Tyrone Woods crosses the back screen and frequently hits out-of-the-park home runs, and the best power heater in Japanese professional baseball history is Tyrone Woods

Tyrone Woods crosses the back screen and frequently hits out-of-the-park home runs, and the best power heater in Japanese professional baseball history is Tyrone Woods

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Although he failed to hit "50 homers" in a single season, he narrowly beat Alex Cabrera (54) who hit "55 homers" in 2002. Tyrone Woods (56), who competed with Lee Seung-yeop (49) to become the home run champion during the Doosan Bears, was considered the strongest home run hitter in the history of Japanese pro baseball. He was considered the best power heater based solely on power, not home run skills and production capabilities.

He still clearly remembered Woods' power. The Myung-koo Club, a collection of top players from the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), announced the "NPB's all-time power heater No. 1" through its own YouTube channel. Woods and Cabrera were mentioned as unrivaled power heaters. The two split the votes.

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

After moving to Japan in 2003, Woods played until 2008. After spending two seasons with the Yokohama BayStars, he moved to the Chunichi Dragons and was the center hitter. He was the Central League home run king three times, twice for the Yokohama team and once for the Chunichi team. Over the past six years, he has had 240 home runs and 616 RBIs. He has never hit 50 home runs in all six seasons, but hit more than 35. He continued his steady performance without any ups and downs.
In his last year at Doosan, Woods received an annual salary of around 300,000 U.S. dollars including incentives. He received up to 5 million dollars from the Chunichi Dragons. He had no experience in the Major League and achieved his Japanese dream.

After joining the Seibu Lions in 2001, Cabrera mainly played in the Pacific League. He spent his heyday with the Seibu Tigers, followed by the Orix Buffaloes, and ended his career with the Softbank Hawks. During the 12 seasons through 2012, he had 357 home runs and 949 RBIs. Cabrera hit 154 home runs for the Seibu Tigers between 2001 and 2003. In 2002, he sent 55 home runs over the fence in the Seibu Dome outfield. At that time, he tied his record for the most home runs in a season.

He has a unique resume. After playing in the Minor League, he passed through Taiwan and successfully entered the Major League. He played 31 games for the Arizona Diamondbacks and turned his attention to Japan.

Former Yakult Swallows coach Atsuya Furuta said, "I saw a home run over the back screen of Yokohama Stadium," recalling Woods, who was facing the opponent team. "Woods was the only Yokohama player who passed the back screen," baseball players from Yokohama said.

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. 안전놀이터

Cabrera was a powerful hitter who was different from ordinary players. Norihiro Nakamura (52) who hit 404 home runs in total called Cabrera a "monster." "I saw him hit the ceiling of the Tokyo Dome," said Michihiro Ogasawara (52). "The ball flew over the back screen of the Seibu Dome during the free hit," said Kazuhiro Wada (53) who was with the Seibu team.

Japanese batters include Sadaharu Oh (Wang Jeong-gi, 85, chairman of Softbank) and Hiromitsu Kadota. Gadota was the predecessor of Softbank, the Nankai Hawks, and topped the home run list three times. "The first game was the Nankai Hawks."

Sadaharu Oh, the home run king of the Lunar New Year, said Kadota was the best power heater. Others were Shohei Ohtani (31) of the Los Angeles Dodgers, Koichi Tabuchi (79), Koji Yamamoto (79) and Nori Nakamura.