Nippon Professional Baseball players like the Lee brothers, Leron Lee and Leon Lee, Greg "Boomer" Wells, Randy Bass, and Ralph Bryant playing key roles on their NPB teams. In 1995, star pitcher Hideo Nomo "retired" from the Kintetsu Buffaloes and signed with the Los Angeles Dodgers. Nomo pitched over the span of 14 seasons in the Major Leagues before retiring in 2008. He won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1995. He twice led the league in strikeouts, and also threw two no-hitters (the only Japanese pitcher to throw a no-hitter in Major League Baseball until Hisashi Iwakuma achieved the feat in
World Series Baseball Starring Deion Sanders World Series Baseball Starring Deion Sanders World Series Baseball starring Deion Sanders is a baseball video game for the Sega 32X. North American releases feature Deion Sanders, and Japanese releases feature Hideo Nomo. 野茂 英雄ワールドシリーズベースボール The game features a full MLBPA license, which allows it to have real-life players and teams. There are three game modes: exhibition, full season, and playoff. Unlike its Genesis counterparts, this game had updated rosters for the then-current baseball season. On release, the game was scored a 29 out of 40 by a panel of four reviewers at "Famicom Tsūshin". "Next Generation" reviewed the 32X