Official Site of the Yankees · Oct 2, 2015
Before they were postseason bound: Yankees
Must C: Bird goes deep twice 2:07 8/19/15: Yankees rookie Greg Bird hammers his first two Major League home runs and gets a curtain call from Yankee fans in a 4-3 win The Yankees are headed to the postseason for the first time since 2012, and here's the skinny on the origins of every player in pinstripes.
Masahiro Tanaka, RHP
Born: Itami, Japan
DOB: 11/1/88
HS: Komazawa University Tomakomai High School, Hokkaido
• Tanaka became the seventh Japanese player in franchise history to compete for the Yankees when he made his Major League debut in 2014. The other six players were Hideki Irabu, Hideki Matsui, Kei Igawa, Hiroki Kuroda, Ryota Igarashi and Ichiro Suzuki.