First Japanese Player in Major League Baseball On this day, in 1964 Masanori Murakami was the first Japanese player to play for a Major League Baseball team, the San Francisco Giants, he was sent over to the USA by the Nankai Hawks. September 1, 1964 Sport: Baseball Trivia What Are the Five Events That Make Up the Modern Olympic Pentathon? Which Nations Won the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals the Last Time Baseball Was an Olympic Sport? sports in this article Baseball tags in this article Fan On This Day SportsEngine