Filename | Description | Credit | Date | Size | Comments |
2015Japan.zip | 2015 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman | February 5 2016 | 29 KB | CL MVP Tetsuto Yamada is the first player to lead his league in homers and steals and goes 30-30. PL MVP Yuki Yanagita is the first 30-30 player to win a batting title. |
2014Japan.zip | 2014 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman | December 23 2014 | 29 KB | Cuban stars Alfredo Despaigne, Yulieski Gourriel and Frederich Cepeda come to Japan as Cuba eases policies |
2013JPN.zip | 2013 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman | June 10 2014 | 29 KB | Masahiro Tanaka goes 24-0, setting a NPB record for consecutive wins. Wladimir Balentien sets the NPB record with 60 HR. |
2012JPN.zip | 2012 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman |
July 28 2014 |
28 KB | Katsuya Kakunaka becomes the first former Japanese independent leaguer to win a batting title. |
2011J.zip | 2011 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman | November 17 2014 | 28 KB | Offensive levels plummet; Takeya Nakamura becomes the first player to outhomer an entire team in 57 years. |
2010Japan.zip | 2010 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman | September 3 2015 | 28 KB | Matt Murton breaks Ichiro Suzuki's record for hits in a season. |
2007j.zip | 2007 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman |
Apr 27 2008 |
26 KB | Yu Darvish is the youngest MVP in a Japanese league in over 50 years. |
2006j.zip | 2006 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman |
Feb 17 2007 |
33 KB | Atsuya Furuta becomes Japan's first player-manager in 30 years |
2005j.zip | 2005 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman |
Feb 17 2007 |
33 KB |
Norichika Aoki becomes the first player in the Central League to get 200 hits in a year |
2004j.zip | 2004 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman |
Jan 9 2005 |
35 KB | Japan has its first strike (for two days) and first playoffs (in the Pacific League). Yomiuri sets a new home run record but misses the Japan Series due to a lack of pitching. |
2003j.zip | 2003 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman | Dec 28 2004 | 25 KB | Daiei has the first quartet of 100-RBI men in Japanese history to help lead them to the title. |
2002j.zip | 2002 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman | May 16 2004 | 27 KB | Alex Cabrera ties the Japanese homer record while playing for Seibu. |
2000j.zip | 2000 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman | May 23 2004 | 29 KB | The Pacific League features Ichiro Suzuki winning his 7th straight batting title just before heading to the U.S. |
1999j.zip | 1999 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman | May 16 2004 | 23 KB | Bobby Rose sets a new Central League record for hits and picks up the most RBI of anybody since 1950. Rookies Koji Uehara and Daisuke Matsuzaka lead their circuits in wins and are each named to the Best 9 team in addition to their Rookie of the Year awards. |
1998j.zip | 1998 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman | Jul 5 2004 | 23 KB | Yokohoma wins their only Japan Series ever thanks to the "machine gun attack" and MVP closer Kazuhiro Sasaki (45 saves, 0.64 ERA). |
1997j.zip | 1997 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman | Jul 5 2004 | 23 KB | Ichiro Suzuki sets a record of consecutive appearances without striking out. |
1996j.zip | 1996 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman | Jul 5 2004 | 23 KB | Troy Neel wins the Japan Series MVP despite going 3 for 17 thanks to clutch hitting to help Orix to the title. Ichiro Suzuki wins his 3rd consecutive and final Pacific League MVP award. |
1995j.zip | 1995 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman | Jul 5 2004 | 23 KB | The Pacific League's top RBI figure was 80, a record low, in a pitching-dominated season. |
1994j.zip | 1994 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman | Nov 9 2003 | 23 KB | Rookie Ichiro Suzuki becomes the first player ever to collect 200 hits and falls short in his bid to become the first .400 hitter ever in Japan. |
1979J.zip | 1979 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman |
Sep 24 2007 |
25 KB | Charlie Manuel leads the Pacific League in homers despite missing time after a pitch knocked out 10 teeth and broke his jaw so badly he could not eat solid food. Yoshihiko Takahashi sets the all-time NPB record for longest hitting streak. |
1966J.zip | 1966 Japanese Central and Pacific Leagues | Mischa Gelman |
Feb 17 2007 |
22 KB | Masanori Murakami returns from two years in the majors. The Oh-Nagashima combo powers Yomiuri to the second of 9 consecutive titles. |
1964jpncnt.zip | 1964 Japanese Central League | Mischa Gelman | Sep 14 2003 | 12 KB | Sadaharu Oh sets the home run record with 55. Gene Bacque becomes the only foreigner ever to win the Sawamura Award as the top pitcher. |
1956JPN.zip | 1956 Japanese Central and Pacific League | Mischa Gelman | January 30 2015 | 26 KB | Rookie Kazuhisa Inao sets the PL ERA record (1.06), a mark which was still standing over 50 years later. |
1936 Japanese Baseball League.zip | 1936 Japanese Baseball League | John Hyland | Dec. 29, 2023 | 8 KB | no schedule included |