MLB Trivia

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The Red Sox bid $51.1 million to the Seibu Lions for the rights to negotiate with pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka. Boston hopes that Matsuzaka, the star pitcher in this year's World Baseball Classic, will become the best pitcher to arrive in the U.S after pitching in Japan. Who among Japanese-born pitchers has the most wins in a season and a career?

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Hideo Nomo won 16 games three times, each time while with the Dodgers, once in his first stint and twice in his second stint. He has 123 career wins.

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Hideo Nomo, who arrived in the majors with the Dodgers in 1995, has 123 career victories and won 16 games in 1996, 2002 and 2003.

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Matsuzaka is now the winninest Japanese born MLB pitcher in a season currently with 18 wins.