Japanese-Born MLB Home Run Leaders

[Edgy MD]

Nobody's included Shigetoshi Hasegawa, and that's just wrong.

[Cowtipper]

Masao Kida

[Edgy MD]

Norihiro Nakamura.



Also, somebody needs to start a thread for tonight's game.

[Cowtipper]

So Taguchi

[Centerfield]

1. Shohei Ohtani

2. Hideki Matsui

3. Ichiro Suzuki

4. Kenji Johjima

5. Tadahito Iguchi

6. Kosuke Fukudome

7. Seiya Suzuki

8. Nori Aoki

9. Kazuo Matsui

10. Dave Roberts

11. Tsuyoshi Shinjo

12. Hideo Nomo

13. Masanori Murakami

14. Yoshinobu Yamamoto

15. Yu Darvish

16. Kodai Senga

17. Masahiro Tanaka

18. Kas Ishii

19. Daisuke Masuzaka

20. Jung Hoo Lee

21. Shingo Takatsu

22. Ken Takahashi

23. Masato Yoshii

24. Hisanori Takahashi

25. Ryota Igarashi

26. Satoru Komiyama (the Japanese Greg Maddux)

27. Takashi Kashiwada (first Japanese Met)

28. Steve Chitren

29. Shigetoshi Hasegawa

30. Masao Kida

31. Norihiro Nakamura



Shigetoshi Hasegawa is 10th all time in IP for Japanese born hurlers.



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But if you're ranking by chiseldness of the jaw, might top this list of Japanese ballers.



Norihiro Nakamura.

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Equally Japanese. Slightly less chiseled.

[Cowtipper]

I always thought Hasegawa looked very American. Lots of easy ones still to go.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Hideki Irabu

[Cowtipper]

Kenta Maeda

[Centerfield]

1. Shohei Ohtani

2. Hideki Matsui

3. Ichiro Suzuki

4. Kenji Johjima

5. Tadahito Iguchi

6. Kosuke Fukudome

7. Seiya Suzuki

8. Nori Aoki

9. Kazuo Matsui

10. Dave Roberts

11. Tsuyoshi Shinjo

12. Hideo Nomo

13. Masanori Murakami

14. Yoshinobu Yamamoto

15. Yu Darvish

16. Kodai Senga

17. Masahiro Tanaka

18. Kas Ishii

19. Daisuke Mastuzaka

20. Jung Hoo Lee

21. Shingo Takatsu

22. Ken Takahashi

23. Masato Yoshii

24. Hisanori Takahashi

25. Ryota Igarashi

26. Satoru Komiyama

27. Takashi Kashiwada

28. Steve Chitren

29. Shigetoshi Hasegawa

30. Masao Kida

31. Norihiro Nakamura

32. Kenta Maeda

33. Hideki Irabu

[Cowtipper]

^ also So Taguchi (mentioned him earlier).

[Centerfield]

In alphabetical order. Presenting unavoidable clues.



1.

2. Nori Aoki

3.

4.

5. Steve Chitren

6. Yu Darvish

7.

8.

9. Shintaro Fujinami

10.

11.

12. Shigetoshi Hasegawa

13.

14.

15. Ryota Igarashi

16.

17. Tadahito Iguchi

18.

19. Hideki Irabu

20.

21.

22.

23. Kenji Johjima

24. Takashi Kashiwada

25.

26.

27. Masao Kida

28.

29.

30. Satoru Komiyama

31.

32.

33. Jung Hoon Lee

34. Kenta Maeta

35.

36. Hideki Matsui

37. Kazuo Matsui

38.

39. Daisuke Matsuzaka

40.

41.

42. Masanori Murakami

43.

44.

45. Norihiro Nakamura

46.

47. Hideo Nomo

48.

49.

50. Shohei Ohtani

51.

52.

53.

54. Dave Roberts

55.

56.

57.

58. Kodai Senga

59. Tsuyoshi Shinjo

60. Ichiro Suzuki

61.

62. Seiya Suzuki

63.

64. So Taguchi

65. Hisanori Takahashi

66. Ken Takahashi

67. Shingo Takatsu

68.

69. Masahiro Tanaka

70.

71.

72.

73.

74.

75.

76. Yasuhiko Yabuta

77.

78. Yoshinobu Yamamoto

79.

80. Masato Yoshii

[Cowtipper]

Still lots of easy ones left.

[MFS62]

Hiroki Kuroda



Later

[Frayed Knot]

Rookie Carroca

[MFS62]

Shogo Akiyama

Later

[Centerfield]

Kuroda is correct. Number 3 among wins for Japanese-born MLB players. Led the league in looking at you like a disappointed father.



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The fact that it took you this long to name him has him feeling, well, disappointed.



Let's lift the limit on guesses now as it's starting to get harder. Still lots of household names left. Including, by my count, 6 All-Stars.



1.

2. Nori Aoki

3.

4.

5. Steve Chitren

6. Yu Darvish

7.

8.

9. Shintaro Fujinami

10.

11.

12. Shigetoshi Hasegawa

13.

14.

15. Ryota Igarashi

16.

17. Tadahito Iguchi

18.

19. Hideki Irabu

20.

21.

22.

23. Kenji Johjima

24. Takashi Kashiwada

25.

26.

27. Masao Kida

28.

29.

30. Satoru Komiyama

31. Hiroki Kuroda

32.

33. Jung Hoon Lee

34. Kenta Maeta

35.

36. Hideki Matsui

37. Kazuo Matsui

38.

39. Daisuke Matsuzaka

40.

41.

42. Masanori Murakami

43.

44.

45. Norihiro Nakamura

46.

47. Hideo Nomo

48.

49.

50. Shohei Ohtani

51.

52.

53.

54. Dave Roberts

55.

56.

57.

58. Kodai Senga

59. Tsuyoshi Shinjo

60. Ichiro Suzuki

61.

62. Seiya Suzuki

63.

64. So Taguchi

65. Hisanori Takahashi

66. Ken Takahashi

67. Shingo Takatsu

68.

69. Masahiro Tanaka

70.

71.

72.

73.

74.

75.

76. Yasuhiko Yabuta

77.

78. Yoshinobu Yamamoto

79.

80. Masato Yoshii

[Centerfield]

Shogo Akiyama is correct. He's the second name I had never heard of on this list to be named.



Rookie Carroca is, I'm guessing, a reference that I'm missing. Nonetheless, not on the list.



1. Shogo Akiyama

2. Nori Aoki

3.

4.

5. Steve Chitren

6. Yu Darvish

7.

8.

9. Shintaro Fujinami

10.

11.

12. Shigetoshi Hasegawa

13.

14.

15. Ryota Igarashi

16.

17. Tadahito Iguchi

18.

19. Hideki Irabu

20.

21.

22.

23. Kenji Johjima

24. Takashi Kashiwada

25.

26.

27. Masao Kida

28.

29.

30. Satoru Komiyama

31. Hiroki Kuroda

32.

33. Jung Hoon Lee

34. Kenta Maeta

35.

36. Hideki Matsui

37. Kazuo Matsui

38.

39. Daisuke Matsuzaka

40.

41.

42. Masanori Murakami

43.

44.

45. Norihiro Nakamura

46.

47. Hideo Nomo

48.

49.

50. Shohei Ohtani

51.

52.

53.

54. Dave Roberts

55.

56.

57.

58. Kodai Senga

59. Tsuyoshi Shinjo

60. Ichiro Suzuki

61.

62. Seiya Suzuki

63.

64. So Taguchi

65. Hisanori Takahashi

66. Ken Takahashi

67. Shingo Takatsu

68.

69. Masahiro Tanaka

70.

71.

72.

73.

74.

75.

76. Yasuhiko Yabuta

77.

78. Yoshinobu Yamamoto

79.

80. Masato Yoshii

[MFS62]

Bobby Fenwick*



Later



* Fenwick is NOT a science fiction book by John Wyndham

[Cowtipper]

Kaz Tadano

[cal sharpie]

Kazuhiro Sasaki

[Cowtipper]

Akinori Otsuka

[Frayed Knot]

Rookie Carroca is, I'm guessing, a reference that I'm missing. Nonetheless, not on the list.

On the heels of Hiroki Kuroda I went with Rookie Carroca because hearing the first name always reminded me of the second.

Rookie Carroca was, of course, a Filipino boxer* and later second husband to Belle Steinberg Carroca, Benjy Stone's mother

in MY FAVORITE YEAR (1992, Mark-Linn Baker, Lainie Kazan, Joseph Bologna, and the great Peter O'Toole)



We now return you to your quiz, already in progress.











* who held the Bantamweight title for well over six weeks

[Edgy MD]

We still need sumbucky to put up an IGT for this evening.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Kosuke Fukodome

[Cowtipper]

Tomo Ohka

[Edgy MD]

Hisasi Iwakuma.

[Cowtipper]

Takashi Saito

[Edgy MD]

Mac Suzuki!!



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[Cowtipper]

Hideki Okajima

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Yusei Kekuchi