Imports - Year by Year - Hanshin Tigers English News

Below is a list of the import players who were rostered by Hanshin from 1960 until present. Boldfaced names have profiles. Players appearing in more than one season will be listed by last name only (and have no links) in their second and subsequent listings. If you would like to know more about a player who does not have a profile, feel free to send me an e-mail at thehanshintigers@gmail.com

Featured Players

Name	Pos	#	From	Until	DOB	Height	Weight	Thr/Bat
Mike Solomko	LF	56	1960	1963	7/24/35	178	82	R/R
Gene Bacque	P	4	1962	1968	8/12/37	191	91	R/R
Willie Kirkland	OF	31	1968	1973	2/17/37	186	93	R/L
Mike Reinbach	RF	40	1976	1980	8/6/49	188	89	R/L
Hal Breeden	1B	44	1976	1978	6/28/44	188	91	L/R
Randy Bass	1B	44	1983	1988	3/13/54	184	95	R/L
Matt Keough	SP	4	1987	1990	7/3/55	191	86	R/R
Cecil Fielder	1B	44	1989	1989	9/21/63	191	125	R/R
Tom O'Malley	1B	1	1991	1994	12/25/60	185	88	R/L
Mike Greenwell	LF	39	1997	1997	7/18/63	183	93	R/L
George Arias	1B/3B	14	2002	2004	3/12/72	180	93	R/R
Jeff Williams	RP	54	2003	2009	6/6/72	183	88	L/R
Andy Sheets	1B	4	2005	2007	11/19/71	188	89	R/R
Ryan Vogelsong	SP	36, 4	2007	2008	7/22/77	193	98	R/R
Matt Murton	LF	9	2010	2015	10/3/81	185	99	R/R
Jason Standridge	SP	55	2010	2013	11/9/78	191	110	R/R
Randy Messenger	SP	54	2010	2019	8/13/81	198	109	R/R

1960-69

1960 – Mike Solomko (OF)

1961 – Solomko

1962 – Solomko, Mark Brownstein (P/OF), Gene Bacque (P)

1963 – Solomko, Bacque, Frank Jaciuk (IF)

1964 – Bacque, Pete Burnside (P), Reno Peter Bertoia (IF)

1965 – Bacque, Burnside, Chico Fernandez (IF)

1966 – Bacque

1967 – Bacque, Mike Krsnich (IF)

1968 – Bacque, Willie Kirkland (OF)

1969 – Kirkland, Joe Gaines (OF)

1970-79

1970 – Kirkland, Fred Valentine (OF)

1971 – Kirkland

1972 – Kirkland, Leon McFadden (OF/IF)

1973 – Kirkland

1974 – Bobby Taylor (OF)

1975 – Taylor, George Altman (OF)

1976 – Mike Reinbach (OF), Hal Breeden (IF)

1977 – Reinbach, Breeden

1978 – Reinbach, Breeden

1979 – Reinbach, Leroy Stanton (OF)

1980-89

1980 – Reinbach, Dave Hilton (IF), Bruce Boisclair (OF)

1981 – Steven Rum (OF), Doug Ault (IF/OF), Paul Dade (OF), Dan Gonzales (OF)

1982 – Rum, Kim Allen (OF), Greg Johnston (OF)

1983 – Allen, Randy Bass (IF), Richard Olsen (P), Steve Stroughter (OF)

1984 – Bass, Olsen

1985 – Bass, Rich Gale (P)

1986 – Bass, Gale

1987 – Bass, Matt Keough (P)

1988 – Bass, Keough, Ruppert Jones (OF)

1989 – Keough, Cecil Fielder (IF)

1990-99

1990 – Keough, Larry Parrish (IF/OF), Richard Wieligman (IF/OF)

1991 – Thomas O’Malley (IF), Marvell Wynne (OF)

1992 – O’Malley, Jim Paciorek (IF/OF)

1993 – O’Malley, Paciorek

1994 – O’Malley, Rob Deer (OF)

1995 – Scott Coolbaugh (IF), Glenn Davis (IF)

1996 – Coolbaugh, Davis, Kevin Maas (IF), Craig Worthington (IF)

1997 – Darnell Coles (IF/OF), Mike Greenwell (OF), Phil Hiatt (IF/OF), Bob MacDonald (P), Reed Secrist (IF)

1998 – Ta-Feng Chen (IF/OF), Darrell May (P), Ben Rivera (P), Doug Creek (P), David Hansen (IF), Alonzo Powell (OF), Desi Wilson (IF)

1999 – Chen, May, Rivera, Kurt Miller (P), Michael Blowers (IF), Mark Johnson (IF)

2000-09

2000 – Chen, Miller, Greg Hansell (P), Howard Battle (IF), Micah Franklin (OF), Jason Hardtke (IF), Roberto Ramirez (OF/IF), Anthony Tarasco (OF)

2001 – Hansell, Buddy Carlyle (P), Ivan Cruz (IF/OF), Tom Evans (IF), Eduardo Perez (IF/OF)

2002 – Hansell, Carlyle, George Arias (IF), Trey Moore (P), Marc Valdes (P), Derrick White (IF)

2003 – Arias, Moore, Jeff Williams (P), Jerod Riggan (P), Lou Pote (P)

2004 – Arias, Williams, Riggan, Wei-Chu Lin (OF), Trey Hodges (P), Mike Kinkade (OF/IF), Ramon Morel (P), Rodney Myers (P)

2005 – Williams, Lin, Darwin Cubillan (P), Andy Sheets (IF), Shane Spencer (OF), Jamie Brown (P)

2006 – Williams, Lin, Cubillan, Sheets, Spencer, Chris Oxspring (P)

2007 – Williams, Lin, Cubillan, Sheets, Ryan Vogelsong (P), Esteban Yan (P)

2008 – Williams, Lin, Vogelsong, Scott Atchinson (P), Aarom Baldiris (IF), Lewis Ford (OF), Chris Resop (P)

2009 – Williams, Lin, Atchinson, Baldiris, Craig Brazell (IF), Kai-Wen Cheng (P), Kevin Mench (OF)

2010-19

2010 – Lin, Brazell, Cheng, Randy Messenger (P), Matt Murton (OF), Jason Standridge (P), Casey Fossum (P)

2011 – Lin, Brazell, Cheng, Messenger, Murton, Standridge

2012 – Lin, Brazell, Cheng, Messenger, Murton, Standridge, Robert Zarate (P)

2013 – Lin, Messenger, Murton, Standridge, Zarate, Blaine Boyer (P), Brooks Conrad (IF)

2014 – Messenger, Murton, Mauro Gomez (IF), Seung-hwan Oh (P)

2015 – Messenger, Murton, Gomez, Oh, Mario Santiago (P), Nelson Perez (OF)

2016 – Messenger, Gomez, Perez, Marcos Mateo (P), Rafael Dolis (P), Matt Hague (IF), Cody Satterwhite (P)

2017 – Messenger, Mateo, Dolis, Roman Mendez (P), Eric Campbell (IF), Jason Rogers (IF), Luis Mendoza (P)

2018 – Messenger, Mateo, Dolis, Yen-Ching Lu (P), Diego Moreno (P), Wilin Rosario (IF), Efren Navarro (IF/OF)

2019 – Messenger, Dolis, Lu, Navarro, Pierce Johnson (P), Onelki Garcia (P), Jefry Marte (IF), Yangervis Solarte (IF)

2020-29

2020 – Lu, Garcia, Marte, Justin Bour (IF), Robert Suarez (P), Joe Gunkel (P), Jerry Sands (OF), Jon Edwards (P)

2021 – Marte, Suarez, Gunkel, Sands, Edwards, Wei-Yin Chen (P), Mel Rojas Jr (OF), Raul Alcantara (P)

2022 – Marte, Gunkel, Chen, Rojas Jr, Alcantara, Aaron Wilkerson (P), Kyle Keller (P), Aderlin Rodriguez (IF)

2023 – K. Keller, Jeremy Beasley (P), Brian Keller (P), Johan Mieses (OF), Sheldon Neuse (OF), Colten Brewer (P)

2024 – Beasley, Mieses, Neuse, Javy Guerra (P)

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