The Impact of Japanese Mlb Players
In the 1870 s, Japanese baseball began, but at that time, baseball players played wearing kimonos and
bare feet. Nowadays, most American baseball enthusiasts know Japanese top level players, such as
Daisuke Matsuzaka, Hideki Matsui, and Ichiro Suzuki because they have many accomplishments in
the highest level baseball league MLB [Major League Baseball]. Many Japanese professional baseball
players are trying to move to America, as a result by 2009 16 Japanese players belonged to MLB
teams (48 players born in Japan). Although there are not many players from Japan playing in America,
the ones playing have had a great impact on Japanese baseball. Moreover, many of the Japanese MLB
players have accomplished a lot with their teams. Many of them ... Show more content on
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On November 4th, 2009, Hideki Matsui, who is a New York Yankees outfielder, became the first
Japanese born player to win the World Series MVP. He lead the Yankees to the World Championship,
he hit .615 with three home runs, and eight RBI s. In addition, in Game 6, he batted in six runs, which
is a Series game RBI record (Ben Walker). Therefore, Murakami, Nomo, Ichiro and Matsui s activities
affect a lot of Japanese baseball players, and many have started to have hope of going to America, and
their activities will become a gateway of Japanese baseball players in America. Impact for Japanese
People Japanese MLB players have a huge impact for Japanese because they give courage, hope and a
challenging spirit, so they became the heroes of many Japanese. During the 1940 s to 1980 s, only a
few Japanese baseball players challenged to be Major Leaguers, even Sadaharu Oh didn t try MLB. In
the U.S. there are some national heroes like Lou Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Hank Aaron, and Whitey Ford. In
Japan, they have players like Sadaharu Oh, who played as an infielder for the Yomiuri Giants. During
his 22 year career, Sadaharu Oh hit a total of 868 home runs, surpassing Hank Aaron s Major League
record 755 home runs. According to Baseball Reference.com, forty eight MLB players were born in
Japan, a dramatic increase since 1995 because of the impact of Nomo. After Hideo Nomo moved to
America, forty five players joined the MLB because Nomo was successful, but it was
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