An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
Although arguably not as noteworthy as the first installment in this series, 24-year-old LHP, Kyohei Muranaka, is high on our list of players we’d like to see do well in 2012. And he’s got a small personal milestone within his grasp that we’d be very happy to see him reach–500 career strikeouts. After an injury-shortened 2011, [...]
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) [...]
League leaders (pitching) after games played April 14th, 2009. Appearances Central League Pacific League Player # Oshimoto (Tokyo) 6 Payano (Chunichi) 6 Toyoda (Yomiuri) 6 Yamaguchi (Yomiuri) 6 Egusa (Hanshin) 6 Lim (Tokyo) 5 Watanabe (Hanshin) 5 Ochi (Yomiuri) 5 Kroon (Yomiuri) 5 Matsuoka (Tokyo) 5 Igarashi (Tokyo) 5 Shimizu (Chunichi) 5 Williams (Hanshin) 5 [...]
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 [...]
