2000 Olympics (Rosters)

Below are the rosters of the eight competing national teams in the baseball competition at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Australia

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	2000 Organization
IF	6	Rodney van Buizen	September 25, 1980	Los Angeles Dodgers
P	7	Craig Anderson	October 30, 1980	Seattle Mariners
IF	9	Matthew Buckley	January 22, 1973	Chianan Luka
C	14	David Nilsson	December 14, 1969	Chunichi Dragons
C	15	Gary White	December 8, 1967	New South Wales Patriots
OF	17	Brett Roneberg	February 5, 1979	Florida Marlins
IF	18	Glenn Williams	July 18, 1977	Toronto Blue Jays
IF	20	Adam Burton	March 17, 1972	Catskill Cougars
P	21	Grant Balfour	December 30, 1977	Minnesota Twins
P	22	Brad Thomas	October 12, 1977	Minnesota Twins
OF	23	Grant McDonald	September 23, 1973	Cook County Cheetahs
OF	25	Chris Snelling	December 3, 1981	Seattle Mariners
P	27	Tom Becker	January 13, 1975	Detroit Tigers
P	29	Mark Ettles	October 30, 1966	West Australia Heelers
P	31	Mike Nakamura	September 6, 1976	Minnesota Twins
P	33	Shayne Bennett	April 10, 1972	Montreal Expos
OF	35	Glenn Reeves	January 19, 1974	Somerset Patriots
IF	36	Paul Gonzalez	April 22, 1969	Queensland Rams
P	37	David White	December 18, 1961	Cantine Ceci Parma
P	38	Adrian Meagher	April 2, 1959	Queensland Rams
P	39	Mark Hutton	February 6, 1970	Houston Astros
C	42	Mike Moyle	September 8, 1971	West Australia Heelers
IF	43	Ronny Johnson	November 8, 1962	Queensland Rams
IF	45	Clayton Byrne	February 12, 1972	Bridgeport Bluefish
Manager		Jon Deeble
Coach		Phil Dale
Coach		Tony Harris
Coach		Greg Jelks

Cuba

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	2000 Organization
OF	1	Luis Ulacia	September 24, 1963	Camagüey
IF	2	Danel Castro	July 2, 1976	Las Tunas
OF	5	Yasser Gomez	April 1, 1980	Industriales
IF	6	Antonio Pacheco	June 4, 1964	Santiago de Cuba
IF	10	Omar Linares	October 22, 1967	Pinar del Río
IF	11	Germán Mesa	May 12, 1967	Industriales
C	13	Ariel Pestano	January 31, 1974	Villa Clara
OF	17	Javier Méndez	April 22, 1964	Industriales
IF	18	Miguel Caldes	September 27, 1970	Camagüey
P	20	Norge Vera	August 3, 1971	Santiago de Cuba
P	21	Lazaro Valle	December 18, 1962	Industriales
OF	24	Yobal Duenas	May 4, 1972	Pinar del Río
IF	25	Antonio Scull	September 10, 1965	Industriales
P	31	Omar Ajete	January 31, 1965	Pinar del Río
IF	33	Gabriel Pierre	December 21, 1966	Santiago de Cuba
P	36	Jose Ibar	May 4, 1969	La Habana
P	37	Yovany Aragon	May 2, 1974	Sancti Spíritus
IF	38	Oscar Macias	February 1, 1969	La Habana
C	40	Rolando Merino	February 27, 1971	Santiago de Cuba
P	44	Maels Rodriguez	October 15, 1979	Sancti Spíritus
C	45	Juan Manrique	August 26, 1967	Matanzas
IF	46	Orestes Kindelan	January 7, 1964	Santiago de Cuba
P	52	Jose Contreras	December 6, 1971	Pinar del Río
P	99	Pedro Lazo	April 15, 1973	Pinar del Río
Manager		Servio Borges
Coach		Luis Enrique
Coach		Juan Gomez
Coach		Pedro Perez

Italy

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	2000 Organization
C	3	Stefano Landuzzi	February 2, 1973	Fortitudo Bologna
OF	5	Claudio Liverziani	March 4, 1975	Semenzato Rimini
OF	8	Roberto De Franceschi	May 29, 1965	Nettuno
IF	9	Seth La Fera	September 28, 1975	C.U.S. Cariparma
C	10	Matteo Baldacci	May 24, 1974	Semenzato Rimini
P	11	Battista Perri	November 13, 1974	Semenzato Rimini
OF	12	Francesco Casolari	October 4, 1965	Nettuno
IF	13	Andrea Evangelisti	March 15, 1973	Rimini
P	15	Marc Cerbone	August 11, 1974	Caserta BC
OF	21	Daniele Frignani	June 29, 1977	Fortitudo Bologna
IF	22	Daniel Di Pace	April 24, 1972	Parma
IF	23	Alberto D'Auria	March 10, 1967	Nettuno
P	26	Christian Mura	January 24, 1976	Fortitudo Bologna
P	28	Roberto Cabalisti	February 9, 1961	Rimini
IF	29	David Sheldon	May 13, 1963	Rimini
IF	34	Davide Dallospedale	September 12, 1967	Italeri Fortitudo Bologna
P	36	Fabio Betto	September 25, 1972
P	37	Michele Toriaco	August 2, 1970	Modena
P	41	Emiliano Ginanneschi	September 1, 1970	Papalini Grosseto
P	42	Diego Ricci	January 23, 1975	Nettuno
P	47	Daniel Newman	January 18, 1964	Cantine Ceci Parma
IF	50	Luigi Carrozza	June 17, 1969	Papalini Grosseto
C	53	Christopher Madonna	March 13, 1972	Cantine Ceci Parma
P	55	Jason Simontacchi	November 13, 1973	Semenzato Rimini
Manager		Silvano Ambrosioni
Coach		Giampiero Faraone
Coach		Julio Romero
Coach		Salvatore Varriale

Japan

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	2000 Organization
OF	1	So Taguchi	July 2, 1969	Orix BlueWave
C	2	Fumihiro Suzuki	May 23, 1975	Chunichi Dragons
IF	3	Nobuhiko Matsunaka	December 26, 1973	Daiei Hawks
IF	4	Jun Haima	July 4, 1975	Toshiba
IF	5	Norihiro Nakamura	July 24, 1973	Kintetsu Buffaloes
IF	6	Yukio Tanaka	December 14, 1967	Nippon Ham Fighters
IF	8	Yoshinori Okihara	July 27, 1972	NIT East
IF	9	Osamu Nogami	April 4, 1974	Nippon Life Insurance
OF	10	Yoshihiko Kajiyama	July 24, 1970	Mitsubishi Motors
P	11	Yoshikazu Doi	November 16, 1969	Nippon Life Insurance
P	12	Masato Kawano	May 7, 1978	Hiroshima Carp
P	13	Shunsuke Watanabe	August 27, 1976	Chiba Lotte Marines
P	14	Yuji Yoshimi	May 21, 1978	Tohoku Fukushi University
P	15	Masanori Ishikawa	January 22, 1980	Aoyama Gakuin University
P	16	Akichika Yamada	September 19, 1978	Ritsumeikan University
P	17	Toshiya Sugiuchi	October 30, 1980	Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Nagasaki
P	18	Daisuke Matsuzaka	September 13, 1980	Seibu Lions
P	19	Masanori Sugiura	May 23, 1968	Nippon Life Insurance
C	21	Shinnosuke Abe	March 20, 1979	Yomiuri Giants
C	22	Kosuke Noda	December 4, 1977	Nippon Steel Kimitsu
OF	24	Tomohiro Iizuka	September 28, 1975	NIT East
OF	25	Jun Hirose	March 29, 1979	Hosei University
OF	26	Norihiro Akahoshi	April 10, 1976	JR East
P	54	Tomohiro Kuroki	December 13, 1973	Chiba Lotte Marines
Manager		Kozo Ohtagaki		Toshiba
Coach		Hiroyuki Hayashi
Coach		Keiichi Nagasaki
Coach		Osamu Nomura

The Netherlands

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	2000 Organization
OF	1	Jeffrey Cranston	December 29, 1969	HCAW
P	2	Erik Remmerswaal	April 24, 1969	Neptunus
IF	3	Evert-Jan 't Hoen	November 8, 1975	Anaheim Angels
P	5	Ferenc Jongejan	October 20, 1978	Neptunus
IF	6	Robert Eenhoorn	February 9, 1968	Neptunus
IF	7	Ralph Milliard	December 30, 1973	San Diego Padres
C	8	Chairon Isenia	January 23, 1979	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
P	10	Jurriaan Lobbezoo	June 18, 1977	HCAW
IF	12	Sharnol Adriana	November 13, 1970	Cafeteros de Córdoba/Campeche Pirates
OF	15	Rikkert Faneyte	May 31, 1969	Amsterdam Expos
P	16	Patrick Beljaards	March 4, 1978	Kinheim
OF	18	Dirk van 't Klooster	April 3, 1976	Neptunus
P	19	Rob Cordemans	October 31, 1974	Neptunus
P	20	Eelco Jansen	May 14, 1969	Kinheim
P	21	Radhames Dykhoff	September 22, 1974	New York Mets
P	22	Patrick de Lange	January 21, 1976	HCAW
C	23	Johnny Balentina	August 8, 1971	ADO
OF	24	Remy Maduro	September 18, 1976	Amsterdam Expos
IF	25	Reily Legito	July 26, 1978	ADO
IF	26	Percy Isenia	December 25, 1976	Neptunus
P	28	Orlando Stewart	March 17, 1966	Sparta/Feyenoord
P	30	Ken Brauckmiller	April 11, 1966	Neptunus
C	31	Mike Crouwel	July 27, 1969	Amsterdam Expos
IF	32	Hensley Meulens	June 23, 1967	Saltillo Saraperos
Manager		Pat Murphy		Arizona State University
Coach		Bernie Beckman		Kinheim
Coach		Brian Farley		HCAW
Coach		Charlie Urbanus Jr.

South Africa

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	2000 Organization
IF	2	Francisco Alfino	May 1, 1977	Thistle
IF	6	Paul Bell	June 24, 1980	Milwaukee Brewers
IF	7	Clint Alfino	August 7, 1968	Thistle
OF	9	Errol Davis	October 9, 1978	Braves
IF	10	Simon de la Rey	April 11, 1979	Alberton Astros
IF	11	Kevin Johnson	October 27, 1969	V.O.B.
P	12	Brian Harrell	July 5, 1977	Liberty University
P	13	Russell van Niekerk	December 20, 1971	Westbridge Yankees
IF	16	Neil Adonis	March 1, 1969	Good Wood Demos
P	18	Carl Michaels	May 21, 1981	Athlone All Stars
P	19	Richard Harrell	May 11, 1980	Liberty University
C	20	Darryl Gonsalves	September 10, 1977	V.O.B.
P	21	Glen Morris	October 22, 1959	Hilary Bears
P	22	Liall Mauritz	March 18, 1970	Crusaders
P	23	Alan Phillips	June 17, 1956	Belleville Tigers
OF	24	Ian Holness	May 12, 1978	Boksburg Cardinals
P	25	Darryn Smith	August 2, 1975	Rockets
P	26	Vaughn Berriman	September 2, 1975	Boksburg Cardinals
P	27	Tim Harrell	October 31, 1975	Los Angeles Dodgers
IF	28	Morne Mackay	October 28, 1973	Thistle
IF	29	Nick Dempsey	December 15, 1978	Boksburg Cardinals
C	31	Bles Kemp	January 22, 1973	Belleville Tigers
OF	33	Jason Cook	July 8, 1975	Cent Blue Jays
P	44	Ashley Dove	March 7, 1970	V.O.B.
Manager		Raymond Tew
Coach		Jose Aleman
Coach		Jesus Barroso
Coach		Jim Murphy

South Korea

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	2000 Organization
OF	1	Sung-Ho Jang	October 18, 1977	Haitai Tigers
IF	5	Han-Soo Kim	October 30, 1971	Samsung Lions
IF	6	Tae-gyun Kim	August 19, 1971	Samsung Lions
IF	7	Jin-Man Park	November 30, 1976	Hyundai Unicorns
OF	8	Soo-Keun Jung	January 20, 1977	Doosan Bears
OF	9	Byung-Kyu Lee	October 25, 1974	LG Twins
P	10	Seung-Ho Lee	September 9, 1981	SK Wyverns
OF	11	Ki-Tai Kim	May 23, 1969	Samsung Lions
P	15	Dae-Sung Koo	August 2, 1969	Hanwha Eagles
IF	18	Dong-Joo Kim	February 3, 1976	Doosan Bears
P	19	Tae-Hyon Chong	November 10, 1978	Kyung Hee University
P	20	Min-Tae Chung	March 1, 1970	Hyundai Unicorns
P	21	Jin-Woo Song	February 16, 1966	Hyundai Unicorns
C	22	Sung-Heon Hong	February 28, 1977	Doosan Bears
C	26	Kyung-Oan Park	July 11, 1972	Hyundai Unicorns
P	30	Soo-Kyung Kim	August 20, 1979	Hyundai Unicorns
IF	31	Jong-ho Park	July 27, 1973	Hyundai Unicorns
P	35	Pil-Jung Jin	October 13, 1972	Doosan Bears
IF	36	Seung-Yeop Lee	August 18, 1976	Samsung Lions
P	39	Chang-Yong Lim	June 4, 1976	Samsung Lions
P	54	Sun-Dong Lim	August 4, 1973	Hyundai Unicorns
P	59	Seok-Jin Park	July 19, 1972	Lotte Giants
P	61	Min-han Son	January 2, 1975	Lotte Giants
OF	62	Jae-Hong Park	September 7, 1973	Hyundai Unicorns
Manager		Euong-Yong Kim
Coach		Seong-Ro Joo
Coach		Byung-Cheol Kang
Coach		In-Sik Kim		Doosan Bears

United States

Position	Uniform	Name	Birthdate	2000 Organization
IF	5	Brent Abernathy	September 23, 1977	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
IF	7	Travis Dawkins	May 12, 1979	Cincinnati Reds
IF	8	Adam Everett	February 6, 1977	Houston Astros
IF	10	Sean Burroughs	September 12, 1980	San Diego Padres
OF	12	Brad Wilkerson	June 1, 1977	Montreal Expos
C	14	Pat Borders	May 14, 1963	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
C	15	Marcus Jensen	December 14, 1972	Minnesota Twins
IF	16	Doug Mientkiewicz	June 19, 1974	Minnesota Twins
OF	17	Mike Neill	April 27, 1970	Seattle Mariners
C	18	Mike Kinkade	May 6, 1973	Baltimore Orioles
OF	19	Ernie Young	July 8, 1969	St. Louis Cardinals
P	20	Kurt Ainsworth	September 9, 1978	St. Louis Cardinals
OF	22	John Cotton	October 30, 1970	Colorado Rockies
P	23	Jon Rauch	September 27, 1978	Chicago White Sox
P	25	Roy Oswalt	August 29, 1977	Houston Astros
OF	26	Anthony Sanders	March 2, 1974	Seattle Mariners
P	27	Bobby Seay	June 20, 1978	Tampa Bay Devil Rays
P	28	Ben Sheets	July 18, 1978	Milwaukee Brewers
P	29	Todd Williams	February 13, 1971	Seattle Mariners
P	30	Tim Young	October 15, 1973	Boston Red Sox
P	31	Ryan Franklin	March 5, 1973	Seattle Mariners
P	32	Chris George	September 16, 1979	Kansas City Royals
P	33	Rick Krivda	January 19, 1970	Baltimore Orioles
P	36	Shane Heams	September 26, 1975	Detroit Tigers
Manager		Tommy Lasorda
Coach		Phil Regan
Coach		Eddie Rodriguez
Coach		Reggie Smith