Hideo Nomo
Chronology
| 1968 | Born August 31, in Osaka, Japan |
| 1986 | Graduates from Seijyo Kogyo High School, where he played baseball and developed his trademark pitching windup |
| 1988 | Leads the Japanese baseball team to the Olympic silver medal win in Seoul, South Korea |
| 1989 | Is chosen by the Kintetsu Buffaloes professional team in the Japanese Pacific League in first round of free-agent draft |
| 1990-94 | Plays with the Kintetsu Buffaloes |
| 1991 | Marries wife, Kikuko; they will have two children, Takahiro and Yoshitaka |
| 1994 | Injures arm and is limited to 114 innings |
| 1995 | Signs with the Los Angeles Dodgers on February 8, becoming the first Japanese major league player to move to the American major leagues and only the second Japanese to play in the American major leagues |
| 1995 | Appears onstage with American music group the Eagles at a concert in Tokyo on November 15; on New Year's Eve, Japanese television runs a 12-hour special on Nomo |
| 1996 | Signs new contract with Dodgers |
| 1997 | Is hit in elbow with a ball and requires surgery to remove bone fragments at end of season; pitching record drops to 14-12; teaches at Nike instructional baseball clinics throughout Asia during baseball offseason |
| 1998 | Is traded to the New York Mets in June |
| 1999 | Asks for release from Mets in March; is signed by the Chicago Cubs one week later; Cubs trade him to Milwaukee Brewers after only two outings |
| 2000 | Signs one-year contract with Detroit Tigers as a free agent; signs with Boston Red Sox at end of season |
| 2001 | Signs two-year contract with Los Angeles Dodgers on December 20 for $13 million |
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