Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook

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.

• | Author: Daniel E. Johnson
• | Publisher: McFarland & Company
• | Publication Date: Jul 19, 2006
• | Number of Pages: 365 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: 0786428414
• | ISBN-13: 9780786428410