I wanted to do a quick post on the current and former NPB players on the rosters of the Premier 12 teams (other than
the Samurai Japan roster of course). As far as I can tell, there's at least one NPB player on every team except the Netherlands (surprisingly neither Wladimir Balentien or Rick Van Den Hurk are on the team). I think that the only NPB player from Team Australia is Daryl George who was an
ikusei player with the Buffaloes a couple years back. I don't list him with the rest of the players because I don't have any Japanese cards of him.
The article on the WBSC's website describing Cuba's roster lists Oscar Colas of the Hawks but
their actual roster does not so I don't have him listed here. It wouldn't surprise me if I missed a couple players.
UPDATE -
Steve Smith pointed out that I had missed that Travis Blackley of the Australian team had played in NPB. He also provided me with a photo of a card of George. I've updated the post to include these cards. Thanks Steve!
Australia
Travis Blackley - Eagles 2014
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2014 BBM 1st Version #003 |
Daryl George - Buffaloes 2017
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IRsaobNXj4I/XbOZOf49NMI/AAAAAAAAW8U/Dgb1AfAj_C00ZFaTBs9aCX-DMJ8dEPFtgCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/George.jpg) |
2017 Buffaloes 120 |
Canada
Scott Mathieson - Giants 2012-present
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sxAEpqEob9w/Xa-if5wi0PI/AAAAAAAAW6I/i3rINSRAb2QEb9ppn5cFcOhY7E9DcPZgQCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Canada%2BMathieson.jpg) |
2017 Epoch Giants #06 |
Cuba
Frederich Cepeda - Giants 2014-15
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Fsqq9PJEDSM/Xa-ify4Y2gI/AAAAAAAAW6E/0G9kB5rBkSEw9XfsaVWWsb_UhY47G-g5ACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Cuba%2BCepeda.jpg) |
2014 BBM Giants #G057 |
Alfredo Despaigne - Marines 2014-16, Hawks 2017-present
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7YeiWHhctZM/Xa-igGHfGVI/AAAAAAAAW6M/nVlkVgWcfiEizr-zGiYUGvKoGtMxspcqACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Cuba%2BDespaigne.jpg) |
2019 Epoch NPB #065 |
Yurisbel Gracial - Hawks 2018-present
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-GscScWEGZ90/Xa-ig6AX9mI/AAAAAAAAW6Q/mkU6IEYZK7AMp9hjXsf3Mz4I7TxtskxEQCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Cuba%2BGracial.jpg) |
2019 Calbee #154 |
Ariel Martinez - Dragons 2018-present
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ua3_xlxs0n8/Xa-ig8VBEnI/AAAAAAAAW6U/EJ_dkTyYjjc_ZN8YLy4TuPtf4fh5143hgCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Cuba%2BMartinez%2BA.jpg) |
2018 Epoch Dragons Rookies & Stars #42 |
Raidel Martinez - Dragons 2018-present
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-nKe4Eh0J18g/Xa-ihA42NMI/AAAAAAAAW6Y/lqFA2WdsKbIXWFIIcq7BGgp7M_qIENLIACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Cuba%2BMartinez%2BR.jpg) |
2018 BBM Dragons #D32 |
Livan Moinelo - Hawks 2017-present
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HC-JJ5wOn04/Xa-ihpOXXWI/AAAAAAAAW6g/55DPmmxvpecL9cWxnkmjGoLzs0gFucFsQCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Cuba%2BMoinelo.jpg) |
2018 BBM Hawks #H15 |
Roel Santos - Marines 2017
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-L7YiXUwJGgk/Xa-ihXIyCnI/AAAAAAAAW6c/PcnjGFwPhZwttzRcIchAVXhmK5yKrPfWgCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Cuba%2BSantos.jpg) |
2017 BBM Genesis #027 |
Dominican Republic
Samuel Adames - Giants 2018-present
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ivLBGrDrHF8/Xa-ihyUzq9I/AAAAAAAAW6k/2uaeuz3g9JgobMJRrWkKwjoYJJfy87RsQCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Dominica%2BAdames.jpg) |
2018 BBM Fusion #609 |
Enny Romero - Dragons 2019
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Yj7hu_QBAQg/Xa-ih44vsVI/AAAAAAAAW6o/3WHDnL7mfs0ZQcfNZDV3R_QGfWp7ITXAACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Dominica%2BRomero.jpg) |
2019 BBM Dragons #D31 |
Mexico
Matt Clark - Dragons 2013
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IzSk08TteOo/Xa-iiPa4i4I/AAAAAAAAW6s/-X4D1_CexrsV0VnFIIGYTDoLK5yoHuSGgCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Mexico%2BClark.jpg) |
2013 Bandai Owners League 02 #020 |
Efren Navarro - Tigers 2019
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-oNKwWD12PL4/Xa-iiXQX8II/AAAAAAAAW6w/vG8FD_8n-Cke-MEV8ojkC8bMVQ5SUB48ACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Mexico%2BNavarro.jpg) |
2019 BBM Tigers #T58 |
Christian Villanueva - Giants 2019
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wIsYyoY5Fio/Xa-iioXh7TI/AAAAAAAAW60/WZE6X6hg8AQr7ho6W9G2nSxPv-DPMFcVACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Mexico%2BVillanueva.jpg) |
2019 BBM Giants #G47 |
Puerto Rico
Miguel Mejia - Lions 2015
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wc7oWduhve8/Xa-iihH4jfI/AAAAAAAAW64/EnfvgNto5vYZQPFiiaJewDrHD4SRxE1wgCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Puerto%2BMejia.jpg) |
2015 BBM Lions #L24 |
Orlando Roman - Swallows 2012-15
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pFXpZrZ9A08/Xa-ii8SCx5I/AAAAAAAAW68/RYqSvHK4NMcUQ-ObYQjP4jrQRyIj__NRwCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Puerto%2BRoman.jpg) |
2015 Epoch Swallows Victory Memorial #11 |
Taiwan
Kuan-Yu Chen - Baystars 11-14, Marines 15-present
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HxugQGrOabw/Xa-ijFjOSQI/AAAAAAAAW7A/6b-EdQbhZUQf-Ngp5Fskz3UAAZ1GtMONACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Taiwan%2BChen.jpg) |
2019 BBM Marines #M27 |
Yaku Cho (Yi Chang) - Buffaloes 17-present
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ici6PyXlS4I/Xa-ij3ZmsjI/AAAAAAAAW7E/zawkhljuR8s4_WkvXrLtMIMukq_JSaxtgCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Taiwan%2BCho.jpg) |
2019 BBM Buffaloes #B35 |
Chia-Hao Sung - Eagles 16-present
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_NDXQTOlP_8/Xa-ikDs3r2I/AAAAAAAAW7I/PyzT2WjoCZ4F7TBfRtd7HSgvWQ7HEwscQCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Taiwan%2BSung.jpg) |
2019 BBM Eagles #E22 |
Po-Jung Wang - Fighters 2019
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iR5j7hfghqY/Xa-ikBelKbI/AAAAAAAAW7M/3T1SCPYVLUIXDpNBx-UHmtH-zwgJonvlACLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Taiwan%2BWang.jpg) |
2019 BBM Fighters #F70 |
USA
Brandon Dickson - Buffaloes 2013-present
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9p9mRK2KA-Y/Xa-ikRNEVYI/AAAAAAAAW7Q/8LfaD4Or-Y0nDpE6PeDw6vVYG_rUp-beQCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/USA%2BDickson.jpg) |
2013 Front Runner Buffaloes Season Summary #01 |
Venezuela
Carlos Rivero - Swallows 2017
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d0ikygB6Q8E/Xa-ikvIE3QI/AAAAAAAAW7U/v1Jc2Z0xvSEG7yPjbmrhyw-WpOkbhSS3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Venezuela%2BRivero.jpg) |
2017 BBM Fusion #608 |
Miguel Socolovich - Carp 2013
![](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-IIkhYlnhpVE/Xa-ik-ICuqI/AAAAAAAAW7Y/rzGNLUpZ6vABamcF0ltKzXDOZfcRDv2SwCLcBGAsYHQ/s400/Venezuela%2BSocolovich.jpg) |
2013 BBM 1st Version #089 |
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