Frank's Field of Dreams: Far East Heroes

2006 Far East Heroes

2006 Far East Heroes
Congratulations to Japan for winning the 1st Annual WBC

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. 43 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
#58 Seattle Mariners, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-4, Wt: 225

Hee Seop Choi
#28 Boston Red Sox, 1B
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-5, Wt: 255

Shin-Soo Choo
#16 Cleveland Indians, LF
B-T: L-L, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 200

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

Sun Woo Kim
#64 Cincinnati Reds, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 190
Official Site

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

Jae Kuk Ryu
#20 Chicago Cubs, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-3, Wt: 225

Jae Seo
#98 Tampa Bay Devil Rays, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 225

Minor Leaguers

Hyang-Nam Choi
Cleveland Indians, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 190

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

Seung Song
Kansas City Royals, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 190

Japanese
Major Leaguers

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

Kenji Johjima
#2 Seattle Mariners, C
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 205
Official Site

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

Kaz Matsui
#16 Colorado Rockies, 2B
B-T: S-R, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 185
Official Site

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

Akinori Otsuka
#40 Texas Rangers, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 210
Official Site

Takashi Saito
#44 Los Angeles Dodgers, RHP
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 215
Official Site

Mac Suzuki
#30 Chicago Cubs, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-3, Wt: 205
Official Site

Kazuhito Tadano
#32 Oakland Athletics, 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

Minor Leaguers

Takumi Hamaoka
Atlanta Braves, LF
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 185

Yusaku Iriki
New York Mets, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 180

Keisuke Ueno
Texas Rangers, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-4, Wt: 205

Taiwanese
Major Leaguers

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

Chih-Hsien Chiang
Boston Red Sox, 2B
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 170

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

Chih-Hsiang Huang
Boston Red Sox, 3B
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 180

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

Wang-Yi Lin
Boston Red Sox, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-3, Wt: 210

Yen-Feng Lin
Philadelphia Phillies, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 205

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

Kuo-Hui Lo
Seattle Mariners, CF
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 180

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

Ting-Jen Yeh
Boston Red Sox, LHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 200

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