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.
'1루수는 치기만 하면 된다'는 고전적 통념은 세이버메트릭스가 정착한 NPB에서도 여전히 뿌리 깊다. 그러나 wRC+를 수비 지표와 겹쳐 보면 1루수의 진정한 가치는 OPS만으로 측정할 수 없음이 드러난다. 12개 구단 1루수 데이터로 공격과 수비의 최적 균형을 재평가한다.
전쟁에 스러진 이도류의 선구자 가기우라 마사루에 대한 심층 분석으로, 창설기의 이도류 스타와 영원한 전설을 탐구한다.
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.
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.