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10/14/1975
 
New Owner, New Outlook for Vesutan Bees
Monday, October 13th , 1975
Everything points to a new day in Vesutan after it was announced that the Vesutan Bees had been acquired by financier and investment magnate Ryuuta Asano.

The BAN commissioner said the sale had been approved by the league owners, and the new owner was introduced at a press conference today at Vesutan Stadium.

The Vesutan Bees are fresh off a third-place finish this season. They compiled a 69-71 mark in the Western League. Asano boasted to the press corps, "All my life, everything I've touched has turned to gold. I expect the Vesutan Bees to be the best baseball organization in the league and will work tirelessly toward that end."
BNN Stats: Single-Season Records
Monday, October 13th , 1975
Who holds the single season record in the Baseball Association of Nippon for WHIP?

Tatsuharu Oto, KOB, 0.779, 1975
Tatsuharu Oto, KOB, 0.817, 1974
Masatoshi Sakai, VES, 0.842, 1970
Tatsuharu Oto, KOB, 0.846, 1973
Tatsuharu Oto, KOB, 0.851, 1967
BAN News: Development Facilities Open
Monday, October 13th , 1975
With the season over and the final out recorded, teams are already looking towards the next year. Coaches, trainers, and staff are up the next day at the crack of dawn, moving pitching mounds into place, setting up equipment, loosening their arms, and prepping plans for the players they will be working with. With the doors of their development complexes open, organizations can now send players to their facility for personalized offseason work, in order to improve specific aspects of their game.

You can find the screen for the development facility on the team's development tab, all the rules are properly explained there.
LEAGUE LEADERS AVG
Fusao Tokunaga - KIN
.313
2 Yasuhiko Kawasaki FUK .312
3 Michiki Ichikawa NAG .309
4 Sukeichi Jimbo DNK .303
5 Shigeru Ishida DNK .300
LEAGUE LEADERS HR
Yasuhiko Kawasaki - FUK
52
2 Kinnojo Hirao DNK 46
2 Shigeru Ishida DNK 46
4 Hank Dunham HSH 44
5 Yukio Watanabe HSH 41
LEAGUE LEADERS RBI
Kinnojo Hirao - DNK
117
2 Yasuhiko Kawasaki FUK 115
3 Shigeru Ishida DNK 114
4 Hank Dunham HSH 108
5 Bungo Arai KYO 100
LEAGUE LEADERS W
Tatsuharu Oto - KOB
23
2 Takashi Masuda HSH 18
2 Akimasa Murakami NAG 18
4 Tsuneteru Fujiwara FUK 17
4 2 more tied with   17
LEAGUE LEADERS ERA
Akimasa Murakami - NAG
1.87
2 Rei Matsumura FUK 2.21
3 Tatsuharu Oto KOB 2.26
4 Kakuro Watanabe YOK 2.44
5 Roku Yamakawa KOB 2.49
LEAGUE LEADERS K
Rei Matsumura - FUK
192
2 Isaburo Muraoka FUK 156
3 Juro Esaki RAK 151
4 Kiyoharu Kawamoto HSH 141
4 Tekkan Mihara DNK 141
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EASTERN LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Hosho Reliables 90 50 .643 -
Denki Dynamics 77 63 .550 13.0
Kyoto Owls 75 65 .536 15.0
Rakisuta Rams 67 73 .479 23.0
Sapporo Bears 60 80 .429 30.0
Yokohama Kingfishers 51 89 .364 39.0
WESTERN LEAGUE STANDINGS
W L PCT GB
Kobe Bulls 86 54 .614 -
Fukuoka Falcons 83 57 .593 3.0
Vesutan Bees 69 71 .493 17.0
Nagasaki Stars 69 71 .493 17.0
Kinboshi Kites 62 78 .443 24.0
Osaka Sailors 51 89 .364 35.0
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