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Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
The Pacific League had a little more variety in fan selection, the Lions and Hawks both getting the most vote-ins with 4 apiece, then Kintetsu taking two positions, and the Fighters and BlueWave each getting one player voted in.
Those of you worried about a 'Star-less All Star Series don't have to worry. Miura has been selected by Wakamatsu-kantoku to represent Yokohama.
Because many of you tend to be mostly concerned about the foreign players, I note that no foreign players were selected in the Central League by the fans, yet Pacific League fans voted in Pedraza, Rhodes, and Cabrera. Kintetsu's Jeremy Powell is the 4th foreign player for the Pa-League, and Wakamatsui-kantoku selected his own Hodges and Ramirez along with Hanshin's Moore and Arias to represent the Ce-League.
Now, I'll present the players with links to their profiles here. I'll be working the rest of the evening entering career statistics for the players who have 1-gun stats in Japan from past years. The only goal I'll guarantee is having them all entered by the All Star Series.
Participating
Participating
Msaaki Mori
81
YBS
10-22
Haruki Ihara
73
SL
1-1
relievers
Kevin Hodges
Hirotoshi Ishii
Koji Uehara
Daisuke Miura
Yasuhiro Oyamada
Kenshin Kawakami
Trey Moore
58
61
19
18
39
11
17
YS
YS
YG
YBS
HC
CD
HT
1
1
4 (1)
1
1
2
1
Jeremy Powell
Kenichi Wakatabe
Shuji Yoshida
Kiyoshi Toyoda
Masahiko Kaneda
Kazuo Yamaguchi
Hiroyuki Kobayashi
Hayato Nakamura
25
14
49
20
11
14
41
35
OKB
FDH
FDH
SL
OBW
OBW
CLM
NHF
1
1
2
3
2
1
1
1
Motonobu Tanishige
7
CD
7
Tsutomu Itoh
Takeshi Hidaka
27
47
SL
OBW
16
3
Takahiro Arai
Kazuyoshi Tatsunami
George Arias
25
3
14
HC
CD
HT
1
9
1
Hiroki Kokubo
Makoto Kaneko
9
30
FDH
NHF
7 (1)
1
*
*
Yoshinobu Takahashi
Shinjiro Hiyama
24
24
YG
HT
5
2
*
*
Koji Akiyama
Yoshitomo Tani
1
10
FDH
OBW
18
2
Takayuki Shimizu
Kosuke Fukudome
9
1
YG
CD
2
2
Saburo Ohmura
2
CLM
1
Hitter