2004 Olympics (Rosters)

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

Australia

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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