There have been many MLB players from Japan, and with the Tokyo Series taking place between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the ...

Most MLB homers by Japanese-born players 1. Shohei Ohtani, 176 2. Hideki Matsui, 175 3. Ichiro Suzuki, 117 4. Kenji Johjima, 48 5. Tadahito Iguchi 44 Shohei Ohtani keeps hitting despite Ippei ...

Seiya Suzuki remembers being in the Tokyo Dome when Hideki Matsui returned with the Yankees as part of MLB’s season-opening ...

Matsui and Hall of Fame outfielder Ichiro Suzuki helped set the standard for what Japanese hitters could accomplish in America. A nine-time All-Star in Japan, Matsui joined the New York Yankees in ...

My gut reaction to the Hideki Matsui signing is "Who knows?" We know he hit 50 home runs in Japan last season, but we also know he batted just .161 with no homers in 31 at-bats against major ...

LOS ANGELES--Shohei Ohtani hit his 175th home run in Major League Baseball, tying Hideki Matsui for the most by a Japan-born player with a solo shot during the first inning of the Los Angeles ...

The Yankees have become the Ellis Island of the major leagues, the landing point in America for international stars such as Contreras and Hideki Matsui. The first wave of immigrants, led by Hideki ...

This week, Suzuki returned to his hometown of Tokyo, representing the Cubs in his fourth MLB season. “My goal is to stay in ...

A day after Ohtani pitched seven innings to beat Boston, he broke Hideki Matsui's record with his solo shot to right off Eduardo Rodríguez (6-5), putting the Angels ahead to stay in the fifth inning.

Along the way, Ohtani became the first Japanese-born player to score a regular-season run at the Tokyo Dome since former New York Yankees star Hideki ... DH, Matsui nonetheless ended his MLB ...