Jacob Waguespack

Jacob Waguespack is the kind of guy who quietly makes you think baseball careers are weirder and more interesting than the box scores suggest. He came up through the University of Mississippi, made it to the majors with the Toronto Blue Jays, bounced over to the Tampa Bay Rays organization, and then — here's where it gets genuinely cool — crossed the Pacific to pitch for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's NPB. That's a path you don't see every day, and there's something admirable about a guy from Prairieville, Louisiana who keeps finding ways to stay relevant and keep throwing. The name alone (it's WAG-iss-pak, apparently) is unforgettable once you hear it. He's not a household name in the States, but the willingness to take his arm overseas and compete in a completely different baseball culture? That earns real respect from me.

Name (English)

Jacob Waguespack

Name (Japanese)

ジェイコブ・ワゲスパック

Reading

じぇいこぶ・わげすぱっく

Born

November 5, 1993 (age 32)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Rooster

Origin

Prairieville, Louisiana, United States

Occupation

baseball player

University

University of Mississippi

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B3%E3%83%96%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AF%E3%82%B2%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF

Tags

• Louisiana
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.