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My Take
What grabs me about Negrych is not a flashy stat line but the geography of his career. A Buffalo-born infielder who ended up swinging the bat in Taiwan's CPBL for the Chinatrust Brother Elephants has a story most American baseball fans never hear. Crossing the Pacific to keep playing the game you love, adapting to a new league, language and culture, takes a stubborn devotion I genuinely admire. Journeyman careers like his are the unsung connective tissue of global baseball, and I find that far more interesting than another hometown hero who never left.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Jim Negrych
- Name (Japanese)
- ジム・ネグリッチ
- Reading
- じむ・ねぐりっち
- Born
- March 2, 1985 (age 41)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Pisces / Ox
- Origin
- Buffalo, New York, United States
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- High school
- Saint Francis High School
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Frequently asked questions
When was Jim Negrych born?
Born March 2, 1985 (age 41).
Where is Jim Negrych from?
Jim Negrych is from Buffalo, New York, United States.
What does Jim Negrych do?
Jim Negrych works as baseball player.
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7. About this entry
Tags
- 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.