MLB Players from Japan
82 MLB Players
All Players from Japan
| Player Name | Birth City | Debut Year | Final Year | G | AB | H | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shogo Akiyama | Yokosuka | 2020 | 2021 | 142 | 317 | 71 | - | 0.224 |
| Nori Aoki | Hyuga City | 2012 | 2017 | 759 | 2716 | 774 | 33 | 0.285 |
| Kohei Arihara | Hiroshima | 2021 | 2022 | 15 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Jim Bowie | Tokyo | 1994 | 1994 | 6 | 14 | 3 | - | 0.214 |
| Steve Chitren | Tokyo | 1990 | 1991 | 64 | - | - | - | - |
| Yu Darvish | Osaka | 2012 | None | 282 | 152 | 15 | 1 | 0.099 |
| Bobby Fenwick | Naha | 1972 | 1973 | 41 | 56 | 10 | - | 0.179 |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | Kochi | 2013 | 2015 | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| Shintaro Fujinami | Sakai | 2023 | 2023 | 64 | - | - | - | - |
| Kosuke Fukudome | Kagoshima | 2008 | 2012 | 596 | 1929 | 498 | 42 | 0.258 |
| Kazuo Fukumori | Miyakonojo | 2008 | 2008 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Shigetoshi Hasegawa | Kobe | 1997 | 2005 | 517 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Yoshihisa Hirano | Uji | 2018 | 2020 | 150 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Craig House | Naha Air Force Base | 2000 | 2000 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| Ryota Igarashi | Chiba | 2010 | 2012 | 83 | - | - | - | - |
| Kei Igawa | Oarai | 2007 | 2008 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| Tadahito Iguchi | Tokyo | 2005 | 2008 | 493 | 1841 | 494 | 44 | 0.268 |
| Shota Imanaga | Kitakyushu | 2024 | None | 29 | - | - | - | - |
| Hideki Irabu | Hirara | 1997 | 2002 | 126 | 28 | 3 | - | 0.107 |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | Chiba | 2002 | 2005 | 105 | 164 | 18 | 1 | 0.110 |
| Hisashi Iwakuma | Tokyo | 2012 | 2017 | 150 | 11 | - | - | - |
| Akinori Iwamura | Uwajima | 2007 | 2010 | 408 | 1545 | 413 | 16 | 0.267 |
| Kenji Johjima | Nagasaki | 2006 | 2009 | 462 | 1609 | 431 | 48 | 0.268 |
| Takashi Kashiwada | Tokyo | 1997 | 1997 | 35 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Kenshin Kawakami | Tokushima | 2009 | 2010 | 52 | 65 | 7 | - | 0.108 |
| Munenori Kawasaki | Kagoshima | 2012 | 2016 | 276 | 633 | 150 | 1 | 0.237 |
| Masao Kida | Tokyo | 1999 | 2005 | 65 | 4 | 1 | - | 0.250 |
| Yusei Kikuchi | Morioka | 2019 | None | 166 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Masahide Kobayashi | Yamanashi | 2008 | 2009 | 67 | - | - | - | - |
| Satoru Komiyama | Chiba | 2002 | 2002 | 25 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Hiroki Kuroda | Osaka | 2008 | 2014 | 212 | 209 | 21 | - | 0.100 |
| Masumi Kuwata | Osaka | 2007 | 2007 | 19 | - | - | - | - |
| Jung Hoo Lee | Nagoya | 2024 | None | 187 | 705 | 187 | 10 | 0.265 |
| Kenta Maeda | Osaka | 2016 | None | 231 | 179 | 28 | 1 | 0.156 |
| Kazuhisa Makita | Yaizu | 2018 | 2018 | 27 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Hideki Matsui | Nomi | 2003 | 2012 | 1236 | 4442 | 1253 | 175 | 0.282 |
| Kazuo Matsui | Osaka | 2004 | 2010 | 630 | 2302 | 615 | 32 | 0.267 |
| Yuki Matsui | Yokohama | 2024 | None | 64 | - | - | - | - |
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | Tokyo | 2007 | 2014 | 158 | 37 | 7 | - | 0.189 |
| Jeff McCurry | Tokyo | 1995 | 1999 | 111 | 4 | - | - | - |
| Keith McDonald | Yokosuka | 2000 | 2001 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0.333 |
| Masanori Murakami | Otsuki | 1964 | 1965 | 54 | 16 | 2 | - | 0.125 |
| Toru Murata | Osaka | 2015 | 2015 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Micheal Nakamura | Nara | 2003 | 2004 | 31 | - | - | - | - |
| Norihiro Nakamura | Osaka | 2005 | 2005 | 17 | 39 | 5 | - | 0.128 |
| Tsuyoshi Nishioka | Osaka | 2011 | 2012 | 71 | 233 | 50 | - | 0.215 |
| Hideo Nomo | Osaka | 1995 | 2008 | 324 | 485 | 65 | 4 | 0.134 |
| Takahito Nomura | Kochi | 2002 | 2002 | 21 | - | - | - | - |
| Tomo Ohka | Kyoto | 1999 | 2009 | 204 | 240 | 33 | - | 0.138 |
| Shohei Ohtani | Oshu | 2018 | None | 875 | 3119 | 878 | 225 | 0.282 |
| Hideki Okajima | Kyoto | 2007 | 2013 | 266 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Akinori Otsuka | Chiba | 2004 | 2007 | 236 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Steve Randolph | Okinawa | 2003 | 2007 | 111 | 15 | 5 | - | 0.333 |
| Dave Roberts | Naha | 1999 | 2008 | 832 | 2707 | 721 | 23 | 0.266 |
| Takashi Saito | Sendai | 2006 | 2012 | 338 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Kazuhiro Sasaki | Tokyo | 2000 | 2003 | 228 | - | - | - | - |
| Roki Sasaki | Rikuzentakata | 2025 | None | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | Tochigi | 2021 | 2022 | 104 | - | - | - | - |
| Kodai Senga | Gamagori | 2023 | None | 30 | - | - | - | - |
| Tsuyoshi Shinjo | Osaka | 2001 | 2003 | 303 | 876 | 215 | 20 | 0.245 |
| Ichiro Suzuki | Kasugai | 2001 | 2019 | 2653 | 9934 | 3089 | 117 | 0.311 |
| Mac Suzuki | Kobe | 1996 | 2002 | 117 | 25 | 2 | - | 0.080 |
| Seiya Suzuki | Arakawa | 2022 | None | 532 | 1995 | 536 | 87 | 0.269 |
| Kazuhito Tadano | Tokyo | 2004 | 2005 | 15 | 3 | 1 | - | 0.333 |
| So Taguchi | Nishinomiya | 2002 | 2009 | 672 | 1369 | 382 | 19 | 0.279 |
| Hisanori Takahashi | Tokyo | 2010 | 2013 | 168 | 16 | 1 | - | 0.062 |
| Ken Takahashi | Yokohama | 2009 | 2009 | 28 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Shingo Takatsu | Hiroshima | 2004 | 2005 | 99 | - | - | - | - |
| Kensuke Tanaka | Chikushino | 2013 | 2013 | 15 | 30 | 8 | - | 0.267 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | Itami | 2014 | 2020 | 174 | 27 | 1 | - | 0.037 |
| Yoshinori Tateyama | Osaka | 2011 | 2012 | 53 | - | - | - | - |
| Junichi Tazawa | Yokohama | 2009 | 2018 | 388 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Yoshi Tsutsugo | Hashimoto | 2020 | 2022 | 182 | 557 | 110 | 18 | 0.197 |
| Koji Uehara | Osaka | 2009 | 2017 | 436 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Naoyuki Uwasawa | Matsudo | 2024 | None | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| Tsuyoshi Wada | Izumo | 2014 | 2015 | 21 | 28 | 1 | - | 0.036 |
| Keiichi Yabu | Mihama | 2005 | 2008 | 100 | 2 | - | - | - |
| Yasuhiko Yabuta | Osaka | 2008 | 2009 | 43 | - | - | - | - |
| Shun Yamaguchi | Nakatsu | 2020 | 2020 | 17 | - | - | - | - |
| Yoshinobu Yamamoto | Bizen | 2024 | None | 18 | - | - | - | - |
| Masataka Yoshida | Fukui | 2023 | None | 303 | 1103 | 311 | 29 | 0.282 |
| Masato Yoshii | Osaka | 1998 | 2002 | 162 | 204 | 25 | 1 | 0.123 |