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vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#1980s_and_the_"Invincible_Seibu""> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>1980s and the "Invincible Seibu"</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-1980s_and_the_"Invincible_Seibu"-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Hideo_Nomo_and_the_exodus_to_MLB" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Hideo_Nomo_and_the_exodus_to_MLB"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Hideo Nomo and the exodus to MLB</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Hideo_Nomo_and_the_exodus_to_MLB-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Merger_and_strike_of_2004" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Merger_and_strike_of_2004"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.7</span> <span>Merger and strike of 2004</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Merger_and_strike_of_2004-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Interleague_play" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Interleague_play"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.8</span> <span>Interleague play</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Interleague_play-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-League_championship_series/Climax_Series" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#League_championship_series/Climax_Series"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.9</span> <span>League championship series/Climax Series</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-League_championship_series/Climax_Series-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Recent_history" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Recent_history"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.10</span> <span>Recent history</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Recent_history-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Expatriate_baseball_players_in_Japan" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Expatriate_baseball_players_in_Japan"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Expatriate baseball players in Japan</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Expatriate_baseball_players_in_Japan-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Teams" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Teams"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Teams</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Teams-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Teams subsection</span> 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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.2</span> <span>Single season pitching</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Single_season_pitching-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Career_batting" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Career_batting"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.3</span> <span>Career batting</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Career_batting-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Career_pitching" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Career_pitching"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.4</span> <span>Career pitching</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Career_pitching-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-ERA_champions" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#ERA_champions"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">8.5</span> <span>ERA champions</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-ERA_champions-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-International_play" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#International_play"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>International play</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-International_play-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Agreement_and_systems" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Agreement_and_systems"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Agreement and systems</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Agreement_and_systems-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Notes" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Notes"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Notes</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Notes-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" 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75 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1949-11-26</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a>, December 15, 1949<span class="noprint">; 75 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1949-12-15</span>)</span><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Commissioner</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Sadayuki_Sakakibara" title="Sadayuki Sakakibara">Sadayuki Sakakibara</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">No. of teams</th><td class="infobox-data">12</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Country</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">5–36–7 Shiba, Minato-ku, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Confederation</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/WBSC_Asia" title="WBSC Asia">WBSC Asia</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most recent<br />champion(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yokohama_DeNA_Baystars" class="mw-redirect" title="Yokohama DeNA Baystars">Yokohama DeNA Baystars</a><br />(3rd title)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Most titles</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a><br />(22 titles)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Qualification</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Asia_Series" title="Asia Series">Asia Series</a> (2005–2013)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">TV partner(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><b>Japan</b>:</li><li><a href="/wiki/Fuji_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Fuji TV">Fuji TV</a> / <a href="/wiki/NHK" title="NHK">NHK</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/TV_Asahi" title="TV Asahi">TV Asahi</a> / <a href="/wiki/J_Sports" title="J Sports">J Sports</a> / <a href="/wiki/TBS_Television_(Japan)" title="TBS Television (Japan)">TBS</a></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Gaora_Sports&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gaora Sports (page does not exist)">Gaora Sports</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/GAORA" class="extiw" title="ja:GAORA">ja</a>]</span></li><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sports_Live%2B&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sports Live+ (page does not exist)">Sports Live+</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96%2B" class="extiw" title="ja:スポーツライブ+">ja</a>]</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/DAZN" title="DAZN">DAZN</a></li><li><b>International</b>:</li><li><a href="/wiki/Next_Level_Sports" title="Next Level Sports">For the Fans</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(United States)</span></li><li><a href="/wiki/YouTube" title="YouTube">YouTube</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space: nowrap">Official website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npb.jp/eng/">NPB.jp</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Nippon Professional Baseball</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><b>NPB, <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E9%87%8E%E7%90%83%E6%A9%9F%E6%A7%8B" class="extiw" title="ja:日本野球機構">日本野球機構</a></b></span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Nippon Yakyū Kikō</i></span>)</span> is a professional <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> league and the highest level of <a href="/wiki/Baseball_in_Japan" title="Baseball in Japan">baseball in Japan</a>. Locally, it is often called <b>Puro Yakyū</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja"><b><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%97%E3%83%AD%E9%87%8E%E7%90%83" class="extiw" title="ja:プロ野球">プロ野球</a></b></span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Puroyagu</i></span>)</span>, meaning simply <i>Professional Baseball</i>; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball". </p><p>The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation of the "Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club"<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">大日本東京野球倶楽部</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Dai-Nippon Tōkyō Yakyū Kurabu</i></span>)</span> in 1934. The first professional circuit for the sport in Japan, the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_League" title="Japanese Baseball League">Japanese Baseball League</a> (JBL), was founded two years later and continued to play even through the final years of <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. The organization that is today's NPB was formed when the JBL reorganized in 1950, dividing its 15 teams into two leagues, which would meet in the annual season-ending <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> championship play-off series of games starting that year. </p><p>NPB comprises twelve teams divided equally in two leagues, the <a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a>, a format which it has largely kept since <a href="/wiki/1957_in_baseball" title="1957 in baseball">1957</a>. It has seen several waves of <a href="/wiki/Expansion_team" title="Expansion team">expansion</a> and contraction, sometimes at the same time, to keep it at those numbers; most recently, in 2005, the <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Kintetsu_Buffaloes" title="Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes">Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes</a> merged with the <a href="/wiki/Orix_BlueWave" class="mw-redirect" title="Orix BlueWave">Orix BlueWave</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Orix_Buffaloes" title="Orix Buffaloes">Orix Buffaloes</a>, while the <a href="/wiki/Rakuten_Golden_Eagles" class="mw-redirect" title="Rakuten Golden Eagles">Rakuten Golden Eagles</a> were added as an expansion team. As is common in Asian baseball (and unlike North American leagues), teams are generally named after their corporate owners, such as <a href="/wiki/The_Yomiuri_Shimbun_Holdings" title="The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings">Yomiuri</a> and <a href="/wiki/SoftBank_Group" title="SoftBank Group">Softbank</a>. NPB also oversees two affiliated <a href="/wiki/Minor_league" title="Minor league">minor leagues</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Western_League_(Japanese_baseball)" title="Western League (Japanese baseball)">Western League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_(Japanese_baseball)" title="Eastern League (Japanese baseball)">Eastern League</a>. </p><p>Since the first Japan Series in <a href="/wiki/1950_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1950 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1950</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> have the most championships with 22, and the most appearances with 37. Following the 2024 season, the <a href="/wiki/Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars" title="Yokohama DeNA BayStars">Yokohama DeNA BayStars</a>, who defeated the <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a> 4–2 in the <a href="/wiki/2024_Japan_Series" title="2024 Japan Series">2024 Japan Series</a>, are the reigning champions. The Japan Series has been contested 75 times as of 2024, with the Central League leading the Pacific League in wins, 38-37. </p><p>NPB was the only <a href="/wiki/Professional_sports" title="Professional sports">professional sports</a> league in Japan until the foundation of the <a href="/wiki/J.League" title="J.League">J.League</a> in 1993. It is the <a href="/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_leagues_by_revenue" title="List of professional sports leagues by revenue">eleventh-wealthiest professional sport league by revenue</a> in the world, and the second-wealthiest baseball league, behind <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> (MLB); it is also the wealthiest sports league in Asia. NPB has the <a href="/wiki/List_of_attendance_figures_at_domestic_professional_sports_leagues" title="List of attendance figures at domestic professional sports leagues">second-highest total season attendance</a> of any league, also behind MLB, despite playing considerably fewer games per season. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="League_structure">League structure</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: League structure"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Nippon Professional Baseball consists of two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League, which each have six teams. There are also two secondary-level professional minor leagues, the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_(Japanese_baseball)" title="Eastern League (Japanese baseball)">Eastern League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Western_League_(Japanese_baseball)" title="Western League (Japanese baseball)">Western League</a>, that play shorter schedules for developing players. NPB teams are allowed to have more than one minor league team as long as they are outside of the established minor league system, with the <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> being the only teams taking advantage of this. As of 2023, the Hawks have three minor league teams,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Giants have two, and the other ten teams only have one minor league team each. Teams below the Eastern and Western Leagues play exhibition matches against various teams of collegiate, <a href="/wiki/Baseball_in_Japan#Amateur_Leagues" title="Baseball in Japan">industrial</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shikoku_Island_League_Plus" title="Shikoku Island League Plus">Shikoku Island League Plus</a>, and other NPB minor league statuses. </p><p>The Central League and Pacific League operate as separate entities, unlike the <a href="/wiki/Major_professional_sports_leagues_in_the_United_States_and_Canada" title="Major professional sports leagues in the United States and Canada">four major professional sports leagues of North America</a> whose leagues each operate as one singular entity. TV rights for games are always held by a game's home team. The Pacific League has used the <a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">designated hitter</a> (DH) rule since 1975, while the Central League has not used the DH outside of <a href="/wiki/Interleague_play_(NPB)" title="Interleague play (NPB)">interleague play</a> where a Pacific League team is the home team and in the <a href="/wiki/1985_Japan_Series" title="1985 Japan Series">1985 Japan Series</a>. </p><p>The season starts in late March or early April, and ends in October, with two or three <a href="/wiki/All-star_game" title="All-star game">all-star games</a> in July. In recent decades prior to 2007, the two leagues each scheduled between 130 and 140 regular season games, with the 146 games played by the Central League in 2005 and 2006 being the only exception. Both leagues have since adopted 143-game seasons, 71 or 72 each at home and on road, facing their five respective intra-league opponents 25 times each and facing their six interleague opponents three times each in late May to early June in interleague play, with a separate champion being crowned for the team with the best record through the 18 games of interleague play. In general, Japanese teams play six games a week, with every Monday off (except on specific occasions, such as a game being played outside of the home team's primary stadium or if a <a href="/wiki/Rainout_(sports)" title="Rainout (sports)">rainout</a> forced a game to be postponed to a Monday).<sup id="cite_ref-Waldstein_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Waldstein-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Unlike in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>, <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheaders</a> have not been featured in NPB since the late 1990s. </p><p>Following the conclusion of each regular season, the top three teams from each league go on to play in the <a href="/wiki/Climax_Series" title="Climax Series">Climax Series</a> championship play-off tournament, with the winner of each play-off tournament facing off in a best-of-seven championship series known as the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> (known locally as the Nippon Series). Implemented in <a href="/wiki/2004_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2004</a> by the Pacific League (then known as the Pacific League Playoffs) and in <a href="/wiki/2007_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2007</a> by the Central League, the Climax Series is a two-stage system; in the "First Stage", the second and third-place ranking teams face off in a best-of-three series played entirely in the second place team's home stadium. In the case of an instance where the series ends 1–1–1, the higher seed always advances to the Final Stage. In the "Final Stage", the winner of the First Stage will face off against the league's pennant winner in a best-of-six series played entirely in the pennant winner's home stadium. The higher seed always starts with a "ghost win", or a 1–0 advantage in the series before any games have been played, meaning the higher seed only has to win three games whereas the lower seed has to win four games. In the event of a tie, the higher seed would subsequently only need to win two games. The winners of each league's Final Stage then face off in the Japan Series, a best-of-seven series mirroring the format of the <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a>. In the rare instance where the series ends 3–3–1 after seven games, a Game 8 will be played with unlimited innings at the stadium with <a href="/wiki/Home-field_advantage" class="mw-redirect" title="Home-field advantage">home-field advantage</a>. Hypothetically, a Japan Series can go up to 14 games in length if each of the first seven games resulted in a 12-inning tie. Since its inception, home-field advantage alternates from year to year between the CL and PL, with the CL representative getting home-field advantage in even years and the PL representative getting home-field advantage in odd years. </p><p>Since its adoption by both leagues in 2007, Climax Series does not determine who won each league's <a href="/wiki/Pennant_(sports)" title="Pennant (sports)">pennant</a>, rather the team with the best regular season record in each league wins the pennant, regardless of their result in the Climax Series. This has led to four occasions where the Japan Series champion did not win their league's pennant that year, with those being the <a href="/wiki/2007_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2007</a> <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2010</a> <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines" title="Chiba Lotte Marines">Chiba Lotte Marines</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/2018_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2018</a> and <a href="/wiki/2019_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2019</a> <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a>. However, from <a href="/wiki/2004_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2004</a> to <a href="/wiki/2006_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2006</a>, the winner of the Pacific League Playoffs was given the Pacific League pennant for that year. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Financial_problems">Financial problems</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Financial problems"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Financial problems plague many teams in the league. It is believed that all teams are operating with considerable subsidies, often as much as <a href="/wiki/Japanese_yen" title="Japanese yen">¥</a>6 billion (about US$44.9 million), from their parent companies. A raise in the salaries of players is often blamed, but from the start of the professional league, parent companies paid the difference as an advertisement. Most teams have never tried to improve their finances through constructive marketing. In addition, teams in the <a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a> historically saw much higher profits than the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a>, having popular teams such as the Giants and Tigers.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The number of metropolitan areas represented in the league increased from four to five in 1988, when the <a href="/wiki/Nankai_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Nankai Hawks">Nankai Hawks</a> (now Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks) were sold to <a href="/wiki/Daiei" title="Daiei">Daiei</a> and moved to <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a>, nine years after the <a href="/wiki/Nishitetsu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishitetsu Lions">Nishitetsu Lions</a> moved from Fukuoka to <a href="/wiki/Tokorozawa" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokorozawa">Tokorozawa</a> to become the <a href="/wiki/Seibu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Seibu Lions">Seibu Lions</a>, and from five to seven between 2003 and 2005, as the <a href="/wiki/Nippon-Ham_Fighters" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon-Ham Fighters">Nippon-Ham Fighters</a> moved from <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> to <a href="/wiki/Sapporo" title="Sapporo">Sapporo</a> prior to the <a href="/wiki/2004_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2004</a> season. The <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Kintetsu_Buffaloes" title="Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes">Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes</a> merged with the <a href="/wiki/Orix_BlueWave" class="mw-redirect" title="Orix BlueWave">Orix BlueWave</a> (becoming the Orix Buffaloes) in the middle of 2004, <a href="/wiki/2004_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_realignment" title="2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment">which caused a player strike</a> that eventually resulted in the creation of the <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_Rakuten_Golden_Eagles" class="mw-redirect" title="Tōhoku Rakuten Golden Eagles">Tōhoku Rakuten Golden Eagles</a> being founded in <a href="/wiki/Sendai" title="Sendai">Sendai</a> to maintain the 12-team balance before the <a href="/wiki/2005_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2005 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2005</a> season.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Until 1993, baseball was the only team sport played professionally in Japan. In that year, the <a href="/wiki/J.League" title="J.League">J.League</a> professional <a href="/wiki/Association_football" title="Association football">association football</a> league was founded. The new league placed teams in prefectural capitals around the country—rather than clustering them in and around Tokyo—and the teams were named after their locations rather than after corporate sponsors, despite many clubs in the J.League still being owned and subsidized by corporate entities. </p><p>The wave of players moving to Major League Baseball, which began with <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Nomo" title="Hideo Nomo">Hideo Nomo</a> "retiring" from the <a href="/wiki/Kintetsu_Buffaloes" class="mw-redirect" title="Kintetsu Buffaloes">Kintetsu Buffaloes</a>, then signing with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>, has also added to the financial problems. Attendance suffered as teams lost their most marketable players, while TV ratings declined as viewers tuned into broadcasts of Major League games.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> To discourage players from leaving to play in North America, or to at least compensate teams that lose players, Japanese baseball and MLB agreed on a <a href="/wiki/Posting_system" title="Posting system">posting system</a> for players under contract. MLB teams wishing to negotiate with a player submit bids for a "posting fee", which the winning MLB team would pay the Japanese team if the player signs with the MLB team. <a href="/wiki/Free_agent" title="Free agent">Free agents</a> are not subject to the posting system, however, and some teams almost never post their players.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Origins">Origins</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Origins"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The first professional baseball team in Japan was founded by media mogul <a href="/wiki/Matsutar%C5%8D_Sh%C5%8Driki" title="Matsutarō Shōriki">Matsutarō Shōriki</a> in late 1934 and called the <a href="/wiki/Dai_Nippon_Tokyo_Yakyu_Kurabu" class="mw-redirect" title="Dai Nippon Tokyo Yakyu Kurabu">Dai Nippon Tokyo Yakyu Kurabu</a> ("the Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club"). After matching up with a team of visiting American All-Stars that included <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Foxx" title="Jimmie Foxx">Jimmie Foxx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gehringer" title="Charlie Gehringer">Charlie Gehringer</a>, the team spent the 1935 season barnstorming in the U.S., winning 93 of 102 games against semi-pro and <a href="/wiki/Pacific_Coast_League" title="Pacific Coast League">Pacific Coast League</a> teams. According to historian Joseph Reaves, "The only minor drawbacks to the team's popularity in the States were their <a href="/wiki/Kanji" title="Kanji">kanji</a> characters and their cumbersome Japanese name. They rectified both by renaming themselves the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Kyojin" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo Kyojin">Tokyo Kyojin</a> ['Tokyo Giants'] and adopting a uniform identical to the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (baseball team)">New York Giants</a>..."<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>From 1936 to 1950, <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball_in_Japan" title="Professional baseball in Japan">professional baseball in Japan</a> was played under the banner of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_League" title="Japanese Baseball League">Japanese Baseball League</a> (JBL). The league's dominant team during this period was the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Kyojin" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyo Kyojin">Tokyo Kyojin</a>, which won nine league championships, including six in a row from 1938 to 1943. (The team was officially renamed the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> in 1947.) </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="NPB_establishment">NPB establishment</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: NPB establishment"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After the 1949 season, the JBL team owners reorganized into the NPB; <a href="/wiki/Daiei_Stars" title="Daiei Stars">Daiei Stars</a> owner <a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Nagata" title="Masaichi Nagata">Masaichi Nagata</a> promoted a two-league system, which became the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a> (initially called the <b>Taiheiyo Baseball Union</b>) and the <a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a>. (Nagata became the first president of the Pacific League.)<sup id="cite_ref-Fame_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Fame-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The league now known as Nippon Pro Baseball began play in the 1950 season. </p><p>Four JBL teams formed the basis of the Central League: the <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Shochiku_Robins" title="Shochiku Robins">Shochiku Robins</a> (formerly the Taiyō Robins). To fill out the league, four new teams were formed: the <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Carp" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiroshima Carp">Hiroshima Carp</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Kokutetsu_Swallows" class="mw-redirect" title="Kokutetsu Swallows">Kokutetsu Swallows</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Nishi_Nippon_Pirates" title="Nishi Nippon Pirates">Nishi Nippon Pirates</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Taiy%C5%8D_Whales" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiyō Whales">Taiyō Whales</a>. </p><p>Four JBL teams formed the basis of the Pacific League: the <a href="/wiki/Hankyu_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Hankyu Braves">Hankyu Braves</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Nankai_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Nankai Hawks">Nankai Hawks</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Daiei_Stars" title="Daiei Stars">Daiei Stars</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Tokyu_Flyers" class="mw-redirect" title="Tokyu Flyers">Tokyu Flyers</a>. To fill out the league, three new teams were formed: the <a href="/wiki/Kintetsu_Pearls" class="mw-redirect" title="Kintetsu Pearls">Kintetsu Pearls</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Mainichi_Orions" class="mw-redirect" title="Mainichi Orions">Mainichi Orions</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Nishitetsu_Clippers" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishitetsu Clippers">Nishitetsu Clippers</a>. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Matsutar%C5%8D_Sh%C5%8Driki" title="Matsutarō Shōriki">Matsutarō Shōriki</a>, the Giants' owner, acted as NPB's unofficial commissioner and oversaw the first <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a>, which featured the Mainichi Orions defeating the Shochiku Robins 4 games to 2. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expansion_and_contraction">Expansion and contraction</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Expansion and contraction"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Central League's <a href="/wiki/Nishi_Nippon_Pirates" title="Nishi Nippon Pirates">Nishi Nippon Pirates</a> existed for one season—they placed sixth in 1950, and the following season merged with the <a href="/wiki/Nishitetsu_Clippers" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishitetsu Clippers">Nishitetsu Clippers</a> (also based in Fukuoka) to form the <a href="/wiki/Nishitetsu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishitetsu Lions">Nishitetsu Lions</a>. This brought the number of Central League teams down to an ungainly arrangement of seven. In 1952, it was decided that any Central League team ending the season with a winning percentage below .300 would be disbanded or merged with other teams. The <a href="/wiki/Shochiku_Robins" title="Shochiku Robins">Shochiku Robins</a> fell into this category, and were merged with the <a href="/wiki/Taiy%C5%8D_Whales" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiyō Whales">Taiyō Whales</a> to become the <a href="/wiki/Taiy%C5%8D_Shochiku_Robins" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiyō Shochiku Robins">Taiyō Shochiku Robins</a> in January 1953. This enabled the Central League to shrink to an even number of six teams. </p><p>In 1954 a new <a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a> team was founded, the <a href="/wiki/Takahashi_Unions" title="Takahashi Unions">Takahashi Unions</a>, to increase the number of teams in that division to eight. Although the team was stocked with players from the other Pacific League teams, the Unions struggled from the outset and finished in the second division every season. In 1957, the Unions were merged with the <a href="/wiki/Daiei_Stars" title="Daiei Stars">Daiei Stars</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Daiei_Unions" class="mw-redirect" title="Daiei Unions">Daiei Unions</a> (and again bringing the number of Pacific League teams down to seven). The Unions existed for a single season, finishing in last place, 43-1/2 games out of first. In 1958, the Unions merged with the <a href="/wiki/Mainichi_Orions" class="mw-redirect" title="Mainichi Orions">Mainichi Orions</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Daimai_Orions" class="mw-redirect" title="Daimai Orions">Daimai Orions</a>. This enabled the Pacific League to contract from the ungainly seven-team arrangement to six teams. </p><p>After these various franchise developments, by the end of the 1950s, Nippon Professional Baseball had contracted from the initial allotment of 15 teams down to the current number of 12. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1960s_and_1970s">1960s and 1970s</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: 1960s and 1970s"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On September 1, 1964, <a href="/wiki/Nankai_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Nankai Hawks">Nankai Hawks</a>' prospect <a href="/wiki/Masanori_Murakami" title="Masanori Murakami">Masanori Murakami</a> became the first Japanese player to play in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a><sup id="cite_ref-murakami_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-murakami-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> when he appeared on the mound for the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a>; he returned to Japan in 1966. Disputes over the rights to his contract eventually led to the 1967 United States – Japanese Player Contract Agreement; it would be almost 30 years before another Japanese player played in the Major Leagues.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_clarify" title="Wikipedia:Please clarify"><span title="The text near this tag needs further explanation. (March 2023)">further explanation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>Continuing their dominance from the JBL, the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> won nine consecutive <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> championships from 1965 to 1973. </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Black_Mist_Scandal_(Japanese_baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="The Black Mist Scandal (Japanese baseball)">The Black Mist Scandal</a> rocked Nippon Professional Baseball between 1969 and 1971. The fallout from a series of game-fixing scandals resulted in several star players receiving long suspensions, salary cuts, or being banned from professional play entirely; the resulting abandonment of baseball by many fans in Japan also led to the sale of the <a href="/wiki/Nishitetsu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishitetsu Lions">Nishitetsu Lions</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Toei_Flyers" class="mw-redirect" title="Toei Flyers">Toei Flyers</a>. </p><p>From 1973 to 1982, in a forerunner to today's Climax Series playoff rounds, the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a> employed a split season with the first-half winner playing against the second-half winner in a mini-playoff to determine its champion. In 1975, the Pacific League adopted the <a href="/wiki/Designated_hitter" title="Designated hitter">designated hitter</a> rule. These were implemented in an attempt to draw fans back to Pacific League, as the Pacific League was hit significantly harder by the Black Mist Scandal than the Central League, with only the <a href="/wiki/Hankyu_Braves" class="mw-redirect" title="Hankyu Braves">Hankyu Braves</a> not having players involved in the incident. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980s_and_the_"Invincible_Seibu""><span id="1980s_and_the_.22Invincible_Seibu.22"></span>1980s and the "Invincible Seibu"</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: 1980s and the "Invincible Seibu""><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After being a second division team for much of the 1960s and 1970s, in 1983 the <a href="/wiki/Seibu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Seibu Lions">Seibu Lions</a> began a period of sustained success. The team gained the moniker "Invincible Seibu" during the 1980s and 1990s due to their sustained domination of the league, winning 11 league championships and eight <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> championships between 1982 and 1994. The Lions had a powerful lineup in this period, loaded with sluggers such as <a href="/wiki/Koji_Akiyama" title="Koji Akiyama">Koji Akiyama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Kiyohara" title="Kazuhiro Kiyohara">Kazuhiro Kiyohara</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Orestes_Destrade" title="Orestes Destrade">Orestes Destrade</a>. Their defense also benefited from the services of skilled players such as <a href="/wiki/Hiromichi_Ishige" title="Hiromichi Ishige">Hiromichi Ishige</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hatsuhiko_Tsuji" title="Hatsuhiko Tsuji">Hatsuhiko Tsuji</a> and catcher <a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Ito" class="mw-redirect" title="Tsutomu Ito">Tsutomu Ito</a>. Among the pitchers employed by the Lions in this period was "The Oriental Express" <a href="/wiki/Tai-Yuan_Kuo" class="mw-redirect" title="Tai-Yuan Kuo">Taigen Kaku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Osamu_Higashio" title="Osamu Higashio">Osamu Higashio</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kimiyasu_Kudoh" class="mw-redirect" title="Kimiyasu Kudoh">Kimiyasu Kudoh</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hisanobu_Watanabe" title="Hisanobu Watanabe">Hisanobu Watanabe</a>, and relievers <a href="/wiki/Yoshitaka_Katori" title="Yoshitaka Katori">Yoshitaka Katori</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Shiozaki" title="Tetsuya Shiozaki">Tetsuya Shiozaki</a>. </p><p>American expatriate players made their mark in NPB in the 1980s, with players like the Lee brothers (<a href="/wiki/Leron_Lee" title="Leron Lee">Leron Lee</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leon_Lee" title="Leon Lee">Leon Lee</a>), <a href="/wiki/Greg_Wells_(baseball)" title="Greg Wells (baseball)">Greg "Boomer" Wells</a>, <a href="/wiki/Randy_Bass" title="Randy Bass">Randy Bass</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bryant" title="Ralph Bryant">Ralph Bryant</a> playing key roles on their NPB teams. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hideo_Nomo_and_the_exodus_to_MLB">Hideo Nomo and the exodus to MLB</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Hideo Nomo and the exodus to MLB"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1995, star pitcher <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Nomo" title="Hideo Nomo">Hideo Nomo</a> "retired" from the <a href="/wiki/Kintetsu_Buffaloes" class="mw-redirect" title="Kintetsu Buffaloes">Kintetsu Buffaloes</a> and signed with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Dodgers" title="Los Angeles Dodgers">Los Angeles Dodgers</a>. Nomo pitched over the span of 14 seasons in the Major Leagues before retiring in 2008. He won the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="Major League Baseball Rookie of the Year Award">Rookie of the Year Award</a> in 1995. He twice led the league in strikeouts, and also threw two no-hitters (the only Japanese pitcher to throw a no-hitter in Major League Baseball until <a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Iwakuma" title="Hisashi Iwakuma">Hisashi Iwakuma</a> achieved the feat in August 2015). Nomo's MLB success led to more NPB players moving to <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and eventually led to the creation of the "<a href="/wiki/Posting_system" title="Posting system">posting system</a>" in 1998.<sup id="cite_ref-p._146_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-p._146-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since Nomo's exodus, more than 60 NPB players have played Major League Baseball. Some of the more notable examples include: </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a>: After nine years with the <a href="/wiki/Orix_BlueWave" class="mw-redirect" title="Orix BlueWave">Orix BlueWave</a>, in 2001 Ichiro was <a href="/wiki/Posting_system" title="Posting system">posted</a> by the BlueWave and claimed by MLB's <a href="/wiki/Seattle_Mariners" title="Seattle Mariners">Seattle Mariners</a>. The first Japanese-born position player to be signed to the major leagues,<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability"><span title="The material near this tag failed verification of its source citation(s). (March 2018)">failed verification</span></a></i>]</sup> Ichiro led the <a href="/wiki/American_League" title="American League">American League</a> (AL) in batting average and stolen bases en route to being named AL Rookie of the Year and AL Most Valuable Player. Ichiro, a member of MLB's <a href="/wiki/3,000_hit_club" class="mw-redirect" title="3,000 hit club">3,000-hit club</a>, has established a number of MLB batting records, including the single-season record for hits with 262. He had ten consecutive 200-hit seasons, the longest streak by any player in history. Between his career hits in Japan's and America's major leagues, Ichiro has the most all-time top-flight hits. On August 27, 2022, Ichiro was enshrined in the Seattle Mariners Hall of Fame.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On January 21, 2025, Ichiro was elected to <a href="/wiki/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum" title="National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum">Major League Baseball's Hall of Fame</a> by the <a href="/wiki/Baseball_Writers%27_Association_of_America" title="Baseball Writers' Association of America">Baseball Writers' Association of America</a> (BBWAA) in his first year on the ballot, becoming the first Asian-born player to receive American baseball's highest honor.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">Hideki Matsui</a>: The slugger played 10 seasons for the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a>, and then in 2003 moved to MLB, where he starred for the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> for seven more seasons, including being named the <a href="/wiki/Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Most Valuable Player">Most Valuable Player</a> for the 2009 <a href="/wiki/World_Series" title="World Series">World Series</a>. He was the first power hitter from Japan to succeed in Major League Baseball.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Sasaki" title="Kazuhiro Sasaki">Kazuhiro Sasaki</a>: He is a <a href="/wiki/Closer_(baseball)" title="Closer (baseball)">closer</a> famed for his <a href="/wiki/Splitter_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Splitter (baseball)">splitter</a>, known as "The Fang". In 2000, he won the <a href="/wiki/American_League_Rookie_of_the_Year" class="mw-redirect" title="American League Rookie of the Year">American League Rookie of the Year</a> Award after saving 37 games for the Mariners. In 2001, he was a vital contributor to the Mariners' extremely strong team that won an American League record 116 games, of which he saved 45. In 2001 and 2002, he was an <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball_All-Star" class="mw-redirect" title="Major League Baseball All-Star">All-Star</a>. After 2003, he returned to Japan to pitch in the NPB until his retirement in 2005.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuo_Matsui" title="Kazuo Matsui">Kazuo Matsui</a>: After eight stellar seasons with the <a href="/wiki/Seibu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Seibu Lions">Seibu Lions</a>, Matsui signed with the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Mets" title="New York Mets">New York Mets</a> on December 15, 2003, in 2004 becoming the first Japanese infielder to play with a Major League Baseball team.<sup id="cite_ref-rockiesacquirematsui_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rockiesacquirematsui-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His seven seasons in Major League Baseball were not as successful, and he later returned to NPB. Matsui now resides as the manager of his former Lions team.</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shohei_Ohtani" title="Shohei Ohtani">Shohei Ohtani</a>: He is a <a href="/wiki/Two-way_player" title="Two-way player">two-way player</a> who was a five-time All-Star while playing for the <a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters" title="Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters">Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ohtani holds the record for fastest pitch in NPB history at 165 km/h (102.5 mph).<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After signing with the <a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles_Angels" title="Los Angeles Angels">Los Angeles Angels</a>, Ohtani won the 2018 AL Rookie of the Year award. In 2021, he became the first player in MLB history to be named an All-Star as both a pitcher and a position player.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> After the conclusion of the season, Ohtani was unanimously named the AL Most Valuable Player.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Merger_and_strike_of_2004">Merger and strike of 2004</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Merger and strike of 2004"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/2004_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_realignment" title="2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment">2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment</a></div> <p>In September 2004, the professional Japanese players went on strike for the first time in over 70 years. The strike arose from a dispute that took place between the owners of the 12 professional Japanese baseball teams and the players' union (which was led by popular <a href="/wiki/Yakult_Swallows" class="mw-redirect" title="Yakult Swallows">Yakult Swallows</a> player-manager <a href="/wiki/Atsuya_Furuta" title="Atsuya Furuta">Atsuya Furuta</a>), concerning the merging of the <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Kintetsu_Buffaloes" title="Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes">Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Orix_BlueWave" class="mw-redirect" title="Orix BlueWave">Orix BlueWave</a>. The owners wanted to get rid of the financially defunct Buffaloes, and merge the two baseball leagues, since teams in the <a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a> saw much higher profits than the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a>, having popular teams such as the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a>. After negotiations, the owners agreed to guarantee the survival of the <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines" title="Chiba Lotte Marines">Chiba Lotte Marines</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Fukuoka Daiei Hawks">Fukuoka Daiei Hawks</a>, leaving the Central League with six teams and the Pacific League with five.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>A battle escalated between the players union and the owners, and reached its height when Yomiuri Giants owner <a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Watanabe" title="Tsuneo Watanabe">Tsuneo Watanabe</a> controversially remarked that Furuta was "a mere player",<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> implying that players had no say in what league would look like the next year. The dispute received huge press coverage (which mostly favored Furuta and the players' union) and was dubbed one of the biggest events in the history of Japanese baseball. Proposals and amendments concerning interleague games, player drafting, and management were also discussed between the players union and the owners during this period. </p><p>The strike was originally planned for all Saturday and Sunday games that month, starting from September 11, but was pushed back due to the agreement of another meeting between the union and the owners on September 10. The players decided to strike on September 18–19, 2004, when no progress was made in the negotiations, as there was insufficient time left in the season to hold discussions.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2015)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The dispute officially ended after the two groups reached consensus on September 23, 2004. As part of the agreement, the Buffaloes were allowed to merge with the Blue Wave (forming into the <a href="/wiki/Orix_Buffaloes" title="Orix Buffaloes">Orix Buffaloes</a>); in addition, the <a href="/wiki/Rakuten_Golden_Eagles" class="mw-redirect" title="Rakuten Golden Eagles">Rakuten Golden Eagles</a> were newly created (at a reduced "entry fee") to keep the former six-team league structure. Other agreements included the leagues adopting <a href="/wiki/Interleague_play_(NPB)" title="Interleague play (NPB)">interleague play</a> to help the Pacific League gain exposure by playing the more popular Central league teams. All these changes took place before the 2005 season. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Interleague_play">Interleague play</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Interleague play"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Interleague_play_(NPB)" title="Interleague play (NPB)">Interleague play (NPB)</a></div> <p>The two leagues began <a href="/wiki/Interleague_play_(NPB)" title="Interleague play (NPB)">interleague play</a> in 2005, with each team playing two three-game series (one home, one away) against each of the six teams in the other league. This was reduced to two two-game series in 2007. All interleague play games are played in a seven-week span near the middle of the season. </p><p>As of the end of the 2017 season, the Pacific League has won the most games in interleague play since it began in 2005 twelve times, with 2009 being the only time that the Central League has won more games. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="League_championship_series/Climax_Series"><span id="League_championship_series.2FClimax_Series"></span>League championship series/Climax Series</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: League championship series/Climax Series"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Climax_Series" title="Climax Series">Climax Series</a></div> <p>After 2004, a three-team playoff system was introduced in the <a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a>, dubbed the "Pacific League Championship Series". The teams with the second- and third-best records play in the three-game first stage, with the winner advancing to the five-game final against the top team. The winner becomes the representative of the Pacific League to the Japan Series. </p><p>Since the Pacific League won every Japan Series after introducing this league playoff system, an identical system was introduced to the <a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a> in 2007, and the post-season intra-league games were renamed the "<a href="/wiki/Climax_Series" title="Climax Series">Climax Series</a>" in both leagues. Player statistics and drafting order based on team records are not affected by these postseason games. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Recent_history">Recent history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Recent history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2011, <a href="/wiki/Miyagi_Baseball_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Miyagi Baseball Stadium">Miyagi Baseball Stadium</a>, home of the Rakuten Eagles, was badly damaged by the <a href="/wiki/T%C5%8Dhoku_earthquake_and_tsunami" class="mw-redirect" title="Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami">Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2013 season featured a livelier baseball, which was secretly introduced into NPB, resulting in a marked increase in home runs league-wide.<sup id="cite_ref-Kato_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kato-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows" title="Tokyo Yakult Swallows">Tokyo Yakult Swallows</a> outfielder <a href="/wiki/Wladimir_Balentien" title="Wladimir Balentien">Wladimir Balentien</a> broke the NPB single-season home run record of 55, previously held by professional baseball's all-time home run leader <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> in 1964, <a href="/wiki/Tuffy_Rhodes" title="Tuffy Rhodes">Tuffy Rhodes</a> in 2001, and <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cabrera" title="Alex Cabrera">Alex Cabrera</a> in 2002.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balantien finished the season with 60 home runs. Three-term NPB commissioner <a href="/wiki/Ry%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Kat%C5%8D" title="Ryōzō Katō">Ryōzō Katō</a> was forced to resign over the scandal when the changed baseball was revealed.<sup id="cite_ref-Kato_25-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Kato-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Former Prime Minister <a href="/wiki/Shinz%C5%8D_Abe" class="mw-redirect" title="Shinzō Abe">Shinzō Abe</a>'s ruling <a href="/wiki/Liberal_Democratic_Party_(Japan)" title="Liberal Democratic Party (Japan)">Liberal Democratic Party</a> has proposed expanding NPB to 16 total teams by adding two expansion franchises in each of the country's top-tier professional baseball leagues. The goal of such a move would be to energize the economies of the regions receiving the new teams. <a href="/wiki/Okinawa_Prefecture" title="Okinawa Prefecture">Okinawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shizuoka_Prefecture" title="Shizuoka Prefecture">Shizuoka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shikoku" title="Shikoku">Shikoku</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Niigata_Prefecture" title="Niigata Prefecture">Niigata</a> have been identified as regions that could play host to said teams.<sup id="cite_ref-fujita20140520_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fujita20140520-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/2020_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2020 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2020 NPB season</a> was delayed numerous times due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a>. Initially preseason games were set to be played without spectators, but with opening day of March 20 remaining unchanged.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> With the lifting of states of emergency over major Japanese cities, NPB announced that it would begin its regular season on 19 June <a href="/wiki/Behind_closed_doors_(sport)" title="Behind closed doors (sport)">behind closed doors</a>. "Warm-up" games began 26 May.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The shortened 120-game regular season began on 19 June.<sup id="cite_ref-seasonstart_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-seasonstart-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 10 July, NPB began allowing a limited number of fans to attend games, with plans to further ease restrictions in the near future.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 19 September, attendance was expanded to a maximum of 20,000 fans per game, or 50% of stadium capacity.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Expatriate_baseball_players_in_Japan">Expatriate baseball players in Japan</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Expatriate baseball players in Japan"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/American_expatriate_baseball_players_in_Japan" title="American expatriate baseball players in Japan">American expatriate baseball players in Japan</a></div> <p>For most of its history, NPB regulations imposed "<a href="/wiki/Gaijin" title="Gaijin">gaijin</a> waku", a limit on the number of non-Japanese people per team to two or three—including the manager and/or coaching staff.<sup id="cite_ref-gaijin_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaijin-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Even today, a team cannot have more than four foreign players on a 25-man game roster, although there is no limit on the number of foreign players that it may sign. If there are four, they cannot all be pitchers nor all be position players.<sup id="cite_ref-gaijin_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gaijin-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This limits the cost and competition for expensive players of other nationalities, and is similar to rules in many European sports leagues' roster limits on non-European players. </p><p>Nonetheless, <a href="/wiki/Expatriate" title="Expatriate">expatriate</a> baseball players in Japan have been a feature of the <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball_in_Japan" title="Professional baseball in Japan">Japanese professional leagues</a> since 1934. Hundreds of foreigners—particularly Americans—have played NPB. <a href="/wiki/Taiwanese_people" title="Taiwanese people">Taiwanese</a> nationals <a href="/wiki/Shosei_Go" title="Shosei Go">Shosei Go</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Oshita" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiroshi Oshita">Hiroshi Oshita</a> both starred in the 1940s. American players began to steadily find spots on NPB rosters in the 1960s. American players hold several NPB records, including highest single-season batting average (<a href="/wiki/Randy_Bass" title="Randy Bass">Randy Bass</a>, .389), and the dubious record of most strikeouts in a season by a hitter (<a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bryant" title="Ralph Bryant">Ralph Bryant</a>, 204). Americans rank #4 (<a href="/wiki/Tuffy_Rhodes" title="Tuffy Rhodes">Tuffy Rhodes</a>, 55) and #7 (<a href="/wiki/Randy_Bass" title="Randy Bass">Randy Bass</a>, 54) on the list of most home runs in a season, and #2 in single-season RBI (<a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rose_(baseball)" title="Bobby Rose (baseball)">Bobby Rose</a>, 153). <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7aoan" class="mw-redirect" title="Curaçaoan">Curaçaoan</a>–<a href="/wiki/Dutch_people" title="Dutch people">Dutch</a> outfielder <a href="/wiki/Wladimir_Balentien" title="Wladimir Balentien">Wladimir Balentien</a> holds the NPB single-season home run record with 60 round-trippers in 2013. </p><p>Koreans have had an impact in the NPB as well, including such standout players as <a href="/wiki/Lee_Seung-yuop" title="Lee Seung-yuop">Lee Seung-yuop</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sun_Dong-yol" title="Sun Dong-yol">Sun Dong-yol</a>, <a href="/wiki/Baek_In-chun" title="Baek In-chun">Baek In-chun</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lee_Jong-beom" title="Lee Jong-beom">Lee Jong-beom</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dae-ho_Lee" title="Dae-ho Lee">Dae-ho Lee</a>. <a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_people" class="mw-redirect" title="Venezuelan people">Venezuelans</a> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ram%C3%ADrez" title="Alex Ramírez">Alex Ramírez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cabrera" title="Alex Cabrera">Alex Cabrera</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Marcano" title="Bobby Marcano">Bobby Marcano</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Petagine" title="Roberto Petagine">Roberto Petagine</a> all had long, successful NPB careers. The Dominican third baseman <a href="/wiki/Jos%C3%A9_Fern%C3%A1ndez_(third_baseman)" title="José Fernández (third baseman)">José Fernández</a> played eleven years in the NPB, compiling a .282 batting average with 206 home runs and 772 runs batted in. </p><p>Many of the most celebrated foreign players came to Japan after not finding success in the <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major Leagues</a>; see "<a href="/wiki/Big_in_Japan_(phrase)" title="Big in Japan (phrase)">Big in Japan</a>". </p><p>Since the 1970s, foreigners have also made an impact in Nippon Professional Baseball's managing and coaching ranks, with Americans <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Valentine" title="Bobby Valentine">Bobby Valentine</a> and <a href="/wiki/Trey_Hillman" title="Trey Hillman">Trey Hillman</a> managing their respective teams to <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> championships. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Teams">Teams</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Teams"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div role="img" class="floatright noresize" style="width: 450px; margin: 0.5em 0 0.5em 1em; border: 1px solid #ccc; line-height: 1; text-align: center; background-color: #ffffff; position: relative;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Npb_teams_map.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Npb_teams_map.svg/450px-Npb_teams_map.svg.png" decoding="async" width="450" height="465" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Npb_teams_map.svg/675px-Npb_teams_map.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/Npb_teams_map.svg/900px-Npb_teams_map.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="361" data-file-height="373" /></a></span> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:129px; top:96px"><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Giants</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:194px; top:300px"><a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Dragons</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:85px; top:110px"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows" title="Tokyo Yakult Swallows">Swallows</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:182.5px; top:332px"><a href="/wiki/Orix_Buffaloes" title="Orix Buffaloes">Buffaloes</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:82px; top:129.5px"><a href="/wiki/Yokohama_BayStars" class="mw-redirect" title="Yokohama BayStars">BayStars</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:20px; top:356px"><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Hawks</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:170px; top:102.5px"><a href="/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines" title="Chiba Lotte Marines">Marines</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:327.5px; top:80.5px"><a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters" title="Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters">Fighters</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:316px; top:217.5px"><a href="/wiki/Tohoku_Rakuten_Golden_Eagles" title="Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles">Eagles</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:139px; top:316px"><a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Tigers</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:81px; top:95px"><a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Lions</a></div> <div style="position:absolute; font-size:85%; left:77px; top:330.5px"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp" title="Hiroshima Toyo Carp">Carp</a></div> </div> <p><br /> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="width:100%; text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:white">Cap Insignia </th> <th style="background:white">Team </th> <th style="background:white">Location </th> <th style="background:white">Stadiums </th> <th style="background:white">Capacity </th> <th style="background:white">Coordinates </th> <th style="background:white">Founded<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <th>Manager </th></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" style="background:#59d986"><span style="color:white;"><a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chunichi_Dragons_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Chunichi_Dragons_insignia.svg/70px-Chunichi_Dragons_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Chunichi_Dragons_insignia.svg/105px-Chunichi_Dragons_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3a/Chunichi_Dragons_insignia.svg/140px-Chunichi_Dragons_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Aichi_Prefecture" title="Aichi Prefecture">Aichi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Vantelin_Dome_Nagoya" title="Vantelin Dome Nagoya">Vantelin Dome Nagoya</a> </td> <td align="center">40,500 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&params=35_11_15.36_N_136_56_57.119_E_type:landmark_region:JP&title=Vantelin+Dome+Nagoya"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°11′15.36″N</span> <span class="longitude">136°56′57.119″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.1876000°N 136.94919972°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.1876000; 136.94919972</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Vantelin Dome Nagoya</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td align="center">January 15, 1936<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Kazuki_Inoue" title="Kazuki Inoue">Kazuki Inoue</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hanshin_tigers_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Hanshin_tigers_insignia.svg/70px-Hanshin_tigers_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Hanshin_tigers_insignia.svg/105px-Hanshin_tigers_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Hanshin_tigers_insignia.svg/140px-Hanshin_tigers_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="165" data-file-height="165" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a></b> </td> <td>HQ in <a href="/wiki/Nishinomiya" title="Nishinomiya">Nishinomiya</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture" title="Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyōgo</a> <p>Plays between <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture" title="Osaka Prefecture">Osaka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture" title="Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyogo</a><sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Koshien_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanshin Koshien Stadium">Hanshin Koshien Stadium</a><br /><br /><a href="/wiki/Kyocera_Dome_Osaka" title="Kyocera Dome Osaka">Kyocera Dome Osaka</a> </td> <td align="center">47,757 <p>and 36,477 </p> </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&params=34_43_16.34_N_135_21_41.84_E_type:landmark_region:JP&title=Hanshin+Koshien+Stadium"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°43′16.34″N</span> <span class="longitude">135°21′41.84″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.7212056°N 135.3616222°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.7212056; 135.3616222</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Hanshin Koshien Stadium</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span><br /><br /><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&params=34_40_9.48_N_135_28_33.97_E_type:landmark_region:JP&title=Kyocera+Dome+Osaka"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°40′9.48″N</span> <span class="longitude">135°28′33.97″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.6693000°N 135.4761028°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.6693000; 135.4761028</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Kyocera Dome Osaka</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td align="center">December 10, 1935 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Kyuji_Fujikawa" title="Kyuji Fujikawa">Kyuji Fujikawa</a> </td> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp_insignia.svg/70px-Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp_insignia.svg/105px-Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp_insignia.svg/140px-Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp" title="Hiroshima Toyo Carp">Hiroshima Toyo Carp</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Prefecture" title="Hiroshima Prefecture">Hiroshima</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mazda_Stadium" title="Mazda Stadium">Mazda Stadium</a> </td> <td align="center">32,000 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&params=34_23_33_N_132_29_2.4_E_type:landmark_region:JP&title=Mazda+Stadium"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°23′33″N</span> <span class="longitude">132°29′2.4″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.39250°N 132.484000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.39250; 132.484000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Mazda Stadium</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td align="center">December 5, 1949 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Takahiro_Arai" title="Takahiro Arai">Takahiro Arai</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows_insignia.svg/70px-Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows_insignia.svg/105px-Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows_insignia.svg/140px-Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows" title="Tokyo Yakult Swallows">Tokyo Yakult Swallows</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Shinjuku" title="Shinjuku">Shinjuku</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Meiji_Jingu_Stadium" title="Meiji Jingu Stadium">Meiji Jingu Stadium</a> </td> <td align="center">37,933 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&params=35_40_28.3_N_139_43_1.4_E_type:landmark_region:JP&title=Meiji+Jingu+Stadium"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°40′28.3″N</span> <span class="longitude">139°43′1.4″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.674528°N 139.717056°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.674528; 139.717056</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Meiji Jingu Stadium</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td align="center">January 12, 1950 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Shingo_Takatsu" title="Shingo Takatsu">Shingo Takatsu</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars_insignia.svg/70px-Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars_insignia.svg/105px-Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars_insignia.svg/140px-Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars" title="Yokohama DeNA BayStars">Yokohama DeNA BayStars</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yokohama" title="Yokohama">Yokohama</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanagawa_Prefecture" title="Kanagawa Prefecture">Kanagawa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Yokohama_Stadium" title="Yokohama Stadium">Yokohama Stadium</a> </td> <td align="center">30,000 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&params=35_26_36.34_N_139_38_24.36_E_type:landmark_region:JP&title=Yokohama+Stadium"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°26′36.34″N</span> <span class="longitude">139°38′24.36″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.4434278°N 139.6401000°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.4434278; 139.6401000</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Yokohama Stadium</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td align="center">December 15, 1949 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Miura" title="Daisuke Miura">Daisuke Miura</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E8%AA%AD%E5%A3%B2%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B4.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/%E8%AA%AD%E5%A3%B2%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B4.svg/70px-%E8%AA%AD%E5%A3%B2%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B4.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/%E8%AA%AD%E5%A3%B2%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B4.svg/105px-%E8%AA%AD%E5%A3%B2%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B4.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/%E8%AA%AD%E5%A3%B2%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B4.svg/140px-%E8%AA%AD%E5%A3%B2%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%82%A4%E3%82%A2%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84%E3%83%AD%E3%82%B4.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bunky%C5%8D" title="Bunkyō">Bunkyō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a> </td> <td align="center">46,000 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&params=35_42_20_N_139_45_7_E_type:landmark_region:JP&title=Tokyo+Dome"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°42′20″N</span> <span class="longitude">139°45′7″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.70556°N 139.75194°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.70556; 139.75194</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Tokyo Dome</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td align="center">December 26, 1934 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Shinnosuke_Abe" title="Shinnosuke Abe">Shinnosuke Abe</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="8" style="background:#3fb1e5"><span style="color:white;"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a></span> </th></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Chiba_Lotte_Marines_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Chiba_Lotte_Marines_insignia.svg/70px-Chiba_Lotte_Marines_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Chiba_Lotte_Marines_insignia.svg/105px-Chiba_Lotte_Marines_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Chiba_Lotte_Marines_insignia.svg/140px-Chiba_Lotte_Marines_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines" title="Chiba Lotte Marines">Chiba Lotte Marines</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Chiba_(city)" title="Chiba (city)">Chiba</a>, <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Prefecture" title="Chiba Prefecture">Chiba</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ZOZO_Marine_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="ZOZO Marine Stadium">ZOZO Marine Stadium</a> </td> <td align="center">30,000 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&params=35_38_42.86_N_140_1_51.32_E_type:landmark_region:JP&title=ZOZO+Marine+Stadium"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°38′42.86″N</span> <span class="longitude">140°1′51.32″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.6452389°N 140.0309222°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.6452389; 140.0309222</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">ZOZO Marine Stadium</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td align="center">November 26, 1949 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Masato_Yoshii" title="Masato Yoshii">Masato Yoshii</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_insignia.svg/70px-Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_insignia.svg/105px-Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f6/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_insignia.svg/140px-Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_Prefecture" title="Fukuoka Prefecture">Fukuoka</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Mizuho_PayPay_Dome_Fukuoka" title="Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka">Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka</a> </td> <td align="center">40,000 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&params=33_35_43_N_130_21_44_E_type:landmark_region:JP&title=Mizuho+PayPay+Dome+Fukuoka"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">33°35′43″N</span> <span class="longitude">130°21′44″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">33.59528°N 130.36222°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">33.59528; 130.36222</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td align="center">February 22, 1938 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Hiroki_Kokubo" title="Hiroki Kokubo">Hiroki Kokubo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters_insignia.svg/70px-Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters_insignia.svg/105px-Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/78/Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters_insignia.svg/140px-Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters" title="Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters">Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kitahiroshima,_Hokkaido" title="Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido">Kitahiroshima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hokkaid%C5%8D" class="mw-redirect" title="Hokkaidō">Hokkaidō</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/ES_CON_Field_Hokkaido" class="mw-redirect" title="ES CON Field Hokkaido">ES CON Field Hokkaido</a> </td> <td align="center">35,000 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&params=42_59_23_N_141_32_58_E_type:landmark_region:JP&title=ES+CON+Field+Hokkaido"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">42°59′23″N</span> <span class="longitude">141°32′58″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">42.98972°N 141.54944°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">42.98972; 141.54944</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">ES CON Field Hokkaido</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td align="center">November 6, 1945 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Tsuyoshi_Shinjo" title="Tsuyoshi Shinjo">Tsuyoshi Shinjo</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Orix_Buffaloes_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Orix_Buffaloes_insignia.svg/70px-Orix_Buffaloes_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Orix_Buffaloes_insignia.svg/105px-Orix_Buffaloes_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/Orix_Buffaloes_insignia.svg/140px-Orix_Buffaloes_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Orix_Buffaloes" title="Orix Buffaloes">Orix Buffaloes</a></b> </td> <td>HQ in <a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a> <p>Plays between <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture" title="Osaka Prefecture">Osaka</a> and <a href="/wiki/Hy%C5%8Dgo_Prefecture" title="Hyōgo Prefecture">Hyogo</a><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyocera_Dome_Osaka" title="Kyocera Dome Osaka">Kyocera Dome Osaka</a><br /><br /><a href="/wiki/Kobe_Sports_Park_Baseball_Stadium" title="Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium">Hotto Motto Field</a> </td> <td align="center">36,477 <p>and 35,000 </p> </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&params=34_40_9.48_N_135_28_33.97_E_type:landmark_region:JP&title=Kyocera+Dome+Osaka"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°40′9.48″N</span> <span class="longitude">135°28′33.97″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.6693000°N 135.4761028°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.6693000; 135.4761028</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Kyocera Dome Osaka</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span><br /><br /><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&params=34_40_50.37_N_135_4_24.3_E_type:landmark_region:JP&title=Hotto+Motto+Field"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">34°40′50.37″N</span> <span class="longitude">135°4′24.3″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">34.6806583°N 135.073417°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">34.6806583; 135.073417</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Hotto Motto Field</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td align="center">January 23, 1936 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Mamoru_Kishida" title="Mamoru Kishida">Mamoru Kishida</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seibu_lions_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Seibu_lions_insignia.svg/70px-Seibu_lions_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Seibu_lions_insignia.svg/105px-Seibu_lions_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Seibu_lions_insignia.svg/140px-Seibu_lions_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="151" data-file-height="151" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Saitama Seibu Lions</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Tokorozawa,_Saitama" title="Tokorozawa, Saitama">Tokorozawa</a>, <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Prefecture" title="Saitama Prefecture">Saitama</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Belluna_Dome" title="Belluna Dome">Belluna Dome</a> </td> <td align="center">33,921 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&params=35_46_6.6_N_139_25_13.8_E_type:landmark_region:JP&title=Belluna+Dome"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">35°46′6.6″N</span> <span class="longitude">139°25′13.8″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">35.768500°N 139.420500°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">35.768500; 139.420500</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Belluna Dome</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td align="center">November 26, 1949 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Fumiya_Nishiguchi" title="Fumiya Nishiguchi">Fumiya Nishiguchi</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rakuten_eagles_insignia.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Rakuten_eagles_insignia.svg/70px-Rakuten_eagles_insignia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="70" height="70" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Rakuten_eagles_insignia.svg/105px-Rakuten_eagles_insignia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Rakuten_eagles_insignia.svg/140px-Rakuten_eagles_insignia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="512" /></a></span> </td> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Tohoku_Rakuten_Golden_Eagles" title="Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles">Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Sendai" title="Sendai">Sendai</a>, <a href="/wiki/Miyagi_Prefecture" title="Miyagi Prefecture">Miyagi</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Rakuten_Mobile_Park_Miyagi" title="Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi">Rakuten Mobile Park Miyagi</a> </td> <td align="center">30,508 </td> <td><span class="geo-inline"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1156832818"><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&params=38_15_22.34_N_140_54_9_E_type:landmark_region:JP&title=Rakuten+Seimei+Park+Miyagi"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">38°15′22.34″N</span> <span class="longitude">140°54′9″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="vcard"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">38.2562056°N 140.90250°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">38.2562056; 140.90250</span></span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="fn org">Rakuten Seimei Park Miyagi</span>)</span></span></span></a></span></span> </td> <td align="center">November 2, 2004 </td> <td align="center"><a href="/wiki/Hajime_Miki" title="Hajime Miki">Hajime Miki</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Note: The <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows" title="Tokyo Yakult Swallows">Tokyo Yakult Swallows</a> and <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> plan to build new stadiums. The Swallows' new stadium will be next to its current venue, and the Giants' stadium will be where the old <a href="/wiki/Tsukiji_fish_market" title="Tsukiji fish market">Tsukiji fish market</a> existed. Both are scheduled to be completed around 2030.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%; text-align:left"> <tbody><tr> <th style="background:gray;" colspan="6"><span style="color:white;">Defunct Clubs</span> </th></tr> <tr> <th style="background:white">Team </th> <th style="background:white">City </th> <th style="background:white">Stadium </th> <th style="background:white">Founded </th> <th style="background:white">Ceased Operations </th> <th style="background:white">Notes </th></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Nishi_Nippon_Pirates" title="Nishi Nippon Pirates">Nishi Nippon Pirates</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_Prefecture" title="Fukuoka Prefecture">Fukuoka</a> </td> <td>52 stadiums in 29 prefectures across Japan<sup id="cite_ref-npb_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npb-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="center">1950 </td> <td align="center">January 30, 1951<sup id="cite_ref-cd50_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cd50-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="left">Merged with the <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Nishitetsu Clippers</a> to form the Fukuoka Nishitetsu Lions (now known as the <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Saitama Seibu Lions</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Shochiku_Robins" title="Shochiku Robins">Shochiku Robins</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyoto" title="Kyoto">Kyoto</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kyoto_Prefecture" title="Kyoto Prefecture">Kyoto</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kinugasa_Stadium" title="Kinugasa Stadium">Kinugasa Stadium</a> </td> <td align="center">1936 </td> <td align="center">January 1, 1953<sup id="cite_ref-wb66_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wb66-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="left">Merged with the <a href="/wiki/Taiyo_Whales" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiyo Whales">Taiyo Whales</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Taiyo-Shochiku_Robins" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiyo-Shochiku Robins">Taiyo-Shochiku Robins</a> (now known as the <a href="/wiki/Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars" title="Yokohama DeNA BayStars">Yokohama DeNA BayStars</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Takahashi_Unions" title="Takahashi Unions">Takahashi Unions</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kawasaki,_Kanagawa" title="Kawasaki, Kanagawa">Kawasaki</a>, <a href="/wiki/Kanagawa_Prefecture" title="Kanagawa Prefecture">Kanagawa</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kawasaki_Stadium" title="Kawasaki Stadium">Kawasaki Stadium</a> </td> <td align="center">1954 </td> <td align="center">February 25, 1957<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="left">Merged with the <a href="/wiki/Daiei_Stars" title="Daiei Stars">Daiei Stars</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Daiei_Unions" class="mw-redirect" title="Daiei Unions">Daiei Unions</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Daiei_Unions" class="mw-redirect" title="Daiei Unions">Daiei Unions</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Bunky%C5%8D" title="Bunkyō">Bunkyō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Korakuen_Stadium" title="Korakuen Stadium">Korakuen Stadium</a> </td> <td align="center">1946 </td> <td align="center">November 24, 1957<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td> <td align="left">Merged with the <a href="/wiki/Mainichi_Orions" class="mw-redirect" title="Mainichi Orions">Mainichi Orions</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Daimai_Orions" class="mw-redirect" title="Daimai Orions">Daimai Orions</a> (now known as the <a href="/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines" title="Chiba Lotte Marines">Chiba Lotte Marines</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <td><b><a href="/wiki/Osaka_Kintetsu_Buffaloes" title="Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes">Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes</a></b> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Osaka" title="Osaka">Osaka</a>, <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Prefecture" title="Osaka Prefecture">Osaka</a> </td> <td><a href="/wiki/Kyocera_Dome_Osaka" title="Kyocera Dome Osaka">Kyocera Dome Osaka</a> </td> <td align="center">1949 </td> <td align="center">December 1, 2004 </td> <td align="left">Merged with the <a href="/wiki/Orix_BlueWave" class="mw-redirect" title="Orix BlueWave">Orix BlueWave</a> to form the <a href="/wiki/Orix_Buffaloes" title="Orix Buffaloes">Orix Buffaloes</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Franchise_locations">Franchise locations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Franchise locations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Locations are listed from north to south. Only the most prominent names of each franchise are listed. </p> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Locality </th> <th>1950 </th> <th>1951–1952 </th> <th>1953 </th> <th>1954 </th> <th>1955–1956 </th> <th>1957 </th> <th>1958–1972 </th> <th>1973–1977 </th> <th>1978 </th> <th>1979–1988 </th> <th>1989–2003 </th> <th>2004 </th> <th>2005–present </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#eee;"><a href="/wiki/Sapporo" title="Sapporo">Greater Sapporo</a> </td> <td colspan="11">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters" title="Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters">Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters</a> (PL), 2004–present<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#eee;"><a href="/wiki/Sendai" title="Sendai">Sendai</a> </td> <td colspan="7">  </td> <td style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Lotte_Orions" class="mw-redirect" title="Lotte Orions">Lotte Orions</a> (PL), 1973–1977 </td> <td colspan="4">  </td> <td colspan="1" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Tohoku_Rakuten_Golden_Eagles" title="Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles">Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles</a> (PL), 2005–present </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="7" style="background:#eee;"><a href="/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area" title="Greater Tokyo Area">Greater Tokyo</a> </td> <td colspan="13" style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows" title="Tokyo Yakult Swallows">Kokutetsu Swallows / Sankei Atoms / Yakult Swallows</a> (CL), 1950–present </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="13" style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> (CL), 1950–present </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="11" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters" title="Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters">Toei Flyers / Nippon-Ham Fighters</a> (PL), 1950–2003 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="7" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines" title="Chiba Lotte Marines">Mainichi/Daimai/Tokyo/Lotte Orions</a> (PL), 1950–1972 </td> <td>  </td> <td colspan="5" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines" title="Chiba Lotte Marines">Lotte Orions / Chiba Lotte Marines</a> (PL), 1978–present </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">  </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Takahashi_Unions" title="Takahashi Unions">Takahashi Unions</a> (PL), 1954–1956 </td> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Daiei_Unions" class="mw-redirect" title="Daiei Unions">Daiei Unions</a> (PL), 1957 </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="3">  </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="5" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Saitama Seibu Lions</a> (PL), 1979–present </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="5" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Daiei_Stars" title="Daiei Stars">Daiei Stars</a> (PL), 1950–1956 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4">  </td> <td colspan="9" style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars" title="Yokohama DeNA BayStars">Taiyo Whales / Yokohama BayStars</a> (CL), 1955–present </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#eee;"><a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a> </td> <td colspan="13" style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a> (CL), 1950–present </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="5" style="background:#eee;"><a href="/wiki/Keihanshin" title="Keihanshin">Greater Osaka</a> </td> <td colspan="13" style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a> (CL), 1950–present </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="12" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Orix_Buffaloes" title="Orix Buffaloes">Hankyu Braves / Orix BlueWave</a> (PL), 1950–2004 </td> <td rowspan="2" colspan="1" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Orix_Buffaloes" title="Orix Buffaloes">Orix Buffaloes</a> (PL), 2005–present </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="12" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Osaka_Kintetsu_Buffaloes" title="Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes">Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes</a> (PL), 1950–2004 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="10" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Nankai_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Nankai Hawks">Nankai Hawks</a> (PL), 1950–1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Shochiku_Robins" title="Shochiku Robins">Shochiku Robins</a> (CL), 1950–1954 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#eee;"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima" title="Hiroshima">Hiroshima</a> </td> <td colspan="13" style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp" title="Hiroshima Toyo Carp">Hiroshima Toyo Carp</a> (CL), 1950–present </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#eee;"><a href="/wiki/Shimonoseki" title="Shimonoseki">Shimonoseki</a> </td> <td colspan="2" style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Taiyo_Whales" class="mw-redirect" title="Taiyo Whales">Taiyo Whales</a> (CL), 1950–1952 </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2" style="background:#eee;"><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a> </td> <td colspan="9" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Nishitetsu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishitetsu Lions">Nishitetsu Lions</a> (PL), 1950–1978 </td> <td>  </td> <td colspan="3" style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka Daiei/SoftBank Hawks</a> (PL), 1989–present </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Nishi_Nippon_Pirates" title="Nishi Nippon Pirates">Nishi Nippon Pirates</a> (CL), 1950 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Champions">Champions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Champions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a></div> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Team </th> <th>Champions </th> <th>Runners-up </th> <th>Winning seasons </th> <th>Runners-up seasons </th></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a></td> <td align="center">22</td> <td align="center">14</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1951_Japan_Series" title="1951 Japan Series">1951</a>, <a href="/wiki/1952_Japan_Series" title="1952 Japan Series">1952</a>, <a href="/wiki/1953_Japan_Series" title="1953 Japan Series">1953</a>, <a href="/wiki/1955_Japan_Series" title="1955 Japan Series">1955</a>, <a href="/wiki/1961_Japan_Series" title="1961 Japan Series">1961</a>, <a href="/wiki/1963_Japan_Series" title="1963 Japan Series">1963</a>, <a href="/wiki/1965_Japan_Series" title="1965 Japan Series">1965</a>, <a href="/wiki/1966_Japan_Series" title="1966 Japan Series">1966</a>, <a href="/wiki/1967_Japan_Series" title="1967 Japan Series">1967</a>, <a href="/wiki/1968_Japan_Series" title="1968 Japan Series">1968</a>, <a href="/wiki/1969_Japan_Series" title="1969 Japan Series">1969</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970_Japan_Series" title="1970 Japan Series">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/1971_Japan_Series" title="1971 Japan Series">1971</a>, <a href="/wiki/1972_Japan_Series" title="1972 Japan Series">1972</a>, <a href="/wiki/1973_Japan_Series" title="1973 Japan Series">1973</a>, <a href="/wiki/1981_Japan_Series" title="1981 Japan Series">1981</a>, <a href="/wiki/1989_Japan_Series" title="1989 Japan Series">1989</a>, <a href="/wiki/1994_Japan_Series" title="1994 Japan Series">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_Japan_Series" title="2000 Japan Series">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_Japan_Series" title="2002 Japan Series">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_Japan_Series" title="2009 Japan Series">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_Japan_Series" title="2012 Japan Series">2012</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1956_Japan_Series" title="1956 Japan Series">1956</a>, <a href="/wiki/1957_Japan_Series" title="1957 Japan Series">1957</a>, <a href="/wiki/1958_Japan_Series" title="1958 Japan Series">1958</a>, <a href="/wiki/1959_Japan_Series" title="1959 Japan Series">1959</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976_Japan_Series" title="1976 Japan Series">1976</a>, <a href="/wiki/1977_Japan_Series" title="1977 Japan Series">1977</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983_Japan_Series" title="1983 Japan Series">1983</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987_Japan_Series" title="1987 Japan Series">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_Japan_Series" title="1990 Japan Series">1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/1996_Japan_Series" title="1996 Japan Series">1996</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_Japan_Series" title="2008 Japan Series">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013_Japan_Series" title="2013 Japan Series">2013</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_Japan_Series" title="2019 Japan Series">2019</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_Japan_Series" title="2020 Japan Series">2020</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Saitama Seibu Lions</a></td> <td align="center">13</td> <td align="center">8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1956_Japan_Series" title="1956 Japan Series">1956</a>, <a href="/wiki/1957_Japan_Series" title="1957 Japan Series">1957</a>, <a href="/wiki/1958_Japan_Series" title="1958 Japan Series">1958</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_Japan_Series" title="1982 Japan Series">1982</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983_Japan_Series" title="1983 Japan Series">1983</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986_Japan_Series" title="1986 Japan Series">1986</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987_Japan_Series" title="1987 Japan Series">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988_Japan_Series" title="1988 Japan Series">1988</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_Japan_Series" title="1990 Japan Series">1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/1991_Japan_Series" title="1991 Japan Series">1991</a>, <a href="/wiki/1992_Japan_Series" title="1992 Japan Series">1992</a>, <a href="/wiki/2004_Japan_Series" title="2004 Japan Series">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_Japan_Series" title="2008 Japan Series">2008</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1954_Japan_Series" title="1954 Japan Series">1954</a>, <a href="/wiki/1963_Japan_Series" title="1963 Japan Series">1963</a>, <a href="/wiki/1985_Japan_Series" title="1985 Japan Series">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/1993_Japan_Series" title="1993 Japan Series">1993</a>, <a href="/wiki/1994_Japan_Series" title="1994 Japan Series">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/1997_Japan_Series" title="1997 Japan Series">1997</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998_Japan_Series" title="1998 Japan Series">1998</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_Japan_Series" title="2002 Japan Series">2002</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a></td> <td align="center">11</td> <td align="center">10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1959_Japan_Series" title="1959 Japan Series">1959</a>, <a href="/wiki/1964_Japan_Series" title="1964 Japan Series">1964</a>, <a href="/wiki/1999_Japan_Series" title="1999 Japan Series">1999</a>, <a href="/wiki/2003_Japan_Series" title="2003 Japan Series">2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011_Japan_Series" title="2011 Japan Series">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_Japan_Series" title="2014 Japan Series">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_Japan_Series" title="2015 Japan Series">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_Japan_Series" title="2017 Japan Series">2017</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_Japan_Series" title="2018 Japan Series">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_Japan_Series" title="2019 Japan Series">2019</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_Japan_Series" title="2020 Japan Series">2020</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1951_Japan_Series" title="1951 Japan Series">1951</a>, <a href="/wiki/1952_Japan_Series" title="1952 Japan Series">1952</a>, <a href="/wiki/1953_Japan_Series" title="1953 Japan Series">1953</a>, <a href="/wiki/1955_Japan_Series" title="1955 Japan Series">1955</a>, <a href="/wiki/1961_Japan_Series" title="1961 Japan Series">1961</a>, <a href="/wiki/1965_Japan_Series" title="1965 Japan Series">1965</a>, <a href="/wiki/1966_Japan_Series" title="1966 Japan Series">1966</a>, <a href="/wiki/1973_Japan_Series" title="1973 Japan Series">1973</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_Japan_Series" title="2000 Japan Series">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_Japan_Series" title="2024 Japan Series">2024</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows" title="Tokyo Yakult Swallows">Tokyo Yakult Swallows</a></td> <td align="center">6</td> <td align="center">3</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1978_Japan_Series" title="1978 Japan Series">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1993_Japan_Series" title="1993 Japan Series">1993</a>, <a href="/wiki/1995_Japan_Series" title="1995 Japan Series">1995</a>, <a href="/wiki/1997_Japan_Series" title="1997 Japan Series">1997</a>, <a href="/wiki/2001_Japan_Series" title="2001 Japan Series">2001</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021_Japan_Series" title="2021 Japan Series">2021</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1992_Japan_Series" title="1992 Japan Series">1992</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_Japan_Series" title="2015 Japan Series">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_Japan_Series" title="2022 Japan Series">2022</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Orix_Buffaloes" title="Orix Buffaloes">Orix Buffaloes</a></td> <td align="center">5</td> <td align="center">10</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1975_Japan_Series" title="1975 Japan Series">1975</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976_Japan_Series" title="1976 Japan Series">1976</a>, <a href="/wiki/1977_Japan_Series" title="1977 Japan Series">1977</a>, <a href="/wiki/1996_Japan_Series" title="1996 Japan Series">1996</a>, <a href="/wiki/2022_Japan_Series" title="2022 Japan Series">2022</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1967_Japan_Series" title="1967 Japan Series">1967</a>, <a href="/wiki/1968_Japan_Series" title="1968 Japan Series">1968</a>, <a href="/wiki/1969_Japan_Series" title="1969 Japan Series">1969</a>, <a href="/wiki/1971_Japan_Series" title="1971 Japan Series">1971</a>, <a href="/wiki/1972_Japan_Series" title="1972 Japan Series">1972</a>, <a href="/wiki/1978_Japan_Series" title="1978 Japan Series">1978</a>, <a href="/wiki/1984_Japan_Series" title="1984 Japan Series">1984</a>, <a href="/wiki/1995_Japan_Series" title="1995 Japan Series">1995</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021_Japan_Series" title="2021 Japan Series">2021</a>, <a href="/wiki/2023_Japan_Series" title="2023 Japan Series">2023</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Chiba_Lotte_Marines" title="Chiba Lotte Marines">Chiba Lotte Marines</a></td> <td align="center">4</td> <td align="center">2</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1950_Japan_Series" title="1950 Japan Series">1950</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974_Japan_Series" title="1974 Japan Series">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/2005_Japan_Series" title="2005 Japan Series">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_Japan_Series" title="2010 Japan Series">2010</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1960_Japan_Series" title="1960 Japan Series">1960</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970_Japan_Series" title="1970 Japan Series">1970</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp" title="Hiroshima Toyo Carp">Hiroshima Toyo Carp</a></td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_Japan_Series" title="1979 Japan Series">1979</a>, <a href="/wiki/1980_Japan_Series" title="1980 Japan Series">1980</a>, <a href="/wiki/1984_Japan_Series" title="1984 Japan Series">1984</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1975_Japan_Series" title="1975 Japan Series">1975</a>, <a href="/wiki/1986_Japan_Series" title="1986 Japan Series">1986</a>, <a href="/wiki/1991_Japan_Series" title="1991 Japan Series">1991</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_Japan_Series" title="2016 Japan Series">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_Japan_Series" title="2018 Japan Series">2018</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Hokkaido_Nippon-Ham_Fighters" title="Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters">Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters</a></td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">4</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Japan_Series" title="1962 Japan Series">1962</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_Japan_Series" title="2006 Japan Series">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_Japan_Series" title="2016 Japan Series">2016</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1981_Japan_Series" title="1981 Japan Series">1981</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_Japan_Series" title="2007 Japan Series">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_Japan_Series" title="2009 Japan Series">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_Japan_Series" title="2012 Japan Series">2012</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Yokohama_DeNA_BayStars" title="Yokohama DeNA BayStars">Yokohama DeNA BayStars</a></td> <td align="center">3</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1960_Japan_Series" title="1960 Japan Series">1960</a>, <a href="/wiki/1998_Japan_Series" title="1998 Japan Series">1998</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_Japan_Series" title="2024 Japan Series">2024</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/2017_Japan_Series" title="2017 Japan Series">2017</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a></td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">8</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1954_Japan_Series" title="1954 Japan Series">1954</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_Japan_Series" title="2007 Japan Series">2007</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1974_Japan_Series" title="1974 Japan Series">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1982_Japan_Series" title="1982 Japan Series">1982</a>, <a href="/wiki/1988_Japan_Series" title="1988 Japan Series">1988</a>, <a href="/wiki/1999_Japan_Series" title="1999 Japan Series">1999</a>, <a href="/wiki/2004_Japan_Series" title="2004 Japan Series">2004</a>, <a href="/wiki/2006_Japan_Series" title="2006 Japan Series">2006</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_Japan_Series" title="2010 Japan Series">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011_Japan_Series" title="2011 Japan Series">2011</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a></td> <td align="center">2</td> <td align="center">5</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1985_Japan_Series" title="1985 Japan Series">1985</a>, <a href="/wiki/2023_Japan_Series" title="2023 Japan Series">2023</a></td> <td><a href="/wiki/1962_Japan_Series" title="1962 Japan Series">1962</a>, <a href="/wiki/1964_Japan_Series" title="1964 Japan Series">1964</a>, <a href="/wiki/2003_Japan_Series" title="2003 Japan Series">2003</a>, <a href="/wiki/2005_Japan_Series" title="2005 Japan Series">2005</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_Japan_Series" title="2014 Japan Series">2014</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Tohoku_Rakuten_Golden_Eagles" title="Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles">Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles</a></td> <td align="center">1</td> <td align="center">0</td> <td><a href="/wiki/2013_Japan_Series" title="2013 Japan Series">2013</a></td> <td>— </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#58ceff;"><a href="/wiki/Osaka_Kintetsu_Buffaloes" title="Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes">Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes</a></td> <td align="center">0</td> <td align="center">4</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1979_Japan_Series" title="1979 Japan Series">1979</a>, <a href="/wiki/1980_Japan_Series" title="1980 Japan Series">1980</a>, <a href="/wiki/1989_Japan_Series" title="1989 Japan Series">1989</a>, <a href="/wiki/2001_Japan_Series" title="2001 Japan Series">2001</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background:#59d986;"><a href="/wiki/Shochiku_Robins" title="Shochiku Robins">Shochiku Robins</a></td> <td align="center">0</td> <td align="center">1</td> <td>—</td> <td><a href="/wiki/1950_Japan_Series" title="1950 Japan Series">1950</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Awards">Awards</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Awards"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Baseball_awards#Japan" title="Baseball awards">Baseball awards § Japan</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Japan_Professional_Sports_Grand_Prize" title="Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize">Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize</a></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award">Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award">Nippon Professional Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura_Award" title="Eiji Sawamura Award">Eiji Sawamura Award</a> (starting pitcher of the year)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsui_Golden_Glove_Award" title="Mitsui Golden Glove Award">Mitsui Golden Glove Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Spirit_Award" title="Golden Spirit Award">Golden Spirit Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsutaro_Shoriki_Award" title="Matsutaro Shoriki Award">Matsutaro Shoriki Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> Most Valuable Player</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_All-Star_Game" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Game">Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Game</a> Most Valuable Player</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Records">Records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Single_season_batting">Single season batting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: Single season batting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="clear: left;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td colspan="3" style="background:#cfc;"><b>Central League</b> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background:#87cefa;"><b>Pacific League</b> </td> <td colspan="3"><b>Overall</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Player </th> <th> </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Player </th> <th> </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Player </th> <th> </th> <th>Year </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"><b>Batting Average</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Randy_Bass" title="Randy Bass">Randy Bass</a> </td> <td>.389 </td> <td>1986 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a> </td> <td>.387 </td> <td>2000 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Randy_Bass" title="Randy Bass">Randy Bass</a> </td> <td>.389 </td> <td>1986 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Warren_Cromartie" title="Warren Cromartie">Warren Cromartie</a> </td> <td>.378 </td> <td>1989 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a> </td> <td>.385 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a> </td> <td>.387 </td> <td>2000 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Seiichi_Uchikawa" title="Seiichi Uchikawa">Seiichi Uchikawa</a> </td> <td>.378 </td> <td>2008 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Isao_Harimoto" title="Isao Harimoto">Isao Harimoto</a> <sup><b>a</b> </sup> </td> <td>.383 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a> </td> <td>.385 </td> <td>1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"><b>Home Runs</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wladimir_Balentien" title="Wladimir Balentien">Wladimir Balentien</a> <sup> <b>b</b> </sup> </td> <td>60 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tuffy_Rhodes" title="Tuffy Rhodes">Tuffy Rhodes</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands"><img alt="Netherlands" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Netherlands.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Wladimir_Balentien" title="Wladimir Balentien">Wladimir Balentien</a> </td> <td>60 </td> <td>2013 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Munetaka_Murakami" title="Munetaka Murakami">Munetaka Murakami</a> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>2022 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cabrera" title="Alex Cabrera">Alex Cabrera</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>2002 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Munetaka_Murakami" title="Munetaka Murakami">Munetaka Murakami</a> </td> <td>56 </td> <td>2022 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> <sup> <b>c</b> </sup> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>1964 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Katsuya Nomura</a> </td> <td>52 </td> <td>1963 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>1964 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Ochiai" title="Hiromitsu Ochiai">Hiromitsu Ochiai</a> </td> <td>52 </td> <td>1985 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tuffy_Rhodes" title="Tuffy Rhodes">Tuffy Rhodes</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>2001 </td></tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cabrera" title="Alex Cabrera">Alex Cabrera</a> </td> <td>55 </td> <td>2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"><b>RBIs</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Makoto_Kozuru" title="Makoto Kozuru">Makoto Kozuru</a> </td> <td>161 </td> <td>1950 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Ochiai" title="Hiromitsu Ochiai">Hiromitsu Ochiai</a> </td> <td>146 </td> <td>1985 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Makoto_Kozuru" title="Makoto Kozuru">Makoto Kozuru</a> </td> <td>161 </td> <td>1950 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rose_(baseball)" title="Bobby Rose (baseball)">Bobby Rose</a> </td> <td>153 </td> <td>1999 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Katsuya Nomura</a> </td> <td>135 </td> <td>1963 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Bobby_Rose_(baseball)" title="Bobby Rose (baseball)">Bobby Rose</a> </td> <td>153 </td> <td>1999 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Makoto_Imaoka" title="Makoto Imaoka">Makoto Imaoka</a> </td> <td>147 </td> <td>2005 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Norihiro_Nakamura" title="Norihiro Nakamura">Norihiro Nakamura</a> </td> <td>132 </td> <td>2001 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Makoto_Imaoka" title="Makoto Imaoka">Makoto Imaoka</a> </td> <td>147 </td> <td>2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"><b>Hits</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Murton" title="Matt Murton">Matt Murton</a> </td> <td>214 </td> <td>2010 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shogo_Akiyama" title="Shogo Akiyama">Shogo Akiyama</a> </td> <td>216 </td> <td>2015 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shogo_Akiyama" title="Shogo Akiyama">Shogo Akiyama</a> </td> <td>216 </td> <td>2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Nori_Aoki" title="Nori Aoki">Nori Aoki</a> </td> <td>209 </td> <td>2010 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a> </td> <td>210 </td> <td>1994 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Matt_Murton" title="Matt Murton">Matt Murton</a> </td> <td>214 </td> <td>2010 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ram%C3%ADrez" title="Alex Ramírez">Alex Ramírez</a> <sup> <b>d</b> </sup> </td> <td>204 </td> <td>2007 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tsuyoshi_Nishioka" title="Tsuyoshi Nishioka">Tsuyoshi Nishioka</a> </td> <td>206 </td> <td>2010 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a> </td> <td>210 </td> <td>1994 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"><b>Stolen Bases</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tadashi_Matsumoto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tadashi Matsumoto (page does not exist)">Tadashi Matsumoto</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%BE%E6%9C%AC%E5%8C%A1%E5%8F%B2" class="extiw" title="ja:松本匡史">ja</a>]</span> </td> <td>76 </td> <td>1983 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Fukumoto" title="Yutaka Fukumoto">Yutaka Fukumoto</a> </td> <td>106 </td> <td>1972 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Fukumoto" title="Yutaka Fukumoto">Yutaka Fukumoto</a> </td> <td>106 </td> <td>1972 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Jiro_Kanayama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jiro Kanayama (page does not exist)">Jiro Kanayama</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%87%91%E5%B1%B1%E6%AC%A1%E9%83%8E" class="extiw" title="ja:金山次郎">ja</a>]</span> </td> <td>74 </td> <td>1950 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Fukumoto" title="Yutaka Fukumoto">Yutaka Fukumoto</a> </td> <td>95 </td> <td>1973 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Fukumoto" title="Yutaka Fukumoto">Yutaka Fukumoto</a> </td> <td>95 </td> <td>1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yoshihiko_Takahashi" title="Yoshihiko Takahashi">Yoshihiko Takahashi</a> </td> <td>73 </td> <td>1985 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Fukumoto" title="Yutaka Fukumoto">Yutaka Fukumoto</a> </td> <td>94 </td> <td>1974 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Fukumoto" title="Yutaka Fukumoto">Yutaka Fukumoto</a> </td> <td>94 </td> <td>1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"><b>Strikeouts</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Munetaka_Murakami" title="Munetaka Murakami">Munetaka Murakami</a> </td> <td>184 </td> <td>2019 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bryant" title="Ralph Bryant">Ralph Bryant</a> </td> <td>204 </td> <td>1993 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bryant" title="Ralph Bryant">Ralph Bryant</a> </td> <td>204 </td> <td>1993 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Akinori_Iwamura" title="Akinori Iwamura">Akinori Iwamura</a> </td> <td>173 </td> <td>2004 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bryant" title="Ralph Bryant">Ralph Bryant</a> </td> <td>198 </td> <td>1990 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bryant" title="Ralph Bryant">Ralph Bryant</a> </td> <td>198 </td> <td>1990 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Teruaki_Sato" class="mw-redirect" title="Teruaki Sato">Teruaki Sato</a> </td> <td>173 </td> <td>2021 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bryant" title="Ralph Bryant">Ralph Bryant</a> </td> <td>187 </td> <td>1989 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Bryant" title="Ralph Bryant">Ralph Bryant</a> </td> <td>187 </td> <td>1989 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup> <b>a</b> </sup> Harimoto is a Korean citizen who was born and grew up in Japan (see <a href="/wiki/Zainichi_Korean" class="mw-redirect" title="Zainichi Korean">Zainichi Korean</a>). <br /> <sup> <b>b</b> </sup> As all Curaçaoans have <a href="/wiki/Dutch_citizenship" class="mw-redirect" title="Dutch citizenship">Dutch citizenship</a> and Balentien has represented the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands_national_baseball_team" title="Netherlands national baseball team">Netherlands</a> internationally, he is listed here as Dutch. <br /> <sup> <b>c</b> </sup> Despite being born in Japan, Oh was a citizen of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_China" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of China">Republic of China</a> (his father's nationality) instead of Japan. <br /> <sup> <b>d</b> </sup> Ramirez did not have Japanese citizenship until 2019 and so is listed as the nationality he was during his playing career. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Single_season_pitching">Single season pitching</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Single season pitching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="clear: left;"> <tbody><tr style="text-align:center;"> <td colspan="3" style="background:#cfc;"><b>Central League</b> </td> <td colspan="3" style="background:#87cefa;"><b>Pacific League</b> </td> <td colspan="3"><b>Overall</b> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Player </th> <th> </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Player </th> <th> </th> <th>Year </th> <th>Player </th> <th> </th> <th>Year </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"><b>ERA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Minoru Murayama</a> </td> <td>0.98 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kazuhisa_Inao" title="Kazuhisa Inao">Kazuhisa Inao</a> </td> <td>1.06 </td> <td>1956 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Minoru Murayama</a> <sup> <b>d</b> </sup> </td> <td>0.98 </td> <td>1970 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Minoru Murayama</a> </td> <td>1.19 </td> <td>1959 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Tanaka" title="Masahiro Tanaka">Masahiro Tanaka</a> </td> <td>1.272 </td> <td>2011 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kazuhisa_Inao" title="Kazuhisa Inao">Kazuhisa Inao</a> </td> <td>1.06 </td> <td>1956 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Minoru Murayama</a> </td> <td>1.20 </td> <td>1962 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Tanaka" title="Masahiro Tanaka">Masahiro Tanaka</a> </td> <td>1.273 </td> <td>2013 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Minoru Murayama</a> </td> <td>1.19 </td> <td>1959 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"><b>Wins</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Juzo_Sanada" title="Juzo Sanada">Juzo Sanada</a> </td> <td>39 </td> <td>1950 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kazuhisa_Inao" title="Kazuhisa Inao">Kazuhisa Inao</a> </td> <td>42 </td> <td>1961 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kazuhisa_Inao" title="Kazuhisa Inao">Kazuhisa Inao</a> <sup><b>e</b> </sup> </td> <td>42 </td> <td>1961 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Gondo" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiroshi Gondo">Hiroshi Gondo</a> </td> <td>35 </td> <td>1961 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Sugiura" title="Tadashi Sugiura">Tadashi Sugiura</a> </td> <td>38 </td> <td>1959 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Juzo_Sanada" title="Juzo Sanada">Juzo Sanada</a> </td> <td>39 </td> <td>1950 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Takehiko_Bessho" title="Takehiko Bessho">Takehiko Bessho</a> </td> <td>33 </td> <td>1952 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kazuhisa_Inao" title="Kazuhisa Inao">Kazuhisa Inao</a> </td> <td>35 </td> <td>1957 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Sugiura" title="Tadashi Sugiura">Tadashi Sugiura</a> </td> <td>38 </td> <td>1959 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"><b>Saves</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hitoki_Iwase" title="Hitoki Iwase">Hitoki Iwase</a> </td> <td>46 </td> <td>2005 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Sarfate" title="Dennis Sarfate">Dennis Sarfate</a> </td> <td>54 </td> <td>2017 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Sarfate" title="Dennis Sarfate">Dennis Sarfate</a> </td> <td>54 </td> <td>2017 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kyuji_Fujikawa" title="Kyuji Fujikawa">Kyuji Fujikawa</a> </td> <td>46 </td> <td>2007 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Sarfate" title="Dennis Sarfate">Dennis Sarfate</a> </td> <td>43 </td> <td>2016 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hitoki_Iwase" title="Hitoki Iwase">Hitoki Iwase</a> </td> <td>46 </td> <td>2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Sasaki" title="Kazuhiro Sasaki">Kazuhiro Sasaki</a> </td> <td>45 </td> <td>1998 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Sarfate" title="Dennis Sarfate">Dennis Sarfate</a> </td> <td>41 </td> <td>2015 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kyuji_Fujikawa" title="Kyuji Fujikawa">Kyuji Fujikawa</a> </td> <td>46 </td> <td>2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"><b>Strikeouts</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Enatsu" title="Yutaka Enatsu">Yutaka Enatsu</a> </td> <td>401 </td> <td>1968 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kazuhisa_Inao" title="Kazuhisa Inao">Kazuhisa Inao</a> </td> <td>353 </td> <td>1961 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Enatsu" title="Yutaka Enatsu">Yutaka Enatsu</a> </td> <td>401 </td> <td>1968 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">Masaichi Kaneda</a> <sup><b>f</b> </sup> </td> <td>350 </td> <td>1955 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Sugiura" title="Tadashi Sugiura">Tadashi Sugiura</a> </td> <td>336 </td> <td>1959 </td> <td style="background:#87cefa;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kazuhisa_Inao" title="Kazuhisa Inao">Kazuhisa Inao</a> </td> <td>353 </td> <td>1961 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Enatsu" title="Yutaka Enatsu">Yutaka Enatsu</a> </td> <td>340 </td> <td>1970 </td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kazuhisa_Inao" title="Kazuhisa Inao">Kazuhisa Inao</a> </td> <td>334 </td> <td>1958 </td> <td style="background:#cfc;"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">Masaichi Kaneda</a> </td> <td>350 </td> <td>1955 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><sup> <b>d</b> </sup> The Japanese record is 0.73, set by <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Fujimoto" title="Hideo Fujimoto">Hideo Fujimoto</a> in the 1943 <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_League" title="Japanese Baseball League">Japanese Baseball League</a> season, which is also the world record ERA, surpassing Tim Keefe's 0.86 of the <a href="/wiki/Troy_Trojans_(MLB_team)" class="mw-redirect" title="Troy Trojans (MLB team)">Troy Trojans</a> in 1880. <br /> <sup> <b>e</b> </sup> The Japanese record is shared between Inao and <a href="/wiki/Victor_Starffin" title="Victor Starffin">Victor Starffin</a>, who also recorded 42 wins during the 1942 <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_League" title="Japanese Baseball League">Japanese Baseball League</a> season. <br /> <sup> <b>f</b> </sup> Despite being born in Japan, Kaneda did not become a Japanese citizen until 1959 and was instead a South Korean citizen. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_batting">Career batting</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Career batting"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1251242444"><table class="box-Update plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Update" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/42px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png" decoding="async" width="42" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/63px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bd/Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg/84px-Ambox_current_red_Asia_Australia.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="360" data-file-height="290" /></span></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section needs to be <b>updated</b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">August 2022</span>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="none of this is sourced, and some of it is out of date / inaccurate (August 2022)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><table class="wikitable" style="clear: both;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Player </th> <th> </th> <th>Years played </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><b>Batting average</b><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Leron_Lee" title="Leron Lee">Leron Lee</a> </td> <td>.320 </td> <td>1977–1987 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Wakamatsu" title="Tsutomu Wakamatsu">Tsutomu Wakamatsu</a> </td> <td>.31918 </td> <td>1971–1989 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Isao_Harimoto" title="Isao Harimoto">Isao Harimoto</a> </td> <td>.31915 </td> <td>1959–1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Greg_Wells_(baseball)" title="Greg Wells (baseball)">Greg Wells</a> </td> <td>.317 </td> <td>1983-1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><b>Home Runs</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_top_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_home_run_hitters" title="List of top Nippon Professional Baseball home run hitters">List of top Nippon Professional Baseball home run hitters</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> </td> <td>868 </td> <td>1959–1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Katsuya Nomura</a> </td> <td>657 </td> <td>1954–1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Kadota" title="Hiromitsu Kadota">Hiromitsu Kadota</a> </td> <td>567 </td> <td>1970–1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><b>Hits</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_career_hits_leaders" title="List of Nippon Professional Baseball career hits leaders">List of Nippon Professional Baseball career hits leaders</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Isao_Harimoto" title="Isao Harimoto">Isao Harimoto</a> </td> <td>3,085 </td> <td>1959–1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Katsuya Nomura</a> </td> <td>2,901 </td> <td>1954–1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> </td> <td>2,786 </td> <td>1959–1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><b>RBIs</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_players_with_1,000_runs_batted_in" title="List of Nippon Professional Baseball players with 1,000 runs batted in">List of Nippon Professional Baseball players with 1,000 runs batted in</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> </td> <td>2,170 </td> <td>1959–1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Katsuya Nomura</a> </td> <td>1,988 </td> <td>1954–1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Kadota" title="Hiromitsu Kadota">Hiromitsu Kadota</a> </td> <td>1,678 </td> <td>1970–1992 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><b>Stolen Bases</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Fukumoto" title="Yutaka Fukumoto">Yutaka Fukumoto</a> </td> <td>1,065 </td> <td>1969–1988 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Yoshinori_Hirose" title="Yoshinori Hirose">Yoshinori Hirose</a> </td> <td>596 </td> <td>1955–1977 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Isao_Shibata" title="Isao Shibata">Isao Shibata</a> </td> <td>579 </td> <td>1962–1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><b>Strikeouts</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Kiyohara" title="Kazuhiro Kiyohara">Kazuhiro Kiyohara</a> </td> <td>1,955 </td> <td>1986–2008 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Motonobu_Tanishige" title="Motonobu Tanishige">Motonobu Tanishige</a> </td> <td>1,838 </td> <td>1989–2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Koji_Akiyama" title="Koji Akiyama">Koji Akiyama</a> </td> <td>1,712 </td> <td>1981–2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><b>OPS</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> </td> <td>1.080 </td> <td>1959–1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">Hideki Matsui</a> </td> <td>.995 </td> <td>1993–2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cabrera" title="Alex Cabrera">Alex Cabrera</a> </td> <td>.990 </td> <td>2001–2012 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Career_pitching">Career pitching</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Career pitching"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="clear: both;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Player </th> <th> </th> <th>Years played </th></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><b>ERA</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Fujimoto" title="Hideo Fujimoto">Hideo Fujimoto</a> </td> <td>1.90 </td> <td>1942–1955 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><b>Wins</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">Masaichi Kaneda</a> </td> <td>400 </td> <td>1950–1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Yoneda" title="Tetsuya Yoneda">Tetsuya Yoneda</a> </td> <td>350 </td> <td>1956–1977 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Koyama" title="Masaaki Koyama">Masaaki Koyama</a> </td> <td>320 </td> <td>1953–1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" 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href="/wiki/Takehiko_Bessho" title="Takehiko Bessho">Takehiko Bessho</a> </td> <td>310 </td> <td>1942–1960 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Soviet_Union" title="Soviet Union"><img alt="Soviet Union" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a9/Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1200" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Victor_Starffin" title="Victor Starffin">Victor Starffin</a> </td> <td>303 </td> <td>1936–1955 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><b>Strikeouts</b><br /><small><link 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Kaneda">Masaichi Kaneda</a> </td> <td>4490 </td> <td>1950–1969 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Yoneda" title="Tetsuya Yoneda">Tetsuya Yoneda</a> </td> <td>3388 </td> <td>1956–1977 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Koyama" title="Masaaki Koyama">Masaaki Koyama</a> </td> <td>3159 </td> <td>1953–1973 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Keishi_Suzuki" title="Keishi Suzuki">Keishi Suzuki</a> </td> <td>3061 </td> <td>1966–1985 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"><b>Saves</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Hitoki_Iwase" title="Hitoki Iwase">Hitoki Iwase</a> </td> <td>407 </td> <td>1999–2018 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Shingo_Takatsu" title="Shingo Takatsu">Shingo Takatsu</a> </td> <td>286 </td> <td>1991–2003, 2006–2007 </td></tr> <tr> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, 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B.B.MOOK スポーツシリーズ. <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3%E7%A4%BE" class="extiw" title="ja:ベースボール・マガジン社">ベースボール・マガジン社</a>. 2009. p. 66. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/9784583616179" title="Special:BookSources/9784583616179"><bdi>9784583616179</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=%E3%83%9B%E3%82%A8%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%82%BA%26%E3%83%99%E3%82%A4%E3%82%B9%E3%82%BF%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA60%E5%B9%B4%E3%81%AE%E8%BB%8C%E8%B7%A1&rft.series=B.B.MOOK+%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9D%E3%83%BC%E3%83%84%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA&rft.pages=66&rft.pub=%E3%83%99%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9E%E3%82%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%B3%E7%A4%BE&rft.date=2009&rft.isbn=9784583616179&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANippon+Professional+Baseball" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-43"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-43">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Yomiuri Shimbun, February 26, 1957, page 4, "Daiei and Takahashi to merge in Pacific League this year, 7 team system, Owners' Meeting Fails to Realize Six Team System"</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-44"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-44">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Mainichi Shimbun, November 25, 1957, page 7 [Pacific's 6-team system realized; Mainichi and Daiei to merge in the middle of next month]</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-46"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-46">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro Suzuki</a> hit .353 for his Japanese career (1993–2000), but did not have enough at-bats to qualify for career leadership.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-47"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-47">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20200815081332/https://japan-baseball.nittsu.co.jp/article/1619/">"侍ジャパン悲願達成へ元日本代表守護神が語る戦い方「全勝と掲げてしまうと…」"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Express" title="Nippon Express">Nippon Express</a>. 30 January 2019. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://japan-baseball.nittsu.co.jp/article/1619/">the original</a> on 15 August 2020.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E4%BE%8D%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A3%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3%E6%82%B2%E9%A1%98%E9%81%94%E6%88%90%E3%81%B8+%E5%85%83%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BB%A3%E8%A1%A8%E5%AE%88%E8%AD%B7%E7%A5%9E%E3%81%8C%E8%AA%9E%E3%82%8B%E6%88%A6%E3%81%84%E6%96%B9+%E3%80%8C%E5%85%A8%E5%8B%9D%E3%81%A8%E6%8E%B2%E3%81%92%E3%81%A6%E3%81%97%E3%81%BE%E3%81%86%E3%81%A8%E2%80%A6%E3%80%8D&rft.pub=Nippon+Express&rft.date=2019-01-30&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fjapan-baseball.nittsu.co.jp%2Farticle%2F1619%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANippon+Professional+Baseball" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-48"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-48">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230311175448/https://olympics.com/ja/news/baseball-wbsc-world-ranking">"世界ランキング最新版！男子・日本代表・WBSC世界ランク"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Express" title="Nippon Express">Nippon Express</a>. 5 October 2023. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://olympics.com/ja/news/baseball-wbsc-world-ranking">the original</a> on 11 March 2023.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E6%9C%80%E6%96%B0%E7%89%88%EF%BC%81%E7%94%B7%E5%AD%90%E3%83%BB%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E4%BB%A3%E8%A1%A8%E3%83%BBWBSC%E4%B8%96%E7%95%8C%E3%83%A9%E3%83%B3%E3%82%AF&rft.pub=Nippon+Express&rft.date=2023-10-05&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Folympics.com%2Fja%2Fnews%2Fbaseball-wbsc-world-ranking&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANippon+Professional+Baseball" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nippon_Professional_Baseball&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFFitts2005" class="citation book cs1">Fitts, Robert K. (2005). <i>Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game</i>. Southern Illinois University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8093-2630-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-8093-2630-2"><bdi>0-8093-2630-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Remembering+Japanese+Baseball%3A+An+Oral+History+of+the+Game&rft.pub=Southern+Illinois+University+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-8093-2630-2&rft.aulast=Fitts&rft.aufirst=Robert+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANippon+Professional+Baseball" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJohnson2006" class="citation book cs1">Johnson, Daniel (2006). <i>Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook</i>. McFarland & Company. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7864-2841-4" title="Special:BookSources/0-7864-2841-4"><bdi>0-7864-2841-4</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Japanese+Baseball%3A+A+Statistical+Handbook&rft.pub=McFarland+%26+Company&rft.date=2006&rft.isbn=0-7864-2841-4&rft.aulast=Johnson&rft.aufirst=Daniel&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANippon+Professional+Baseball" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhiting2005" class="citation book cs1">Whiting, Robert (2005). <i>The Samurai Way of Baseball: The Impact of Ichiro and the New Wave from Japan</i>. Grand Central Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-446-69403-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-446-69403-7"><bdi>0-446-69403-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Samurai+Way+of+Baseball%3A+The+Impact+of+Ichiro+and+the+New+Wave+from+Japan&rft.pub=Grand+Central+Publishing&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-446-69403-7&rft.aulast=Whiting&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ANippon+Professional+Baseball" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhiting1990" class="citation book cs1">Whiting, Robert (1990). <i>You Gotta Have Wa</i>. 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id="Nippon_Professional_Baseball_seasons178" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> seasons</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1930s–1940s <br />(<a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_League" title="Japanese Baseball League">Japanese Baseball League</a>)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_Japanese_Baseball_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 Japanese Baseball League season (page does not exist)">1936</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Japanese_Baseball_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1937 Japanese Baseball League season (page does not exist)">1937</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_Japanese_Baseball_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 Japanese Baseball League season (page does not exist)">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_Japanese_Baseball_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1939 Japanese Baseball League season (page does not exist)">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Japanese_Baseball_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1940 Japanese Baseball League season (page does not exist)">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1941_Japanese_Baseball_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1941 Japanese Baseball League season (page does not exist)">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1942_Japanese_Baseball_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1942 Japanese Baseball League season (page does not exist)">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_Japanese_Baseball_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1943 Japanese Baseball League season (page does not exist)">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1944_Japanese_Baseball_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1944 Japanese Baseball League season (page does not exist)">1944</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1945_Japanese_Baseball_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1945 Japanese Baseball League season (page does not exist)"><span style="color:#aaa;">1945</span></a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1946_Japanese_Baseball_League_season" title="1946 Japanese Baseball League season">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_Japanese_Baseball_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 Japanese Baseball League season (page does not exist)">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Japanese_Baseball_League_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 Japanese Baseball League season (page does not exist)">1948</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1949 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1950s–1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1950_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1950 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1950</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1951_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1951 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1952 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1953 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1954_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1954 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1954</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1955 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1956 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1957 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1958 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1960_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1960 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1960</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1961 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1962_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1962 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1963 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1964 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1965 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1966 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1967 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1968 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1969 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s–1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1970_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1970 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1971 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1972 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1973 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1974_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1974 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1975_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1975 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1976 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1977 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1978_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1978 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1979_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1979 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1979</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1980 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1982_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1982 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1983 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1984_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1984 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1985_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1985 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1986_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1986 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1987 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1988_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1988 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1989 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s–2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1990_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1990 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1991_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1991 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1992_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1992 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1993_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1993 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1994 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1995_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1995 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1997_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1997 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1998_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1998 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1999 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2000 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2001_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2001 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2003 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2005 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">2010s–2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2010_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2020 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2021 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2021</a></li> <li><a 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bodies</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Federation_of_Japan" title="Baseball Federation of Japan">Baseball Federation of Japan</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">National teams<br /><span style="font-size:85%;">(Samurai Japan)</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_baseball_team" title="Japan national baseball team">Men's</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_under-18_baseball_team" title="Japan national under-18 baseball team">U-18</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_women%27s_national_baseball_team" title="Japan women's national baseball team">Women</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_national_Baseball5_team" title="Japan national Baseball5 team">Baseball5</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Competitions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball_in_Japan" title="Professional baseball in Japan">Professional</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><b><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Nippon Professional Baseball</a></b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minor_league" title="Minor league">Minor</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_(Japanese_baseball)" title="Eastern League (Japanese baseball)">Eastern League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Western_League_(Japanese_baseball)" title="Western League (Japanese baseball)">Western League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miyazaki_Phoenix_League" title="Miyazaki Phoenix League">Miyazaki Phoenix League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/College_baseball" title="College baseball">Collegiate</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Big6_Baseball_League" title="Tokyo Big6 Baseball League">Tokyo Big Six</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kansai_Big_Six_Baseball_League" title="Kansai Big Six Baseball League">Kansai Big Six</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tohto_University_Baseball_League" title="Tohto University Baseball League">Tohto</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Independent_baseball_league" title="Independent baseball league">Independent</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_Challenge_League" title="Baseball Challenge League">Baseball Challenge League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shikoku_Island_League_Plus" title="Shikoku Island League Plus">Shikoku Island League Plus</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Intercity_Baseball_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Intercity Baseball Tournament">Intercity Baseball Tournament</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dshien_baseball_tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="Kōshien baseball tournament">High school baseball</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_High_School_Baseball_Invitational_Tournament" title="Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament">Spring Kōshien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japanese_High_School_Baseball_Championship" title="Japanese High School Baseball Championship">Summer Kōshien</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Awards & honors</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Most Valuable Player <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">NPB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan_Series_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award">Japan Series</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Rookie_of_the_Year_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award">NPB Rookie of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Comeback_Player_of_the_Year_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award">NPB Comeback Player of the Year</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura_Award" title="Eiji Sawamura Award">Eiji Sawamura Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matsutaro_Shoriki_Award" title="Matsutaro Shoriki Award">Matsutaro Shoriki Award</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mitsui_Golden_Glove_Award" title="Mitsui Golden Glove Award">Mitsui Golden Glove</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Best_Nine_Award" title="Best Nine Award">Best Nine</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Hosted events</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/World_Baseball_Classic" title="World Baseball Classic">World Baseball Classic</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2006_World_Baseball_Classic_Pool_A" title="2006 World Baseball Classic Pool A">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_World_Baseball_Classic_Pool_A" title="2009 World Baseball Classic Pool A">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_World_Baseball_Classic_Pool_A" title="2013 World Baseball Classic Pool A">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_World_Baseball_Classic_Pool_B" title="2017 World Baseball Classic Pool B">2017 B</a> and <a href="/wiki/2017_World_Baseball_Classic_Pool_E" title="2017 World Baseball Classic Pool E">E</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_World_Baseball_Classic_Pool_B" title="2023 World Baseball Classic Pool B">2023</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_Summer_Olympics" title="Baseball at the Summer Olympics">Olympic Games</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_1964_Summer_Olympics" title="Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics" title="Baseball at the 2020 Summer Olympics">2020</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WBSC_Premier12" title="WBSC Premier12">WBSC Premier12</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2015_WBSC_Premier12" title="2015 WBSC Premier12">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_WBSC_Premier12" title="2019 WBSC Premier12">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_WBSC_Premier12" title="2024 WBSC Premier12">2024</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asian_Baseball_Championship" title="Asian Baseball Championship">Asian Baseball Championship</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1959_Asian_Baseball_Championship" title="1959 Asian Baseball Championship">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Asian_Baseball_Championship" title="1967 Asian Baseball Championship">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Asian_Baseball_Championship" title="1987 Asian Baseball Championship">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Asian_Baseball_Championship" title="2003 Asian Baseball Championship">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Asian_Baseball_Championship" title="2005 Asian Baseball Championship">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Asian_Baseball_Championship" title="2009 Asian Baseball Championship">2009</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Asia_Series" title="Asia Series">Asia Series</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2005_Asia_Series" title="2005 Asia Series">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Asia_Series" title="2006 Asia Series">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Asia_Series" title="2007 Asia Series">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Asia_Series" title="2008 Asia Series">2008</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Baseball_World_Cup" title="Women's Baseball World Cup">Women's Baseball World Cup</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2008_Women%27s_Baseball_World_Cup" title="2008 Women's Baseball World Cup">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Women%27s_Baseball_World_Cup" title="2014 Women's Baseball World Cup">2014</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Baseball_at_the_1994_Asian_Games" title="Baseball at the 1994 Asian Games">1994 Asian Games</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1934_Japan_Tour" title="1934 Japan Tour">1934 MLB Tour</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1980_Amateur_World_Series" title="1980 Amateur World Series">1980 Amateur World Series</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_World_University_Baseball_Championship" title="2010 World University Baseball Championship">2010 World University Championship</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related articles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Gyroball" title="Gyroball">Gyroball</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shuuto" title="Shuuto">Shuuto</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Japan%E2%80%93South_Korea_baseball_rivalry" title="Japan–South Korea baseball rivalry">Japan–South Korea baseball rivalry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_players_from_Japan" title="List of Major League Baseball players from Japan">Major League Baseball players from Japan</a></li> <li><a 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style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/California_League" title="California League">California League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carolina_League" title="Carolina League">Carolina League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_State_League" title="Florida State League">Florida State League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold"><a href="/wiki/Minor_League_Baseball#Rookie" title="Minor League Baseball">Rookie</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Arizona_Complex_League" title="Arizona Complex League">Arizona Complex League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Summer_League" title="Dominican Summer League">Dominican Summer League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Florida_Complex_League" title="Florida Complex League">Florida Complex League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Independent_baseball_league" title="Independent baseball league">Independent</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">MLB Partner Leagues</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Association_of_Professional_Baseball" title="American Association of Professional Baseball">American Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atlantic_League_of_Professional_Baseball" title="Atlantic League of Professional Baseball">Atlantic League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontier_League" title="Frontier League">Frontier League</a></li> 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México</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pecos_League" title="Pecos League">Pecos League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_Shore_Professional_Baseball_League" title="United Shore Professional Baseball League">United Shore League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Venezuelan_Major_League" title="Venezuelan Major League">Venezuelan Major League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Women%27s_Pro_Baseball_League" title="Women's Pro Baseball League">Women's Pro Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em"><a href="/wiki/Winter_league_baseball" title="Winter league baseball">Off-season</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">MLB-affiliated</span></th><td 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League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Liga_Invernal_Veracruzana" title="Liga Invernal Veracruzana">Veracruz Winter League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">MLB-recognized</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/American_Association_(1882%E2%80%931891)" title="American Association (1882–1891)">American Association</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Federal_League" title="Federal League">Federal League</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Negro_league_baseball" title="Negro league baseball">Negro league baseball</a></li> <li><a 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States Baseball League">United States Baseball League</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span class="nobold">Minor</span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/List_of_defunct_minor_baseball_leagues_in_the_United_States" title="List of defunct minor baseball leagues in the United States">List of defunct minor leagues</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div id="Asia43"><b>Asia</b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:7em">China</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list 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