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57 players born in Japan  · died in Japan

Batting

Pitchers / Managers Below
Rk Yrs From To ASG G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS Birthdate Debut Birthplace Pos
1 Norichika Aoki 1 2012 2012 0 151 588 520 81 150 37 4 10 50 30 8 43 55 .288 .355 .433 .787 Jan 5, 1982 Apr 6, 2012 Hyuga 9/87
2 Jim Bowie 1 1994 1994 0 6 15 14 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .214 .214 .214 .429 Feb 17, 1965 Aug 3, 1994 Tokyo /3
3 Steve Chitren 2 1990 1991 0 64 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 8, 1967 Sep 5, 1990 Tokyo 1
4 Yu Darvish 1 2012 2012 1 29 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 Aug 16, 1986 Apr 9, 2012 Habikino /1
5 Bobby Fenwick 2 1972 1973 0 41 59 56 7 10 3 0 0 5 0 1 3 15 .179 .220 .232 .452 Dec 10, 1946 Apr 26, 1972 Naha /465
6 Kosuke Fukudome 5 2008 2012 1 596 2276 1929 264 498 111 13 42 195 29 29 307 402 .258 .359 .395 .754 Apr 26, 1977 Mar 31, 2008 So-gun *98/7D
7 Kazuo Fukumori 1 2008 2008 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Aug 4, 1976 Mar 31, 2008 Kita Morokata-gun /1
8 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 9 1997 2005 1 517 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Aug 1, 1968 Apr 5, 1997 Kobe *1
9 Craig House 1 2000 2000 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 8, 1977 Aug 6, 2000 Okinawa /1
10 Ryota Igarashi 3 2010 2012 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 28, 1979 Apr 8, 2010 Chiba 1
11 Kei Igawa 2 2007 2008 0 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 Jul 13, 1979 Apr 7, 2007 Oarai /1
12 Tadahito Iguchi 4 2005 2008 0 493 2079 1841 267 494 91 11 44 205 48 13 189 387 .268 .338 .401 .739 Dec 4, 1974 Apr 4, 2005 Tokyo *4/D
13 Hideki Irabu 6 1997 2002 0 126 34 28 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 13 .107 .138 .107 .245 May 5, 1969 Jul 10, 1997 Hyogo 1
14 Kazuhisa Ishii 4 2002 2005 0 105 191 164 10 18 0 1 1 10 0 0 4 73 .110 .131 .140 .271 Sep 9, 1973 Apr 6, 2002 Chiba 1
15 Hisashi Iwakuma 1 2012 2012 0 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 12, 1981 Apr 20, 2012 Tokyo 1
16 Akinori Iwamura 4 2007 2010 0 408 1755 1545 222 413 74 22 16 117 32 16 183 330 .267 .345 .375 .720 Feb 9, 1979 Apr 2, 2007 Ehime 45/D
17 Kenji Johjima 4 2006 2009 0 462 1722 1609 166 431 84 1 48 198 7 5 66 148 .268 .310 .411 .721 Jun 8, 1976 Apr 3, 2006 Nagasaki *2/D
18 Takashi Kashiwada 1 1997 1997 0 35 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 May 14, 1971 May 1, 1997 Tokyo 1
19 Kenshin Kawakami 2 2009 2010 0 52 80 65 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 6 22 .108 .183 .123 .306 Jun 22, 1975 Apr 11, 2009 Tokushima 1
20 Munenori Kawasaki 1 2012 2012 0 61 115 104 13 20 1 0 0 7 2 2 8 18 .192 .257 .202 .459 Jun 3, 1981 Apr 7, 2012 Kagoshima 6/4D5
21 Masao Kida 5 1999 2005 0 65 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 Sep 12, 1968 Apr 5, 1999 Tokyo 1
22 Masahide Kobayashi 2 2008 2009 0 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 24, 1974 Apr 2, 2008 Yamanashi 1
23 Satoru Komiyama 1 2002 2002 0 25 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 Sep 15, 1965 Apr 4, 2002 Chiba /1
24 Hiroki Kuroda 5 2008 2012 0 148 245 200 7 21 1 0 0 3 0 0 13 69 .105 .160 .110 .270 Feb 10, 1975 Apr 4, 2008 Osaka 1
25 Masumi Kuwata 1 2007 2007 0 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 1, 1968 Jun 10, 2007 Osaka /1
26 Hideki Matsui 10 2003 2012 2 1236 5066 4442 656 1253 249 12 175 760 13 9 547 689 .282 .360 .462 .822 Jun 12, 1974 Mar 31, 2003 Ishikawa *7*D8/9
27 Kazuo Matsui 7 2004 2010 0 630 2555 2302 330 615 124 20 32 211 102 18 179 403 .267 .321 .380 .701 Oct 23, 1975 Apr 6, 2004 Osaka *46
28 Daisuke Matsuzaka 6 2007 2012 0 117 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 .143 .143 .143 .286 Sep 13, 1980 Apr 5, 2007 Tokyo 1
29 Jeff McCurry 5 1995 1999 0 111 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 21, 1970 May 6, 1995 Tokyo 1
30 Keith McDonald 2 2000 2001 0 8 11 9 3 3 0 0 3 5 0 0 2 2 .333 .455 1.333 1.788 Feb 8, 1973 Jul 4, 2000 Yokosuka /2
31 Masanori Murakami 2 1964 1965 0 54 16 16 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .125 .125 .125 .250 May 6, 1944 Sep 1, 1964 Otsuki 1
32 Micheal Nakamura 2 2003 2004 0 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sep 6, 1976 Jun 7, 2003 Nara 1
33 Norihiro Nakamura 1 2005 2005 0 17 41 39 1 5 2 0 0 3 0 0 2 7 .128 .171 .179 .350 Jul 24, 1973 Apr 10, 2005 Osaka /5364
34 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 2 2011 2012 0 71 254 233 14 50 5 0 0 20 2 4 16 44 .215 .267 .236 .503 Jul 27, 1984 Apr 1, 2011 Osaka 6/4D
35 Hideo Nomo 12 1995 2008 1 324 543 485 22 65 14 1 4 26 0 0 13 222 .134 .156 .192 .348 Aug 31, 1968 May 2, 1995 Osaka *1
36 Takahito Nomura 1 2002 2002 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jan 10, 1969 Apr 3, 2002 Kouchi /1
37 Tomo Ohka 10 1999 2009 0 204 276 240 8 33 2 0 0 15 1 0 10 95 .138 .172 .146 .318 Mar 18, 1976 Jul 19, 1999 Kyoto 1
38 Hideki Okajima 5 2007 2011 1 261 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 25, 1975 Apr 2, 2007 Kyoto 1
39 Akinori Otsuka 4 2004 2007 0 236 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 Jan 13, 1972 Apr 6, 2004 Chiba 1
40 Steve Randolph 3 2003 2007 0 111 16 15 4 5 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 5 .333 .333 .533 .867 May 1, 1974 Mar 31, 2003 Okinawa 1
41 Dave Roberts 10 1999 2008 0 832 3092 2707 437 721 95 53 23 213 243 58 307 362 .266 .342 .366 .708 May 31, 1972 Aug 7, 1999 Naha *87/9D
42 Takashi Saito 7 2006 2012 1 338 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Feb 14, 1970 Apr 9, 2006 Miyagi *1
43 Kazuhiro Sasaki 4 2000 2003 2 228 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Feb 22, 1968 Apr 5, 2000 Tokyo 1
44 Tsuyoshi Shinjo 3 2001 2003 0 303 960 876 98 215 41 4 20 100 9 6 55 128 .245 .299 .370 .668 Jan 28, 1972 Apr 3, 2001 Osaka 879
45 Ichiro Suzuki 12 2001 2012 10 1911 8723 8085 1204 2606 308 80 104 660 452 102 518 813 .322 .365 .419 .784 Oct 22, 1973 Apr 2, 2001 Kasugai *98D7
46 Mac Suzuki 6 1996 2002 0 117 30 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .080 .115 .080 .195 May 31, 1975 Jul 7, 1996 Kobe 1
47 Kazuhito Tadano 2 2004 2005 0 15 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 Apr 25, 1980 Apr 27, 2004 Tokyo /1
48 So Taguchi 8 2002 2009 0 672 1524 1369 197 382 74 7 19 163 39 12 102 195 .279 .332 .385 .717 Jul 2, 1969 Jun 10, 2002 Hyogo Prefecture 789/4D
49 Hisanori Takahashi 3 2010 2012 0 165 20 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .063 .063 .063 .125 Apr 2, 1975 Apr 7, 2010 Tokyo 1
50 Ken Takahashi 1 2009 2009 0 28 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Apr 16, 1969 May 2, 2009 Yokohama /1
51 Shingo Takatsu 2 2004 2005 0 99 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Nov 25, 1968 Apr 9, 2004 Hiroshima 1
52 Yoshinori Tateyama 2 2011 2012 0 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 26, 1975 May 24, 2011 Osaka 1
53 Junichi Tazawa 3 2009 2012 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 6, 1986 Aug 7, 2009 Yokohama 1
54 Koji Uehara 4 2009 2012 0 157 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 Apr 3, 1975 Apr 8, 2009 Osaka 1
55 Keiichi Yabu 2 2005 2008 0 100 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 Sep 28, 1968 Apr 9, 2005 Mie 1
56 Yasuhiko Yabuta 2 2008 2009 0 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 19, 1973 Apr 5, 2008 Osaka 1
57 Masato Yoshii 5 1998 2002 0 162 247 204 10 25 3 0 1 13 1 1 9 76 .123 .164 .152 .316 Apr 20, 1965 Apr 5, 1998 Osaka 1
Totals 217 1964 2012 20 12265 32582 29180 4027 8056 1323 229 542 2985 1010 284 2588 4617 .276 .337 .393 .730

Pitching

Batting Above / Managers Below
Rk Yrs From To ASG W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF Birthdate Debut Birthplace
1 Steve Chitren 2 1990 1991 0 2 4 .333 3.58 64 0 24 0 0 4 78.0 66 33 31 8 36 4 66 4 1 4 335 Jun 8, 1967 Sep 5, 1990 Tokyo
2 Yu Darvish 1 2012 2012 1 16 9 .640 3.90 29 29 0 0 0 0 191.1 156 89 83 14 89 1 221 10 0 8 816 Aug 16, 1986 Apr 9, 2012 Habikino
3 Kazuo Fukumori 1 2008 2008 0 0 0 20.25 4 0 0 0 0 0 4.0 11 9 9 2 4 1 1 0 0 2 26 Aug 4, 1976 Mar 31, 2008 Kita Morokata-gun
4 Shigetoshi Hasegawa 9 1997 2005 1 45 43 .511 3.70 517 8 191 0 0 33 720.1 691 323 296 76 265 37 447 18 6 16 3031 Aug 1, 1968 Apr 5, 1997 Kobe
5 Craig House 1 2000 2000 0 1 1 .500 7.24 16 0 3 0 0 0 13.2 13 11 11 3 17 0 8 2 0 0 69 Jul 8, 1977 Aug 6, 2000 Okinawa
6 Ryota Igarashi 3 2010 2012 0 5 2 .714 6.41 83 0 21 0 0 0 73.0 81 52 52 6 51 3 72 4 0 6 351 May 28, 1979 Apr 8, 2010 Chiba
7 Kei Igawa 2 2007 2008 0 2 4 .333 6.66 16 13 1 0 0 0 71.2 89 54 53 15 37 1 53 4 1 5 337 Jul 13, 1979 Apr 7, 2007 Oarai
8 Hideki Irabu 6 1997 2002 0 34 35 .493 5.15 126 80 28 4 2 16 514.0 547 308 294 91 175 3 405 18 6 25 2236 May 5, 1969 Jul 10, 1997 Hyogo
9 Kazuhisa Ishii 4 2002 2005 0 39 34 .534 4.44 105 102 0 2 2 0 564.0 508 310 278 70 354 12 435 17 2 22 2496 Sep 9, 1973 Apr 6, 2002 Chiba
10 Hisashi Iwakuma 1 2012 2012 0 9 5 .643 3.16 30 16 6 0 0 2 125.1 117 49 44 17 43 3 101 3 0 5 519 Apr 12, 1981 Apr 20, 2012 Tokyo
11 Takashi Kashiwada 1 1997 1997 0 3 1 .750 4.31 35 0 11 0 0 0 31.1 35 15 15 4 18 0 19 3 0 4 145 May 14, 1971 May 1, 1997 Tokyo
12 Kenshin Kawakami 2 2009 2010 0 8 22 .267 4.32 50 41 4 0 0 1 243.2 251 130 117 25 89 16 164 7 1 12 1060 Jun 22, 1975 Apr 11, 2009 Tokushima
13 Masao Kida 5 1999 2005 0 1 1 .500 5.83 65 2 24 0 0 1 95.2 114 66 62 9 39 3 68 6 0 10 432 Sep 12, 1968 Apr 5, 1999 Tokyo
14 Masahide Kobayashi 2 2008 2009 0 4 5 .444 5.10 67 0 36 0 0 6 65.1 77 39 37 10 18 2 39 2 0 5 289 May 24, 1974 Apr 2, 2008 Yamanashi
15 Satoru Komiyama 1 2002 2002 0 0 3 .000 5.61 25 0 13 0 0 0 43.1 53 29 27 7 12 4 33 3 0 1 194 Sep 15, 1965 Apr 4, 2002 Chiba
16 Hiroki Kuroda 5 2008 2012 0 57 57 .500 3.42 148 147 0 5 4 0 918.2 872 394 349 89 214 30 690 26 1 47 3800 Feb 10, 1975 Apr 4, 2008 Osaka
17 Masumi Kuwata 1 2007 2007 0 0 1 .000 9.43 19 0 3 0 0 0 21.0 25 23 22 6 15 4 12 1 0 0 103 Apr 1, 1968 Jun 10, 2007 Osaka
18 Daisuke Matsuzaka 6 2007 2012 0 50 37 .575 4.52 117 116 1 1 0 0 668.1 627 347 336 75 321 4 609 34 0 25 2919 Sep 13, 1980 Apr 5, 2007 Tokyo
19 Jeff McCurry 5 1995 1999 0 3 12 .200 5.89 111 0 34 0 0 1 128.1 169 91 84 24 63 4 60 6 0 4 594 Jan 21, 1970 May 6, 1995 Tokyo
20 Masanori Murakami 2 1964 1965 0 5 1 .833 3.43 54 1 21 0 0 9 89.1 65 34 34 10 23 5 100 3 1 3 357 May 6, 1944 Sep 1, 1964 Otsuki
21 Micheal Nakamura 2 2003 2004 0 0 3 .000 7.51 31 0 9 0 0 1 38.1 47 34 32 11 9 0 38 3 0 3 176 Sep 6, 1976 Jun 7, 2003 Nara
22 Hideo Nomo 12 1995 2008 1 123 109 .530 4.24 323 318 2 16 9 0 1976.1 1768 993 932 251 908 31 1918 38 17 109 8462 Aug 31, 1968 May 2, 1995 Osaka
23 Takahito Nomura 1 2002 2002 0 0 0 8.56 21 0 2 0 0 0 13.2 11 14 13 2 18 4 9 2 1 2 71 Jan 10, 1969 Apr 3, 2002 Kouchi
24 Tomo Ohka 10 1999 2009 0 51 68 .429 4.26 202 178 11 5 1 0 1070.0 1182 568 506 140 302 27 590 34 2 35 4620 Mar 18, 1976 Jul 19, 1999 Kyoto
25 Hideki Okajima 5 2007 2011 1 17 8 .680 3.11 261 0 44 0 0 6 246.1 221 86 85 26 86 11 215 4 0 4 1037 Dec 25, 1975 Apr 2, 2007 Kyoto
26 Akinori Otsuka 4 2004 2007 0 13 15 .464 2.44 236 0 96 0 0 39 232.0 190 71 63 12 80 15 217 2 0 4 951 Jan 13, 1972 Apr 6, 2004 Chiba
27 Steve Randolph 3 2003 2007 0 10 7 .588 5.52 109 6 18 0 0 0 155.0 144 103 95 22 136 7 134 4 2 9 742 May 1, 1974 Mar 31, 2003 Okinawa
28 Takashi Saito 7 2006 2012 1 21 15 .583 2.34 338 0 189 0 0 84 338.0 250 99 88 25 108 13 400 14 0 9 1363 Feb 14, 1970 Apr 9, 2006 Miyagi
29 Kazuhiro Sasaki 4 2000 2003 2 7 16 .304 3.14 228 0 201 0 0 129 223.1 165 90 78 24 77 13 242 9 0 15 925 Feb 22, 1968 Apr 5, 2000 Tokyo
30 Mac Suzuki 6 1996 2002 0 16 31 .340 5.72 117 67 11 1 1 0 465.2 501 326 296 67 265 16 327 18 1 44 2126 May 31, 1975 Jul 7, 1996 Kobe
31 Kazuhito Tadano 2 2004 2005 0 1 1 .500 4.47 15 4 2 0 0 0 54.1 59 31 27 6 18 0 40 3 0 2 241 Apr 25, 1980 Apr 27, 2004 Tokyo
32 Hisanori Takahashi 3 2010 2012 0 14 12 .538 3.97 165 12 50 0 0 10 240.1 223 113 106 28 82 16 218 0 1 2 1009 Apr 2, 1975 Apr 7, 2010 Tokyo
33 Ken Takahashi 1 2009 2009 0 0 1 .000 2.96 28 0 5 0 0 0 27.1 23 9 9 2 14 1 23 2 1 2 116 Apr 16, 1969 May 2, 2009 Yokohama
34 Shingo Takatsu 2 2004 2005 0 8 6 .571 3.38 99 0 69 0 0 27 98.2 81 38 37 17 40 5 88 2 0 2 413 Nov 25, 1968 Apr 9, 2004 Hiroshima
35 Yoshinori Tateyama 2 2011 2012 0 3 0 1.000 5.75 53 0 13 0 0 1 61.0 55 42 39 12 17 5 61 2 0 1 257 Dec 26, 1975 May 24, 2011 Osaka
36 Junichi Tazawa 3 2009 2012 0 3 4 .429 3.73 46 4 16 0 0 1 72.1 83 32 30 6 15 0 62 5 0 0 315 Jun 6, 1986 Aug 7, 2009 Yokohama
37 Koji Uehara 4 2009 2012 0 5 9 .357 2.89 157 12 57 0 0 14 211.2 166 72 68 27 29 2 231 0 0 2 826 Apr 3, 1975 Apr 8, 2009 Osaka
38 Keiichi Yabu 2 2005 2008 0 7 6 .538 4.00 100 0 25 0 0 1 126.0 127 67 56 9 58 7 92 16 1 7 564 Sep 28, 1968 Apr 9, 2005 Mie
39 Yasuhiko Yabuta 2 2008 2009 0 3 4 .429 7.14 43 0 15 0 0 0 51.2 70 42 41 9 24 0 34 0 0 5 245 Jun 19, 1973 Apr 5, 2008 Osaka
40 Masato Yoshii 5 1998 2002 0 32 47 .405 4.62 162 118 9 3 0 0 757.1 805 408 389 112 222 18 447 23 2 17 3219 Apr 20, 1965 Apr 5, 1998 Osaka
Totals 140 1964 2012 7 618 639 .492 4.23 4415 1274 1265 37 19 386 11119.2 10738 5644 5224 1369 4391 328 8989 352 47 478 47787