An analysis of the adoption process and current state of sabermetrics in NPB. This article examines the influence from MLB, data utilization across teams, integration with traditional scouting, and the potential for developing Japan-specific metrics.
During the Pacific War, NPB players performed baseball before soldiers on the southern front as 'morale-boosting tours.' Used to boost military morale, players were required to play with smiles while witnessing the horrific reality of war.
An examination of the records of professional baseball players who lost their lives in the Pacific War. This article analyzes the footsteps of fallen players including Eiji Sawamura, the state of baseball during wartime, and postwar commemoration and preservation of memory.
An in-depth analysis of masaru kagiura - the two-way pioneer lost to war, exploring two-way star of the founding era and an eternal legend.
NPB players lost to World War II: Eiji Sawamura's three conscriptions and death at 27, Osamu Kageura's battlefield death, and the war's devastating toll on Japanese professional baseball.
The classic wisdom that 'first basemen only need to hit' persists in NPB even after sabermetrics became mainstream. Yet when wRC+ is overlaid with defensive metrics, the true value of a first baseman cannot be captured by OPS alone. We reassess the optimal balance between offense and defense using data from all 12 NPB teams.