Philippines

The Philippines is a country in southeast Asia located on the Philippine Archipelago, which consists of over 7,000 islands. Several major leaguers saw military action here during the Spanish-American War or World War II. A couple of Japanese baseball stars died here during World War II as well. The Philippines won the 1954 Asian Championship and have maintained a minor baseball presence for decades.

People born here

• Adriane Ros Bernardo, Baseball Philippines infielder
• Darold Brown, scout
• Bobby Chouinard, pitcher
• Filomeno Codiñera Jr., Philippines national team infielder
• Edmer Del Socorro, Baseball Philippines infielder
• Vermon Diaz, Philippines national team outfielder
• Richard Gomez, Baseball Philippines infielder
• Ferdinand Liguayan, Baseball Philippines outfielder
• Hazel Mae, announcer
• Claudio Manela, pitcher
• Adelano Rivera, NPB outfielder
• Tim Tebow, minor league outfielder

People who died here

• Seizaburo Amakawa, NPB pitcher
• Filomeno Codiñera Jr., Philippines national team infielder
• Isamu Fukushi, NPB pitcher
• Roy Graham, catcher
• Masaru Kageura, NPB two-way player; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Shinji Kirihara, amateur infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Bill Massey, infielder
• Shigeo Murakami, NPB outfielder
• Miyoshi Nakagawa, NPB pitcher-infielder; Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Yonekichi Naya, NPB outfielder
• Arlie Pond, pitcher
• Adelano Rivera, NPB outfielder
• Toyo Sugiyama, NPB infielder
• Jerome Yenson, Philippines national team outfielder