Masanori Murakami

Masanori Murakami is best known as a professional baseball player from Japan. He made history as the first Japanese player to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) when he debuted with the San Francisco Giants in 1964. Murakami was a left-handed pitcher and played in the MLB for parts of two seasons. His career in professional baseball spanned over several years, including time in both Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and in the MLB.