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58 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 2 2012 2013 0 218 890 787 119 228 48 5 14 64 36 15 67 70 .290 .358 .417 .775 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 2 2012 2013 1 44 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .167 .167 .167 .333 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 Kyuji Fujikawa 1 2013 2013 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jul 21, 1980 Apr 1, 2013 Kochi /1
7 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
8 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
9 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
10 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
11 Ryota Igarashi 3 2010 2012 0 83 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 May 28, 1979 Apr 8, 2010 Chiba 1
12 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
13 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
14 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
15 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
16 Hisashi Iwakuma 2 2012 2013 0 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Apr 12, 1981 Apr 20, 2012 Tokyo 1
17 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
18 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
19 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
20 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
21 Munenori Kawasaki 2 2012 2013 0 116 284 241 31 50 5 3 0 21 9 3 31 39 .207 .305 .253 .558 Jun 3, 1981 Apr 7, 2012 Kagoshima 6/4D5
22 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
23 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
24 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
25 Hiroki Kuroda 6 2008 2013 0 162 249 204 7 21 1 0 0 3 0 0 13 71 .103 .157 .108 .265 Feb 10, 1975 Apr 4, 2008 Osaka 1
26 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
27 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
28 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
29 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
30 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
31 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
32 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
33 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
34 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
35 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
36 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
37 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
38 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
39 Hideki Okajima 6 2007 2013 1 266 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 Dec 25, 1975 Apr 2, 2007 Kyoto 1
40 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
41 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
42 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
43 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
44 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
45 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
46 Ichiro Suzuki 13 2001 2013 10 1974 8960 8304 1225 2664 314 82 106 671 461 105 532 839 .321 .364 .417 .780 Oct 22, 1973 Apr 2, 2001 Kasugai *987D
47 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
48 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
49 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
50 Hisanori Takahashi 4 2010 2013 0 168 20 16 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .063 .063 .063 .125 Apr 2, 1975 Apr 7, 2010 Tokyo 1
51 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
52 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
53 Yoshinori Tateyama 2 2011 2012 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Dec 26, 1975 May 24, 2011 Osaka 1
54 Junichi Tazawa 4 2009 2013 0 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Jun 6, 1986 Aug 7, 2009 Yokohama 1
55 Koji Uehara 5 2009 2013 0 188 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .333 .000 .333 Apr 3, 1975 Apr 8, 2009 Osaka 1
56 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
57 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
58 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 228 1964 2013 20 12633 33297 29810 4104 8222 1344 235 548 3024 1032 295 2649 4683 .276 .337 .392 .729

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 2 2012 2013 1 23 12 .657 3.54 44 44 0 0 0 0 292.2 223 123 115 25 120 2 358 15 1 13 1217 Aug 16, 1986 Apr 9, 2012 Habikino
3 Kyuji Fujikawa 1 2013 2013 0 1 1 .500 5.25 12 0 5 0 0 2 12.0 11 7 7 1 2 0 14 2 0 2 50 Jul 21, 1980 Apr 1, 2013 Kochi
4 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
5 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
6 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
7 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
8 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
9 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
10 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
11 Hisashi Iwakuma 2 2012 2013 0 16 7 .696 2.67 45 31 6 0 0 2 225.2 189 75 67 27 60 4 191 4 0 8 899 Apr 12, 1981 Apr 20, 2012 Tokyo
12 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
13 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
14 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
15 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
16 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
17 Hiroki Kuroda 6 2008 2013 0 63 62 .504 3.36 162 161 0 6 5 0 1006.0 944 421 376 96 233 30 750 28 1 49 4149 Feb 10, 1975 Apr 4, 2008 Osaka
18 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
19 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
20 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
21 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
22 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
23 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
24 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
25 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
26 Hideki Okajima 6 2007 2013 1 17 8 .680 3.09 266 0 44 0 0 6 250.1 228 87 86 27 88 13 216 4 0 5 1058 Dec 25, 1975 Apr 2, 2007 Kyoto
27 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
28 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
29 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
30 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
31 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
32 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
33 Hisanori Takahashi 4 2010 2013 0 14 12 .538 3.99 168 12 52 0 0 10 243.1 226 115 108 29 84 16 221 0 1 2 1023 Apr 2, 1975 Apr 7, 2010 Tokyo
34 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
35 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
36 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
37 Junichi Tazawa 4 2009 2013 0 7 6 .538 3.35 79 4 23 0 0 1 104.2 116 41 39 10 18 0 100 6 1 2 446 Jun 6, 1986 Aug 7, 2009 Yokohama
38 Koji Uehara 5 2009 2013 0 5 9 .357 2.80 188 12 62 0 0 15 240.2 185 79 75 31 36 4 272 1 0 3 940 Apr 3, 1975 Apr 8, 2009 Osaka
39 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
40 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
41 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 148 1964 2013 7 643 652 .497 4.18 4543 1318 1284 38 20 389 11489.0 11022 5757 5332 1408 4474 334 9373 364 49 494 49247