MLB’s first Japanese player

This week, we’re introducing you to History This Week, a HISTORY Channel original podcast. Learn about Masanori Murakami, a pitcher who became the first player to successfully make the jump from Japan to MLB – decades before Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki, Shohei Ohtani, Roki Sasaki and other influential Japanese baseball stars did the same. To stay updated: historythisweekpodcast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices