JAPAN NATIONAL BASEBALL TEAM

The 'Japan national baseball team' is the national baseball team of Japan. It has participated in every Summer Olympic Games since the first demonstration tournament in 1984. Until 2000, the team was made up exclusively of amateur players. Starting with the 2000 Summer Olympics, the team has been comprised of players from Nippon Professional Baseball. The team playing in the 2006 World Baseball Classic also includes Japanese players from Major League Baseball. In the Classic, the team played in Pool A and placed second, advancing to round two. They went on to win the Classic.

Contents

2006 World Baseball Classic roster

Olympic record

World Baseball Classic record

External Links

2006 World Baseball Classic roster

'Manager'

★ - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks manager (王貞治)
'Coaches'

★ - former Yomiuri Giants pitching coach (武田一浩)

★ - former Yokohama BayStars coach (辻発彦)

★ - former Yomiuri Giants pitching coach (鹿取義隆)

★ - former Nippon Ham Fighters manager (大島康徳)

★ - former Yomiuri Giants coach (弘田澄男)
'Pitchers'（Win-Loss-Save・Earned Run Average・Strikeouts )

★ - P Chiba Lotte Marines (清水直行) （0-0-1・4.15・6)

★ - P Chiba Lotte Marines (藤田宗一) (0-0-0・9.00・1)

★ - P Hanshin Tigers (久保田智之) (none)

★ - P Seibu Lions; now playing for Boston Red Sox (松坂大輔) (3-0-0・1.38・10)

★ - P Yomiuri Giants (上原浩治) (2-0-0・1.59・16)

★ - P Chiba Lotte Marines (薮田安彦) (0-0-0・2.08・5)

★ - P Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (和田毅) (0-0-0・0.00・1)

★ - P Hanshin Tigers (藤川球児) (0-1-0・0.00・3)

★ - P Chiba Lotte Marines (渡辺俊介) (0-0-0・1.98・6)

★ - P Texas Rangers (大塚晶則) (0-0-1・1.59・8)

★ - P Chiba Lotte Marines (小林宏之) (0-0-0・18.00・3)

★ - P Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (杉内俊哉) (0-1-0・5.40・2)

★ - P Tokyo Yakult Swallows (石井弘寿) (0-1-0・27.00・1)

★ - P Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (馬原孝浩) (none)
'Catchers'（Avg・Home runs・RB・SB）

★ - C Chiba Lotte Marines (里崎智也) (.409・1・5・0)

★ - C Chunichi Dragons (谷繁元信) (.000・0・0・0)

★ - C Yokohama BayStars (相川亮二) (.500・0・0・0)
'Infielders'（Avg・Home runs・RB・SB）

★ - 3B Tokyo Yakult Swallows now playing for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays(岩村明憲) (.389・0・3・2)

★ - 3B Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters now playing for the Yomiuri Giants (小笠原道大) (.231・0・7・0)

★ - 1B Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (松中信彦) (.433・0・2・0)

★ - 2B Chiba Lotte Marines (西岡剛) (.355・2・8・4)

★ - 3B Chiba Lotte Marines (今江敏晃) (.200・0・4・0)

★ - 2B, SS Tokyo Yakult Swallows (宮本慎也) (.667・0・2・0)

★ - 1B, 3B Hiroshima Toyo Carp (新井貴浩) (.333・0・0・0)

★ - SS Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (川崎宗則) (.259・1・5・2)
'Outfielders'（Avg・Home runs・RB・SB）

★ - OF Seibu Lions (和田一浩) (.000・0・0・0)

★ - OF Yokohama BayStars; now playing for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (多村仁) (.259・3・9・0)

★ - OF Yokohama BayStars (金城龍彦) (.200・0・0・0)

★ - OF Chunichi Dragons (福留孝介) (.182・2・6・0)

★ - OF Tokyo Yakult Swallows (青木宣親) （.200・0・1・0)

★ - OF Seattle Mariners (イチロー) （.364・1・5・5)

Olympic record

★ 1984 - Finished in 1st place (demonstration sport)

★ 1988 - Finished in 2nd place (demonstration sport)

★ 1992 - Bronze medal winner

★ 1996 - Silver medal winner

★ 2000 - Finished in 4th place

★ 2004 - Bronze medal winner

World Baseball Classic record

★ 2006 - 'Champion'

External Links

★ World Baseball Classic Roster for Japan