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Daisuke Matsuzaka is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher,who pitched professionally for 23 seasons,16 of them in NPB,7 in MLB. He is currently a baseball color commentator,critic,reporter,and YouTuber. Daisuke is nicknamed "the Monster of the Heisei Era" in Japan and "Dice-K" in the United States by The Boston Globe and USA Today. He played for the Boston Red Sox and New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Saitama Seibu Lions,Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Chunichi Dragons of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Jeremy Ryan Hermida is an American former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Florida Marlins,Boston Red Sox,Oakland Athletics,Cincinnati Reds and San Diego Padres,and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters.
Ryan Kittman Rupe is a former right-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball. Rupe played in the majors for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays and Boston Red Sox.
Bradley Richard Thomas is a former Australian professional baseball pitcher. He has previously played in MLB for the Minnesota Twins,Boston Red Sox,Detroit Tigers,in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and in the Korea Baseball Organization for the Hanwha Eagles and Chinese Professional Baseball League for the Brother Elephants and Chinatrust Brothers. He bats and throws left-handed. He has retired and now resides in Sydney’s East.
Kip Lee Gross is an American former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Cincinnati Reds,Los Angeles Dodgers,Nippon-Ham Fighters,Boston Red Sox and Houston Astros in Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball between 1990 and 2000.
Kenshin Kawakami is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves.
Hideki Okajima is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. Okajima pitched for the Yomiuri Giants,Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters,Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks,and Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball,and the Boston Red Sox and Oakland Athletics of Major League Baseball. Okajima was elected to the 2007 Major League Baseball All-Star Game as a first time All-Star via the All-Star Final Vote. He became the first Japanese-born pitcher to play in the World Series in Game 2 of the 2007 World Series. On July 18,2016,Okajima announced his retirement.
Willie Anthony Banks is an American former pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Minnesota Twins,Chicago Cubs,Los Angeles Dodgers,Florida Marlins,New York Yankees,Arizona Diamondbacks and Boston Red Sox.
George Raymond Culver,is an American former professional baseball pitcher,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Cleveland Indians,Cincinnati Reds,St. Louis Cardinals,Houston Astros,Los Angeles Dodgers,and Philadelphia Phillies,from 1966 to 1974. He also pitched for the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) Nippon-Ham Fighters,in 1975.
Luis Alonso Mendoza Rodríguez is a Mexican former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball for the Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals and Nippon Professional Baseball for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters and the Hanshin Tigers.
Justin Joseph Thomas is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners,Pittsburgh Pirates,Boston Red Sox,and New York Yankees,in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters,in the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) for the Kia Tigers,and in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions.
Below is a partial list of players in the Boston Red Sox minor league organization. Players individually listed here have not yet played in Major League Baseball (MLB),but have reached an advanced level of achievement or notoriety. Some notable players in the minor leagues may have their own profile pages,such as first-round draft picks. Note that anyone with a past MLB appearance has their own profile page,even if they are currently playing in the minor leagues.
Junichi Tazawa is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for ENEOS of the Japanese Industrial League. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox,Miami Marlins and Los Angeles Angels. He also played in the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) for the Wei Chuan Dragons.
Wirfin Y. Obispo Vargas is a Dominican professional baseball pitcher for the Olmecas de Tabasco of the Mexican League. He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants of the Central League (2007–2010) and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters of the Pacific League (2011).
Hirokazu Sawamura is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played in NPB for the Yomiuri Giants and the Marines,and has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox. Listed at 6 feet 0 inches (1.83 m) and 212 pounds (96 kg),he throws and bats right-handed.
Takehiro Ishii is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played for the Japan national baseball team in 1988,and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Seibu Lions and the Nippon-Ham Fighters from 1989 to 1999.
Edwin JoséEscobar is a Venezuelan professional baseball pitcher in the Chicago Cubs organization. He has previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Boston Red Sox and Arizona Diamondbacks and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Christopher Riley Martin is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in MLB for the Colorado Rockies,New York Yankees,Texas Rangers,Atlanta Braves,Chicago Cubs and Los Angeles Dodgers and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Toru Murata is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Bonn Capitals of the German Baseball Bundesliga. He previously played for the Yomiuri Giants and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and for the Cleveland Indians of Major League Baseball (MLB).
Anthony Scott Carter is an American professional baseball pitcher who is a free agent. He previously pitched for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball. He was a member of the United States national baseball team that won a silver medal in the 2020 Summer Olympics.