Baseball Classic Rosters
The 2009 World Baseball Classic kicks off this Thursday, so let’s take a look at the rosters of all the teams in the tournament.
AUSTRALIA
Pitchers
7 Craig Anderson
23 Travis Blackley
11 Adam Bright
31 Tristan Crawford
38 Joshua Hill
30 Liam Hendriks
15 Paul Mildren
40 Drew Naylor
35 Chris Oxspring
26 Bradley Thomas
19 Richard Thompson
45 David Welch
21 Brendan Wise
Catchers
9 Andrew Graham
29 Joel Naughton
Infielders
3 James Beresford
5 Michael Collins
12 Bradley Harman
20 Luke Hughes
13 Stefan Welch
Outfielders
6 Daniel Berg
1 Mitchell Dening
16 Justin Huber
8 Trent Oeltjen
17 Brett Roneberg
14 Christopher Snelling
Manager
24 Jon Deeble
Coaches
33 Paul Elliott
10 Patrick Kelly
27 Graeme Lloyd
2 Tony Harris
43 Philip Dale
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CANADA
Pitchers
17 Phillippe Aumont
35 Chris Begg
26 T.J. Burton
28 Jesse Crain
23 David Davidson
18 Scott Diamond
22 Bryan Dumesnil
31 Steve Green
36 Brooks McNiven
25 Mike Johnson
52 Chris Leroux
32 Vince Perkins
48 Scott Richmond
Catchers
1 Luke Carlin
55 Russell Martin
Infielders
13 Chris Barnwell
29 Shawn Bowman
11 Stubby Clapp
47 Corey Koskie
33 Justin Morneau
4 Peter Orr
24 Mark Teahen
19 Joey Votto
Outfielders
44 Jason Bay
5 Brett Lawrie
12 Matt Stairs
7 Adam Stern
8 Nick Weglarz
Manager
21 Ernie Whitt
Coaches
3 Larry Walker
49 Paul Quantrill
42 Denis Boucher
34 Tim Leiper
27 Greg Hamilton
20 Greg OHalloran
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CHINA
Pitchers
15 Tao Bu
3 Junyi Chen
33 Kun Chen
42 Wei Chen
51 Chenhao Li
60 Weiliang Li
11 Kai Liu
17 Jiangang Lu
28 Guoqiang Sun
20 Kangnan Xia
27 Li Zhang
62 Dawei Zhu
7 Xiaotian Zhang
Catchers
19 Chunhua Dong
2 Yang Yang
8 Zhenwang Zhang
Infielders
21 Raymond Chang
30 Fujia Chu
16 Fenglian Hou
31 Delong Jia
10 Guangbiao Liu
55 Jingchao Wang
9 Yufeng Zhang
65 Fujia Zhang
Outfielders
5 Hao Chen
88 Fei Feng
1 Lingfeng Sun
25 Chao Wang
Manager
77 Terry Collins
Coaches
66 Brent Strom
9 Yufeng Zhang
72 Aiping Wang
29 Sheng Yi
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CHINESE TAIWAN
Pitchers
99 Hung-Wen Chen
51 Chi-Hung Cheng
20 Kai-Wen Cheng
90 Po-Hsuan Keng
12 Chen-Chang Lee
47 Yu-Cheng Liao
11 Yueh-Ping Lin
98 Ko-Chien Lin
81 Po-Yu Lin
48 Chia-Jen Lo
21 Fu-Te Ni
62 Chia-Chun Tang
42 Sung-Wei Tseng
Catchers
34 Chih-Kang Kao
36 I-Feng Kuo
15 Kun-Sheng Lin
Infielders
25 Chih-Hsien Chiang
4 Kuo-Ching Kao
7 Yen-Wen Kuo
10 Han Lin
22 Yi-Chuan Lin
23 Cheng-Min Peng
14 Sheng-Wei Wang
Outfielders
8 Chih-Yao Chan
24 Tai-Chi Kuo
44 Che-Hsuan Lin
31 Wei-Chu Lin
55 Wu-Hsiung Pan
Manager
3 Chih-Shien Yeh
Coaches
88 Tai-Yuan Kuo
70 Wen-Sheng Lu
26 Kuang-Huei Wang
6 Wei-Chen Chen
65 Kun-Han Lin
68 Cheng-Hao Wang
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CUBA
Pitchers
52 Alberti Aroldis
17 Vladimir Garcia
48 Yulieski Gonzalez Ledesma
32 Norberto Gonzalez Miranda
59 Ismel Jimenez Santiago
42 Miguel Lahera Betancourt
99 Pedro Luis Lazo Iglesias
72 Ciro Silvino Licea Gonzalez
97 Yunesky Maya Mendiluza
15 Danny Betancourt Chacon
74 Luis Miguel Rodriguez Ricardo
92 Yolexis Ulacia Carrazana
20 Norge Luis Vera Peralta
Catchers
8 Ariel Osvaldo Pestano Valdes
40 Rolando Merino Betancourt
46 Yosbany Peraza Marin
Infielders
14 Joan Carlos Pedroso Brooks
12 Michel Enriquez Tamayo
10 Yulieski Gourriel Castillo
55 Alexander Mayeta Kerr
3 Luis Miguel Nava Gonzalez
28 Hector Olivera Amaro
2 Eduardo Paret Perez
Outfielders
56 Leslie Anderson Stephes
24 Frederich Cepeda Cruz
51 Yoennis Cespedes Milanes
54 Alfredo Despaigne Rodriguez
26 Leonys Martin Tapanes
Manager
39 Higinio Velez
Coaches
41 Francisco Escaurido
22 Enrique Cepero
34 Jose Elosegui
30 Pedro Perez
21 Lourdes Gourreil
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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Pitchers
66 Jose Arredondo
51 Juan Cruz
46 Johnny Cueto
38 Ubaldo Jimenez
50 Carlos Marmol
43 Damaso Marte
45 Pedro Martinez
58 Tony Pena
57 Odalis Perez
53 Rafael Perez
35 Edwar Ramirez
41 Jose Veras
36 Edinson Volquez
Catchers
33 Alberto Castillo
21 Miguel Olivo
Infielders
16 Willy Aybar
29 Adrian Beltre
24 Robinson Cano
34 David Ortiz
2 Hanley Ramirez
7 Jose Reyes
13 Alex Rodriguez
10 Miguel Tejada
Outfielders
18 Moises Alou
23 Jose Bautista
15 Nelson Cruz
11 Jose Guillen
3 Willy Taveras
Manager
17 Felipe Alou
Coaches
55 Luis Pujols
32 Mario Soto
6 Junior Noboa
4 Alfredo Griffin
19 Luis Silverio
31 Ramon Henderson
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ITALY
Pitchers
51 Philip Barzilla
28 Cody Cillo
35 Christopher Daniel Cooper
40 Roberto Corradini
42 Tiago Da Silva
15 Mark DiFelice
55 Lenny DiNardo
49 Jason Grilli
18 William LaMura
17 Alessandro Maestri
30 Kasey Olenberger
54 Adam Ottavino
29 Dan Serafini
Catchers
64 Francisco Cervelli
10 Vincent Rottino
Infielders
27 Frank Catalanotto
4 Michael Costanzo
34 Davide Dallospedale
14 Alex Liddi
47 Giuseppe Mazzanti
8 Nick Punto
3 Jack Santora
Outfielders
45 Mario Chiarini
20 Peter Ciofrone
9 Andrea De Santis
19 Chris Denorfia
37 Valentino Pascucci
2 Leonardo Zileri
Manager
5 Marco Mazzieri
Coaches
21 Mike Hargrove
26 Tom Trebelhorn
23 Alberto DAuria
1 William Holmberg
31 Mike Piazza
33 Gilberto Gerali
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JAPAN
Pitchers
11 Yu Darvish
22 Kyuji Fujikawa
20 Hisashi Iwakuma
19 Minoru Iwata
28 Satoshi Komatsu
14 Takahiro Mahara
18 Daisuke Matsuzaka
47 Toshiya Sugiuchi
15 Masahiro Tanaka
26 Tetsuya Utsumi
16 Hideaki Wahui
31 Shunsuke Watanabe
39 Tetsuya Yamaguchi
Catchers
10 Shinnosuke Abe
29 Yoshiyuki Ishihara
2 Kenji Johjima
Infielders
8 Akinori Iwamura
7 Yasuyuki Kataoka
52 Munenori Kawasaki
25 Shuichi Murata
6 Hiroyuki Nakajima
9 Michihiro Ogasawara
Outfielders
23 Norichika Aoki
1 Kosuke Fukudome
41 Atsunori Inaba
35 Yoshiyuki Kamei
51 Ichiro Suzuki
24 Seiichi Uchikawa
Manager
83 Tatsunori Hara
Coaches
71 Hisashi Yamada
72 Tsutomu Ito
63 Nobuhiro Takashiro
81 Kazunori Shinozuka
92 Tsuyoshi Yoda
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SOUTH KOREA
Pitchers
51 Jungkeun Bong
21 Taehyon Chong
41 Doosung Hwang
13 Wonsam Jang
19 Hyun Wook Jong
31 Kwanghyun Kim
11 Jae Woo Lee
20 Seung Ho Lee
12 Chang Yong Lim
17 Seung Hwan Oh
99 Hyunjin Ryu
1 Min Han Son
28 Suk Min Yoon
Catchers
47 Min Ho Kang
26 Kyung Oan Park
Infielders
2 Jeong Choi
8 Keunwoo Jeong
52 Tae Kyun Kim
14 Young Min
10 Dae Ho Lee
16 Ki Hyuk Park
6 Bum Ho Lee
Outfielders
5 Shin Soo Choo
50 Hyun Soo Kim
39 Jong Wook Lee
15 Yongkyu Lee
29 Taek Keun Lee
35 Jin Young Lee
Manager
81 In-Sik Kim
Coaches
80 Sung Han Kim
79 Sangmoon Yang
78 Soon Chul Lee
77 Joong Il Ryu
76 Min Ho Kim
75 Sung Woo Kang
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MEXICO
Pitchers
56 Luis Ayala
33 Jorge Campillo
48 Francisco Campos
51 David Cortes
45 Elmer Dessens
91 Rafael Diaz
13 Rodrigo Lopez
52 Pablo Ortega
46 Oliver Perez
57 Dennys Reyes
73 Ricardo Rincon
26 Francisco Rodriguez
48 Joakim Soria
Catchers
23 Rod Barajas
35 Miguel Ojeda
Infielders
3 Jorge Cantu
44 Erubiel Durazo
23 Adrian Gonzalez
66 Edgar Gonzalez
50 Agustin Murillo
31 Oscar Robles
18 Freddy Sandoval
38 Jorge Alberto Vazquez
Outfielders
4 Alfredo Amezaga
10 Karim Garcia
25 Jerry Hairston
14 Scott Hairston
11 Augie Ojeda
Manager
Vinny Castilla
Fernando Valenzuela
Ted Higuera
Armando Reynoso
Jose Tolentino
Ever Magallanes
Alfonso Jimenez
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NETHERLANDS
Pitchers
25 David Bergman
44 Leon Boyd
19 Rob Cordemans
36 Diegomar Markwell
29 Dennis Neuman
47 Sidney Ponson
31 Alexander Smit
51 Tom Stuifbergen
45 Juan Carlos Sulbaran
3 Berry Van Driel
13 Michiel Van Kampen
56 Rick VandenHurk
9 Pim Walsma
Catchers
24 Sidney De Jong
50 Kenley Jansen
Infielders
40 Sharlon Schoop
12 Sharnol Adriana
2 Yurendell DeCaster
5 Michael Duursma
41 Vince Rooi
35 Randall Simon
43 Curt Smith
4 Hainley Statia
Outfielders
37 Bryan Engelhardt
67 Gregory Halman
21 Eugene Kingsale
27 Danny Rombley
18 Dirk Van’t Klooster
Manager
Rod Delmonico
Coaches
James (Jim) Stoeckel
Rik Aalbert(Bert) Blyleven
Bill Froberg
Eitel (Wim) Martinus
Hensley Meulens
Ben Thijssen
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PANAMA
Pitchers
23 Manuel Acosta
16 Abraham Atencio
12 Manuel Campos
14 Yeliar Castro
27 Bruce Chen
36 Manuel Corpas
25 Jorge Cortes
21 Paolo Espino
15 Rafael Medina
81 Gilberto Mendez
38 Ramiro Mendoza
26 Eliecer Navarro
27 Arquimedes Nieto
Catchers
8 Damaso Espino
19 Cesar A. Quintero
51 Carlos J. Ruiz
Infielders
35 Avelino Asprilla
28 Javier Castillo
22 Angel A. Chavez
26 Audes De Leon
6 Kevin Ramos
2 Ruben Tejada
42 Julio Zuleta
Outfielders
4 Earl Agnoly
63 Luis Durango
45 Carlos N. Lee
28 Ruben Rivera
20 Concepcion Rodriguez
Manager
11 Hector Lopez
Coaches
53 Ricardo Medina
56 Lenin Picota
24 Allan Lewis
43 Luis Ortiz
5 Luis Molina
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PUERTO RICO
Pitchers
36 Giancarlo Alvarado
25 Pedro Feliciano
27 Nelson Figueroa
44 Carlos Gutierrez
48 Javier Lopez
77 Ivan Maldonado
52 Rabell “Saul” Rivera
34 Orlando Roman
16 J.C. Romero
53 Jonathan Sanchez
45 Ian Snell
33 Javier Vazquez
38 Fernando Cabrera
31 Josue Matos
Catchers
4 Yadier Molina
7 Ivan Rodriguez
18 Geovany Soto
Infielders
10 Michael Aviles
13 Alex “Jose” Cora
21 Carlos Delgado
26 Angel “Andy” Gonzalez
2 Felipe Lopez
12 Ramon Vazquez
Outfielders
51 Bernie Williams
15 Carlos Beltran
43 Hiram Bocachica
23 Jesus Feliciano
19 Alex Rios
Manager
Jose Oquendo
Coaches
Carlos Arroyo
Eduardo Perez
Ivan DeJesus
Jose “Charlie” Montoyo
Gil Rondon
Julio “Jerry” Morales
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SOUTH AFRICA
Pitchers
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35 Barry Armitage
27 Matthew Dancer
15 Shannon Ekermans
37 Jared Elario
14 Justin Erasmus
19 Donavon Hendricks
76 Gavin Jeffries
31 Dylan Lindsay
13 Jacobus Mostert
73 Hein Robb
25 Darryn Smith
3 Robert Verschuren
Catchers
18 Kyle Botha
88 Karl Weitz
9 Terence White
Infielders
1 Justin Lazarus
28 Gift Ngoepe
7 Anthony Phillips
2 Johnathan Phillips
22 Allan Randall
23 Brett Willemburg
Outfielders
6 Martin Gordon
11 Moegamat-Zaid Hendricks
42 Richard Holgate
26 Gavin Ray
20 Paul Rutgers
38 Ashley Scott
Manager
Rick Magnate
Coaches
Lee Smith
Brian McArn
Mike Randall
Neil Adonis
Alan Phillips
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UNITED STATES
Pitchers
52 Heath Bell
51 Jonathan Broxton
40 Brian Fuentes
34 John Grabow
46 Jeremy Guthrie
38 Joel Hanrahan
42 LaTroy Hawkins
39 J.P. Howell
33 Ted Lilly
29 Matt Lindstrom
36 x-Joe Nathan
44 Roy Oswalt
22 Jake Peavy
23 J.J. Putz
52 x-B.J. Ryan
62 Scot Shields
37 Matt Thornton
31 Brad Ziegler
Catchers
26 Chris Iannetta
16 Brian McCann
Infielders
7 Mark DeRosa
2 Derek Jeter
10 Chipper Jones
15 Dustin Pedroia
1 Jimmy Rollins
4 David Wright
21 Kevin Youkilis
Outfielders
18 Ryan Braun
17 Adam Dunn
28 Curtis Granderson
9 x-Brad Hawpe
24 x-Grady Sizemore
50 Shane Victorino
Manger
5 Davey Johnson
Coaches
27 Marcel Lachemann
8 Reggie Smith
20 Mike Schmidt
11 Barry Larkin
3 Bill Ripken
30 Mel Stottlemyre
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VENEZUELA
Pitchers
63 Ivan Blanco
43 Francisco Butto
40 Armando Galarraga
52 Victor Garate
54 Enrique Gonzalez
59 Felix Hernandez
61 Jose Mijares
16 Victor Moreno
44 Orber Moreno
75 Francisco Rodriguez
52 Carlos Silva
31 Victor Zambrano
38 Carlos Zambrano
Catchers
21 Henry Blanco
19 Ramon Hernandez
51 Max Ramirez
Infielders
24 Miguel Cabrera
3 Cesar Izturis
4 Jose Lopez
7 Luis Maza
6 Melvin Mora
12 Marco Scutaro
Outfielders
53 Bob Abreu
11 Gregor Blanco
47 Endy Chavez
2 Carlos Guillen
30 Magglio Ordonez
1 Gerardo Parra
Manger
8 Luis Sojo
Coaches
41 Andres Galarraga
20 Tony Armas
34 Omar Malave
5 Oscar Escobar
10 Roberto Espinoza
33 Luis Dorante
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Posted: 3/2/09 11:34PM ET
