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Although he never hit a single season ’50 home runs’, he narrowly beat Alex Cabrera (54), who hit ’55 home runs in 2002. Tyrone Woods (56), who competed with Lee Seung-yeop (49) for home run king during the Doosan Bears, was selected as the strongest home run hitter in Japanese professional baseball history. It was evaluated as the best ‘power heater’ based solely on power, not home run skills and production capabilities.

I still clearly remembered Woods’ power. The Myung-gu Association, a collection of top players from the Japanese professional baseball (NPB), announced ‘NPB’s all-time power heater number 1’ on its YouTube channel. Woods and Cabrera were mentioned as unrivaled power heaters. The two of them split the ticket.

Woods, who is a U.S. national, and Cabrera, who was born in Venezuela, have overlapping activities. He showed a strong impact and lived a long life with his team’s main gun.

Woods moved to Japan in 2003 and played until 2008. After two seasons with the Yokohama BayStars, he moved to the Chunichi Dragons and played as a central hitter. He was the Central League home run king twice for Yokohama and once for Chunichi. He has recorded 240 home runs and 616 RBIs in six years. He never reached 50 home runs, but he hit more than 35 in all six seasons. He continued his steady performance without any ups and downs.

Woods received an annual salary of about $300,000, including incentives, in his last year at Doosan. Chunichi received up to $5 million. He achieved Japan Dream without major league experience.

Entrance to the Seibu Lions in 2001. The main stage of Cabrera was the Pacific League. He spent his prime with Seibu and ended his career with the Softbank Hawks after playing for the Orix Buffaloes. He had 357 home runs and 949 RBIs in 12 seasons until 2012. Cabrera hit ‘154 home runs’ for three years from 2001-2003 at Seibu. In 2002, he sent 55 over the Seibudome outfield fence. At that time, it was the tie for the most home runs in a season.

have a unique history. He played in the minor leagues and succeeded in entering the major leagues through Taiwan. He played 31 games for the Arizona Diamondbacks and turned to Japan.

Former Yakult Swallows coach Atsuya Furuta (60), who is considered the best catcher of all time, recalled Woods facing the opponent and said, `I saw a home run over the back screen of Yokohama Stadium.’ “Woods was the only Yokohama player to hit the back screen,” said baseball players from Yokohama.

During his time in Yokohama, Woods frequently hit out-of-the-park home runs. The team was so powerful that it deployed safety personnel outside Yokohama Stadium in consideration of safety issues.

Yamamoto Masahiro (60), a teammate of the Chunichi Dragons, testified that Woods even hit a billboard above the outfield stands at the Tokyo Dome.

Cabrera was also a powerful hitter who was different from the average player. Norihiro Nakamura (52), who had 404 home runs in his career, called Cabrera a `monster.’ Michihiro Ogasawara, 52, said, `I saw a hit to the ceiling of the Tokyo Dome.’ Kazuhiro Wada (53), who was with Seibu, said “The ball flew over the back screen of the Seibu Dome during the free-throw.”

Japanese hitters include Sadaharu Oh (Wang Jeong-gi, 85, chairman of the Softbank club) and Hiromitsu Kadota. Gadota was the predecessor of Softbank, Nankai Hawks, who topped the home run list three times. ‘전 Seol is the home run king’Sadaharu Oh said that Gadota is the best power heater. Other names were Shohei Ohtani (31, LA Dodgers), Koichi Tabuchi (79), Koji Yamamoto (79), and Nori Nakamura.