Full Description
This book--the first in the English language to contain an exhaustive collection of Japanese baseball data--presents basic statistical information and listings for every Japanese professional baseball season from 1936 through 1997. The first part contains yearly breakdowns of team standings; qualifiers for batting and earned run championships; leaders in home runs, runs batted in, wins and strikeouts; all-star game results; Japan Series results; Best Nine selections; Gold Glove selections; and award winners. Sections on career records and single-season records are provided in the second part of this work. Appendices list no-hit, no-run games, Japanese Hall of Famers, and records of foreign tours of Japan by professional teams.
Contents
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword by Wally Yonamine
Introduction
Part One: Season Summaries
1936 Season
1937 Season
1938 Season
1939 Season
1940 Season
1941 Season
1942 Season
1943 Season
1944 Season
1946 Season
1947 Season
1948 Season
1949 Season
1950 Season
1951 Season
1952 Season
1953 Season
1954 Season
1955 Season
1956 Season
1957 Season
1958 Season
1959 Season
1960 Season
1961 Season
1962 Season
1963 Season
1964 Season
1965 Season
1966 Season
1967 Season
1968 Season
1969 Season
1970 Season
1971 Season
1972 Season
1973 Season
1974 Season
1975 Season
1976 Season
1977 Season
1978 Season
1979 Season
1980 Season
1981 Season
1982 Season
1983 Season
1984 Season
1985 Season
1986 Season
1987 Season
1988 Season
1989 Season
1990 Season
1991 Season
1992 Season
1993 Season
1994 Season
1995 Season
1996 Season
1997 Season
Part Two: All-Time Records
Career Records
Single-Season Records
Miscellaneous Records
Appendix A: No-Hit, No-Run Games
Appendix B: Members of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
Appendix C: Foreign Tours of Japan by Professional Teams
Bibliography
Index
