Ryan Kurosaki

Ryan Yoshitomo Kurosaki

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.
• School University of Nebraska
• High School Kalani High School
• Debut May 20, 1975
• Final Game June 16, 1975
• Born July 3, 1952 in Honolulu, Territory of Hawaiʻi USA

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Biographical Information

Ryan Kurosaki was the first American of Japanese ancestry to play in the major leagues, which he did in 1975, with the St. Louis Cardinals. He was three years younger than catcher Ted Simmons. The manager of the team was Red Schoendienst.

Kurosaki was a star at Kalani High School along with Lenn Sakata. He pitched for the University of Nebraska and then in the minor leagues at Modesto and Arkansas.

He ended up pitching five years at Arkansas (along with three years at Springfield) and after baseball as of 1997 made his home in Little Rock, AR.

Main source: Whatever Happened to

Related Sites

• Ryan Kurosaki at the SABR Bio Project