The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2009 World Baseball Classic. The tournament started on March 5, 2009.
Contents
- China
- Chinese Taipei
- Japan
- South Korea
- Australia
- Cuba
- Mexico
- South Africa
- Canada
- Italy
- United States
- Venezuela
- Dominican Republic
- Netherlands
- Panama
- Puerto Rico
- References
Each participating national federation had a deadline of January 19, 2009 to submit a 45-man provisional roster. Final rosters of 28 players, which also must include a minimum of 13 pitchers and two catchers, were submitted on February 24. If a player on the submitted roster is unable to play, usually due to injury, he can be substituted at any time before the start of the tournament. Roster changes during the competition are restricted to the breaks between rounds of competition—for example, a player who is injured during pool play could not be replaced during the pool phase, but could be replaced if his team advanced to the second round.
Team affiliations on all rosters, and player ages, are current as of the opening day of the tournament.
China
Manager: 77 Terry Collins
Coaches: 66 Brent Strom, 72 Aiping Wang, 29 Sheng Yi
Chinese Taipei
Manager: 3 Chih-Hsien Yeh (葉志仙)
Coaches: 88 Tai-Yuan Kuo (郭泰源), 26 Kong-Hui Wang (王光輝), 70 Wen-Sheng Lu (呂文生), 6 Chen Wei-Cheng (陳威成), 65 Lin Kun-Han (林琨瀚), 68 Cheng-Hao Wang
Japan
Manager: 83 Tatsunori Hara (原辰徳)
Coaches: 3 Koichi Ogata, 72 Tsutomu Itoh, 71 Hisashi Yamada, 92 Tsuyoshi Yoda, 81 Kazunori Shinozuka, 63 Nobuhiro Takashiro
South Korea
Manager: 81 Kim In-sik (김인식)
Coaches: 80 Kim Sung-han (김성한), 79 Yang Sang-moon (양상문), 78 Lee Soon-chul (이순철), 77 Ryu Joong-il (류중일), 75 Kang Sung-woo (강성우), 76 Kim Min-ho (김민호)
Australia
Manager: 24 Jon Deeble
Coaches: 33 Paul Elliot, 10 Pat Kelly, 27 Graeme Lloyd, 2 Tony Harris, 43 Philip Dale
Cuba
Manager: 39 Higinio Vélez
Coaches: 41 Francisco Escaurido, 22 Enrique Cepero, 34 Jose Elosegui, 30 Pedro Perez, 21 Lourdes Gourriel
Mexico
Manager: 9 Vinny Castilla
Coaches: 34 Fernando Valenzuela, 49 Teddy Higuera, 44 Armando Reynoso, 20 José Tolentino, 6 Ever Magallanes, 5 Houston Jiménez
South Africa
Manager: Rick Magnante
Coaches: Lee Smith, Brian McArn, Mike Randall, Neil Adonis, Alan Phillips
Canada
Manager: 21 Ernie Whitt
Coaches: 3 Larry Walker, 49 Paul Quantrill, 42 Denis Boucher, 34 Tim Leiper, 27 Greg Hamilton, 20 Greg O'Halloran
Italy
Manager: 5 Marco Mazzieri
Coaches: 21 Mike Hargrove, 26 Tom Trebelhorn, 23 Alberto D'Auria, 1 William Holmberg, 31 Mike Piazza, 33 Gilberto Gerali
United States
Manager: 5 Davey Johnson
Coaches: 8 Reggie Smith, 27 Marcel Lachemann, 11 Barry Larkin, 3 Billy Ripken, 20 Mike Schmidt, 30 Mel Stottlemyre
Venezuela
Manager: 8 Luis Sojo
Coaches: 41 Andrés Galarraga, 20 Tony Armas, 34 Omar Malavé, 5 Oscar Escobar, 10 Roberto Espinoza, 33 Luis Dorante
Dominican Republic
Manager: 17 Felipe Alou
Coaches: 55 Luis Pujols, 32 Mario Soto, 6 Junior Noboa, 4 Alfredo Griffin, 19 Luis Silverio, 31 Ramon Henderson
Netherlands
Manager: 6 Rod Delmonico
Coaches: Bert Blyleven, 26 Bill Froberg, 34 Wim Martinus, 32 Hensley Meulens, Jim Stoeckel, Ben Thijssen
Panama
Manager: 11 Héctor López
Coaches: 53 Ricardo Medina, 56 Len Picota, 24 Allan Lewis, 43 Luis Ortiz, 5 Luis Molina
Puerto Rico
Manager: José Oquendo
Coaches: Carlos Arroyo, Eduardo Pérez, Iván DeJesús, Charlie Montoyo, Gil Rondon, Jerry Morales