7 is the most hits by a player in a single mlb game.
most hits by a player in a single mlb game?
7
for thirty years murakami was the only japanese player to appear in an mlb game. pitcher hideo nomo, with the help of agent don nomura, became the second japanese player to play in mlb in 1995. nomo, who was not yet eligible for free agency in japan, was advised by nomura that a "voluntary retirement" clause in the working agreement did not specify that a player wishing to play again after retiring must return to npb. nomo utilized this loophole to void his npb contract with the kintetsu buffaloes and play in mlb. he announced his retirement from npb in late 1994 and signed with the los angeles dodgers in february 1995. nomo's maneuver and hideki irabu's later mlb contractual complications were contributing factors to a major revision of the working agreement in 1998 that created the current posting system. since its inception 16 japanese players have been signed through the system, however one of these players, shinji mori, did not play in a single mlb game due to an injury. npb players who have nine or more years of playing service with npb can become international free agents and do not need to enter mlb through the posting system. the remaining japanese players that have played in mlb have either signed as free agents or signed as amateur players. mac suzuki, kazuhito tadano, and junichi tazawa are the only japanese players to have debuted in mlb without previously playing in npb.
list of major league baseball players from japan
bullet::::- while many nhl, nba, and nfl draftees will eventually reach their respective leagues, the vast majority of players selected in the first-year player draft will never play in a single mlb game, including many first-rounders. for example, only 31 of 52 first-round draft picks in the 1997 draft eventually made a big-league appearance, and only 13 of those 31 appeared in more than 100 games as of . in 1997's sixth round, only five of the 30 players selected eventually made a big league appearance, and only two of those five (tim hudson and matt wise) played more than 40 innings in the majors. further illustrating the unpredictability of the draft's middle and later rounds, none of the 30 players selected in the 18th round ever reached the major leagues, but the 19th round eventually produced an all-star and world series mvp, david eckstein.
major league baseball draft