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200 SP for Takatsu, 3000 Wins for Swallows

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200 SP for Takatsu, 3000 Wins for Swallows
In defeating the BayStars last night (6/27) at Jingu Stadium by the narrow margin of 3-1, the Yakult Swallows won their 3,000th franchise victory.  To top it off, the wind helped Takatsu chalk up his 200th career save point, the 4th player to reach that mark (since save points were tallied starting in 1976).


Takatsu wasn't his usual 1-2-3 self last night at Jingu as he got himself into a bases loaded jam with two down in the bottom of the 9th, trying to hold on to a narrow 3-1 lead over visiting Yokohama.  Tanishige, who hit the ball a very long way a couple innings earlier, but having it called foul (it went over the left field foul pole, not around it!) pulled the ball deep to left.  It looked like the ball was a gonner, this time plenty fair.  But Ramirez, against the fence, took in the ball for the final out of the game.  Takatsu went from looking like he'd blown it to joyful in that instant, breathing a huge sigh of relief.


Takatsu has been Yakult's ace closer pretty much since 1993, his 3rd season.  The 200 save points break down to 27 closer wins and 173 saves.  He's won the Fireman's Award in 1994 and 1999 (I think Sasaki won all of them in between, didn't he?  Maybe all but one?) and is currently in second in the Fireman's race with 16 save points, one shy of the Giants' Okajima.


Today's Nikkan Sports, usually so good with data trivia, didn't mention how many teams had reached 3,000 wins before.  I know that the Giants have (they were over 4,500 wins going into the season).  Let me see if I can dig up some numbers...


Ah, with my trusty Shube Player Meikan in hand, if I take the numbers going into the season + the current standings:



  • Giants: 4,592

  • Blue Wave: 4,117

  • Tigers: 3,974

  • Dragons: 3,965

  • Hawks: 3,884

  • Lions: 3,452

  • Marines: 3,290

  • Fighters: 3,284

  • Carp: 3,105

  • Buffaloes: 3,016

  • Swallows: 3,000

  • BayStars: 2,961



Gee, looks like I missed the Buffaloes doing it a few weeks back.  And my BayStars are the only team left under 3,000.

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