The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at the 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC). The deadline for submitting provisional rosters was January 16, but teams had until February 20 to finalize their roster decisions. Provisional rosters were announced on January 17, and final rosters were announced on February 20.
In the WBC, starting pitchers are allowed to throw 65 pitches in first-round games. This limit increases to 80 in the second round and 95 in the semifinal and final rounds. If a starting pitcher throws over 50 pitches in a game, he must not pitch again for a minimum of four days. Relief pitchers are allowed to pitch on consecutive days only if they threw less than 30 pitches on the previous day. Pitchers are not allowed to pitch on three consecutive days under any circumstances.
Injured players could be freely replaced before the team's first game. Once a team begins play, injured catchers can be replaced at any time, but other injured players cannot be replaced until the team advances to the next round of the tournament.
The United States provisional roster is made up entirely of players from Major League Baseball (MLB), and the Dominican Republic provisional roster has only one player not signed to a team for the 2013 season. The Canadian team has 12 players who appeared in MLB in 2012, while Japan has none (three prominent Japanese MLB players, Yu Darvish, Ichiro Suzuki and two-time defending WBC MVP Daisuke Matsuzaka, chose not to play). Though five members who competed for the Cuban national team in the 2009 WBC have since defected, the Cuban team is considered strong. Three members of MLB.com's Top 100 prospect list are participating in the 2013 WBC: Xander Bogaerts, Eddie Rosario, and Jameson Taillon.
Pool A
Manager Barry Larkin Coaches Tiago Caldeira, Marcos Guimarães, Go Kuroki, Ricardo Matumaru, Mitsuyoshi Sato, Satiro Watanabe
PlayerNo.Pos.DOB and ageTeamLeagueBirthplace21PSão Paulo, Brazil27P Yakult SwallowsNippon Professional BaseballSão Paulo, Brazil34P Houston Astros (minors)Minor League BaseballSão Paulo, Brazil24P Yakult SwallowsNippon Professional BaseballParaná, Brazil19PSão Paulo, Brazil13PFujinomiya, Shizuoka, Japan18P Baltimore Orioles (minors)Minor League BaseballSão Paulo, Brazil14P HondaJapanese Industrial LeagueSão Paulo, Brazil28PHavana, Cuba25P Chicago White Sox (minors)Minor League BaseballSão Paulo, Brazil32P Seattle Mariners (minors)Minor League BaseballSão Paulo, Brazil15P YamahaJapanese Industrial LeagueVagrem Grande Paulista, São Paulo State, Brazil12C Kazusa MagicJapanese Industrial LeagueMaringá, Paraná, Brazil26C ToshibaJapanese Industrial LeaguePilar do Sul, Brazil4IF Los Angeles Dodgers (minors)Minor League BaseballMarilia, São Paulo State, Brazil33IF NTT EastJapanese Industrial LeagueSão Paulo, Brazil37IF Tampa Bay Rays (minors)Minor League BaseballMarilia, Paraná, Brazil31IF Yakult SwallowsNippon Professional BaseballSão Paulo, Brazil17IF Seattle Mariners (minors)Minor League BaseballMarilia, Paraná, Brazil20IF Tampa Bay Rays (minors)Minor League BaseballCuritiba, Brazil1IF Philadelphia Phillies (minors)Minor League BaseballSão Roque, Brazil6IF JR KyushuJapanese Industrial LeagueSão Paulo, Brazil30OF Guarulhos Baseball ClubCampeonato Brasileiro de BeisebolSão Paulo, Brazil9OF Yakult Swallows (farm) Eastern LeagueSão Paulo, Brazil29OF Marília Baseball ClubCampeonato Brasileiro de BeisebolHavana, Cuba16OF Kansas City Royals (minors)Minor League BaseballSão Paulo, Brazil35OF Atibaia Baseball ClubCampeonato Brasileiro de BeisebolAtibaia, São Paulo State, Brazil36DH YamahaJapanese Industrial LeagueMogi das Cruzes, São Paulo State, Brazil
Manager John McLaren Coaches Bob Buskett, Art Howe, Bruce Hurst, Yi Sheng, Yufeng Zhang
PlayerNo.Pos.DOB and ageTeamLeagueBirthplaceTao Bu15P Henan ElephantsChina Baseball LeagueHenan, People's Republic of ChinaKun Chen33P Sichuan DragonsChina Baseball LeaguePanzhihua, Sichuan, People's Republic of ChinaShuai Li23P Henan ElephantsChina Baseball LeagueHenan, People's Republic of ChinaWenming Li26P Tianjin LionsChina Baseball LeagueTianjin, People's Republic of ChinaLi Xin11P Tianjin LionsChina Baseball LeagueTianjin, People's Republic of ChinaYu Liu8P Beijing TigersChina Baseball LeagueJiangang Lu17P Tianjin LionsChina Baseball LeagueTianjin, People's Republic of ChinaXia Luo36P Sichuan DragonsChina Baseball LeagueSichuan, People's Republic of ChinaQuingyuan Meng19P Beijing TigersChina Baseball LeagueBeijing, People's Republic of ChinaSong Ran18P Sichuan DragonsChina Baseball LeagueHaifan Yang3P Beijing TigersChina Baseball LeagueYanyong Yang1P Shanghai EaglesChina Baseball LeagueBeijing, People's Republic of ChinaDawei Zhu62P Shanghai EaglesChina Baseball LeagueShanghai, People's Republic of ChinaWei Dong22C Beijing TigersChina Baseball LeagueWeiqiang Meng2C Beijing TigersChina Baseball LeagueGuangdong, People's Republic of ChinaWei Wang56C Beijing TigersChina Baseball LeagueBeijing, People's Republic of ChinaXu An25IF Beijing TigersChina Baseball LeagueBeijing, People's Republic of ChinaRay Chang21IF Cincinnati Reds (minors)Minor League BaseballKansas City, Missouri, United StatesFujia Chu30IF Jiangsu HopestarsChina Baseball LeagueJiangsu, People's Republic of ChinaDelong Jia31IF Guangdong LeopardsChina Baseball LeagueDailan, People's Republic of ChinaYubing Jia13IF Beijing TigersChina Baseball LeagueBeijing, People's Republic of ChinaLei Li6IF Beijing TigersChina Baseball LeagueBeijing People's Republic of ChinaShu Okamura20IF Jiangsu HopestarsChina Baseball LeagueTokyo, JapanYufeng Zhang9IFShanghai, People's Republic of ChinaXiao Cui27OF Beijing TigersChina Baseball LeagueBeijing, People's Republic of ChinaJingfend Lai16OF Guangdong LeopardsChina Baseball LeagueZhenhong Lu28OF Jiangsu HopestarsChina Baseball LeagueJiangsu, People's Republic of China
Manager 32 Víctor Mesa Coaches 27 Ángel Castillo (first base), 41 Juan de Dios Peña (pitching), 30 Primitivo Diaz (third base), 36 Víctor Figueroa (hitting), 35 Jorge Fuentes, 16 José Ramón Riscart, 6 Pedro Rodriguez
PlayerNo.Pos.DOB and ageTeamLeagueBirthplace 15 P Villa Clara Cuban National Series Sagua La Grande 55 P Santiago de Cuba Cuban National Series Santiago de Cuba 21 P Villa Clara Cuban National Series Havana 43 P Industriales Cuban National Series Havana 34 P Ciego de Ávila Cuban National Series Morón 33 P Cienfuegos Cuban National Series Cienfuegos 26 P Ciego de Ávila Cuban National Series Ciego de Ávila 28 P Isla de la Juventud Cuban National Series Isla de la Juventud 23 P Sancti Spíritus Cuban National Series Trinidad 53 P Las Tunas Cuban National Series Las Tunas 62 P La Habana Cuban National Series Guanajay 75 P Isla de la Juventud Cuban National Series Niquero 63 P Guantánamo Cuban National Series Guantánamo 45 C Industriales Cuban National Series Havana 46 C Pinar del Río Cuban National Series San Juan y Martínez 5 C Sancti Spíritus Cuban National Series Fomento 79 IF Cienfuegos Cuban National Series Cruces 11 IF Cienfuegos Cuban National Series Cienfuegos 8 IF Matanzas Cuban National Series Colón 7 IF Ciego de Ávila Cuban National Series Ciego de Ávila 10 IF Sancti Spíritus Cuban National Series Sancti Spíritus 12 IF Isla de la Juventud Cuban National Series Havana 89 IF Isla de la Juventud Cuban National Series Havana 88 OF Santiago de Cuba Cuban National Series El Caney 24 OF Sancti Spíritus Cuban National Series Trinidad 54 OF Granma Cuban National Series Palma Soriano 17 OF Matanzas Cuban National Series Matanzas 27 OF Industriales Cuban National Series Havana
Manager Koji Yamamoto Coaches Osamu Higashio, Masataka Nashida, Tsuyoshi Yoda, Kazuyoshi Tatsunami, Nobuhiro Takashiro, Koichi Ogata
PlayerNo.Pos.DOB and ageTeamLeagueBirthplaceTakeru Imamura16P Hiroshima Toyo CarpNippon Professional BaseballSasebo, Nagasaki Prefecture, JapanKenta Maeda20P Hiroshima Toyo CarpNippon Professional BaseballOsaka, JapanKazuhisa Makita35P Saitama Seibu LionsNippon Professional BaseballYaizu, Shizuoka Prefecture, JapanMasahiko Morifuku21P Fukuoka SoftBank HawksNippon Professional BaseballToyohashi, Aichi Prefecture, JapanAtsushi Nomi14P Hanshin TigersNippon Professional BaseballIzushi, Hyōgo, JapanKenji Otonari28P Fukuoka SoftBank HawksNippon Professional BaseballKyoto, JapanHirokazu Sawamura15P Yomiuri GiantsNippon Professional BaseballTochigi, JapanTadashi Settsu50P Fukuoka SoftBank HawksNippon Professional BaseballAkita, Akita, JapanToshiya Sugiuchi18P Yomiuri GiantsNippon Professional BaseballKasuga, Fukuoka, JapanMasahiro Tanaka17P Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesNippon Professional BaseballItami, Hyōgo, JapanTetsuya Utsumi26P Yomiuri GiantsNippon Professional BaseballKyoto, JapanHideaki Wakui11P Saitama Seibu LionsNippon Professional BaseballMatsudo, Chiba, JapanTetsuya Yamaguchi47P Yomiuri GiantsNippon Professional BaseballYokohama, JapanShinnosuke Abe10C Yomiuri GiantsNippon Professional BaseballUrayasu, Chiba, JapanRyoji Aikawa2C Tokyo Yakult SwallowsNippon Professional BaseballIchikawa, Chiba, JapanGinjiro Sumitani27C Saitama Seibu LionsNippon Professional BaseballKyoto, JapanYuichi Honda46IF Fukuoka SoftBank HawksNippon Professional BaseballOnojo, Fukuoka-ken, JapanHirokazu Ibata3IF Chunichi DragonsNippon Professional BaseballKawasaki, Kanagawa, JapanNobuhiro Matsuda5IF Fukuoka SoftBank HawksNippon Professional BaseballShiga, JapanKazuo Matsui7IF Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesNippon Professional BaseballHigashiōsaka, Osaka, JapanHayato Sakamoto6IF Yomiuri GiantsNippon Professional BaseballItami, Hyōgo, JapanTakashi Toritani1IF Hanshin TigersNippon Professional BaseballHigashimurayama, Tokyo, JapanHisayoshi Chōno34OF Yomiuri GiantsNippon Professional BaseballKiyama, Saga, JapanAtsunori Inaba41OF Hokkaido Nippon-Ham FightersNippon Professional BaseballKitanagoya, Aichi, JapanYoshio Itoi9OF Orix BuffaloesNippon Professional BaseballYosano, Kyoto, JapanKatsuya Kakunaka61OF Chiba Lotte MarinesNippon Professional BaseballNanao, Ishikawa, JapanSho Nakata13OF Hokkaido Nippon-Ham FightersNippon Professional BaseballHiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, JapanSeiichi Uchikawa24OF Fukuoka SoftBank HawksNippon Professional BaseballŌita, Ōita, Japan
Pool B
Manager Jon Deeble Coaches Phil Dale, Michael Collins, Tony Harris, Greg Jelks, Graeme Lloyd, Glenn Williams
Note: All player birthplaces are in Australia unless indicated otherwise.