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Japanese and Nippon Pro Baseball

Baseball-Reference.com currently has full player stats for Japanese baseball updated daily and also back to 2007. Team standings, rosters, and team statistics go all of the way back to the inception of the Central and Pacific Leagues in 1950. Prior to 1950, various seasons may also have roster and standings information.
2013 Pacific League
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2013 Central League
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Japanese League History

Japan Central League (1950-2013, 64 seasons)
Japan Pacific League (1950-2013, 64 seasons)
Japanese Baseball League (1939-1949, 11 seasons)
Japanese Baseball League (Fall) (1936-1938, 3 seasons)
Japanese Baseball League (Spring) (1936-1938, 3 seasons)

Teams by Japanese Cities

None Listed, JP (19 tms) Bunkyo, JP (8 tms) Chiba, JP (22 tms) Fukuoka, JP (54 tms)
Hiroshima, JP (64 tms) Hokkaido, JP (19 tms) Kawasaki, JP (25 tms) Kobe, JP (14 tms)
Kowasaki, JP (2 tms) Kyoto, JP (3 tms) Nagoya, JP (86 tms) Nishinomiya, JP (102 tms)
Osaka, JP (154 tms) Sapporo, JP (10 tms) Sendai, JP (9 tms) Shimoneki, JP (3 tms)
Tokorozawa, JP (37 tms) Tokyo, JP (243 tms) Yokohama, JP (36 tms)

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High Schools for Japanese Major Leaguers

Players born in Japan

Pacific Lg MVPs
2012 - Mitsuo Yoshikawa
2011 - Seiichi Uchikawa
2010 - Tsuyoshi Wada
2009 - Yu Darvish
2008 - Hisashi Iwakuma
2007 - Yu Darvish
2006 - Michihiro Ogasawara
2005 - Toshiya Sugiuchi
2004 - Nobuhiko Matsunaka
2003 - Kenji Johjima
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2002 - Alex Cabrera
2001 - Tuffy Rhodes
2000 - Nobuhiko Matsunaka
1999 - Kimiyasu Kudo
1998 - Kazuo Matsui
1997 - Fumiya Nishiguchi
1996 - Ichiro Suzuki
1995 - Ichiro Suzuki
1994 - Ichiro Suzuki
1993 - Kimiyasu Kudo
1992 - Takehiro Ishii
1991 - Taigen Kaku
1990 - Hideo Nomo
1989 - Ralph Bryant
1988 - Hiromitsu Kadota
1987 - Osamu Higashio
1986 - Hiromichi Ishige
1985 - Hiromitsu Ochiai
1984 - Greg Wells
1983 - Osamu Higashio
1982 - Hiromitsu Ochiai
1981 - Yutaka Enatsu
1980 - Isamu Kida
1979 - Charlie Manuel
1978 - Hisashi Yamada
1977 - Hisashi Yamada
1976 - Hisashi Yamada
1975 - Hideji Kato
1974 - Tomehiro Kaneda
1973 - Katsuya Nomura
1972 - Yutaka Fukumoto
1971 - Tokuji Nagaike
1970 - Masaaki Kitaru
1969 - Tokuji Nagaike
1968 - Tetsuya Yoneda
1967 - Mitsuhiro Adachi
1966 - Katsuya Nomura
1965 - Katsuya Nomura
1964 - Joe Stanka
1963 - Katsuya Nomura
1962 - Isao Harimoto
1961 - Katsuya Nomura
1960 - Kazuhiro Yamauchi
1959 - Tadashi Sugiura
1958 - Kazuhisa Inao
1957 - Kazuhisa Inao
1956 - Futoshi Nakanishi
1955 - Tokuji Iida
1954 - Hiroshi Oshita
1953 - Isami Okamoto
1952 - Susumu Yuki
1951 - Kazuto Yamamoto
1950 - Kaoru Betto
Central Lg MVPs
2012 - Shinnosuke Abe
2011 - Takuya Asao
2010 - Kazuhiro Wada
2009 - Alex Ramirez
2008 - Alex Ramirez
2007 - Michihiro Ogasawara
2006 - Kosuke Fukudome
2005 - Tomoaki Kanemoto
2004 - Kenshin Kawakami
2003 - Kei Igawa
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2002 - Hideki Matsui
2001 - Roberto Petagine
2000 - Hideki Matsui
1999 - Shigeki Noguchi
1998 - Kazuhiro Sasaki
1997 - Atsuya Furuta
1996 - Hideki Matsui
1995 - Tom O'Malley
1994 - Masumi Kuwata
1993 - Atsuya Furuta
1992 - Jack Howell
1991 - Shinji Sasaoka
1990 - Masaki Saito
1989 - Warren Cromartie
1988 - Genji Kaku
1987 - Kazuhiro Yamakura
1986 - Manabu Kitabeppu
1985 - Randy Bass
1984 - Sachio Kinugasa
1983 - Tatsunori Hara
1982 - Takayoshi Nakao
1981 - Suguru Egawa
1980 - Koji Yamamoto
1979 - Yutaka Enatsu
1978 - Tsutomu Wakamatsu
1977 - Sadaharu Oh
1976 - Sadaharu Oh
1975 - Koji Yamamoto
1974 - Sadaharu Oh
1973 - Sadaharu Oh
1972 - Tsuneo Horiuchi
1971 - Shigeo Nagashima
1970 - Sadaharu Oh
1969 - Sadaharu Oh
1968 - Shigeo Nagashima
1967 - Sadaharu Oh
1966 - Shigeo Nagashima
1965 - Sadaharu Oh
1964 - Sadaharu Oh
1963 - Shigeo Nagashima
1962 - Minoru Murayama
1961 - Shigeo Nagashima
1960 - Noboru Akiyama
1959 - Motoshi Fujita
1958 - Motoshi Fujita
1957 - Wally Yonamine
1956 - Takehiko Bessho
1955 - Tetsuharu Kawakami
1954 - Shigeru Sugishita
1953 - Takumi Otomo
1952 - Takehiko Bessho
1951 - Tetsuharu Kawakami
1950 - Makoto Kozuru
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1949 - Fumio Fujimura
1948 - Kazuto Yamamoto
1947 - Tadashi Wakabayashi
1946 - Kazuto Yamamoto
1944 - Tadashi Wakabayashi
1943 - Shosei Go
1942 - Shigeru Mizuhara
1941 - Tetsuharu Kawakami
1940 - Victor Starffin
1939 - Victor Starffin
1938 - Haruyasu Nakajima
1938 - Hisanori Karita
1937 - Bucky Harris
1937 - Eiji Sawamura
Sawamura Award Winners
2012 - Tadashi Settsu
2011 - Masahiro Tanaka
2010 - Kenta Maeda
2009 - Hideaki Wakui
2008 - Hisashi Iwakuma
2007 - Yu Darvish
2006 - Kazumi Saito
2005 - Toshiya Sugiuchi
2004 - Kenshin Kawakami
2003 - Kazumi Saito
2003 - Kei Igawa
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2002 - Koji Uehara
2001 - Daisuke Matsuzaka
1999 - Koji Uehara
1998 - Kenjiro Kawasaki
1997 - Fumiya Nishiguchi
1996 - Masaki Saito
1995 - Masaki Saito
1994 - Masahiro Yamamoto
1993 - Shinji Imanaka
1992 - Takehiro Ishii
1991 - Shinji Sasaoka
1990 - Hideo Nomo
1989 - Masaki Saito
1988 - Yutaka Ohno
1987 - Masumi Kuwata
1986 - Manabu Kitabeppu
1985 - Tatsuo Komatsu
1983 - Kazuhiko Endo
1982 - Manabu Kitabeppu
1981 - Takashi Nishimoto
1979 - Shigeru Kobayashi
1978 - Hiromu Matsuoka
1977 - Shigeru Kobayashi
1976 - Kojiro Ikegaya
1975 - Yoshiro Sotokoba
1974 - Senichi Hoshino
1973 - Kazumi Takahashi
1972 - Tsuneo Horiuchi
1970 - Masaji Hiramatsu
1969 - Kazumi Takahashi
1968 - Yutaka Enatsu
1967 - Kentaro Ogawa
1966 - Tsuneo Horiuchi
1966 - Minoru Murayama
1965 - Minoru Murayama
1964 - Gene Bacque
1963 - Yoshiaki Ito
1962 - Masaaki Koyama
1961 - Hiroshi Gondo
1960 - Ritsuo Horimoto
1959 - Minoru Murayama
1958 - Masaichi Kaneda
1957 - Masaichi Kaneda
1956 - Masaichi Kaneda
1955 - Takehiko Bessho
1954 - Shigeru Sugishita
1953 - Takumi Otomo
1952 - Shigeru Sugishita
1951 - Shigeru Sugishita
1950 - Shigeo Sanada
1949 - Hideo Fujimoto
1948 - Hiroshi Nakao
1947 - Takehiko Bessho

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