Baseball was introduced to Japan in 1872 and is Japan's most popular participatory and spectator sport. The first professional competitions emerged in... 22 KB (2,398 words) - 19:13, 24 March 2024 |
Nippon Professional Baseball (日本野球機構, Nippon Yakyū Kikō) or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called Puro Yakyū (プロ野球)... 79 KB (6,170 words) - 02:18, 30 April 2024 |
Professional baseball in Japan first started in the 1920s, but it was not until the Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club (大日本東京野球倶楽部, Dai-nippon Tōkyō Yakyū... 18 KB (2,560 words) - 13:17, 8 April 2024 |
A total of 67 Japanese-born players have played in at least one Major League Baseball (MLB) game. Of these players, eight are on existing MLB rosters... 91 KB (4,832 words) - 17:23, 19 April 2024 |
rooms and Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame (野球殿堂, Yakyū Dendō). It first opened in 1959 next door to Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. In 1988, the museum... 8 KB (718 words) - 22:54, 6 March 2024 |
Japanese-style baseball, or rubber-ball baseball, (Japanese: 軟式野球, romanized: Nanshiki yakyū, lit. 'soft baseball') is a game that was created in Japan... 4 KB (570 words) - 14:05, 12 March 2024 |
American expatriate baseball players in Japan have been a feature of the Japanese professional leagues since 1934. American expatriate players began to... 54 KB (7,225 words) - 23:01, 18 April 2024 |
school baseball tournament. It is the largest scale amateur sport event in Japan. The tournament, organized by the Japan High School Baseball Federation... 26 KB (1,932 words) - 17:41, 13 March 2024 |