An in-depth look at the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Jingu Stadium, the Central League, and Japanese Pro Baseball
On this day in 1991, Shingo Takatsu made his NPB debut for the Swallows. Selected in the third round of the 1990 draft out of Asia University, he was first used as a starter but only won a few games during his first two seasons on the top team. It wasn’t until the 1993 season [...]
Former Tokyo great Shingo Takatsu has picked up his first save for the Woori Heroes of the Korean Baseball Organization, making him the first player to notch saves in NPB, MLB, and KBO. (HT to NPB Tracker for being the first, that we’ve seen, to report it in English.)
Yakult legend and Japanese all-time saves leader Shingo Takatsu has joined South Korean outfit the Woori Heroes (formally known as the Hyundai Unicorns). Takatsu has 286 career saves in the NPB, all for the Swallows in 598 games, as well as earning the nickname Mr. Zero for never having given up a run in [...]
