new record by striking out 13 consecutive batters. Current roster Notable former players Benny Agbayani Hiromitsu Ochiai Alfredo Despaigne Mike Diaz Jose Fernández Julio Franco Matt Franco Mel Hall Isao Harimoto Baek In-chun Pete Incaviglia Hideki Irabu Kazuya Fukuura (retired in 2019) Masaaki Kitaru Kiyoshi Hatsushiba Masahide Kobayashi Tsuyoshi Nishioka Satoru Komiyama (retired in 2009) Bill Madlock Leon Lee (father of Derrek Lee) Leron Lee (uncle of Derrek Lee) Choji Murata (elected to Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2005) Jim Lefebvre Darryl Motley Bill R.W. Murphy Yuhei Nakaushiro Katsuo So Kazuhiro Yamauchi Akihito Igarashi Michiyo Arito Saburo (retired in 2016) Tomohiro Kuroki (also name as "Johnny Kuroki") Tomoya Satozaki (retired in 2014) Dan Serafini Lee Seung-yuop Naoyuki Shimizu (traded to Yokohama BayStars in 2009) Kim Tae-kyun Norifumi Nishimura Shunsuke Watanabe Julio Zuleta Frank Bolick Derrick May Rick Short Brian Sikorski José Castillo Chen Kuan-yu Wei-Yin Chen Luis Cruz Toshihide Narimoto Makoto Kosaka Koichi Hori Adeiny Hechavarria Leonys Martín Hiroyuki Yamazaki Yukinaga Maeda Enny Romero Tadahito Iguchi Hideaki Takazawa Kihachi Enomoto Eric Hillman MLB players Active: Hirokazu Sawamura (2021–) Retired: Hideki Irabu (1997–2002) Masato Yoshii (1998–2002) Satoru Komiyama (2002) Tadahito Iguchi (2005–2008) Masahide Kobayashi (2008–2009) Tsuyoshi Nishioka (2011–2012) Ryohei Tanaka (2009–2011) Yasuhiko Yabuta (2008–2009) Shunsuke Watanabe (2014) Yuhei Nakaushiro (2016–2018) Honored number 26 – This number was retired in honor of the Marines' fans in 2005. It was inspired by some teams in other sports (such as football, which retires "12" for the "12th man", or basketball, which retires "6" for the "6th man").The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles has the No. 10 retired in similar fashion. MLB's Los Angeles Angels has retired No. 26, in same fashion, for the founder Gene Autry. Managers Statistics current through the end of the season. Cheer Dancers The Marines' cheer dancing squad is known as M☆Splash!!. They were formed in 2004. Alongside the team's mascots Mar-kun, Rine-chan and Zu-chan, they entertain the crowd during Marines games, with 27 members. Mascots Mar-kun (マーくん, Maa-kun) is a main mascot character of the Marines. With his girlfriend Rine-chan (リーンちゃん, Riin-chan) and his young brother Zu-chan (ズーちゃん, Zuu-chan), he entertains spectators at team games. Their name is a separateness of the team name. Originally Rine-chan wore a pink sports visor cap till the 2022 season when she wore the same baseball cap as her boyfriend while retaining the skirt, while Zu-chan wears the cap backwards and wears an