Kosuke Fukudome WBC Japan Jersey

Check out the new Kosuke Fukudome World Baseball Classic Jersey he will be wearing as a member of Japan's WBC team.

Kosuke Fukudome is one of three Chicago Cubs participating in the World Baseball Classic Tournament. Carlos Marmol will be pitching for the Dominican Republic team. Ted Lilly will be pitching for the United States.

Kosuke Fukudome will wearing the Japan WBC World Baseball Classic Jersey in red instead of the Cubbie Blue when he starts spring training playing in Japan.

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Kosuke Fukudome Career with Chunichi Dragons of Japan

Before Kosuke Fukudome signed with the Chicago Cubs on December 12, 2007 he played nine season for the Chunichi Drangons of Japan.





The Dragons are in the Central League and play in the city of Nagoya. The Dragons won the 2007 Japan Series by beating the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. Unfortunately, Fukudome did not play in the series due to injury.

Kosuke Fukudome played for the Chunichi Dragons from 1999-2007.

Fukudome career batting average: .305
Fukudome career home runs: 192
Fukudome career on base percentage: .397

Kosuke Fukudome was Central League batting champion in 2002 with a .343 batting average.

Kosuke Fukudome was Central League MVP in 2006 with 31 Home Runs, 104 RBI and a .351 batting average.

Fukudome joined the Chunichi Dragons as a first round draft choice in 1998. He played shortstop during his 1998 rookie season. He was not considered a good defensive shortstop. Fukudome played third base during his second season before finally settling in on playing right field in 2000, where he played for the next seven seasons before coming to Chicago. In right field he has excelled and won four golden gloves for defense.

Kosuke Fukudome can now be found patrolling right field for the Chicago Cubs. He is the first Cubs right fielder to be fully embraced by the Cubs fans since Sammy Sosa owned that corner from 1992 - 2005. We wish him well and hope he brings the same luck that won the Dragons a championship to Chicago.

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Kosuke Fukudome Career Stats in Japan

The Lifetime Stats of Kosuke Fukudome during his 9 season in the Japanese Baseball League. Fukudome played all nine seasons with the Chunichi Dragons of the Central League.

Nippon Professional Baseball
Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1999	Chunichi	132	461	76	131	25	2	16	52	4	.284	.359	.451	.810
2000	Chunichi	97	316	50	80	18	2	13	42	8	.253	.350	.446	.796
2001	Chunichi	120	375	51	94	22	2	15	56	8	.251	.352	.440	.790
2002	Chunichi	140	542	85	186	42	3	19	65	4	.343	.406	.537	.943
2003	Chunichi	140	528	107	165	30	11	34	96	10	.313	.401	.604	1.005
2004	Chunichi	92	350	61	97	19	7	23	81	8	.277	.368	.569	.937
2005	Chunichi	142	515	102	169	39	6	28	103	13	.328	.430	.590	1.020
2006	Chunichi	130	496	117	174	47	5	31	104	11	.351	.438	.653	1.091
2007	Chunichi	81	269	64	79	22	0	13	48	5	.294	.443	.520	.963
TOTALS		1074	3852	713	1175	264	38	192	647	71	.305	.397	.543	.940

Stats by Wikipedia.org