Japanese baseball : a statistical handbook / by Daniel E. Johnson ; with a foreword by Wally Yonamine.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Johnson, Daniel E. (Daniel Einar)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baseball--Japan--Statistics.

Baseball.

Baseball players--Japan--Statistics.

Baseball players.

Baseball--Records--Japan.

Baseball--Records.

Japan.

Genre:

Statistics.

Physical Description:

x, 355 pages ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [1999]

Summary:

This book--the first in the English language to contain an exhaustive collection of Japanese baseball data--presents basic statistical information and listings for every Japanese professional baseball season from 1936 through 1997. The first part contains yearly breakdowns of team standings; qualifiers for batting and earned run championships; leaders in home runs, runs batted in, wins and strikeouts; all-star game results; Japan Series results; Best Nine selections; Gold Glove selections; and award winners. Sections on career records and single-season records are provided in the second part of this work. Appendices list no-hit, no-run games, Japanese Hall of Famers, and records of foreign tours of Japan by professional teams.

Contents:

Part 1 Season Summaries 7

Part 2 All-Time Records 311

Career Records 313

Single-Season Records 320

Miscellaneous Records 326

Appendix A No-Hit, No-Run Games 329

Appendix B Members of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame 333

Appendix C Foreign Tours of Japan by Professional Teams 335.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-338) and index.

ISBN:

078640678X

OCLC:

41231639