2009 World Baseball Classic rosters
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The tournament started on March 5, 2009.
Each participating national federation had a deadline of January 19, 2009 to submit a 45-man provisional roster. Final rosters of 28 players, which also must include a minimum of 13 pitchers and two catchers, were submitted on February 24.[1][2] If a player on the submitted roster is unable to play, usually due to injury, he can be substituted at any time before the start of the tournament. Roster changes during the competition are restricted to the breaks between rounds of competition—for example, a player who is injured during pool play could not be replaced during the pool phase, but could be replaced if his team advanced to the second round.
Team affiliations on all rosters, and player ages, are current as of the opening day of the tournament.
Pool A
China
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Manager: 77 Terry Collins
Coaches: 66 Brent Strom, 72 Aiping Wang, 29 Sheng Yi
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Chinese Taipei
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Manager: 3 Chih-Hsien Yeh (葉志仙)
Coaches: 88 Tai-Yuan Kuo (郭泰源), 26 Kong-Hui Wang (王光輝), 70 Wen-Sheng Lu (呂文生), 6 Chen Wei-Cheng (陳威成), 65 Lin Kun-Han (林琨瀚), 68 Cheng-Hao Wang
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Japan
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Manager: 83 Tatsunori Hara (原辰徳)
Coaches: 3 Koichi Ogata, 72 Tsutomu Itoh, 71 Hisashi Yamada, 92 Tsuyoshi Yoda, 81 Kazunori Shinozuka, 63 Nobuhiro Takashiro
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South Korea
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Manager: 81 Kim In-sik (김인식, 金寅植)
Coaches: 80 Kim Sung-han (김성한, 金城漢), 79 Yang Sang-moon (양상문, 楊相文), 78 Lee Soon-chul (이순철, 李順喆), 77 Ryu Joong-il (류중일, 柳仲逸), 75 Kang Sung-woo (강성우, 姜盛友), 76 Kim Min-ho (김민호, 金敏浩)
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Pool B
Australia
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Manager: 24 Jon Deeble
Coaches: 33 Paul Elliot, 10 Pat Kelly, 27 Graeme Lloyd, 2 Tony Harris, 43 Philip Dale
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Cuba
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Manager: 39 Higinio Vélez
Coaches: 41 Francisco Escaurido, 22 Enrique Cepero, 34 Jose Elosegui, 30 Pedro Perez, 21 Lourdes Gourriel
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Mexico
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Manager: 9 Vinny Castilla
Coaches: 34 Fernando Valenzuela, 49 Teddy Higuera, 44 Armando Reynoso, 20 José Tolentino, 6 Ever Magallanes, 5 Houston Jiménez
South Africa
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Manager: Rick Magnante
Coaches: Lee Smith, Brian McArn, Mike Randall, Neil Adonis, Alan Phillips
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Pool C
Canada
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Manager: 21 Ernie Whitt
Coaches: 3 Larry Walker, 49 Paul Quantrill, 42 Denis Boucher, 34 Tim Leiper, 27 Greg Hamilton, 20 Greg O'Halloran
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Italy
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Manager: 5 Marco Mazzieri
Coaches: 21 Mike Hargrove, 26 Tom Trebelhorn, 23 Alberto D'Auria, 1 William Holmberg, 31 Mike Piazza, 33 Gilberto Gerali
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United States
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Manager: 5 Davey Johnson
Coaches: 8 Reggie Smith, 27 Marcel Lachemann, 11 Barry Larkin, 3 Billy Ripken, 20 Mike Schmidt, 30 Mel Stottlemyre
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Venezuela
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Manager: 8 Luis Sojo
Coaches: 41 Andrés Galarraga, 20 Tony Armas, 34 Omar Malavé, 5 Oscar Escobar, 10 Roberto Espinoza, 33 Luis Dorante
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Pool D
Dominican Republic
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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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Netherlands
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Manager: 6 Rod Delmonico
Coaches: Bert Blyleven, 26 Bill Froberg, 34 Wim Martinus, 32 Hensley Meulens, Jim Stoeckel, Ben Thijssen
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Panama
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Manager: 11 Héctor López
Coaches: 53 Ricardo Medina, 56 Len Picota, 24 Allan Lewis, 43 Luis Ortiz, 5 Luis Molina
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Puerto Rico
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Manager: José Oquendo
Coaches: Carlos Arroyo, Eduardo Pérez, Iván DeJesús, Charlie Montoyo, Gil Rondon, Jerry Morales
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Notes
- Replaced #25 Shuichi Murata after Round 2
- Replaced #8 Alfredo Amezaga after Round 1
- Replaced #47 Erubiel Durazo after Round 1
- Replaced #10 Chipper Jones after Round 2
- Replaced #15 Dustin Pedroia after Round 1
References
- Rosters:
- "World Baseball Classic provisional rosters announced" (Press release). Major League Baseball. 19 January 2009. Archived from the original on 25 June 2009. Retrieved 18 February 2009.
- "2009 World Baseball Classic – Provisional Roster" (PDF). MLB.com. Major League Baseball. 2009. p. 16. Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 March 2009. Retrieved 2009-02-19.
- MLB.com
- MLB.com