Spanning Multiple Seasons or entire Careers, Born in Japan, From 1901 to 2013, sorted by greatest WAR Position Players: Results
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Rk | Player | WAR/pos | From | To | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | Pos | Tm | |||||
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1 | Ichiro Suzuki | 58.5 | 2001 | 2013 | 27-39 | 2061 | 9278 | 8605 | 1261 | 2742 | 323 | 83 | 111 | 695 | 544 | 177 | 876 | 50 | 39 | 40 | 75 | 472 | 106 | .319 | .361 | .414 | .775 | *98/7DH | SEA-TOT-NYY | Nichi Kasugai-gun, Japan |
2 | Hideki Matsui | 21.1 | 2003 | 2012 | 29-38 | 1236 | 5066 | 4442 | 656 | 1253 | 249 | 12 | 175 | 760 | 547 | 35 | 689 | 21 | 0 | 46 | 106 | 13 | 9 | .282 | .360 | .462 | .822 | 7D/8H9 | NYY-LAA-OAK-TBR | Neagari-cho, Japan |
3 | Dave Roberts | 9.0 | 1999 | 2008 | 27-36 | 832 | 3092 | 2707 | 437 | 721 | 95 | 53 | 23 | 213 | 307 | 8 | 362 | 16 | 41 | 19 | 23 | 243 | 58 | .266 | .342 | .366 | .708 | *87H/9D | CLE-LAD-TOT-SDP-SFG | Naha, Japan |
4 | Norichika Aoki | 6.5 | 2012 | 2013 | 30-31 | 306 | 1262 | 1117 | 161 | 321 | 57 | 7 | 18 | 87 | 98 | 2 | 95 | 24 | 15 | 8 | 15 | 50 | 20 | .287 | .355 | .399 | .755 | *9/H87 | MIL | Hyuga, Japan |
5 | Tadahito Iguchi | 6.2 | 2005 | 2008 | 30-33 | 493 | 2079 | 1841 | 267 | 494 | 91 | 11 | 44 | 205 | 189 | 1 | 387 | 12 | 22 | 14 | 40 | 48 | 13 | .268 | .338 | .401 | .739 | *4/HD | CHW-TOT | Tanashi, Japan |
6 | Kenji Johjima | 5.4 | 2006 | 2009 | 30-33 | 462 | 1722 | 1609 | 166 | 431 | 84 | 1 | 48 | 198 | 66 | 2 | 148 | 37 | 2 | 8 | 53 | 7 | 5 | .268 | .310 | .411 | .721 | *2/HD | SEA | Sasebo, Japan |
7 | Kazuo Matsui | 5.2 | 2004 | 2010 | 28-34 | 630 | 2555 | 2302 | 330 | 615 | 124 | 20 | 32 | 211 | 179 | 9 | 403 | 11 | 47 | 16 | 14 | 102 | 18 | .267 | .321 | .380 | .701 | *46/H | NYM-TOT-COL-HOU | Higashi-Osaka, Japan |
8 | Akinori Iwamura | 4.5 | 2007 | 2010 | 28-31 | 408 | 1755 | 1545 | 222 | 413 | 74 | 22 | 16 | 117 | 183 | 3 | 330 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 32 | 16 | .267 | .345 | .375 | .720 | *45/HD | TBD-TBR-TOT | Uwajima, Japan |
9 | Kosuke Fukudome | 4.0 | 2008 | 2012 | 31-35 | 596 | 2276 | 1929 | 264 | 498 | 111 | 13 | 42 | 195 | 307 | 17 | 402 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 35 | 29 | 29 | .258 | .359 | .395 | .754 | *98/H7D | CHC-TOT-CHW | So-gun, Japan |
10 | Tsuyoshi Shinjo | 3.8 | 2001 | 2003 | 29-31 | 303 | 960 | 876 | 98 | 215 | 41 | 4 | 20 | 100 | 55 | 6 | 128 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 6 | .245 | .299 | .370 | .668 | *8/79H | NYM-SFG | Tsushima, Japan |
11 | So Taguchi | 2.3 | 2002 | 2009 | 32-39 | 672 | 1524 | 1369 | 197 | 382 | 74 | 7 | 19 | 163 | 102 | 5 | 195 | 12 | 31 | 10 | 40 | 39 | 12 | .279 | .332 | .385 | .717 | 78H9/4D | STL-PHI-CHC | Fukuoka, Japan |
12 | Munenori Kawasaki | 1.0 | 2012 | 2013 | 31-32 | 157 | 404 | 344 | 40 | 75 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 31 | 40 | 0 | 59 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 3 | .218 | .306 | .276 | .582 | /*6H4D5 | SEA-TOR | Aira-gun, Japan |
13 | Kensuke Tanaka | 0.3 | 2013 | 2013 | 32-32 | 15 | 34 | 30 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .267 | .353 | .267 | .620 | /*7H | SFG | Chikushino, Japan |
14 | Steve Randolph | 0.3 | 2003 | 2007 | 29-33 | 111 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .533 | .867 | *1/H | ARI-HOU | Okinawa, Japan |
15 | Keith McDonald | 0.2 | 2000 | 2001 | 27-28 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .455 | 1.333 | 1.788 | /*2*H | STL | Yokosuka, Japan |
16 | Daisuke Matsuzaka | 0.2 | 2007 | 2013 | 26-32 | 124 | 28 | 26 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .192 | .192 | .385 | *1 | BOS-NYM | Tokyo, Japan |
17 | Yu Darvish | 0.1 | 2012 | 2013 | 25-26 | 61 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | /*1 | TEX | Habikino, Japan |
18 | Kei Igawa | 0.1 | 2007 | 2008 | 27-28 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | /*1 | NYY | Higashi Ibaraki-gun, Japan | |||
19 | Keiichi Yabu | 0.1 | 2005 | 2008 | 36-39 | 100 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | *1 | OAK-SFG | Minami Muro-gun, Japan |
20 | Hideki Irabu | 0.1 | 1997 | 2002 | 28-33 | 126 | 34 | 28 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .107 | .138 | .107 | .245 | *1 | NYY-MON-TEX | Hyogo, Japan |
21 | Satoru Komiyama | 0.1 | 2002 | 2002 | 36-36 | 25 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .500 | .000 | .500 | /*1 | NYM | Kashiwa, Japan |
22 | Kyuji Fujikawa | 0.0 | 2013 | 2013 | 32-32 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /*1 | CHC | Kochi, Japan | ||||
23 | Hisashi Iwakuma | 0.0 | 2012 | 2013 | 31-32 | 63 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | /*1 | SEA | Higashi Yamato, Japan |
24 | Hideki Okajima | 0.0 | 2007 | 2013 | 31-37 | 266 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | *1 | BOS-OAK | Kyoto, Japan |
25 | Junichi Tazawa | 0.0 | 2009 | 2013 | 23-27 | 117 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | *1 | BOS | Yokohama, Japan | ||||
Rk | Player | WAR/pos | From | To | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | Pos | Tm | |||||
26 | Koji Uehara | 0.0 | 2009 | 2013 | 34-38 | 230 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .333 | .000 | .333 | *1 | BAL-TOT-TEX-BOS | Neyagawa, Japan |
27 | Ryota Igarashi | 0.0 | 2010 | 2012 | 31-33 | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /*1 | NYM-TOT | Chiba, Japan | ||||
28 | Takashi Saito | 0.0 | 2006 | 2012 | 36-42 | 338 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | *1 | LAD-BOS-ATL-MIL-ARI | Sendai, Japan |
29 | Yoshinori Tateyama | 0.0 | 2011 | 2012 | 35-36 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /*1 | TEX | Daito, Japan | ||||
30 | Masahide Kobayashi | 0.0 | 2008 | 2009 | 34-35 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /*1 | CLE | Otsuki, Japan | ||||
31 | Ken Takahashi | 0.0 | 2009 | 2009 | 40-40 | 28 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | /*1 | NYM | Yokohama, Japan |
32 | Yasuhiko Yabuta | 0.0 | 2008 | 2009 | 35-36 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /*1 | KCR | Kishiwada, Japan | ||||
33 | Kazuo Fukumori | 0.0 | 2008 | 2008 | 31-31 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /*1 | TEX | Kita Morokata-gun, Japan | ||||
34 | Masumi Kuwata | 0.0 | 2007 | 2007 | 39-39 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /*1 | PIT | Yao, Japan | ||||
35 | Akinori Otsuka | 0.0 | 2004 | 2007 | 32-35 | 236 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | *1 | SDP-TEX | Chiba, Japan |
36 | Shigetoshi Hasegawa | 0.0 | 1997 | 2005 | 28-36 | 517 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | *1 | ANA-SEA | Kobe, Japan |
37 | Masao Kida | 0.0 | 1999 | 2005 | 30-36 | 65 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .250 | .250 | .500 | /*1 | DET-LAD-TOT-SEA | Kokubunji, Japan |
38 | Kazuhito Tadano | 0.0 | 2004 | 2005 | 24-25 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | .333 | .333 | .667 | /*1 | CLE | Tokyo, Japan |
39 | Shingo Takatsu | 0.0 | 2004 | 2005 | 35-36 | 99 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /*1 | CHW-TOT | Hiroshima, Japan | ||||
40 | Micheal Nakamura | 0.0 | 2003 | 2004 | 26-27 | 31 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /*1 | MIN-TOR | Nara, Japan | ||||
41 | Kazuhiro Sasaki | 0.0 | 2000 | 2003 | 32-35 | 228 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | *1 | SEA | Sendai, Japan | ||||
42 | Takahito Nomura | 0.0 | 2002 | 2002 | 33-33 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /*1 | MIL | |||||
43 | Craig House | 0.0 | 2000 | 2000 | 22-22 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /*1 | COL | Okinawa, Japan | ||||
44 | Jeff McCurry | 0.0 | 1995 | 1999 | 25-29 | 111 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | *1 | DET-COL-PIT-HOU | Tokyo, Japan |
45 | Takashi Kashiwada | 0.0 | 1997 | 1997 | 26-26 | 35 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | /*1 | NYM | Yashiro, Japan |
46 | Steve Chitren | 0.0 | 1990 | 1991 | 23-24 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | /*1 | OAK | Tokyo, Japan | ||||
47 | Masanori Murakami | 0.0 | 1964 | 1965 | 20-21 | 54 | 16 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .125 | .125 | .125 | .250 | /*1 | SFG | Kita Tsuru-gun, Japan |
48 | Hisanori Takahashi | -0.2 | 2010 | 2013 | 35-38 | 168 | 20 | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .063 | .063 | .063 | .125 | *1 | NYM-LAA-TOT-CHC | Tokyo, Japan |
49 | Kenshin Kawakami | -0.2 | 2009 | 2010 | 34-35 | 52 | 80 | 65 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .108 | .183 | .123 | .306 | /*1H | ATL | Tokushima, Japan |
50 | Jim Bowie | -0.2 | 1994 | 1994 | 29-29 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .214 | .214 | .214 | .429 | /*3H | OAK | Tokyo, Japan |
Rk | Player | WAR/pos | From | To | Age | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | SH | SF | GDP | SB | CS | Pos | Tm | |||||
51 | Mac Suzuki | -0.3 | 1996 | 2002 | 21-27 | 117 | 30 | 25 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .080 | .115 | .080 | .195 | *1 | SEA-TOT-KCR | Kobe, Japan |
52 | Bobby Fenwick | -0.6 | 1972 | 1973 | 25-26 | 41 | 59 | 56 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .179 | .220 | .232 | .452 | /*H465 | HOU-STL | Naha, Japan |
53 | Kazuhisa Ishii | -0.6 | 2002 | 2005 | 28-31 | 105 | 191 | 164 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 73 | 0 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .110 | .131 | .140 | .271 | *1 | LAD-NYM | Chiba, Japan |
54 | Masato Yoshii | -0.6 | 1998 | 2002 | 33-37 | 162 | 247 | 204 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 76 | 1 | 33 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .123 | .164 | .152 | .316 | *1 | NYM-COL-MON | Arita-gun, Japan |
55 | Tomo Ohka | -0.6 | 1999 | 2009 | 23-33 | 204 | 276 | 240 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 95 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .138 | .172 | .146 | .318 | *1/H | BOS-TOT-MON-MIL-TOR-CLE | Kyoto, Japan |
56 | Hiroki Kuroda | -0.6 | 2008 | 2013 | 33-38 | 180 | 251 | 206 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 72 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .102 | .155 | .107 | .262 | *1 | LAD-NYY | Osaka, Japan |
57 | Hideo Nomo | -0.8 | 1995 | 2008 | 26-39 | 324 | 543 | 485 | 22 | 65 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 0 | 222 | 0 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .134 | .156 | .192 | .348 | *1/H | TOT-MIL-DET-BOS-LAD-TBD-KCR | Osaka, Japan |
58 | Norihiro Nakamura | -0.8 | 2005 | 2005 | 31-31 | 17 | 41 | 39 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .171 | .179 | .350 | /*5H364 | LAD | Osaka, Japan |
59 | Tsuyoshi Nishioka | -2.4 | 2011 | 2012 | 26-27 | 71 | 254 | 233 | 14 | 50 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 16 | 1 | 44 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .215 | .267 | .236 | .503 | /*64HD | MIN | Nara, Japan |
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