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Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂 大輔, Matsuzaka Daisuke, [matsɯꜜzaka daꜜisɯ̥ke]; born September 13, 1980) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher, who pitched professionally for 23 seasons, 16 of them in NPB, 7 in MLB.
Daisuke Matsuzaka ("Dice-K") pitching for the Boston Red Sox during a spring training game on March 25, 2008. ... height. 1,440 pixel. width. 890 pixel. File history.
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.
In 2006, the Boston Red Sox paid a king’s ransom for the right to sign Daisuke Matsuzaka, a superstar in Japan’s Nippon Professional Baseball league. He hasn’t pitched in the majors since ...
Stats at Baseball Reference ... after Daisuke Matsuzaka in 2001. His new contract more than tripled his previous salary estimated at 30M yen. ...
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Daisuke Enomoto (榎本 大輔; born 1971), Japanese businessman Daisuke Matsuzaka (松坂 大輔; born 1980), Japanese pro-baseball player, who also pitched in North American MLB Daisuke Takahashi (髙橋 大輔; born 1986), Japanese figure skater, in men's singles and ice dance; who was men's world champion
The Matsuzaka Generation (松坂世代, Matsuzaka Sedai) is a term used to collectively describe the (usually Japanese) baseball players that belong to former Chunichi Dragons and Saitama Seibu Lions starting pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka's age group. [1]