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EL EVOLUTION "From Murakami all the way to Yabuta."
 

El

Evolution

At the start of the 2008 season, 54 Asian baseball players have
had their dream come true by playing in the Major League.

Class of 1964
(1) Masanori Murakami, September 1st

Class of 1994
(2) Chan Ho Park, April 8th

Class of 1995
(3) Hideo Nomo, May 2nd

Class of 1996
(4) Mac Suzuki, July 7th

Class of 1997
(5) Shigetoshi Hasegawa, April 5th
(6) Takashi Kashiwada, May 1st
(7) Hideki Irabu, July 10th

Class of 1998
(8) Masato Yoshii, April 5th
(9) Jin Ho Cho, July 4th

Class of 1999
(10) Masao Kida, April 5th
(11) Byung-Hyun Kim, May 29th
(12) Tomo Ohka, July 19th

Class of 2000
(13) Kazuhiro Sasaki, April 5th
(14) Sang-Hoon Lee, June 29th

Class of 2001
(15) Ichiro Suzuki, April 2nd
(16) Tsuyoshi Shinjo, April 3rd
(17) Sun Woo Kim, June 15th

Class of 2002
(18) Takahito Nomura, April 3rd
(19) Satoru Komiyama, April 4th
(20) Kaz Ishii, April 6th
(21) Jung Bong, April 23rd
(22) So Taguchi, June 10th
(23) Jae Seo, July 21st
(24) Hee Seop Choi, September 3rd
(25) Chin-Feng Chen, September 14th

Class of 2003
(26) Hideki Matsui, March 31st
(27) Micheal Nakamura, June 7th
(28) Chin-Hui Tsao, July 25th

Class of 2004
(29) Kaz Matsui, April 6th
(29) Akinori Otsuka, April 6th
(31) Shingo Takatsu, April 9th
(32) Kazuhito Tadano, April 27th
(33) Cha Seung Baek, August 8th

Class of 2005
(34) Tadahito Iguchi, April 4th
(34) Dae-Sung Koo, April 4th
(36) Keiichi Yabu, April 9th
(37) Norihiro Nakamura, April 10th
(38) Shin-Soo Choo, April 21st
(39) Chien-Ming Wang, April 30th
(40) Hong-Chih Kuo, September 2nd

Class of 2006
(41) Kenji Johjima, April 3rd
(42) Takashi Saito, April 9th
(43) Jae Kuk Ryu, May 14th

Class of 2007
(44) Akinori Iwamura, April 2nd
(44) Hideki Okajima, April 2nd
(46) Daisuke Matsuzaka, April 5th
(47) Kei Igawa, April 7th
(48) Masumi Kuwata, June 10th
(49) Chin-Lung Hu, September 1st

Class of 2008
(50) Kosuke Fukudome, March 31st
(50) Kosuke Fukumori, March 31st
(52) Masahide Kobayashi, April 2nd
(53) Hiroki Kuroda, April 4th
(54) Yasuhiko Yabuta, April 5th


Hideo Nomo
1995 National League
Rookie of the Year

 

 

 

 

 

 


Kazuhiro Sasaki
2000 American League
Rookie of the Year

 

 

 

 

 

 


Ichiro Suzuki
2001 American League
Rookie of the Year



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