2009 Baseball World Cup (Rosters)

Rosters

Australia

•  Australia fielded the following team: James Beresford, Daniel Berg, Adam Blackley, Adam Bright, Tim Cox, Andrew Graham, Brad Harman, Liam Hendriks, Josh Hill, James Linger, Luke Hughes, Mathew Kennelly, Tim Kennelly, Nick Kimpton, Paul Mildren, Joel Naughton, Drew Naylor, Dushan Ruzic, Chris Snelling, Brad Tippett, David Welch, Stefan Welch, Matthew Williams and Brendan Wise. They will be managed by Jon Deeble. Coaches were Graeme Lloyd, Phil Dale, Tony Harris and Peter Gahan.

Canada

•  Canada announced a 24-man roster, with many of the same players that appeared at the 2009 World Baseball Classic in Toronto, and members of the 2008 Olympics team. The team includes 2B Brett Lawrie, 3B Shawn Bowman, OF Adam Stern, RHP Chris Begg, LHP Bryan Dumesnil, RHP Brooks McNiven, C Chris Robinson, 1B/C Emerson Frostad, LHP R.J. Swindle, 1B/OF Jimmy Van Ostrand, P/OF Adam Loewen, C Cole Armstrong, P Nick Bucci, OF Rene Tosoni, IF Terrence Dayleg, P Jimmy Henderson, P Chris Kissock, P Trystan Magnuson, SS Jonathan Malo, P Dustin Molleken, P Jamie Richmond, OF Tim Smith, P Vince Perkins and P Matt Kniginyzky. Leading the Canadians again was Ernie Whitt. Canadian Baseball Hall of Famer Larry Walker also joined Whitt on the staff as hitting coach and 1B coach. The Pitching Coach was Denis Boucher, the Third Base Coach was Tim Leiper and the Coach and Director of National Teams for Baseball Canada was Greg Hamilton.

China

•  People's Republic of China was managed by Yuejun Li with coaches Sheng Yi, Fengmin Fan and Fu-Ming Tu. Players will be Long Shi, Jun Du, Jiangtao Wang, Junhui Li, Dong Wang, Yanchao Xing, Qing Zhu, Chao Zhang, Kai Peng, Li Ma, Shuai Li, Hubo Mao, Peng Du, Xing Niu, Zilong Qiao, Shance Zou, Chengzhi Yang, Zibo Zhang, Hui Guo, Xiangcheng Li, Dongchao Dai and Feng Chen.

Croatia

•  Croatia had the following players: Romeil Agladious, Matko Benčić, Josip Brozinić, Dario Čusak, Matko Dabo, Marin Farkaš, Slobodan Gales, Jadran Dadić, Damir Karin, Mladen Krpanec, Dario Latković, Dejan Marin, Grgur Marušić, Branko Nenadić, Ernesto Pereira, Ivan Račić, Stefan Rajačić, Nikola Sertić, Jimmy Summers, Marin Tadić, Elmir Tairi, Filip Berecka and Ivo Vukosav. They were managed by Krunoslav Karin with coaches Jeffery Calderone and Carlos Tovar.

Cuba

•  Cuba announced their final roster: Eriel Sánchez, Yosvani Peraza, Ariel Pestano, Ariel Borrero, José Dariel Abreu, Héctor Olivera Jr., Michel Enríquez, Yulieski Gourriel, Luis Miguel Navas, Yorbis Borroto, Frederich Cepeda, Leonys Martin, Alfredo Despaigne, Yoennis Céspedes, Giorvis Duvergel, Pedro Luis Lazo, Norge Luis Vera, Freddy Asiel Alvarez, Maikel Folch), Yadier Pedroso, Yulieski González, Miguel Alfredo González, Jonder Martínez and Vladimir García. Esteban Lombillo served as manager. Coaches were Luis Jova, Orestes Kindelán, Javier Gálvez and José Elósegui.

Czech Republic

•  Czech Republic announced the following roster: Petr Baroch, Jan Blažek, Boris Bokaj, Pavel Budský, Radim Chroust, Jakub Hajtmar,Karel Hrušovský, Vojtěch Jelínek, Leoš Kubát, Petr Minařík, Aleš Navrátil, Radek Němec, Michal Ondráček, Tomáš Polanský, Radek Procházka, Jan Řeháček, Martin Schneider, Jakub Toufar, Martin Veselý, Jakub Voják, Matěj Hejma, Jakub Sládek, Jakub Malik and Petr Čech. Arnost Nesnal was the manager with coaches Pat Ahearne, Greg McCarthy and Jan Rubes.

Germany

•  Germany was coached by Greg Frady. Jesco Veisz, Omar Johnson and Troy Williams were assistant coaches. The 24-man roster consisted of Kai Gronauer, Martin Almstetter, Benedikt Antwi, Rodney Gessmann, Ludwig Glaser, Philipp Hoffschild, Christopher Howard, Philipp Howard, Enorbel Márquez, Dominik Wulf, Maximilian Boldt, Nils Hartkopf, Robert Gruber, Simon Gühring, Andy Janzen, Markus Winkler, Martin Dewald, Sascha Lutz, Michael Franke, Jendrick Speer, Tim Henkenjohann, Eugen Heilmann, Marvin Appiah and Andre Hughes.

Italy

•  Italy announced this roster: Matteo Pizziconi, Sandy Patrone, Tiago Da Silva, Marco Grifantini, Yovany D'Amico, Chris Cooper, Riccardo De Santis, Junior Oberto, Brandon Camardese, Franklin Torres, Juan Pablo Angrisano, Luis de Camargo, Davide Dallospedale, Francesco Imperiali, Dean Rovinelli, Juan Carlos Infante, Joe Mazzuca, Jack Santora, Mario Chiarini, Filippo Crociati, Leonardo Zileri, Jairo Ramos Gizzi, Luca Panerati and Matteo D'Angelo. Marco Mazzieri managed the team with coaches William Holmberg, Alberto D'Auria, Claudio Vecchi and Mike Piazza.

Japan

•  Japan once again sent the top amateurs from Japan's industrial leagues. The team consisted of: Hirofumi Yamanaka, Atsushi Tanaka, Takashi Saitoh, Tetsu Anan, Rikiya Chikugawa or Yosuke Okamoto (Chikugawa pitched in round one and Okamoto in round two), Hirotoshi Masui, Tomohisa Ohtani, Hiroyuki Kamekawa, Eiichi Hirai, Motoki Higa, Ryo Saeki, Kenji Suzuki, Go Yamaoka, Ken Kume, Komei Sawamura, Shiro Mori, Kentaro Miyazawa, Tsutomu Sasaki, Kenichi Yokoyama, Hisayoshi Chono, Yoshinobu Kotegawa, Keiji Ikebe, Ikuhiro Kiyota and Sho Aranami.

Mexico

•  Mexico announced the following 24 players as making the team: Oswaldo Morejón, Carlos Valencia, Edgar Quintero, Oscar Rivera, Eduardo Arredondo, Iván Terrazas, Cristian Presichi, Mario Valenzuela, Jesús Cota, Oscar Robles, Juan Pablo Oramas, Javier Arturo López, Andrés Meza, Rafael Díaz, Héctor Navarro, Jasiel Acosta, Enrique Quintanilla, Alan Guerrero, Saúl Soto, Noé Muñoz, Francisco Cordova, Hugo Castellanos, Abel Martínez and Sergio Contreras. They were managed by Enrique Reyes and coaches included Luis Fernando Méndez and Lino Rivera.

Netherlands

•  Netherlands was managed by Rod Delmonico. They announced the following 24-man roster: Arshwin Asjes, David Bergman, Leon Boyd, Rob Cordemans, Diegomar Markwell, Dennis Neuman, Alexander Smit, Tom Stuifbergen, Juan Carlos Sulbaran, Nick Veltkamp, Kenley Jansen, Sidney de Jong, Dashenko Ricardo, Yurendell de Caster, Hainley Statia, Sharlon Schoop, Sharnol Adriana, Mariekson Gregorius, Raily Legito, Randall Simon, Bryan Engelhardt, Eugene Kingsale, Danny Rombley and Curt Smith. Coaches were Ben Thijssen, Wim Martinus and Jim Stoeckel.

Netherlands Antilles

•  Netherlands Antilles featured the following team: Orsendo Clemencia, Didi Gregorius, Johnny Gregorius, Raymond Martes, Mario Mujica, Ludwin Obispo, Simon Pantophlet, Randolph Kirindongo, Sevard Seferina, Ulrich Snijders, Raydell Isabella, Djionny Joubert, Rafael Jozefa, Ryan Ilario, Raywendley van Gurp, Myron Wijman, Mirieldo Trinidad, Andley Simmons, Luisgardo Alvarez, Ardley Jansen, Jair Josepha, Lorvin Louisa, Quincy Martina and Carrol Servania. They were managed by Raymond van Gurp with coaches Marlon Balentien, Renato Anastagasti and Ronny Inecia.

Nicaragua

•  Nicaragua was managed by Davis Hodgson with coaches Cairo Murillo, Sandy Moreno and Adalid López. Players were Jairo Pineda, Armando Hernandez, Julio Raudez, Oswaldo Mairena, Alvaro Lopez, Diego Sandino, Boanerges Espinoza, Elvin Orozco, Jose Perez Castellon, Berman Espinoza, Jose Saenz, Juan Blandon, Adolfo Matamoros, Edgard Lopez, Juan Oviedo, Ivan Marin Rodriguez, Jimy Gonzalez, Mario Holmann, Darrel Campbell, Sandor Guido, Justo Rivas, Danilo Sotelo, Esteban Ramirez and Douglas Morales.

Puerto Rico

•  Puerto Rico fielded the following players: Raul Casanova, Carlos Rivera, Jose Valentin, Alex Cintron, Luis Matos, Ruben Gotay, Miguel Abreu, Irving Falu, Miguel Negron, Angel Sanchez, Stephen Morales, Orlando Mercado Jr., Luis Atilano, Mario Santiago, Alex Woodson, Jose Santiago, Orlando Roman, Melvin Pizzaro, Nelvin Fuentes, Efrain Nieves, Juan Padilla, Angel Garcia, R.J. Rodriguez, and Miguel Mejia. They were managed by Eduardo Perez with coaches Johnny Ramos, Omar Garcia, Julio Valera, Marlon Colon and Hector Otero.

South Africa

•  South Africa had the following players on its roster: Shannon Ekermans, Jared Elario, Dylan Lindsay, Donavon Hendricks, Hein Robb, Jean Sawyer, Darryn Smith, Kyle Botha, Terence White, Justin Lazarus, Gift Ngoepe, Anthony Phillips, Jonathan Phillips, Allan Randall, Brett Willemburg, Brandon Bouillon, Richard Holgate, Russell Olivier, Kieran Cree, Dylan Unsworth, Wesley Hoskins, Wayne Booth and Ashley Scott. Coaches were be Rick Magnante, Mike Randall, Alan Phillips and Neil Adonis.

South Korea

•  South Korea were managed by Hag-yong Kim with coaches Bo-sung Chun, Hak-kil Yoon and Gi-jo Chung. They used this team: Hee-geol Kim, Seung-lak Son, Byung-oh Noh, Kyung-eun Noh, Won-sang Yoo, Hyun-june Park, Ji-woong Yoon, Sung-ho No, Jae-young Shin, Byoung-wan Kang, Jun-heok Huh, Hee-keun Lee, Eui-ji Yang, Myung-gu Kang, Young-hun Cho, Yong-kyu Choi, Boung-gon Jeung, Bon-ki Shin, Jin-hyuk No, Kyoung-min Hur, Ho-sin Lee, Jin-ho Jung, Hun-gon Kim and Jong-wook Ko.

Spain

•  Spain announced a 24-man roster consisting of Eric González, Rhiner Cruz, Remigio Leal, Fernando Gutiérrez, Pedro Pablo Belmonte, Yoel Hernández, Jorge Balboa, Manny Olivera, Antonio Noguera, Iván Granados, Dewis Navarro, Orlando J. Díaz, Danny Gorrín, José Luis Riera, Richard Montiel, Paco Figueroa, Daniel Sánchez, Néstor Pérez, William Domero, Lesther Galván, Daniel Figueroa, Luis J. Pérez, José Cruz and Daniel Martínez. Mauro Mazzotti managed the team. His coaches were Manny Crespo, Renny Duarte, Félix Cano, Miguel Erroz and Candelario Díaz.

Sweden

•  Sweden announced a final roster consisting of the following: Tomas Börjes, Björn Johannessen, Henrik Johansson, Lukas Olsson, Magnus Pilegård, Rickard Reimer, Adam Sorgi, Mikael Andersson, Tony Dermendziev, Peter Johannessen, Christoffer Johansson, Philip Gajzler, David Leander, Per Lindgren, Joakim Claesson, Maikel Hurtado, Tomas Häggblom, Peter Jansson, Kent Karlsson, Rickard Leander, Nicklas Melin, Per Sjörs, Nick Soubiea and Johan Tisell. They were managed by Karl Knutsson. The pitching coach was former big leaguer Dennis Cook and other coaches were Douglas Skiles and Magnus Höglund.

Taiwan

•  Chinese Taipei released a 24-man roster: Wang-Yi Lin, Chu-Chien Hsu, Ming-Chin Lee, Yu-Ching Lin, Chen-Hua Lin, Wen-Yang Liao, Chih-Lung Huang, Yi-Cheng Wang, Ching-Ming Wang, Yen-Feng Lin, Chia-Chun Tang, Hsin-Min Wang, Hung-Yu Lin, Kun-Sheng Lin, Chia-Hao Chang, Chih-Hsiang Lin, Kuo-Min Lin, Han Lin, Ming-Jen Kuo, Po-Yu Lo, Chia-Yu Lin, Tsung-Chun Wu, Keng-Wei Lin and Tai-Yong Kuo. They will be managed by Chih-Shien Yeh with coaches Taigen Kaku, Wei-Chen Chen and Wen-Yu Wu.

United Kingdom

•  United Kingdom announced a final roster of Chris Berset, Tom Boleska, Brook Coatsworth, Tim Collins, Brian Essery,Chris Falls, Raef Hobbs-Brown, Jason Holowaty, Richard Klijn, Will Lintern, Matt McGraw, Aeden McQueary, Alex Malihoudis, Brad Marcelino, Craig Pycock, Evan Romanchuk, Alex Smith, Stephen Spragg, Tom Stack-Babich, Gary Tongue, Sam Wiley, Brant Ust, Paul Waterman and Sam Whitehead. They were managed by Stephan Rapaglia with Brian Cleary and Charlie Sullivan serving as coaches.

USA

The US Consul in Germany speaks with the team.

•  United States fielded a team composed of Pedro Alvarez, Cedrick Bowers, Jason Castro, Jason Childers, Buck Coats, Ike Davis, Daniel Descalso, Geno Espineli, Nate Field, Lucas Harrell, Tug Hulett, Kasey Kiker, Josh Kroeger, Cory Luebke, Brad Lincoln, Lucas May, Trevor Plouffe, Trevor Reckling, Todd Redmond, B.J. Rosenberg, Justin Smoak, Terry Tiffee, Ehren Wassermann and Jon Weber. They were managed by Eddie Rodriguez with coaches Ernie Young, Kirk Champion, Jamie Quirk and Roly de Armas.

Venezuela

•  Venezuela has this team: Ron Acuna, Erick Arteaga, Edgar Bruzual, Ruben Cabrera, Dirimo Chavez, Lino Connell, Jose Escalona, Yosnel Garcia, Willy Guedez, Junior Guerra, Luis Landaeta, Johan Lopez, Roger Luque, Orlando Perdomo, Rene Reyes, Jose Rodriguez, Jose Rojas, Billy Rojo, Michael Sandoval, Jacobo Sequera, Jonathan Sivira, Luis Torres, Willie Vasquez and Robert Zarate. They were managed by Oscar Escobar with coaches Roberto Espinoza, Jose Lobaton and Luis Sanz.