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Jose Lopez is best known for being a baseball infielder for the Yomiuri Giants in the Nippon Professional Baseball League. He also played in Major League Baseball for such teams as the Chicago White Sox and Florida Marlins.
Japanese Baseball League was created in 1935.
Western League - Japanese baseball - was created in 1952.
Eastern League - Japanese baseball - was created in 1955.
The first Japanese pitcher in MLB history was Masanori Murkami who played from 1964 to 1965 for the San Francisco Giants
1964. Pitcher Masanori Murakami of the San Francisco Giants was the first player from Japan to play in MLB. His first game with the Giants was September 1, 1964.
The San Fransisco Giants are in the National League, West division.
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Yes. The San Francisco Giants are a baseball team that plays in the National League West division.
Hideki Matsui is a former Major League baseball player. He was a member of the New York Yankees, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Oakland Athletics and Tampa Bay Rays. Matsui was also the World Series MVP for the Yankees in 2009. Before joining the Yankees in 2003, he was a member of the Yomiuri Giants from 1993-2002.