2006 World Baseball Classic rosters
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at 2006 World Baseball Classic. The tournament started on March 3 and the final took place on March 20, 2006.
The teams listed on the country's roster is the team the player was with while the tournament took place.
Pool A
China
China Roster[1]
Manager: Jim Lefebvre
Coaches: Bruce Hurst (Pitching)
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Chinese Taipei
Chinese Taipei Roster[2]
Manager: Lin Hua-wei (林華韋)
Coaches: Hung I-chung (洪一中), Yeh Chih-shien (葉志仙), Lu Ming-tsu (呂明賜), Wu Fu-lien (吳復連), Hsieh Chang-heng (謝長亨)
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Japan
Manager: 89 – Sadaharu Oh (王貞治)
Coaches: 84 – Kazuhiro Takeda (武田一浩), 85 – Hatsuhiko Tsuji (辻発彦), 86 – Yoshitaka Katori (鹿取義隆), 87 – Yasunori Oshima (大島康徳), 88 – Sumio Hirota (弘田澄男)
South Korea
Manager: Kim In-sik (김인식)
Coaches: 70 — Kim Jae-bak (hitting coach), 90 — Sun Dong-yol (pitching coach), 80 — Cho Bum-hyun (battery coach), 75 — Ryu Joong-il (defensive coach), 76 — Ryu Ji-hyun (base coach)
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Pool B
Canada
Manager: Ernie Whitt (First base coach with the Toronto Blue Jays)
Coaches: Denis Boucher (Pitching Coach), Tim Leiper (Coach), Rob Ducey (Coach), Larry Walker (Coach), Tommy Craig (Trainer)
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Mexico
Manager: Francisco Estrada
Pitching coaches: Fernando Valenzuela, Ted Higuera
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South Africa
Pitching coach: Lee Smith
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United States
Manager: Buck Martinez
Coaches: Marcel Lachemann, Davey Johnson, John McLaren, Reggie Smith
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Pool C
Cuba
Manager: Higinio Vélez
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Netherlands
Manager: Robert Eenhoorn
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Panama
Manager: Anibal Reluz
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Puerto Rico
Manager: José Oquendo
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Pool D
Australia
Manager: Jon Deeble
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Dominican Republic
Manager: Manny Acta
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Italy
Manager: Matt Galante
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Venezuela
Manager: Luis Sojo
Coaches: Dave Concepción, Oscar Escobar, Roberto Espinoza, Omar Malavé, Luis Salazar
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Notes and references
- Rosters: China, Chinese Taipei, Japan, Korea, Canada, Mexico, South Africa, USA, Cuba, Netherlands, Panama, Puerto Rico, Australia, Dominican Republic, Italy, Venezuela
- 2006 World Baseball Classic roster for China Archived 2009-01-16 at the Wayback Machine at Worldbaseballclassic.com
- 2006 World Baseball Classic roster for Chinese Taipei at Worldbaseballclassic.com
- Quantrill announced his retirement during the 2006 WBC, effective at the end of the tournament.
- Guerrero will skip the first round of the World Baseball Classic, due to the death of three of his cousins in an auto accident in the Dominican Republic. "Notes: Vladdy in Dominicans' thoughts". Archived from the original on 2007-05-26. Retrieved 2006-03-05.