who was the first japanese player in the mlb? (answered)

[kimchi_chigae]

Today, more than a dozen Japanese born players are in active rosters around Major League Baseball, but in 1964 it was a different story. Who was the first Japanese born player to play in Major League Baseball?

[Mercer Boy]

Time: 14.54 seconds

Nomo??

[utterchaos]

Time: 23.94 seconds

Mansonori Murakama of the SF Giants<br><br><span class=gensmall>Accepted as answer by kimchi_chigae on Wed Apr 13, 2005 2:26 pm EST.</span>

[Lofunzo]

Time: 45.01 seconds

Masanori Murakami

[LBJackal]

Time: 45.58 seconds

Masanori Murakami

[SHOCKandAWE]

Time: 57.31 seconds

Murakami

[DominicanLou]

Time: 1 minutes, 0.24 seconds

Masanori Murakami.

[aberrant504]

Time: 1 minutes, 1.31 seconds

Masanori Murakami

[Arlo]

Time: 1 minutes, 3.59 seconds

Masinori Murakami

[DK]

Time: 1 minutes, 8.89 seconds

Masanori Murakami