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2007 Far East Heroes


2007 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. 49 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

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

Byung-Hyun Kim
#23 Florida Marlins, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-9, Wt: 175

Sun Woo Kim
#1 San Francisco Giants, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 190
Official Site

Chan Ho Park
#61 New York Mets, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 210
Official Site

Jae Kuk Ryu
#11 Tampa Bay Devil Rays, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-3, Wt: 225

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

Minor Leaguers

Sung Ki Jung
Atlanta Braves, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 161

Young-Il Jung
Los Angeles Angels, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 190

Keyong Kang
Tampa Bay Devil Rays, LF
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 200

Simon Lee
Chicago Cubs, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 210

Yoon Hee Nam
Texas Rangers, LHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 165

Japanese
Major Leaguers

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

Kei Igawa
#29 New York Yankees, LHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 210
Official Site

Tadahito Iguchi
#12 Philadelphia Phillies, 2B
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 185
Official Site

Akinori Iwamura
#1 Tampa Bay Devil Rays, 3B
B-T: L-R, Ht: 5-9, Wt: 175
Official Site

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

Masumi Kuwata
#18 Pittsburgh Pirates, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 185

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

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

Daisuke Matsuzaka
#18 Boston Red Sox, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 185

Tomo Ohka
#18 Toronto Blue Jays, RHP
B-T: R-S, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 200

Hideki Okajima
#37 Boston Red Sox, LHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 195
Official Site

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

Kazuhito Tadano
#54 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

Jang Ji Cho
Atlanta Braves, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 210

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

Yusaku Iriki
Toronto Blue Jays, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 180

Ryohei Shimabukuro
Atlanta Braves, 1B
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 205

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

Taiwanese
Major Leaguers

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

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

Chin-Hui Tsao
#41 Los Angeles Dodgers, 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

Hung-Wen Chen
Chicago Cubs, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 195

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

Tzu-Kai Chiu
Cincinnati Reds, LHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 220

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

Sheng-An Kuo
Colorado Rockies, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 190

Che-Hsuan Lin
Boston Red Sox, CF
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 180

Po-Yu Lin
Chicago White Sox, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 221

Wang-Wei Lin
Minnesota Twins, RF
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 185

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: 188

Sung-Wei Tseng
Cleveland Indians, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 195

Chih-Hsiang Wen
Chicago Cubs, RF
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 190

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



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