2004 Olympics (Rosters)

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Below are the rosters of the eight competing national teams in the baseball competition at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Greece.

Australia[edit]

Position Uniform Name Birthdate 2004 Organization
P 3 Jeff Williams June 6, 1972 Hanshin Tigers
IF 4 Gavin Fingleson April 10, 1972 New Haven County Cutters
UT 5 Brett Tamburrino November 10, 1981 Minnesota Twins
IF 6 Rodney van Buizen September 25, 1980 Los Angeles Dodgers
C 7 Andrew Utting September 9, 1977 Queensland Rams
OF 8 Trent Oeltjen February 28, 1983 Minnesota Twins
OF 10 Nick Kimpton October 27, 1983 Anaheim Angels
P 11 Ryan Rowland-Smith January 26, 1983 Seattle Mariners
C 14 David Nilsson December 14, 1969 Queensland Rams
C 16 Ben Wigmore January 17, 1982 South Australia
OF 17 Brett Roneberg February 5, 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates
IF 18 Glenn Williams July 18, 1977 Atlanta Braves
P 19 Rich Thompson July 1, 1984 Anaheim Angels
P 20 Wayne Ough November 27, 1978 New York Mets
IF 22 Brendan Kingman May 22, 1973 New South Wales Patriots
UT 23 Paul Gonzalez April 22, 1969 Queensland Rams
OF 25 Thomas Brice August 24, 1981 Chicago White Sox
IF 26 Craig Lewis December 30, 1976 Brockton Rox
P 27 Graeme Lloyd April 9, 1967 Blocked from US by Visa problems
P 28 John Stephens November 15, 1979 Boston Red Sox
P 31 Craig Anderson October 30, 1980 Seattle Mariners
P 35 Chris Oxspring May 13, 1977 Milwaukee Brewers
P 39 Phil Stockman January 25, 1977 Arizona Diamondbacks
P 40 Adrian Burnside March 15, 1977 Detroit Tigers
Manager 24 Jon Deeble
Coach 2 Tony Harris
Coach 33 Paul Elliott
Coach 34 Philip Dale

Canada[edit]

Position Uniform Name Birthdate 2004 Organization
OF 2 Rob Ducey May 24, 1965 Montréal Expos (coach)
IF 4 Pete Orr June 8, 1979 Atlanta Braves
IF 11 Richard Clapp February 24, 1973 Toronto Blue Jays
P 14 Phil Devey May 31, 1977 Seattle Mariners
IF 16 Kevin Nicholson March 29, 1976 Pittsburgh Pirates
IF 17 Danny Klassen September 22, 1975 Detroit Tigers
OF 19 Adam Stern February 12, 1980 Atlanta Braves
IF 20 Todd Betts June 24, 1973 New York Yankees
P 24 Shawn Hill April 28, 1981 Montréal Expos
P 25 Mike Johnson October 3, 1975 Montréal Expos
OF 26 Jeremy Ware October 23, 1975 Montréal Expos
OF 27 Jeff Guiel January 12, 1974 Toronto Blue Jays
C 28 Andy Stewart December 5, 1970 Winnipeg Goldeyes
P 29 Jason Dickson March 30, 1973 Kansas City Royals
C 30 Pete LaForest January 27, 1978 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
P 31 Aaron Myette September 26, 1977 Cincinnati Reds
P 32 Mike Kusiewicz November 1, 1976 Milwaukee Brewers
IF 33 Simon Pond October 27, 1976 Toronto Blue Jays
P 34 Chris Begg September 12, 1979 San Francisco Giants
OF 35 Ryan Radmanovich August 9, 1971 Somerset Patriots
P 36 Paul Spoljaric September 24, 1970 Toronto Maple Leafs (semipro)
P 37 Eric Cyr November 2, 1979 Anaheim Angels
P 38 John Ogiltree June 3, 1978 Toronto Blue Jays
P 40 Chris Mears January 20, 1978 Detroit Tigers
Manager 12 Ernie Whitt
Coach 7 Marty Lehn
Coach 10 Greg Hamilton
Coach 21 Tim Leiper
Coach 42 Denis Boucher

Chinese Taipei[edit]

Position Uniform Name Birthdate 2004 Organization
P 1 Chien-Ming Wang March 31, 1980 New York Yankees
IF 6 Feng-An Tsai November 20, 1965 Brother Elephants
IF 13 Yung-Chi Chen July 13, 1983 Seattle Mariners
IF 17 Chung-Yi Huang October 12, 1967 Sinon Bulls
P 18 Wai-Lun Pan March 5, 1982 Uni-President Lions
P 19 Ying-Chieh Lin May 1, 1981 Macoto Cobras
OF 23 Cheng-Min Peng August 6, 1968 Brother Elephants
OF 24 Wei-Chu Lin January 22, 1979 Hanshin Tigers
P 25 Chang-Wei Tu May 11, 1982 Chinese Cultural University
C 27 Chun-Chang Yeh October 25, 1972 Sinon Bulls
IF 31 Chang-Ming Cheng January 28, 1978 Chinatrust Whales
P 32 Chun-Chung Huang April 25, 1982 Boston Red Sox
C 34 Chih-Kang Kao February 7, 1981 Taiwan Cooperative Bank
P 46 Chien-Fu Yang April 22, 1979 Sinon Bulls
IF 49 Tai-Shan Chang October 31, 1976 Sinon Bulls
OF 50 Chih-Yuan Chen October 27, 1976 Brother Elephants
OF 52 Chin-Feng Chen October 28, 1977 Los Angeles Dodgers
P 54 Wei-Yin Chen July 21, 1985 Chunichi Dragons
IF 55 Chia-Shian Hsieh April 8, 1976 Macoto Cobras
P 56 Po-Hsuan Keng October 15, 1984 Toronto Blue Jays
P 71 Chin-Hui Tsao June 2, 1981 Colorado Rockies
IF 88 Chao-Hang Cheng March 14, 1977 Sinon Bulls
P 91 En-Yu Lin March 25, 1981 National College of Physical Education and Sports
P 99 Chih-Chia Chang May 6, 1980 Seibu Lions
Manager 85 Sheng-Ming Hsu China Trust Whales
Coach 4 Lin I-Tseng
Coach 29 Lee Lai-Fa
Coach 80 Mitsujiro Sakai
Coach 81 Yang Shien-Ming

Cuba[edit]

Position Uniform Name Birthdate 2004 Team
IF 2 Eduardo Paret October 23, 1972 Villa Clara
C 8 Ariel Pestano January 31, 1974 Villa Clara
IF 10 Yulieski Gourriel June 9, 1984 Sancti Spíritus
IF 12 Michel Enriquez February 11, 1979 Isla de la Juventud
OF 14 Yoandri Urgelles July 28, 1981 Metropolitanos
P 15 Dani Betancourt May 25, 1981 Santiago de Cuba
P 16 Adiel Palma August 28, 1970 Cienfuegos
P 20 Norge Vera August 3, 1971 Santiago de Cuba
UT 21 Alexei Ramirez April 25, 1981 Pinar del Río
P 23 Vicyohandri Odelin February 26, 1980 Camagüey
OF 24 Frederich Cepeda April 8, 1980 Sancti Spíritus
IF 25 Antonio Scull September 10, 1965 Industriales
P 26 Luis Borroto August 24, 1982 Villa Clara
P 28 Frank Montieth January 11, 1985 Industriales
IF 31 Yorelvis Charles September 25, 1978 Ciego de Ávila
P 32 Norberto Gonzalez October 10, 1979 Cienfuegos
OF 46 Osmani Urrutia June 28, 1976 Las Tunas
C 55 Eriel Sanchez May 17, 1975 Sancti Spíritus
OF 56 Carlos Tabares July 8, 1974 Industriales
P 58 Jonder Martinez June 22, 1978 La Habana
C 61 Roger Machado March 31, 1974 Ciego de Ávila
IF 74 Danny Miranda November 12, 1978 Ciego de Ávila
P 91 Manuel Vega August 9, 1975 Granma
P 99 Pedro Lazo April 15, 1973 Pinar del Río
Manager 39 Higinio Velez
Coach 22 Carlos Perez Cepero
Coach 30 Pedro Jose Delgado Perez
Coach 34 Jose Sanchez Elosegui
Coach 41 Francisco Laza Escaurrido Chapelle

Greece[edit]

Position Uniform Name Birthdate 2004 Organization
C 2 Dimitrios Douros June 3, 1980 A.S. Maroussi
IF 3 Clay Bellinger November 18, 1968 Baltimore Orioles
C 5 Mike Tonis February 9, 1979 Kansas City Royals
C 6 George Kottaras May 16, 1983 San Diego Padres
OF 7 Cory Antony Harris December 7, 1979 Baltimore Orioles
C 8 Erik Pappas April 25, 1966 Retired
IF 10 Chris Demetral December 8, 1969 Retired
P 13 Meleti Melehes January 7, 1977 Retired
OF 15 Peter Maestrales July 4, 1979 Newark Bears
P 17 Sean Spencer May 29, 1975 Baltimore Orioles
OF 18 Robert Kingsbury August 30, 1980 Pittsburgh Pirates
OF 21 Nick Markakis November 17, 1983 Baltimore Orioles
OF 23 Peter Rasmussen October 30, 1980 Milwaukee Brewers
P 24 Jared Theodorakos March 15, 1981 Milwaukee Brewers
IF 26 Nick Theodorou June 7, 1975 Los Angeles Dodgers
OF 29 James Kavourias October 4, 1979 Florida Marlins
IF 31 Vasili Spanos February 25, 1981 Oakland Athletics
P 33 Laurence Heisler February 13, 1969 Retired
P 34 Christoforos Rompinson August 18, 1972 A.S. Spartakos
P 37 Alexander Cremidan January 15, 1981 Arizona Diamondbacks
P 39 Peter Soteropoulos August 5, 1981 St. Louis Cardinals
P 41 Panagiotis Sikaras May 5, 1979 Arizona Diamondbacks
P 47 Clint Zavaras January 4, 1967 Retired
Manager 27 Jack Rhodes University of North Florida
Coach 1 Mike Riskas
Coach 14 Ioannis Kazanas
Coach 42 Scott Demetral

Italy[edit]

Position Uniform Name Birthdate 2004 Organization
IF 1 Igor Schiavetti January 23, 1976 Caffe Danesi Nettuno
OF 2 David Francia April 16, 1975 BBC Grosseto
OF 3 James Buccheri November 12, 1968 Telemarket Rimini
IF 5 Giovanni Pantaleoni March 16, 1978 Fortitudo Bologna
C 6 Vincent Parisi February 7, 1978 Ceci Negri Parma
C 9 Luca Bischeri June 12, 1979 Prink Grosseto
IF 11 Seth La Fera September 28, 1975 Ceci Negri Parma
P 15 William Lucena October 1, 1981 Comcor Modena
P 16 Anthony Massimino August 20, 1979 Ceci Negri Parma
OF 21 Daniele Frignani June 29, 1977 Fortitudo Bologna
IF 22 Giuseppe Mazzanti April 5, 1983 Caffe Danesi Nettuno
P 23 Carlo Richetti August 23, 1983 Anzio
P 28 Fabio Milano August 2, 1977 Bologna
P 29 Kasey Olenberger March 18, 1978 Ceci Negri Parma
OF 32 Francesco Casolari October 4, 1965 Grosseto
IF 34 Davide Dallospedale September 12, 1977 Italeri Fortitudo Bologna
P 36 Michael Marchesano September 23, 1975 Telemarket Rimini
P 37 Peter Nyari September 4, 1971 San Marino
P 40 David Rollandini February 2, 1979 Prink Grosseto
IF 41 Jairo Ramos Gizzi July 21, 1971 Grosseto
OF 42 Claudio Liverziani March 4, 1975 Italeri Fortitudo Bologna
P 43 Riccardo De Santis January 4, 1980 Grosseto
OF 45 Mario Chiarini January 7, 1981 Telemarket Rimini
C 72 Marcello Malagoli July 14, 1973 Comcor Modena
Manager 30 Giampiero Faraone
Coach 8 Claudio Corradi
Coach 12 Manuel Cortina
Coach 27 Salvatore Varriale

Japan[edit]

Position Uniform Name Birthdate 2004 Team
OF 1 Kosuke Fukudome April 26, 1977 Chunichi Dragons
IF 2 Michihiro Ogasawara October 25, 1973 Nippon Ham Fighters
IF 5 Norihiro Nakamura July 24, 1973 Kintetsu Buffaloes
IF 6 Shinya Miyamoto November 5, 1970 Yakult Swallows
IF 8 Makoto Kaneko November 8, 1975 Nippon Ham Fighters
C 9 Kenji Jojima June 8, 1976 Daiei Hawks
OF 10 Yoshitomo Tani February 9, 1973 Orix BlueWave
P 11 Naoyuki Shimizu November 24, 1975 Chiba Lotte Marines
P 13 Hitoki Iwase November 10, 1974 Chunichi Dragons
P 15 Hiroki Kuroda February 10, 1975 Hiroshima Carp
P 16 Yuya Ando December 27, 1977 Hanshin Tigers
P 17 Daisuke Miura December 25, 1973 Yokohama BayStars
P 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka September 13, 1980 Seibu Lions
P 19 Koji Uehara April 3, 1975 Yomiuri Giants
P 20 Hisashi Iwakuma April 12, 1981 Kintetsu Buffaloes
P 21 Tsuyoshi Wada February 21, 1981 Daiei Hawks
OF 23 Arihito Muramatsu December 12, 1972 Orix BlueWave
OF 24 Yoshinobu Takahashi April 4, 1975 Yomiuri Giants
IF 25 Atsushi Fujimoto October 4, 1977 Hanshin Tigers
UT 27 Takuya Kimura April 15, 1972 Hiroshima Carp
P 30 Masahide Kobayashi May 24, 1974 Chiba Lotte Marines
OF 55 Kazuhiro Wada June 19, 1972 Seibu Lions
C 59 Ryoji Aikawa July 11, 1976 Yokohama BayStars
P 61 Hirotoshi Ishii September 14, 1977 Yakult Swallows
Manager 33 Kiyoshi Nakahata
Coach 31 Yutaka Takagi
Coach 32 Yutaka Ono

The Netherlands[edit]

Position Uniform Name Birthdate 2004 Organization
IF 2 Yurendell de Caster September 26, 1979 Pittsburgh Pirates
P 3 Robin Van Doorspeek February 25, 1981 Pioniers
C 4 Ivanon Coffie May 16, 1977 Houston Astros
P 5 Ferenc Jongejan October 20, 1978 Chicago Cubs
IF 7 Ralph Milliard December 30, 1973 HCAW
C 8 Chairon Isenia January 23, 1979 Tampa Bay Devil Rays
IF 9 Evert-Jan 't Hoen November 8, 1975 DOOR Neptunus
IF 12 Sharnol Adriana November 13, 1970 Yucatan Lions/Monclova Steelers
P 14 Dave Draijer September 30, 1973 HCAW
C 15 Maikel Benner March 24, 1980 DOOR Neptunus
P 16 Patrick Beljaards March 4, 1978 Kinheim
OF 18 Dirk van 't Klooster April 3, 1976 DOOR Neptunus
P 19 Robbie Cordemans October 31, 1974 DOOR Neptunus
P 20 Eelco Jansen May 14, 1969 DOOR Neptunus
OF 21 Eugene Kingsale August 20, 1966 San Diego Padres
P 22 Patrick de Lange January 21, 1976 HCAW
C 23 Johnny Balentina August 8, 1971 Kinheim
C 24 Sidney De Jong April 14, 1979 HCAW
OF 28 Harvey Monte October 8, 1981 DOOR Neptunus
IF 30 Reily Legito July 26, 1978 DOOR Neptunus
P 31 Alexander Smit October 2, 1985 Minnesota Twins
P 34 Calvin Maduro September 5, 1974 HCAW
P 35 Diego Markwell August 8, 1980 Sparta/Feyenoord
OF 37 Wladimir Balentien July 2, 1984 Seattle Mariners
Manager 6 Robert Eenhoorn
Coach 17 Eric de Bruin
Coach 30 Davey Johnson
Coach 32 Hensley Meulens