All-Time Japanese Born MLB Players

Ryan Lester
Here is a list of the best MLB players born in Japan.

Manager: Ichiro Suzuki

C - Kenji Johjima
1B - Norihiro Nakamura
2B - Tadahito Iguchi
SS - Kazuo Matsui (113 games at SS)
3B - Akinori Iwamura
OF - Hideki Matsui
OF - Ichiro Suzuki
OF - Dave Roberts
DH - So Taguchi
Bench: C Keith McDonald, 1B Jim Bowie, OF Tsuyoshi Shinjo

SP - Hideo Nomo
SP - Tomokazu Ohka
SP - Kazuhisa Ishii
SP - Masato Yoshii
SP - Hideki Irabu
P - Shigetoshi Hasegawa
P - Daisuke Matsuzaka
P - Takashi Saito
P - Makoto Suzuki
P - Hideki Okajima
RP - Akinori Otsuka
RP - Kazuhiro Sasaki

That's the team I came up with. Do you have any changes you'd like to suggest? I'm always open to them.

Published by Ryan Lester

Just a guy who likes sports. Married with two wonderful sons. Love football, baseball, basketball, and fishing. Check out my site at LestersLegends.com  View profile

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  • Fragnoli12/12/2007

    Unlike many of the other lists, the Japanese born playes make up a small sample size, but that is likely to continue to change during our generation. Good job Ryan!

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