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  2. List of Major League Baseball players from Japan - Wikipedia

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    A total of 71 Japanese-born [1] [2] players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, twelve are on existing MLB rosters.The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks, a Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) team, sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system.

  3. Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series - Wikipedia

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    Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series. The Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Game is an annual baseball series of All-Star Games (in most years, two games are played, but three such games can and have been played as well) between players from the Central League and the Pacific League, currently selected by a combination of fans ...

  4. MLB Japan All-Star Series - Wikipedia

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    The MLB Japan All-Star Series is an irregular end-of-the-season tour of Japan made by an All-Star team from Major League Baseball (MLB) since 1986, contested in a best-of format against the All-Stars from Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) or recently as of 2014 their national team Samurai Japan (SJP). The series has featured many great players ...

  5. All-American Girls Professional Baseball League - Wikipedia

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    aagpbl.org. The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League ( AAGPBL) was a professional women's baseball league founded by Philip K. Wrigley, which existed from 1943 to 1954. The AAGPBL is the forerunner of women's professional league sports in the United States. Over 600 women played in the league, which eventually consisted of 10 teams ...

  6. Shohei Ohtani - Wikipedia

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    For the 2021 All-MLB Team, Ohtani is the only player to be named to both teams, first team and second team, in the same season (as a designated hitter and starting pitcher respectively). [109] He became the first pitcher, the first Japanese player and the first Angels player to win the Edgar Martínez Outstanding Designated Hitter Award . [ 110 ]

  7. 2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series - Wikipedia

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    The 2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series was the eleventh edition of the MLB Japan All-Star Series, a best-of-five series between the All-Star team from Major League Baseball (MLB) and, for the first time in series history, the national team Samurai Japan. [1] [2] The then-new Commissioner of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) saw in this ...

  8. Baseball in Japan - Wikipedia

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    Baseball was introduced to Japan in 1872 and is Japan's most popular participatory and spectator sport. [ 1][ 2] The first professional competitions emerged in the 1920s. The highest level of baseball in Japan is Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), which consists of two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League, with six teams in each ...

  9. Major League Baseball All-Star Game - Wikipedia

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    The Major League Baseball All-Star Game, also known as the " Midsummer Classic ", is an annual professional baseball game sanctioned by Major League Baseball (MLB) and contested between the all-stars from the American League (AL) and National League (NL). Starting fielders are selected by fans, pitchers are selected by managers, and reserves ...