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A total of 81 Japanese-born [1] [2] players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, eleven are on existing MLB rosters.The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system.
There was time when Japanese teams looked to recruit established Major League players on the downside of their careers. [10] Now, however, Japanese teams scout American Triple-A games and monitor MLB transactions, looking for players being shuttled back and forth between the minors and the majors. [10]
In Nippon Professional Baseball, players born outside of Japan are often known as international players.This list includes all international players who are currently on NPB 70-man rosters and thus eligible to play in Nippon Professional Baseball or either of the two "ni-gun" leagues, the Western League and the Eastern League.
This category is for Japanese baseball players who currently play or have played in Major League Baseball. Pages in category "Major League Baseball players from Japan" The following 79 pages are in this category, out of 79 total.
Non-Japanese players who played in Japan are also included in this list. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources .
This is a list of expatriate baseball players who have played in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, past or present. See also. List of Japanese baseball players.
This is a list of Japanese people who have played baseball. For non-Japanese people who have played baseball in Japan, see Category:Expatriate baseball players in Japan. See also. List of Japanese baseball players; List of Japanese players in Major League Baseball
Rank Player Hits 1 Isao Harimoto * : 3,085 2 Katsuya Nomura * : 2,901 3 Sadaharu Oh * : 2,786 4 Hiromitsu Kadota * : 2,566 5 Yutaka Fukumoto * : 2,543 5 Sachio Kinugasa