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2006 Far East Heroes


2005 Far East Heroes
 Masanori Murakami became the first Asian player to appear in the MLB back in 1964 with the San Francisco Giants, three decades later, Hideo Nomo made a big impact with the Los Angeles Dodgers to start the trends of Asian players playing in the MLB. Ichiro of the Seattle Mariners collected 262 hits in 2004 to set the Major League record for hits in a season, breaking George Sisler's 84-year-old mark of 257 hits. 40 players from Japan, South Korea, and Taiwan has appeared in the MLB as of today. There are also many more Far East talents in the minor league getting ready to taste their first cup of coffee.

South Korean
 Major Leaguers

Cha Seung Baek
#57 Seattle Mariners, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-4, Wt: 225

Jung Bong
#31 Cincinnati Reds, LHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-3, Wt: 215

Hee Seop Choi
#5 Los Angeles Dodgers, 1B
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-5, Wt: 255

Shin-Soo Choo
#54 Seattle Mariners, LF
B-T: L-L, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 200

Byung-Hyun Kim
#49 Colorado Rockies, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-9, Wt: 175

Sun Woo Kim
#51 Colorado Rockies, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 190
 Official Site

Dae Sung Koo
#17 New York Mets, LHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 187

Chan Ho Park
#61 San Diego Padres, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 210
 Official Site

Jae Seo
#26 New York Mets, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 225

Minor Leaguers

Seung Lee
Philadelphia Phillies, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-4, Wt: 225

Jae Kuk Ryu
Chicago Cubs, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-3, Wt: 220

Seung Song
San Francisco Giants, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 190

Japanese
 Major Leaguers

Shigetoshi Hasegawa
#17 Seattle Mariners, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 180
Official Site

Ichiro
#51 Seattle Mariners, RF
B-T: L-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 172
 Official Site

Tadahito Iguchi
#15 Chicago White Sox, 2B
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 185
Official Site

Kaz Ishii
#23 New York Mets, RHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 215
Official Site

Masao Kida
#35 Seattle Mariners, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-3, Wt: 210
 Official Site

Hideki Matsui
#55 New York Yankees, LF
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 210
Official Site

Kaz Matsui
#25 New York Mets, 2B
B-T: S-R, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 185
Official Site

Norihiro Nakamura
#66 Los Angeles Dodgers, 3B
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 203
Official Site

Hideo Nomo
#11 Tampa Bay Devil Rays, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 220
Official Site

Tomo Ohka
#55 Milwaukee Brewers, RHP
B-T: S-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 200

Akinori Otsuka
#16 San Diego Padres, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 210
Official Site

Kazuhito Tadano
#32 Cleveland Indians, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 180

So Taguchi
#99 St. Louis Cardinals, LF
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 170
Official Site

Shingo Takatsu
#10 New York Mets, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 180

Keiichi Yabu
#13 Oakland Athletics, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 230

Minor Leaguers

Yusuke Arakawa
Colorado Rockies, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 170

Denney Tomori
Boston Red Sox, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-4, Wt: 200

Taiwanese
 Major Leaguers

Chin-Feng Chen
 #52 Los Angeles Dodgers, LF
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 190

Hong-Chih Kuo
 #56 Los Angeles Dodgers, LHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 235

Chin-Hui Tsao
#71 Colorado Rockies, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 210

Chien-Ming Wang
#40 New York Yankees, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-3, Wt: 225
Official Site

Minor Leaguers

Yung-Chi Chen
Seattle Mariners, 2B
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 170

Chi-Hung Cheng
Toronto Blue Jays, LHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 200

Chin-Lung Hu
Los Angeles Dodgers, SS
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 190

Chia-An Huang
Seattle Mariners, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 205

Po-Hsuan Keng
Toronto Blue Jays, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 235

Ching-Lung Lo
Colorado Rockies, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-6, Wt: 190

Chao-Kuan Wu
Seattle Mariners, C
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-3, Wt: 192



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