Josh Lueke

Josh Lueke is a name baseball fans will recognize, a relief pitcher who logged time with the Seattle Mariners and Tampa Bay Rays before heading to Japan to pitch for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. At 193 cm he had the frame you want from a bullpen arm. What interests me is the international leg of his career, the jump from Major League Baseball to Nippon Professional Baseball, which is a transition that demands real adaptability on and off the mound. Born in Covington, Kentucky in 1984 and a Northern Kentucky University product, he represents that journeyman type whose career spanned two very different baseball cultures.

Name (English)

Josh Lueke

Name (Japanese)

ジョシュ・ルーキー

Reading

じょしゅ・るーきー

Born

December 5, 1984 (age 41)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Rat

Origin

Covington, Kentucky, United States

Height

193 cm

Occupation

baseball player

University

Northern Kentucky University

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A7%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%AD%E3%83%BC

Tags

• Kentucky
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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