Madison, New Jersey), nicknamed Newk, is an American former Major League Baseball right-handed starting pitcher and left-handed batter who played for the Dodgers teams (Brooklyn, 1949-51, and Los Angeles, 1954-58), Cincinnati Reds (1958-60) and Cleveland Indians (1960). ... Hideo Nomo (野茂英雄 Nomo Hideo, born August 31, 1968) is a right-handed pitcher who has achieved success both in Japan and the United States. ...

O

• Sherman Obando
• Ochiai Hiromitsu
• Alex Ochoa
• Ogata Koichi
• Oh Sadaharu（王貞治）
• Ohgi Akira
• Ohka Tomokazu（大家友和）
• Okajima Hideki
• Tom O'Malley
• Omura Naoyuki
• Marion O'Neil (Nishitetsu Lions 1952-1953(part-time),U.S.Army in Japan)
• Steve Ontiveros ("Steve")
• Jose Ortiz
• Otsuka Akinori

Alex Ochoa (born March 29, 1972 in Miami Lakes, Florida) is a former Major League Baseball outfielder. ... Japanese baseball legend Sadaharu Oh. ... Tomokazu Ohka [toe-mo-KAH-zoo OH-ka] (大家友和, born March 18, 1976 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Major League Baseball starting pitcher who plays for the Washington Nationals. ... The Seibu Lions (in Kanji, 西武ライオンズ) are a professional baseball team in Japans Pacific League and are owned by Yoshiaki Tsutsumi, who was once listed as the worlds richest man. ... Steven Ontiveros (born March 5, 1961 Tularosa, New Mexico - ) was a pitcher with a 10 year career from 1985-1990, 1993-1995 and 2000. ... José Piculin Ortiz wearing the Puerto Rican National Basketball Team uniform. ...

P

• Jim Paciorek
• Larry Parrish
• Rodney Pedraza
• Ferix Perdomo (Dominican Republic)
• Carlos Ponce
• Alonzo Powell
• Jeremy Powell

Larry Alton Parrish (born November 10, 1953 in Winter Haven, Florida) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and right-handed batter who played with the Montreal Expos (1974-81), Texas Rangers (1982-88) and Boston Red Sox (1988). ... Carlos Augusto Ponce a. ...

R

• Larry Raines
• Alex Ramirez
• David Christopher Rajsich
• Gary Louis Rajsich
• Mathew Randel
• Mike Reinbach
• Tuffy Rhodes
• Dave Roberts (Sankei Atoms 1967-1973,Kintetsu Buffaloes 1973)
• Robert Rose

Alex Ram rez (born October 3, 1974 in Caracas, Venezuela) is a former Major League Baseball right fielder and right-handed batter who played for the Cleveland Indians (1998-2000) and Pittsburgh Pirates (2000). ... Karl Tuffy Rhodes (born August 21, 1968, in Cincinnati, Ohio) was an outfielder who played in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros, Chicago Cubs and Boston Red Sox from 1990-1995. ... The Yakult Swallows (ヤクルトスワローズ Yakuruto Suwarōzu) are a professional baseball team in Japans Central League. ... The Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (in Kanji, 大阪近鉄バファローズ) was a professional baseball team in Japans Pacific League. ... Kevin Rose Robert Kevin Rose (born February 21, 1977; better known as Kevin Rose) is best known as having been co-host of the G4 (formerly G4techTV) television program Attack of the Show (formerly The Screen Savers) until his departure from the network on May 27, 2005. ...

S

• Sadaoka Shoji
• Saeki Takahiro
• Saito Masaki
• Saito Takashi（斎藤隆）
• Sasaki Kazuhiro（佐々木主浩）
• Sawamura Eiji
• Erik Schullstrom
• Fernando Seguignol
• Andy Sheets
• Shibata Yasumitsu
• Shimizu Takayuki
• Shinjo Tsuyoshi（新庄剛志）
• Brian Sikorski
• John Sipin
• Reggie Smith
• Tony Solaita
• Mike Solomko
• Alfonso Soriano (Dominican Republic)
• Daryl Spencer
• Joe Stanka
• Victor Starffin
• Sugishita Shigeru
• Sugiura Tadashi
• Suzuki Ichiro（鈴木一朗、イチロー）
• Suzuki Keishi
• Suzuki Makoto（鈴木誠、マック鈴木）
• Suzuki Takanori

Kazuhiro Daimajin Sasaki (佐々木主浩 Sasaki Kazuhiro, born February 22, 1968 in Sendai, Japan) is one of the top relief pitchers from Japan. ... Eiji Sawamura (沢村栄治) was a right-handed pitcher who played professional baseball in Japan for the Yomiuri Giants. ... Tsuyoshi Shinjo (新庄 剛志, born January 28, 1972) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder. ... Carl Reginald Smith (born April 2, 1945 in Shreveport, Louisiana, USA) is a former outfielder, coach and front office executive in American Major League Baseball. ... Alfonso Soriano Alfonso Guilleard Soriano (born January 7, 1976 _ not 1978 as initially thought [1] - in the Dominican Republic) is a Major League Baseball player who is the current second baseman for the Texas Rangers. ... Victor Starffin (Виктор Константинович/Фëдорович Старухин May 1, 1916 - January 12, 1957) was a Japanese baseball player from Russia. ... Ichiro Suzuki (鈴木 一朗, Suzuki Ichirō, イチロー, born October 22, 1973 in Toyoyama, Nishikasugai, Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is the right fielder for the Seattle Mariners Major League Baseball team. ...

T

• Tabuchi Koichi
• Tadano Kazuhito（多田野数人）
• Taguchi So（田口壮）
• Takahashi Hisanori
• Takahashi Yoshinobu
• Takano Fumitoshi
• Takasu Yosuke
• Takatsu Shingo（高津臣吾）
• Tamura Hitoshi
• Tanaka Kazunori
• Taneda Hitoshi
• Gary Thomasson
• Denny Tomori
• Toyoda Kiyoshi
• Toyoda Yasumitsu

Kazuhito Tadano (Japanese: 多田野数人) (b. ... So Taguchi (Japanese: 田口 壮) (born July 2, 1969 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball for the St. ... Shingo Takatsu (高津臣吾, Takatsu Shingo) (born November 25, 1968 in Hiroshima, Japan) is a pitcher in the National League of Major League Baseball. ...

U

• Uchikawa Seiichi
• Udaka Shinji
• Uehara Koji（上原浩治）
• Uno Masaru
• Ushida Shigeki
• Uto Itaru

W

• Wada Tsuyoshi（和田毅）
• Wada Yutaka
• Wakabayashi Tadashi
• Wakamatsu Tsutomu（若松勉）
• Wakatabe Kenichi
• Pete Walker
• Watanabe Masahiro
• Boomer Wells
• Roy White
• Bernie Williams (Hankyu Braves 1975-1980)
• Jeff Williams
• Nigel Wilson
• Matt Winters
• Tyrone Woods
• Clyde Wright

Tsuyoshi Wada (Japanse:和田毅, February 21, 1981 - , in Konan, Aichi) is a Japanese baseball player. ... Pete Walker (born 8 April 1969) is a pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays. ... Roy Hilton White (born December 27, 1943 in Los Angeles, California, California) is a former outfielder in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees between 1965 and 1979. ... Jeff Williams (Born June 6, 1972 - ) is an Australian-born, left-handed pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team, who formerly played for the LA Dodgers. ...

Y

• Yamada Hisashi
• Yamamoto Koji (Hiroshima)
• Yamamoto Koji (Lotte)
• Yamamura Hiroki
• Yamashita Daisuke
• Yokoyama Tetsuya
• Wally Kaname Yonamine
• Yoneda Tetsuya
• Yoshida Toyohiko
• Yoshida Yoshio
• Yoshii Masato（吉井理人）
• Yoshioka Yuji

Wallace Kaname Yonamine (b. ...

Z

• Don Zimmer
• Julio Zuleta

Donald William Zimmer (born January 17, 1931 in Cincinnati, Ohio) is a former infielder, manager and coach in Major League Baseball. ...

See also

List of Japanese people This is a list of Japanese people that are famous. ...