Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Team squads

Main article: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

The following contains the team squads for the Beijing 2008 Summer Olympics.

Canada

The roster for the Canada national baseball team was as follows: ^{[1] [2]}

• Manager: Terry Puhl, Greg Hamilton
• Coaches: Denis Boucher (Pitching coach), Rob Ducey

Pos.	No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Bats	Throws	Club
P	24	James Avery	June 10, 1984			Chattanooga Lookouts (AA)
P	35	Chris Begg	September 12, 1979			San Jose Giants (A+)
P	22	Tim Burton	July 30, 1983			Akron Aeros (AA)
P	37	Rhéal Cormier	April 23, 1967			Moncton Mets
P	23	David Davidson	April 23, 1984			Altoona Curve (AA)
P	31	Steve Green	January 26, 1978			Lehigh Valley IronPigs (AAA)
P	25	Mike Johnson	October 3, 1975			La New Bears
P	32	Brooks McNiven	June 19, 1981			Connecticut Defenders (AA)
P	34	Chris Reitsma	December 31, 1977			Free agent
P	42	R.J. Swindle	July 7, 1983			Lehigh Valley IronPigs (AAA)
C	28	David Corrente	October 13, 1983			Dunedin Blue Jays (A)
C	30	Chris Robinson	May 12, 1984			Tennessee Smokies (AA)
	17	Emerson Frostad	January 13, 1983			Frisco RoughRiders (AA)
	14	Brett Lawrie	January 18, 1990			Langley Blaze
IF	11	Stubby Clapp	February 24, 1973			Lexington Legends (coach)
IF	15	Emmanuel Garcia	March 4, 1986			Binghamton Mets (AA)
IF	9	Matt Rogelstad	September 13, 1982			Harrisburg Senators (AA)
IF	40	Scott Thorman	January 6, 1982			Richmond Braves (AAA)
	29	Jimmy Van Ostrand	August 7, 1984			Salem Avalanche (A)
OF	19	Ryan Radmanovich	August 9, 1971			Somerset Patriots
OF	20	Michael Saunders	November 19, 1986			Tacoma Rainiers (AAA)
OF	7	Adam Stern	February 12, 1980			Norfolk Tides (AAA)
OF	33	Nick Weglarz	March 11, 1981			Kinston Indians (A+)

Pete Orr was originally named to the team, but pulled out when he was called up to the major league roster of the Washington Nationals. ^[3] He was replaced by 22-year-old Emmanuel Garcia. ^[4] Scott Richmond was also removed from the team when he was called up by the Toronto Blue Jays. Pitcher James Avery was named as a replacement. ^[5]

China

The roster for the China national baseball team was as follows: ^[6]

• Manager: Jim Lefebvre
• Coaches: Steven Ontiveros (pitching coach), Yi Sheng

Pos.	No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Bats	Throws	Club
P		Bu Tao	January 1, 1983			Sichuan Dragons
P		Chen Junyi	August 26, 1981			Guangdong Leopards
P		Chen Kun	March 5, 1980			Sichuan Dragons
P		Guo Youhua	September 29, 1983			Sichuan Dragons
P		Li Chenhao	July 2, 1977			Beijing Tigers
P		Li Weiliang	September 2, 1980			Beijing Tigers
P		Liu Kai	October 11, 1987			Gulf Coast Yankees
P		Lu Jiangang	February 19, 1979			Tianjin Lions
P		Sun Guoqiang	August 11, 1974			Jiangsu Hope Stars
P		Wang Nan	October 7, 1981			Beijing Tigers
P		Xu Zheng	May 10, 1981			Beijing Tigers
P		Zhang Li	February 3, 1980			Shanghai Eagles
C		Wang Wei	December 25, 1978			Arizona League Mariners
C		Yang Yang	May 19, 1986			Beijing Tigers
IF		Jia Yubing	February 18, 1983			Arizona League Mariners
IF		Zhang Yufeng	February 9, 1977			Shanghai Eagles
IF		Sun Wei	September 11, 1976			Beijing Tigers
IF		Hou Fenglian	July 11, 1980			Tianjin Lions
IF		Jia Delong	July 4, 1985			Guangdong Leopards
OF		Feng Fei	February 18, 1983			Sichuan Dragons
OF		Li Lei	June 24, 1984			Beijing Tigers
OF		Sun Lingfeng	August 14, 1978			Beijing Tigers
OF		Wang Chao	March 23, 1985			Tianjin Lions
OF		Zhang Hongbo	June 6, 1980			Guangdong Leopards

Chinese Taipei

The roster for the Chinese Taipei national baseball team was as follows:

• Manager: Hung I-Chung  [ zh ] (La New Bears)
• Coaches: Hsieh Chang-Heng (Chinatrust Whales), Lu Ming-Tsu  [ zh ] La New Bears), Kung Jung-Tang (National Training Team)

Pos.	No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Bats	Throws	Club
P	12	Lee Cheng-Chang	October 21, 1986			Taipei Physical Education College
P	17	Tsao Chin-Hui	June 2, 1981			MLB free agent
P	18	Pan Wei-Lun	March 5, 1982			Uni-President Lions
P	19	Lo Chia-Jen	April 7, 1986			Chinese Culture University
P	21	Chen Wei-Yin	June 12, 1985			Chunichi Dragons
P	36	Ni Fu-Te	November 14, 1982			Chinatrust Whales
P	46	Yang Chien-Fu	April 22, 1979			Sinon Bulls
P	81	Hsu Wen-hsiung	December 5, 1978			La New Bears
P	96	Cheng Kai-Wen	July 26, 1988			Chinese Culture University
P	99	Chang Chih-Chia	May 6, 1980			La New Bears
C	27	Yeh Chun-Chang	October 25, 1972			Sinon Bulls
C	34	Kao Chih-kang	February 7, 1981			Uni-President Lions
C	41	Chen Feng-Min	October 29, 1977			La New Bears
IF	6	Shih Chih-wei	August 4, 1977			La New Bears
IF	7	Kuo Yen-Wen	October 25, 1988			Gulf Coast Reds
IF	11	Chiang Chih-Hsien	February 21, 1988			Lancaster JetHawks (A+)
IF	23	Peng Cheng-Min	August 6, 1978			Brother Elephants
IF	31	Lin Chih-Sheng	January 1, 1982			La New Bears
IF	49	Chang Tai-Shan*	October 31, 1976			Sinon Bulls
OF	24	Lin Che-Hsuan	September 21, 1988			Greenville Drive (A)
OF	28	Lo Kuo-Hui	September 26, 1985			High Desert Mavericks (A+)
OF	52	Chen Chin-feng	October 28, 1977			La New Bears
OF	55	Pan Wu-hsiung	March 11, 1981			Uni-President Lions
OF	66	Chang Chien-Ming	July 27, 1980			Sinon Bulls

• On August 13, 2008, right before the Chinese Taipei vs. Netherlands match, Chang Tai-Shan was banned by the IBAF on showing up in the Olympic Games after he was tested positive for a banned substance. ^[7] The Chinese Taipei National baseball team could only finish the Olympics with the remaining 23 players.

Cuba

The roster for the Cuba national baseball team was as follows:

• Manager: Antonio Pacheco
• Coaches: Luis Jova, Jose Camacho, Pedro Perez, Francisco Escaurido ^[8]

Pos.	No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Bats	Throws	Club
P	99	Pedro Luis Lazo	April 15, 1973			Pinar del Río
P	42	Miguel Lahera	January 24, 1985			La Habana
P	45	Jonder Martínez	June 22, 1978			La Habana
P	64	Elier Sánchez	October 4, 1986			Camagüey
P	62	Yadier Pedroso	April 9, 1986			La Habana
P	23	Vicyohandri Odelín	June 26, 1980			Camagüey
P	16	Adiel Palma	August 20, 1970			Cienfuegos
P	32	Norberto González	October 10, 1979			Cienfuegos
P	20	Norge Luis Vera	October 3, 1971			Santiago de Cuba
P	74	Luis Miguel Rodríguez	June 3, 1973			Holguín
C	8	Ariel Pestano	January 31, 1974			Villa Clara
C	40	Rolando Meriño	February 17, 1971			Santiago de Cuba
C	5	Eriel Sánchez	April 12, 1975			Sancti Spíritus
IF	55	Alexander Mayeta	February 22, 1977			Industriales
IF	28	Héctor Olivera	April 5, 1985			Santiago de Cuba
IF	10	Yulieski Gourriel	June 9, 1984			Sancti Spíritus
IF	12	Michel Enríquez	February 11, 1979			Isla de la Juventud
IF	2	Eduardo Paret	October 23, 1972			Villa Clara
IF	3	Luis Miguel Navas	February 2, 1980			Santiago de Cuba
OF	1	Giorvis Duvergel	September 8, 1979			Guantánamo
OF	14	Yoandry Urgellés	July 28, 1981			Industriales
OF	88	Alexei Bell	October 2, 1983			Santiago de Cuba
OF	24	Frederich Cepeda	April 8, 1980			Sancti Spíritus
OF	54	Alfredo Despaigne	June 17, 1986			Granma

Yunieski Maya and Yulieski González were originally named, but were replaced with Miguel Lahera and Elier Sánchez.

Japan

The roster for the Japan national baseball team was as follows:

• Manager: Senichi Hoshino
• Coaches: Kōichi Tabuchi, Koji Yamamoto, Yutaka Ohno

Pos.	No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Bats	Throws	Club
P	19	Koji Uehara	April 3, 1975			Yomiuri Giants
P	11	Kenshin Kawakami	June 22, 1975			Chunichi Dragons
P	13	Hitoki Iwase	November 10, 1974			Chunichi Dragons
P	28	Kyuji Fujikawa	July 21, 1980			Hanshin Tigers
P	18	Yu Darvish	August 16, 1986			Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
P	17	Yoshihisa Naruse	October 13, 1985			Chiba Lotte Marines
P	21	Tsuyoshi Wada	February 21, 1981			Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
P	47	Toshiya Sugiuchi	October 30, 1980			Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
P	15	Masahiro Tanaka	November 1, 1988			Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
P	16	Hideaki Wakui	June 21, 1986			Saitama Seibu Lions
C	10	Shinnosuke Abe	March 20, 1979			Yomiuri Giants
C	39	Akihiro Yano	December 6, 1968			Hanshin Tigers
C	22	Tomoya Satozaki	May 20, 1976			Chiba Lotte Marines
IF	2	Masahiro Araki	September 13, 1977			Chunichi Dragons
IF	25	Takahiro Arai	January 30, 1977			Hanshin Tigers
IF	55	Shuichi Murata	December 28, 1980			Yokohama BayStars
IF	6	Shinya Miyamoto	November 5, 1970			Tokyo Yakult Swallows
IF	7	Tsuyoshi Nishioka	July 27, 1984			Chiba Lotte Marines
IF	52	Munenori Kawasaki	June 3, 1981			Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
IF	3	Hiroyuki Nakajima	July 31, 1982			Saitama Seibu Lions
OF	31	Masahiko Morino	July 28, 1978			Chunichi Dragons
OF	23	Norichika Aoki	January 5, 1982			Tokyo Yakult Swallows
OF	41	Atsunori Inaba	August 3, 1972			Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
OF	46	Takahiko Sato	August 9, 1978			Saitama Seibu Lions

South Korea

The roster for the South Korea national baseball team was as follows:

• Manager: Kim Kyung-Moon (Doosan Bears)
• Coaches: Cho Kye-Hyun  [ ko ] (Samsung Lions), Kim Gwang-Soo  [ ko ] (Doosan Bears), Kim Ki-Tae (Yomiuri Giants)

Pos.	No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Bats	Throws	Club
P	11	Oh Seung-Hwan	July 15, 1982			Samsung Lions
P	22	Han Ki-Joo	April 29, 1987			Kia Tigers
P	28	Yoon Suk-Min	July 24, 1986			Kia Tigers
P	91	Song Seung-Jun	June 29, 1980			Lotte Giants
P	51	Jung Keun Bong	July 15, 1980			LG Twins
P	17	Kim Kwang-Hyun	July 22, 1988			SK Wyverns
P	13	Jang Won-Sam	June 9, 1983			Woori Heroes
P	47	Kwon Hyuk	November 6, 1983			Samsung Lions
P	99	Ryu Hyun-Jin	March 25, 1987			Hanwha Eagles
P	21	Chong Tae-Hyon	November 10, 1978			SK Wyverns
C	20	Jin Kab-Yong	May 8, 1974			Samsung Lions
C	37	Kang Min-Ho	August 18, 1985			Lotte Giants
IF	10	Lee Dae-Ho	June 21, 1982			Lotte Giants
IF	25	Lee Seung-Yeop	August 18, 1976			Yomiuri Giants
IF	3	Ko Young-Min	February 8, 1984			Doosan Bears
IF	8	Jeong Keun-Woo	October 2, 1982			SK Wyverns
IF	18	Kim Dong-Joo	February 3, 1976			Doosan Bears
IF	7	Park Jin-Man	November 30, 1976			Samsung Lions
IF	14	Kim Min-Jae	January 3, 1973			Hanwha Eagles
OF	35	Lee Jin-Young	June 15, 1980			SK Wyverns
OF	15	Lee Yong-Kyu	August 26, 1985			Kia Tigers
OF	29	Lee Taek-Keun	July 10, 1980			Woori Heroes
OF	50	Hyun-soo Kim	January 12, 1988			Doosan Bears
OF	39	Lee Jong-Wook	June 18, 1980			Doosan Bears

Im Tae-Hoon had been originally named, but was replaced with Yoon Suk-Min.

Netherlands

The roster for the Netherlands national baseball team was as follows: ^[6]

• Manager: Robert Eenhoorn
• Coaches: Brian Farley – Pitching coach, Wim Martinus  [ nl ] – 1st base coach, Jack Hubbard – 3rd base coach, Paul van den Oever – Coach

Pos.	No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Bats	Throws	Club
P	25	David Bergman	August 16, 1981			Kinheim
P	44	Leon Boyd	August 30, 1983			Neptunus
P	19	Rob Cordemans	October 31, 1974			Sparta / Feyenoord
P	14	Dave Draijer	September 30, 1973			Pioniers
P	13	Michiel van Kampen	January 23, 1976			Kinheim
P	36	Diego Markwell	August 8, 1980			Neptunus
P	39	Shairon Martis	March 30, 1987			Columbus Clippers (AAA)
P		Loek van Mil	September 15, 1984			Beloit Snappers (A)
P	31	Alexander Smit	October 2, 1985			Sarasota Reds (A+)
P	22	J. C. Sulbaran	November 9, 1989			American Heritage School
P	4	Pim Walsma	February 3, 1987			Amsterdam Pirates
C	24	Sidney de Jong	April 14, 1979			Amsterdam Pirates
C	38	Tjerk Smeets	June 3, 1980			Kinheim
IF	12	Sharnol Adriana	November 13, 1970			Rojos del Águila de Veracruz
IF	2	Yurendell de Caster	September 26, 1979			Columbus Clippers (AAA)
IF	8	Michael Duursma	February 26, 1978			Pioniers
IF	26	Percy Isenia	December 25, 1976			Sparta / Feyenoord
IF	9	Roel Koolen	April 20, 1982			Kinheim
IF	30	Raily Legito	July 26, 1978			Neptunus
IF	5	Jeroen Sluijter	April 2, 1975			Neptunus
OF	37	Bryan Engelhardt	January 10, 1982			Kinheim
OF	21	Gene Kingsale	August 20, 1976			Neptunus
OF	18	Dirk van 't Klooster	April 23, 1976			Kinheim
OF	29	Martijn Meeuwis	July 14, 1982			Neptunus
OF	27	Danny Rombley	November 26, 1979			Kinheim

van Mil traveled with the team to Beijing but suffered an injury during training. He was replaced by Dave Draijer. ^{[9] [10]}

United States

The roster for the United States national baseball team was as follows:

• General Manager: Bob Watson
• Manager: Davey Johnson ^{[11] [12]}
• Coaches: Rick Eckstein, Reggie Smith, Marcel Lachemann ^[13]

Pos.	No.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Bats	Throws	Club
P	40	Brett Anderson	February 1, 1988			Midland RockHounds (AA)
P	34	Jake Arrieta	March 6, 1986			Frederick Keys (A)
IF	18	Brian Barden	April 2, 1981			Memphis Redbirds (AAA)
IF	17	Matthew Brown	August 8, 1982			Salt Lake Bees (AAA)
P	30	Trevor Cahill	March 1, 1988			Midland RockHounds (AA)
P	47	Jeremy Cummings	November 7, 1976			Durham Bulls (AAA)
IF	2	Jason Donald	September 4, 1984			Reading Phillies (AA)
P	45	Brian Duensing	February 22, 1983			Rochester Red Wings (AAA)
OF	24	Dexter Fowler	March 22, 1986			Tulsa Drillers (AA)
OF	7	John Gall	April 2, 1978			Albuquerque Isotopes (AAA)
IF	10	Mike Hessman	March 5, 1978			Toledo Mud Hens (AAA)
P	39	Kevin Jepsen	July 26, 1984			Salt Lake Bees (AAA)
P	15	Brandon Knight	October 1, 1975			New Orleans Zephyrs (AAA)
P	21	Mike Koplove	August 30, 1976			Las Vegas 51s (AAA)
OF	44	Matt LaPorta	January 8, 1985			Akron Aeros (AA)
C	6	Lou Marson	June 26, 1986			Reading Phillies (AA)
P	49	Blaine Neal	April 6, 1978			Toledo Mud Hens (AAA)
IF	3	Jayson Nix	August 26, 1982			Colorado Springs Sky Sox (AAA)
OF	14	Nate Schierholtz	February 15, 1984			Fresno Grizzlies (AAA)
P	37	Jeff Stevens	September 5, 1983			Buffalo Bisons (AAA)
P	29	Stephen Strasburg	July 20, 1988			San Diego State University
C	19	Taylor Teagarden	December 21, 1983			Oklahoma RedHawks (AAA)
IF	26	Terry Tiffee	April 21, 1979			Las Vegas 51s (AAA)
P	35	Casey Weathers	June 10, 1985			Tulsa Drillers (AA)

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