2004 Baseball Encyclopedia Questions
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Re: 2004 Baseball Encyclopedia Questions
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Jul 26, 2007 11:44 PM
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Regarding played positions, the numbers will be short if the player entered and left games as a pinch hitter or pinch runner only. That is, he didn't play in the field.
The triangles are explained on page 2, circle-3 as representing the existence of runners reaching base due to an obstruction.
As for the other leagues, they're listed in the upper right corner when a player left NPB and returned. A more recent example is Kida on page 691 having spent 1999-2000 with the Detroit Tigers before return to Orix. Otherwise, only a person's baseball career from high school until he joined NPB is shown in the upper center section.
I have the draft history mook by Baseball Magazine Sha which lists all the draftees since the inception of the draft. (I think it did cover foreign players outside the draft, but will need to check to be sure.) Unfortunately, it doesn't cover anyone before then. For them I search the Internet one person at a time, the Japanese Wikipedia being the best source for most.
Finally, the only reference I've been able to find about an East-West game was much later with regard to professional baseball. In the Spring of 1936 NPB was referred to as 日本職業野球リーグ戦, and was made up of a number of tournaments. I don't think that it's related, though.
Looking though my copy of "The Picture History of the Baseball in Japan," they cover a lot of baseball before 1936, mainly college ball. That seemed to be main focus of baseball before NPB was established. But I didn't find any reference to a 職業野球東西対抗戦. Sorry.
The triangles are explained on page 2, circle-3 as representing the existence of runners reaching base due to an obstruction.
As for the other leagues, they're listed in the upper right corner when a player left NPB and returned. A more recent example is Kida on page 691 having spent 1999-2000 with the Detroit Tigers before return to Orix. Otherwise, only a person's baseball career from high school until he joined NPB is shown in the upper center section.
I have the draft history mook by Baseball Magazine Sha which lists all the draftees since the inception of the draft. (I think it did cover foreign players outside the draft, but will need to check to be sure.) Unfortunately, it doesn't cover anyone before then. For them I search the Internet one person at a time, the Japanese Wikipedia being the best source for most.
Finally, the only reference I've been able to find about an East-West game was much later with regard to professional baseball. In the Spring of 1936 NPB was referred to as 日本職業野球リーグ戦, and was made up of a number of tournaments. I don't think that it's related, though.
Looking though my copy of "The Picture History of the Baseball in Japan," they cover a lot of baseball before 1936, mainly college ball. That seemed to be main focus of baseball before NPB was established. But I didn't find any reference to a 職業野球東西対抗戦. Sorry.
Re: 2004 Baseball Encyclopedia Questions
[ Author: Mischa | Posted: Jul 28, 2007 5:52 AM
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- For instance, Chris Arnold (アーノルド) had a delta of -7 in 1978 (123 batting-130 fielding), -21 in 1979 (116-137) and -3 in 1980 (91-94).
Arnold played more than one position per game on some occasions. It's no different than when Rob Mackowiak had 136 games for the 2002 Pirates but if you add up his games played at each defensive position, you get 149. This is not an error.
Arnold played more than one position per game on some occasions. It's no different than when Rob Mackowiak had 136 games for the 2002 Pirates but if you add up his games played at each defensive position, you get 149. This is not an error.
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How could I determine the names (in kana) for people who never reached ichi-gun. There was a book (I do not recall its name) covering all of the drafted players, and if I remember correctly, the Pro Yakyu Name Encyclopedia only covers only ichi-gun. Would the only option be to use yearly guidebooks or team-by-team meikans, if they exist?
Also, does anyone know anything about the early East-West all star games (職業野球東西対抗戦) held in the 1930s and 1940s? There is a little information about it at wikipedia and at Genmatsu's Tigers site, but that is about it online.
Thanks for your time.
Michael Eng