An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
The first two installments of Tsubamegun’s trivia column were a bit on the nasty side, so we have one here for you that’s a bit more pedestrian. There are five players currently on the roster that have stolen at least 10 bases and collected at least 10 doubles in the same season. Can you name [...]
Offensive league leaders after games played on May 1, 2009. Home Runs Central League Pacific League Player # Kanemoto (Hanshin) 8 Wada (Chunichi) 8 Ogasawara (Yomiuri) 6 D’Antona (Tokyo) 5 Guiel (Tokyo) 5 Morino (Chunichi) 5 Fujii (Chunichi) 4 Kawashima (Tokyo) 4 Arai (Hanshin) 4 Blanco (Chunichi) 4 Lee (Yomiuri) 4 Player # Rhodes (Orix) [...]
Offensive league leaders after games played on April 12, 2009. Home Runs Central League Pacific League Player # Kanemoto (Hanshin) 7 Guiel (Tokyo) 4 Fujii (Chunichi) 4 Tsuruoka (Yomiuri) 3 Morino (Chunichi) 3 Wada (Chunichi) 3 Ogasawara (Yomiuri) 3 Kawashima (Tokyo) 2 Kurihara (Hiroshima) 2 Arai (Hanshin) 2 Abe (Yomiuri) 2 Lee (Yomiuri) 2 Blanco [...]
