first asain player in major league baseball.?

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first asain player in major league baseball.?

2007-05-16 11:13:48 · 4 answers · asked by John D 1 in Sports ➔ Baseball

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The first Asian player to make a splash onto the MLB was Japanese player Masanori Murakami when he joined the San Francisco Giants as a relief pitcher in 1964.

2007-05-16 11:16:46 · answer #1 · answered by Pat D 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋

Masanori Murakami

2007-05-20 06:24:01 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋

Pat is correct - it was Masanori Murakami:

http://www.baseball-reference.com/m/murakma01.shtml

2007-05-16 18:27:06 · answer #3 · answered by Craig S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋

harry kingman was born in tientsin, china in 1892. he played in 4 games in 1914 for the yankees.

probably not the answer you were looking for, but if you judge by his birth country, kingman is your answer.

2007-05-16 18:31:00 · answer #4 · answered by ed the ash 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋