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2010 Far East Heroes


2010 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. 61 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

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

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

Minor Leaguers

Tae-Kyung Ahn
Texas Rangers, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-3, Wt: 185

Hyang-Nam Choi
Los Angeles Dodgers, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 190

Hyeong-Rok Choi
Minnesota Twins, 2B
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 189

Hyun-Wook Choi
Minnesota Twins, LF
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 187

Ji-Man Choi
Seattle Mariners, C
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 195

Jae Hoon Ha
Chicago Cubs, OF
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 185

Jae-Hyung Jang
Minnesota Twins, C
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 191

Pil Joon Jang
Los Angeles Angels, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-3, Wt: 190

Su Min Jung
Chicago Cubs, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 190

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

In Kyun Kang
Minnesota Twins, 1B
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 200

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

Dong-Yub Kim
Chicago Cubs, OF
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-4, Wt: 200

Jae Yun Kim
Arizona Diamondbacks, C
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 185

Seon Gi Kim
Chicago Cubs, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 185

Hae-Seong Kook
Chicago Cubs, OF
B-T: ?-?, Ht: ?-??, Wt: ???

Hak Ju Lee
Chicago Cubs, SS
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 170

Ji Mo Lee
Los Angeles Dodgers, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 188

Chan Jong Moon
Houston Astros, SS
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 160

Kyung Min Na
Chicago Cubs, CF
B-T: L-L, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 170

Tae-Hyeok Nam
New York Mets, 1B
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 209

Yoon Hee Nam
Texas Rangers, LHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 190

Dae-Eun Rhee
Chicago Cubs, RHP
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 190

Jin-Ho Shin
Kansas City Royals, C
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 200

Japanese
 Major Leaguers

Kosuke Fukudome
#1 Chicago Cubs, CF
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 200
Official Site

Ichiro
#51 Seattle Mariners, RF
B-T: L-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 170
Official Site

Ryota Igarashi
#18 New York Mets, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 200

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

Akinori Iwamura
#3 Pittsburgh Pirates, 2B
B-T: L-R, Ht: 5-9, Wt: 200
Official Site

Kenshin Kawakami
#11 Atlanta Braves, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 200

Hiroki Kuroda
#18 Los Angeles Dodgers, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 190
Official Site

Hideki Matsui
#55 Los Angeles Angels, DH
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 210
 Official Site

Kaz Matsui
#3 Colorado Rockies, 2B
B-T: S-R, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 180
 Official Site

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

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

Takashi Saito
#40 Atlanta Braves, RHP
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 200
Official Site

Hisanori Takahashi
#47 New York Mets, LHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 170

Junichi Tazawa
#63 Boston Red Sox, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 180

Koji Uehara
#19 Baltimore Orioles, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 190

Minor Leaguers

Fumimasa Ishibashi
Los Angeles Dodgers, C
B-T: S-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 190

Taiki Kawasaki
New York Mets, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 170

Takafumi Nakamura
Cleveland Indians, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-5, Wt: 195

Shohei Sekiguchi
Atlanta Braves, LHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-6, Wt: 225

Ikko Sumi
Los Angeles Angels, C
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-9, Wt: 200

Ryohei Tanaka
Baltimore Orioles, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 169

Yoshinori Yamarin
Atlanta Braves, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 190

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: 6-1, Wt: 240

Fu-Te Ni
#59 Detroit Tigers, LHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 170

Chien-Ming Wang
#40 Washington Nationals, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-3, Wt: 240
Official Site

Minor Leaguers

Yao-Wen Chang
Seattle Mariners, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 202

Chia-Chu Chen
Boston Red Sox, C
B-T: L-R, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 175

Chun-Hsiu Chen
Cleveland Indians, C
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 200

Hung-Wen Chen
Chicago Cubs, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 210

Ping-Chieh Chen
Chicago Cubs, 2B
B-T: L-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 170

Yung-Chi Chen
Pittsburgh Pirates, 2B
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 170

Ping-Hung Chi
Pittsburgh Pirates, OF
B-T: L-R, Ht: 5-7, Wt: 145

Po-Cheng Chi
Cincinnati Reds, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 185

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

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

Sheng-Cin Hong
Pittsburgh Pirates, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 160

Chih-Wei Hsu
Pittsburgh Pirates, 1B
B-T: L-L, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 200

Wei-Sheng Huang
Atlanta Braves, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 180

Fu-Lin Kuo
New York Yankees, 3B
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 185

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

Chen-Chang Lee
Cleveland Indians, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 175

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

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

Chia-Jen Lo
Houston Astros, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 181

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

Hua-Wei Lo
Detroit Tigers, LHP
B-T: L-L, Ht: 5-10, Wt: 160

Kuo-Hui Lo
Seattle Mariners, CF
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-2, Wt: 188

Zhi-Fang Pang
Oakland Athletics, SS
B-T: S-R, Ht: 6-1, Wt: 170

Chao-Ting Tang
Detroit Tigers, RF
B-T: L-R, Ht: 5-11, Wt: 176

Meng-Hsiu Tsai
Atlanta Braves, C
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 190

Tzu-An Wang
Chicago Cubs, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-6, Wt: 210

Yao-Lin Wang
Chicago Cubs, RHP
B-T: R-R, Ht: 6-0, Wt: 180



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