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| Player Name | Birth City | Pos | Debut | Final | G | HR | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shogo Akiyama | Yokosuka | - | 2020 | 2021 | 142 | - | 0.224 |
| Nori Aoki | Hyuga City | - | 2012 | 2017 | 759 | 33 | 0.285 |
| Kohei Arihara | Hiroshima | - | 2021 | 2022 | 15 | - | - |
| Jim Bowie | Tokyo | - | 1994 | 1994 | 6 | - | 0.214 |
| Steve Chitren | Tokyo | - | 1990 | 1991 | 64 | - | - |
| Yu Darvish | Osaka | - | 2012 | - | 297 | 1 | 0.099 |
| Bobby Fenwick | Naha | - | 1972 | 1973 | 41 | - | 0.179 |
| Kyuji Fujikawa | Kochi | - | 2013 | 2015 | 29 | - | - |
| Shintaro Fujinami | Sakai | - | 2023 | 2023 | 64 | - | - |
| Kosuke Fukudome | Kagoshima | - | 2008 | 2012 | 596 | 42 | 0.258 |
| Kazuo Fukumori | Miyakonojo | - | 2008 | 2008 | 4 | - | - |
| Shigetoshi Hasegawa | Kobe | - | 1997 | 2005 | 517 | - | - |
| Yoshihisa Hirano | Uji | - | 2018 | 2020 | 150 | - | - |
| Craig House | Naha Air Force Base | - | 2000 | 2000 | 16 | - | - |
| Ryota Igarashi | Chiba | - | 2010 | 2012 | 83 | - | - |
| Kei Igawa | Oarai | - | 2007 | 2008 | 16 | - | - |
| Tadahito Iguchi | Tokyo | - | 2005 | 2008 | 493 | 44 | 0.268 |
| Shota Imanaga | Kitakyushu | - | 2024 | - | 54 | - | - |
| Hideki Irabu | Hirara | - | 1997 | 2002 | 126 | - | 0.107 |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | Chiba | - | 2002 | 2005 | 105 | 1 | 0.110 |
| Hisashi Iwakuma | Tokyo | - | 2012 | 2017 | 150 | - | - |
| Akinori Iwamura | Uwajima | - | 2007 | 2010 | 408 | 16 | 0.267 |
| Kenji Johjima | Nagasaki | - | 2006 | 2009 | 462 | 48 | 0.268 |
| Takashi Kashiwada | Tokyo | - | 1997 | 1997 | 35 | - | - |
| Kenshin Kawakami | Tokushima | - | 2009 | 2010 | 52 | - | 0.108 |
| Munenori Kawasaki | Kagoshima | - | 2012 | 2016 | 276 | 1 | 0.237 |
| Masao Kida | Tokyo | - | 1999 | 2005 | 65 | - | 0.250 |
| Yusei Kikuchi | Morioka | - | 2019 | - | 199 | - | - |
| Masahide Kobayashi | Yamanashi | - | 2008 | 2009 | 67 | - | - |
| Satoru Komiyama | Chiba | - | 2002 | 2002 | 25 | - | - |
| Hiroki Kuroda | Osaka | - | 2008 | 2014 | 212 | - | 0.100 |
| Masumi Kuwata | Osaka | - | 2007 | 2007 | 19 | - | - |
| Jung Hoo Lee | Nagoya | - | 2024 | - | 209 | 11 | 0.263 |
| Kenta Maeda | Osaka | - | 2016 | - | 238 | 1 | 0.156 |
| Kazuhisa Makita | Yaizu | - | 2018 | 2018 | 27 | - | - |
| Hideki Matsui | Nomi | - | 2003 | 2012 | 1,236 | 175 | 0.282 |
| Kazuo Matsui | Osaka | - | 2004 | 2010 | 630 | 32 | 0.267 |
| Yuki Matsui | Yokohama | - | 2024 | - | 125 | - | - |
| Daisuke Matsuzaka | Tokyo | - | 2007 | 2014 | 158 | - | 0.189 |
| Jeff McCurry | Tokyo | - | 1995 | 1999 | 111 | - | - |
| Keith McDonald | Yokosuka | - | 2000 | 2001 | 8 | 3 | 0.333 |
| Masanori Murakami | Otsuki | - | 1964 | 1965 | 54 | - | 0.125 |
| Munetaka Murakami | Kumamoto | - | 2026 | - | 22 | 8 | 0.208 |
| Toru Murata | Osaka | - | 2015 | 2015 | 1 | - | - |
| Micheal Nakamura | Nara | - | 2003 | 2004 | 31 | - | - |
| Norihiro Nakamura | Osaka | - | 2005 | 2005 | 17 | - | 0.128 |
| Tsuyoshi Nishioka | Osaka | - | 2011 | 2012 | 71 | - | 0.215 |
| Hideo Nomo | Osaka | - | 1995 | 2008 | 324 | 4 | 0.134 |
| Takahito Nomura | Kochi | - | 2002 | 2002 | 21 | - | - |
| Shinnosuke Ogasawara | Fujisawa | - | 2025 | - | 23 | - | - |
| Tomo Ohka | Kyoto | - | 1999 | 2009 | 204 | - | 0.138 |
| Shohei Ohtani | Oshu | - | 2018 | - | 1,033 | 280 | 0.282 |
| Hideki Okajima | Kyoto | - | 2007 | 2013 | 266 | - | - |
| Kazuma Okamoto | Gojo | - | 2026 | - | 21 | 3 | 0.212 |
| Akinori Otsuka | Chiba | - | 2004 | 2007 | 236 | - | - |
| Steve Randolph | Okinawa | - | 2003 | 2007 | 111 | - | 0.333 |
| Dave Roberts | Naha | - | 1999 | 2008 | 832 | 23 | 0.266 |
| Takashi Saito | Sendai | - | 2006 | 2012 | 338 | - | - |
| Kazuhiro Sasaki | Tokyo | - | 2000 | 2003 | 228 | - | - |
| Roki Sasaki | Rikuzentakata | - | 2025 | - | 10 | - | - |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | Tochigi | - | 2021 | 2022 | 104 | - | - |
| Kodai Senga | Gamagori | - | 2023 | - | 52 | - | - |
| Tsuyoshi Shinjo | Osaka | - | 2001 | 2003 | 303 | 20 | 0.245 |
| Tomoyuki Sugano | Kanagawa | - | 2025 | - | 30 | - | - |
| Ichiro Suzuki | Kasugai | - | 2001 | 2019 | 2,653 | 117 | 0.311 |
| Mac Suzuki | Kobe | - | 1996 | 2002 | 117 | - | 0.080 |
| Seiya Suzuki | Arakawa | - | 2022 | - | 542 | 87 | 0.268 |
| Kazuhito Tadano | Tokyo | - | 2004 | 2005 | 15 | - | 0.333 |
| So Taguchi | Nishinomiya | - | 2002 | 2009 | 672 | 19 | 0.279 |
| Hisanori Takahashi | Tokyo | - | 2010 | 2013 | 168 | - | 0.062 |
| Ken Takahashi | Yokohama | - | 2009 | 2009 | 28 | - | - |
| Shingo Takatsu | Hiroshima | - | 2004 | 2005 | 99 | - | - |
| Kensuke Tanaka | Chikushino | - | 2013 | 2013 | 15 | - | 0.267 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | Itami | - | 2014 | 2020 | 174 | - | 0.037 |
| Yoshinori Tateyama | Osaka | - | 2011 | 2012 | 53 | - | - |
| Junichi Tazawa | Yokohama | - | 2009 | 2018 | 388 | - | - |
| Yoshi Tsutsugo | Hashimoto | - | 2020 | 2022 | 182 | 18 | 0.197 |
| Koji Uehara | Osaka | - | 2009 | 2017 | 436 | - | - |
| Naoyuki Uwasawa | Matsudo | - | 2024 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Tsuyoshi Wada | Izumo | - | 2014 | 2015 | 21 | - | 0.036 |
| Keiichi Yabu | Mihama | - | 2005 | 2008 | 100 | - | - |
| Yasuhiko Yabuta | Osaka | - | 2008 | 2009 | 43 | - | - |
| Shun Yamaguchi | Nakatsu | - | 2020 | 2020 | 17 | - | - |
| Yoshinobu Yamamoto | Bizen | - | 2024 | - | 48 | - | - |
| Masataka Yoshida | Fukui | - | 2023 | - | 317 | 29 | 0.283 |
| Masato Yoshii | Osaka | - | 1998 | 2002 | 162 | 1 | 0.123 |
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