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A total of 44 players were born in Japan

Batters Born in Japan

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Batting Glossary

                   From ToYr   G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS BirthDate  Place of Birth
+-----------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Jim Bowie         1994         6    14    0    3   0   0   0    0    0    2  .214  .214  .214    0   0 1965-02-17 Tokyo          
 Steve Chitren     1990-1991   64     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1967-06-08 Tokyo          
 Kosuke Fukudome   2008       150   501   79  129  25   3  10   58   81  104  .257  .359  .379   12   4 1977-04-26 Kagoshima      
 Shigetoshi Hasega 1997-2005  239     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1968-08-01 Kobe           
 Craig House       2000        16     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1977-07-08 Okinawa        
 Kei Igawa         2007-2008    2     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    0       1.000          0   0 1979-07-13 Oarai          
 Tadahito Iguchi   2005-2008  493  1841  267  494  91  11  44  205  189  387  .268  .338  .401   48  13 1974-12-04 Tokyo          
 Hideki Irabu      1997-2002   56    28    1    3   0   0   0    1    1   13  .107  .138  .107    0   0 1969-05-15 Hyogo          
 Kazuhisa Ishii    2002-2005   99   164   10   18   0   1   1   10    4   73  .110  .131  .140    0   0 1973-09-09 Chiba          
 Akinori Iwamura   2007-2008  275  1118  173  312  51  19  13   82  128  245  .279  .353  .394   20  14 1979-02-09 Ehime          
 Kenji Johjima     2006-2008  391  1370  142  372  73   1  39  176   54  120  .272  .313  .412    5   3 1976-06-08 Nagasaki       
 Takashi Kashiwada 1997        32     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1971-05-14 Tokyo          
 Masao Kida        1999-2005   65     4    0    1   0   0   0    0    0    2  .250  .250  .250    0   0 1968-09-12 Tokyo          
 Masahide Kobayash 2008         4     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1974-05-24 Yamanashi      
 Satoru Komiyama   2002        22     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    1    1  .000  .500  .000    0   0 1965-09-15 Chiba          
 Hiroki Kuroda     2008        30    54    2    8   1   0   0    2    5   16  .148  .220  .167    0   0 1975-02-10 Osaka          
 Masumi Kuwata     2007        14     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1968-04-01 Osaka          
 Hideki Matsui     2003-2008  774  2892  474  852 175  10 112  507  352  410  .295  .371  .478   12   6 1974-06-12 Kanazawa       
 Kazuo Matsui      2004-2008  471  1755  270  486 103  18  23  164  141  308  .277  .331  .395   82  14 1975-10-23 Osaka          
 Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007-2008    3     6    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    4  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1980-09-13 Tokyo          
 Jeff McCurry      1995-1999  109     4    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    2  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1970-01-21 Tokyo          
 Keith McDonald    2000-2001    8     9    3    3   0   0   3    5    2    2  .333  .455 1.333    0   0 1973-02-08 Yokosuka       
 Masanori Murakami 1964-1965   54    16    0    2   0   0   0    0    0    7  .125  .125  .125    0   0 1944-05-06 Otsuki         
 Mike Nakamura     2003-2004   22     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1976-09-06 Nara           
 Norihiro Nakamura 2005        17    39    1    5   2   0   0    3    2    7  .128  .171  .179    0   0 1973-07-24 Osaka          
 Hideo Nomo        1995-2005  250   485   22   65  14   1   4   26   13  222  .134  .156  .192    0   0 1968-08-31 Osaka          
 Takahito Nomura   2002        21     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1969-01-10 Kouchi         
 Tomokazu Ohka     1999-2006  160   238    8   33   2   0   0   15   10   94  .139  .173  .147    1   0 1976-03-18 Kyoto          
 Hideki Okajima    2007-2008    8     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1975-12-25 Kyoto          
 Akinori Otsuka    2004-2007  201     2    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1972-01-13 Chiba          
+-----------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
                   From ToYr   G    AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   SB   CS BirthDate  Place of Birth
+-----------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+
 Stephen Randolph  2003-2007  105    15    4    5   3   0   0    3    0    5  .333  .333  .533    0   0 1974-05-01 Okinawa        
 Dave Roberts      1999-2008  832  2707  437  721  95  53  23  213  307  362  .266  .342  .366  243  58 1972-05-31 Okinawa        
 Takashi Saito     2006-2008  175     1    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    1  .000  .000  .000    0   0 1970-02-14 Miyagi         
 Kazuhiro Sasaki   2000-2003   12     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1968-02-22 Sendai City    
 Tsuyoshi Shinjo   2001-2003  303   876   98  215  41   4  20  100   55  128  .245  .299  .370    9   6 1972-01-28 Fukuoka        
 Ichiro Suzuki     2001-2008 1280  5460  885 1805 197  64  73  469  380  526  .331  .377  .430  315  70 1973-10-22 Kasugai        
 Mac Suzuki        1996-2002   68    25    1    2   0   0   0    0    1   13  .080  .115  .080    0   0 1975-05-31 Kobe           
 Kazuhito Tadano   2004-2005    3     3    1    1   0   0   0    0    0    1  .333  .333  .333    0   0 1980-04-25 Tokyo          
 So Taguchi        2002-2008  666  1358  196  379  73   7  19  163  101  191  .279  .332  .385   39  12 1969-07-02 Hyogo Prefecture 
 Shingo Takatsu    2004-2005   43     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1968-11-25 Hiroshima      
 Keiichi Yabu      2005-2008   97     2    1    0   0   0   0    0    1    0  .000  .333  .000    0   0 1968-09-28 Mie            
 Yasuhiko Yabuta   2008         3     0    0    0   0   0   0    0    0    0                      0   0 1973-06-09 Osaka          
 Masato Yoshii     1998-2002  151   204   10   25   3   0   1   13    9   76  .123  .164  .152    1   1 1965-04-20 Osaka          
+-----------------+---------+----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+---+----------+--------------+

Pitchers Born in Japan

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Pitch Glossary

                   From ToYr  W   L   W-L%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  ERA+ BirthDate  Place of Birth
+-----------------+---------+---+---+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Steve Chitren     1990-1991   2   4  .333   3.58   64   0   0   0   4   78     66   31   8   36   66  106 1967-06-08 Tokyo          
 Kazuo Fukumori    2008        0   0 undef  20.25    4   0   0   0   0    4     11    9   2    4    1   22 1976-08-04 Miyakonojo     
 Shigetoshi Hasega 1997-2005  45  44  .506   3.71  517   8   0   0  33  720.1  691  297  76  265  447  124 1968-08-01 Kobe           
 Craig House       2000        1   1  .500   7.24   16   0   0   0   0   13.2   13   11   3   17    8   80 1977-07-08 Okinawa        
 Kei Igawa         2007-2008   2   4  .333   6.66   16  13   0   0   0   71.2   89   53  15   37   53   67 1979-07-13 Oarai          
 Hideki Irabu      1997-2002  34  35  .493   5.15  126  80   4   2  16  514    547  294  91  175  405   89 1969-05-15 Hyogo          
 Kazuhisa Ishii    2002-2005  39  34  .534   4.44  105 102   2   2   0  564    508  278  70  354  435   90 1973-09-09 Chiba          
 Takashi Kashiwada 1997        3   1  .750   4.31   35   0   0   0   0   31.1   35   15   4   18   19   95 1971-05-14 Tokyo          
 Masao Kida        1999-2005   1   1  .500   5.83   65   2   0   0   1   95.2  114   62   9   39   68   81 1968-09-12 Tokyo          
 Masahide Kobayash 2008        4   5  .444   4.53   57   0   0   0   6   55.2   65   28   8   14   35   98 1974-05-24 Yamanashi      
 Satoru Komiyama   2002        0   3  .000   5.61   25   0   0   0   0   43.1   53   27   7   12   33   71 1965-09-15 Chiba          
 Hiroki Kuroda     2008        9  10  .474   3.73   31  31   2   2   0  183.1  181   76  13   42  116  119 1975-02-10 Osaka          
 Masumi Kuwata     2007        0   1  .000   9.43   19   0   0   0   0   21     25   22   6   15   12   46 1968-04-01 Osaka          
 Daisuke Matsuzaka 2007-2008  33  15  .688   3.72   61  61   1   0   0  372.1  319  154  37  174  355  125 1980-09-13 Tokyo          
 Jeff McCurry      1995-1999   3  12  .200   5.89  111   0   0   0   1  128.1  169   84  24   63   60   78 1970-01-21 Tokyo          
 Masanori Murakami 1964-1965   5   1  .833   3.43   54   1   0   0   9   89.1   65   34  10   23  100  105 1944-05-06 Otsuki         
 Mike Nakamura     2003-2004   0   3  .000   7.51   31   0   0   0   1   38.1   47   32  11    9   38   63 1976-09-06 Nara           
 Hideo Nomo        1995-2008 123 109  .530   4.24  323 318  16   9   0 1976.1 1768  932 251  908 1918   97 1968-08-31 Osaka          
 Takahito Nomura   2002        0   0 undef   8.56   21   0   0   0   0   13.2   11   13   2   18    9   48 1969-01-10 Kouchi         
 Tomokazu Ohka     1999-2007  50  63  .442   4.14  184 172   5   1   0  999   1105  459 122  283  559  108 1976-03-18 Kyoto          
 Hideki Okajima    2007-2008   6   4  .600   2.40  130   0   0   0   6  131     99   35  12   40  123  194 1975-12-25 Kyoto          
 Akinori Otsuka    2004-2007  13  15  .464   2.44  236   0   0   0  39  232    190   63  12   80  217  170 1972-01-13 Chiba          
 Stephen Randolph  2003-2007  10   7  .588   5.52  109   6   0   0   0  155    144   95  22  136  134   84 1974-05-01 Okinawa        
 Takashi Saito     2006-2008  12   7  .632   1.95  180   0   0   0  81  189.2  121   41   9   52  245  231 1970-02-14 Miyagi         
 Kazuhiro Sasaki   2000-2003   7  16  .304   3.14  228   0   0   0 129  223.1  165   78  24   77  242  138 1968-02-22 Sendai City    
 Mac Suzuki        1996-2002  16  31  .340   5.72  117  67   1   1   0  465.2  501  296  67  265  327   86 1975-05-31 Kobe           
 Kazuhito Tadano   2004-2005   1   1  .500   4.47   15   4   0   0   0   54.1   59   27   6   18   40   97 1980-04-25 Tokyo          
 Shingo Takatsu    2004-2005   8   6  .571   3.38   99   0   0   0  27   98.2   81   37  17   40   88  137 1968-11-25 Hiroshima      
 Keiichi Yabu      2005-2008   7   6  .538   4.00  100   0   0   0   1  126    127   56   9   58   92  108 1968-09-28 Mie            
 Yasuhiko Yabuta   2008        1   3  .250   4.78   31   0   0   0   0   37.2   41   20   6   17   25   95 1973-06-09 Osaka          
+-----------------+---------+---+---+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----+----------+--------------+
                   From ToYr  W   L   W-L%   ERA    G   GS  CG SHO  SV   IP     H   ER   HR  BB   SO  ERA+ BirthDate  Place of Birth
+-----------------+---------+---+---+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----+----------+--------------+
 Masato Yoshii     1998-2002  32  47  .405   4.62  162 118   3   0   0  757.1  805  389 112  222  447  101 1965-04-20 Osaka          
+-----------------+---------+---+---+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+------+----+----+---+----+----+----+----------+--------------+

Managers Born in Japan

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+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
 Manager             YR From  To    G     W     L     WP  BstFin WstFin PostSsn Pennants WrldSer PlyrMgr Date       Place of Birth
+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+
+-------------------+--+---------+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+------+-------+--------+-------+-------+----------+--------------+

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