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53 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 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
2 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
3 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
4 Kosuke Fukudome 4 2008 2011 1 572 2225 1888 262 491 110 13 42 191 29 28 299 393 .260 .361 .399 .760 Apr 26, 1977 Mar 31, 2008 Kagoshima *98/D
5 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 Miyakonojo /1
6 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
7 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
8 Ryota Igarashi 2 2010 2011 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 28, 1979 Apr 8, 2010 Chiba 1
9 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
10 Tadahito Iguchi 4 2005 2008 0 493 2078 1841 267 494 91 11 44 205 48 13 189 387 .268 .338 .401 .739 Dec 4, 1974 Apr 4, 2005 Tokyo *4
11 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
12 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
13 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
14 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
15 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
16 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
17 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
18 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
19 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
20 Hiroki Kuroda 4 2008 2011 0 113 243 198 7 21 1 0 0 3 0 0 13 68 .106 .161 .111 .272 Feb 10, 1975 Apr 4, 2008 Osaka 1
21 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
22 Hideki Matsui 9 2003 2011 2 1202 4953 4347 649 1239 248 12 173 753 13 9 539 667 .285 .363 .467 .830 Jun 12, 1974 Mar 31, 2003 Ishikawa *7*D8/9
23 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
24 Daisuke Matsuzaka 5 2007 2011 0 98 13 12 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .167 .167 .167 .333 Sep 13, 1980 Apr 5, 2007 Tokyo 1
25 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
26 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
27 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
28 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
29 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
30 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 1 2011 2011 0 68 240 221 14 50 5 0 0 19 2 4 15 43 .226 .278 .249 .527 Jul 27, 1984 Apr 1, 2011 Osaka 6/4D
31 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
32 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
33 Tomo Ohka 10 1999 2009 0 204 275 240 8 33 2 0 0 15 1 0 10 95 .138 .172 .146 .318 Mar 18, 1976 Jul 19, 1999 Kyoto 1
34 Hideki Okajima 5 2007 2011 1 254 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 25, 1975 Apr 2, 2007 Kyoto 1
35 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
36 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
37 Dave Roberts 10 1999 2008 0 832 3090 2707 437 721 95 53 23 213 243 58 307 362 .266 .342 .366 .708 May 31, 1972 Aug 7, 1999 Naha *87/9
38 Takashi Saito 6 2006 2011 1 321 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 Feb 14, 1970 Apr 9, 2006 Miyagi *1
39 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
40 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
41 Ichiro Suzuki 11 2001 2011 10 1749 8060 7456 1127 2428 280 74 95 605 423 95 496 752 .326 .370 .421 .791 Oct 22, 1973 Apr 2, 2001 Kasugai *98D
42 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
43 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
44 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 789/4
45 Hisanori Takahashi 2 2010 2011 0 57 20 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .063 .063 .063 .125 Apr 2, 1975 Apr 7, 2010 Tokyo 1
46 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
47 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
48 Yoshinori Tateyama 1 2011 2011 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 26, 1975 May 24, 2011 Osaka 1
49 Junichi Tazawa 2 2009 2011 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 6, 1986 Aug 7, 2009 Yokohama /1
50 Koji Uehara 3 2009 2011 0 60 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 Apr 3, 1975 Apr 8, 2009 Osaka 1
51 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
52 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
53 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 201 1964 2011 19 11450 31027 27772 3847 7686 1255 219 521 2861 949 266 2498 4448 .277 .338 .394 .732

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 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 Miyakonojo
3 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
4 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
5 Ryota Igarashi 2 2010 2011 0 5 2 .714 5.74 79 0 20 0 0 0 69.0 72 44 44 6 46 3 67 4 0 6 325 May 28, 1979 Apr 8, 2010 Chiba
6 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
7 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
8 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
9 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
10 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
11 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
12 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
13 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
14 Hiroki Kuroda 4 2008 2011 0 41 46 .471 3.45 115 114 0 2 2 0 699.0 667 308 268 64 163 28 523 18 1 34 2909 Feb 10, 1975 Apr 4, 2008 Osaka
15 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
16 Daisuke Matsuzaka 5 2007 2011 0 49 30 .620 4.25 106 105 1 1 0 0 622.2 569 304 294 64 301 4 568 31 0 22 2704 Sep 13, 1980 Apr 5, 2007 Tokyo
17 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
18 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
19 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
20 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
21 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
22 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
23 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
24 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
25 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
26 Takashi Saito 6 2006 2011 1 21 15 .583 2.18 322 0 187 0 0 84 326.0 233 85 79 21 103 12 389 13 0 8 1303 Feb 14, 1970 Apr 9, 2006 Miyagi
27 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
28 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
29 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
30 Hisanori Takahashi 2 2010 2011 0 14 9 .609 3.55 114 12 39 0 0 10 190.0 174 81 75 20 68 15 166 0 1 2 797 Apr 2, 1975 Apr 7, 2010 Tokyo
31 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
32 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
33 Yoshinori Tateyama 1 2011 2011 0 2 0 1.000 4.50 39 0 8 0 0 1 44.0 37 23 22 8 11 4 43 2 0 1 181 Dec 26, 1975 May 24, 2011 Osaka
34 Junichi Tazawa 2 2009 2011 0 2 3 .400 7.31 9 4 3 0 0 0 28.1 46 25 23 5 10 0 17 3 0 0 143 Jun 6, 1986 Aug 7, 2009 Yokohama
35 Koji Uehara 3 2009 2011 0 5 9 .357 3.13 120 12 44 0 0 13 175.2 146 65 61 23 26 2 188 0 0 1 696 Apr 3, 1975 Apr 8, 2009 Osaka
36 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
37 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
38 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 130 1964 2011 6 574 603 .488 4.25 4153 1185 1214 34 17 382 10374.1 10052 5290 4895 1281 4150 319 8285 325 47 447 44670