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Career Batting Data from Japanese Star Players - Download as Spreadsheet

Notes: + means in Japanese Hall of Fame. A team name in bold means it is the only team he played for. All data is as of the end of the 2003 season. A player's "main franchise" is the one he had the most at bats for. Teams merged into current franchises are considered part of that franchise. Franchise name given is current one, most recent one in the case of defunct teams. Position listed is the one he played the most games at. Teams whose names are italicized and underlined ceased to exist without merging into one of the current teams.

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Standards for Players Selected:

     1) Player is retired/out of the game AND
     2) Player is either:
          a) in Japan's Hall of Fame or
          b) has 300 or more rtg2 points (for more on this measure, see here)

Pos Name   Debut   Last   Main Franchise   AB   Runs  Hits   HR   RBI    SB    BB   Avg   Slg
A       Top of Page                  
OF Koji Akiyama 1981 2002 Lions 7997 1231 2157 437 1312 303 910 .270 .491
OF George Altman 1968 1975 Marines 3183 452 985 205 656 31 353 .309 .561
OF Noburu Aota 1942 1959 Giants 6566 898 1827 265 1034 155 443 .278 .455
OF Hiromasa Arai 1975 1992 Hawks 7011 933 2038 88 680 165 544 .291 .395
3B Michiyo Arito 1969 1986 Marines 7303 1171 2057 348 1061 282 691 .282 .482
B       Top of Page                  
1B Randy Bass 1983 1988 Tigers 2208 387 743 202 486 5 299 .337 .660
OF Kaoru Betto+ 1948 1957 Marines 3191 607 965 155 549 186 318 .302 .525
OF Shoichi Busujima 1954 1971 Fighters 7148 865 1977 122 688 635 .277 .397
C       Top of Page                  
2B Shigeru Chiba+ 1938 1956 Giants 5643 981 1605 96 691 155 913 .284 .388
OF Warren Cromartie 1984 1990 Giants 2961 478 951 171 558 26 226 .321 .558
D       Top of Page                  
OF Masahiro Doi 1962 1981 Buffaloes 8694 1105 2452 465 1400 78 972 .282 .481
C Takeshi Doigaki 1940 1957 Tigers 4782 551 1351 79 654 87 482 .283 .400
E       Top of Page                  
1B Kihachi Enomoto 1955 1972 Marines 7763 1169 2314 246 979 153 1062 .298 .458
OF Shinichi Eto 1959 1976 Dragons 7156 924 2057 367 1189 78 761 .287 .484
F       Top of Page                  
OF Isamu Fujii 1936 1958 Bay Stars 5387 689 1482 146 764 70 478 .275 .423
OF Yasuo Fujii 1987 2002 Blue Wave 4767 661 1207 282 861 20 742 .252 .488
3B Fumio Fujimura+ 1936 1958 Tigers 5648 871 1694 224 1126 103 631 .300 .501
SS Taira Fujita+ 1966 1984 Tigers 7217 854 2064 207 802 85 526 .286 .435
OF Yutaka Fukumoto+ 1969 1988 Blue Wave 8745 1656 2543 208 884 1065 1239 .291 .440
G       Top of Page                  
OF Shosei Go+ 1937 1957 Giants 4867 880 1326 21 389 381 818 .272 .351
H       Top of Page                  
3B Tatsunori Hara 1981 1995 Giants 6012 931 1675 382 1093 82 705 .279 .523
OF Isao Harimoto+ 1959 1981 Fighters 9666 1523 3085 504 1676 319 1274 .319 .534
OF Yoshinori Hirose+ 1956 1977 Hawks 7637 1205 2157 131 705 596 482 .282 .409
I       Top of Page                  
1B Tokuji Iida+ 1947 1960 Hawks 6970 1019 1978 183 969 390 733 .284 .431
SS Takahiro Ikeyama 1984 2002 Swallows 5811 819 1521 304 898 108 580 .262 .473
2B Noburu Inoue 1953 1967 Dragons 4980 562 1322 111 570 151 348 .265 .392
3B Hiromichi Ishige 1981 1996 Lions 6472 1049 1833 236 847 243 787 .283 .450
C Tsutomu Ito 1982 2003 Lions 7050 798 1738 156 811 134 691 .247 .363
OF Yoshiyuki Iwamoto+ 1947 1960 Hawks 6970 1019 1978 183 969 390 733 .284 .431
J       Top of Page                  
1B Clarence Jones 1970 1977 Hawks 3182 475 762 246 562 26 565 .239 .505
K       Top of Page                  
OF Hiromitsu Kadota 1970 1992 Hawks 8868 1319 2566 567 1678 51 1273 .289 .529
OF Masaru Kageura+ 1936 1943 Tigers 1134 172 307 25 222 28 237 .271 .410
3B Masayuki Kakefu 1974 1988 Tigers 5673 892 1656 349 1019 49 819 .292 .531
OF Masayasu Kaneda 1942 1957 Tigers 5354 881 1527 55 568 187 764 .285 .399
2B Hisanori Karita+ 1936 1951 Senators 2832 398 619 37 202 148 469 .219 .302
1B Junichi Kashiwabara 1973 1988 Fighters 5353 775 1437 232 818 140 629 .268 .449
1B Hideji Kato 1969 1987 Blue Wave 6914 1031 2055 347 1258 136 807 .297 .512
3B Takao Katsuragi 1955 1970 Marines 6268 675 1745 174 860 108 262 .278 .423
1B Tetsuharu Kawakami+   1938 1958 Giants 7500 1028 2351 181 1319 220 823 .313 .467
C Tatsuhiko Kimata 1964 1982 Dragons 6762 704 1876 285 872 20 547 .277 .447
3B Sachio Kinugasa+ 1965 1987 Carp 9404 1372 2543 504 1448 266 931 .270 .473
3B Akitoshi Kodama 1954 1965 Buffaloes 6875 789 1963 130 796 135 489 .286 .407
1B Norihiro Komada 1983 2000 Giants 6941 810 2006 195 953 35 563 .289 .433
OF Kazuhiko Kondo 1958 1973 Bay Stars 6081 768 1736 109 483 159 683 .285 .382
OF Makoto Kozuru+ 1942 1958 Carp 6141 909 1717 230 923 240 761 .280 .456
OF Shigeru Kurihashi 1974 1989 Buffaloes 4674 705 1301 215 701 105 511 .278 .479
3B Takeshi Kuwata 1959 1970 Bay Stars 4214 554 1112 223 674 89 401 .264 .475
L       Top of Page                  
1B Leon Lee 1978 1987 Marines 4667 668 1436 268 884 28 479 .308 .539
OF LeRon Lee 1977 1987 Marines 4934 786 1579 283 912 33 473 .320 .542
M       Top of Page                  
2B Bobby Marcano 1975 1985 Blue Wave 4938 665 1418 232 817 60 224 .287 .488
1B Makoto Matsubara 1962 1981 Bay Stars 7579 991 2096 331 1180 82 587 .277 .465
1B Kenjiro Matsuki+ 1936 1951 Tigers 1706 287 448 18 224 94 288 .263 .370
3B Hiromi Matsnaga 1981 1997 Blue Wave 6490 1059 1904 203 855 239 886 .293 .457
OF Akinobu Mayumi 1973 1995 Tigers 6624 957 1888 292 886 200 534 .285 .466
SS Toshiyuki Mimura 1967 1983 Carp 4890 586 1245 149 490 49 442 .255 .390
OF Koji Minoda 1976 1990 Blue Wave 4604 775 1286 204 678 250 560 .279 .472
3B Hideji Miyake 1953 1967 Tigers 3894 488 983 100 376 198 337 .252 .399
1B Jitsuo Mizutani 1966 1985 Carp 5349 617 1522 244 809 44 492 .285 .468
2B Mitsuo Motoi 1967 1984 Lions 6349 796 1734 189 672 217 731 .273 .412
N       Top of Page                  
OF Tokuji Nagaike 1966 1979 Blue Wave 4872 733 1390 338 969 98 546 .285 .534
3B Shigeo Nagashima+ 1958 1974 Giants 8094 1270 2471 444 1552 190 969 .305 .540
OF Mitsuo Naka 1955 1972 Dragons 6581 952 1820 139 541 347 525 .277 .402
OF Haruyasu Nakajima+ 1936 1951 Giants 3296 397 889 57 493 103 260 .270 .393
3B Futoshi Nakanishi+ 1952 1969 Lions 4116 673 1262 244 785 142 461 .307 .553
1B Michio Nishizawa+ 1937 1958 Dragons 5999 750 1717 212 940 56 501 .286 .445
C Akira Noguchi 1936 1955 Dragons 4666 459 1169 61 572 29 393 .251 .351
C Katsuya Nomura+ 1954 1980 Hawks 10472 1509 2901 657 1988 1252 .277 .508
O       Top of Page                  
1B Hiromitsu Ochiai 1979 1998 Dragons 7627 1335 2371 510 1564 65 1475 .311 .561
OF Toru Ogawa 1968 1984 Buffaloes 5762 820 1634 162 633 141 713 .284 .419
1B Sadaharu Oh+ 1959 1980 Giants 9250 1967 2786 868 2170 84 2390 .301 .634
2B Daijiro Oishi 1981 1997 Buffaloes 6664 1116 1824 148 654 415 725 .274 .401
2B Akinobu Okada 1980 1995 Tigers 5496 729 1520 247 836 76 627 .277 .462
3B Hiroji Okajima 1954 1967 Dragons 4358 591 1042 89 365 220 608 .239 .360
1B Tom O'Malley 1991 1996 Tigers 2603 376 820 123 488 15 485 .315 .519
1B Nobuo Osawa 1937 1954 Dragons 5316 566 1439 46 669 111 713 .271 .351
OF Yasunori Oshima 1971 1994 Dragons 8105 1042 2204 362 1234 88 964 .272 .458
OF Hiroshi Oshita+ 1946 1959 Lions 5500 763 1667 201 861 146 535 .303 .490
1B Katsuo Osugi+ 1965 1983 Fighters 7763 1080 2228 486 1507 32 713 .287 .519
P       Top of Page                  
Q       Top of Page                  
R       Top of Page                  
1B Dave Roberts 1967 1973 Swallows 2774 403 764 153 492 22 354 .275 .524
2B Bobby Rose 1993 2000 Bay Stars 3929 574 1275 167 808 16 488 .325 .531
S       Top of Page                  
OF Makoto Sasaki 1985 1998 Hawks 5701 751 1581 169 630 241 409 .277 .422
OF Seiji Sekiguchi 1948 1963 Lions 4916 606 1298 166 731 73 383 .264 .433
OF Junzo Sekine+ 1950 1965 Buffaloes 4078 463 1137 59 424 30 320 .279 .372
OF Isao Shibata 1962 1981 Giants 7570 1223 2018 194 708 579 906 .267 .400
OF Makoto Shimada 1977 1991 Fighters 5387 792 1504 76 439 352 565 .279 .382
3B Kinji Shimatani 1969 1982 Dragons 5630 739 1514 229 781 72 545 .269 .443
2B Toshio Shinozuka 1977 1994 Giants 5572 739 1696 92 628 55 394 .304 .415
SS Toshio Shiraishi+ 1936 1956 Giants 6151 911 1574 84 571 210 936 .256 .355
2B Kozo Shoda 1985 1998 Carp 5392 682 1546 44 391 146 451 .287 .358
2B John Sipin 1972 1980 Bay Stars 3779 548 1124 218 625 29 345 .297 .518
2B Daryl Spencer 1964 1972 Blue Wave 2233 332 615 152 391 6 371 .275 .536
OF Toru Sugiura 1972 1993 Swallows 5056 743 1434 224 753 109 682 .284 .479
T       Top of Page                  
C Koichi Tabuchi 1969 1984 Tigers 5881 909 1532 474 1135 18 823 .280 .535
1B Yasuaki Taihoh 1989 2002 Dragons 4097 544 1089 277 722 15 522 .266 .521
2B Morimichi Takagi+ 1960 1980 Dragons 8367 1120 2274 236 813 369 434 .272 .411
2B Yutaka Takagi 1981 1994 Bay Stars 5782 877 1716 88 545 321 747 .297 .411
SS Yoshihiko Takahashi 1976 1992 Carp 6510 1003 1826 163 604 477 465 .280 .416
OF Teruyuki Takakura 1953 1970 Lions 5831 782 1611 168 640 178 383 .276 .422
OF Kenjiro Tamiya+ 1949 1963 Tigers 4807 642 1427 106 597 190 416 .297 .445
OF Yasushi Tao 1976 1991 Dragons 5414 738 1560 149 574 58 467 .288 .429
3B Tomio Tashiro 1976 1991 Bay Stars 4961 625 1321 278 867 29 459 .266 .487
1B Goro Toi 1958 1977 Tigers 5281 475 1436 137 688 22 471 .272 .409
SS Yasumitsu Toyoda 1953 1969 Lions 6137 980 1699 263 888 215 934 .277 .465
OF Michinori Tsubouchi+ 1936 1951 Dragons 5614 741 1472 34 462 344 546 .262 .343
2B Hatsuhiko Tsuji 1984 1999 Lions 5187 699 1462 56 510 242 498 .282 .370
U       Top of Page                  
SS Masaru Uno 1977 1994 Dragons 6188 840 1620 338 936 78 605 .262 .470
V       Top of Page                  
W       Top of Page                  
2B Yutaka Wada 1985 2001 Tigers 5972 720 1739 29 403 93 576 .291 .357
OF Tsutomu Wakamatsu 1971 1989 Swallows 6808 1015 2173 220 884 151 574 .319 .481
1B Boomer Wells 1983 1992 Blue Wave 4451 678 1413 277 901 18 389 .317 .555
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Y       Top of Page                  
3B Kazuto Yamamoto+ 1939 1952 Hawks 2681 433 790 61 467 143 409 .295 .439
OF Kazuyoshi Yamamoto 1961 1975 Carp 4846 569 1308 171 655 22 629 .270 .432
OF Koji Yamamoto 1969 1986 Carp 8052 1365 2339 536 1475 231 1168 .290 .542
OF Ryuzo Yamasaki 1978 1993 Carp 4946 683 1404 88 477 228 527 .284 .393
SS Daisuke Yamashita 1974 1987 Bay Stars 5259 657 1378 129 455 95 534 .262 .393
OF Kazuhiro Yamauchi+ 1952 1970 Marines 7702 1218 2271 396 1286 118 1061 .295 .521
2B Hiroyuki Yamazaki 1965 1984 Marines 7845 1099 2081 270 985 137 842 .265 .429
OF Kenichi Yazawa 1970 1986 Dragons 6818 847 2062 273 969 42 682 .302 .481
OF Wally Yonamine+ 1951 1962 Giants 4298 707 1337 82 482 163 522 .311 .445
SS Yoshio Yoshida+ 1953 1969 Tigers 6980 900 1865 66 434 350 498 .267 .355
C Masaki Yoshihara+ 1938 1941 Giants 1103 158 261 9 103 59 209 .237 .297
Z       Top of Page                  

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