The first Cardinals player of full Japanese ancestry was So Taguchi, born in Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan whose first season with the Cardinals was 2002.
The first Cardinals player that was born in Japan was second baseman Bobby Fenwick who played 5 games with the team in 1973. Fenwick was born in Okinawa and his father was American.
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The first World Baseball Classic, held in 2006, was won by Japan.
Kevin Youkalis a professianal baseball player is playing in Japan.
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.
March 15, 2008 in Tokyo Japan
Sadaharu Oh with 868.