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| Sunday, October 20th , 1974 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Put Kuranosuke Imakake on the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Put Yoshimatsu Shiina on the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Put Gunji Matsuda on the trading block. |
| Saturday, October 19th , 1974 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the 1974 BAN EL Most Valuable Player Award. |
| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Finished 2nd in 1974 BAN EL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| LF Hank Dunham of the Hosho Reliables honored: Finished 3rd in 1974 BAN EL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| CF Jouta Hayashida of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the 1974 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award. |
| 1B Fusao Tokunaga of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Finished 2nd in 1974 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Finished 3rd in 1974 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| Friday, October 18th , 1974 |
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| SP Kinichi Harada of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the 1974 BAN EL Noburu Kagawa Award. |
| SP Takamitsu Fujiwara of the Kyoto Owls honored: Finished 2nd in 1974 BAN EL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| SP Shihei Saito of the Hosho Reliables honored: Finished 3rd in 1974 BAN EL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the 1974 BAN WL Noburu Kagawa Award. |
| SP Rei Matsumura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Finished 2nd in 1974 BAN WL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| SP Arata Komatsu of the Kobe Bulls honored: Finished 3rd in 1974 BAN WL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| Saturday, October 12th , 1974 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Put Toshimichi Yamamoto on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Masatoshi Sakai on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Niou Nagao on the trading block. |
| Friday, October 11th , 1974 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Put Koson Mitsunaga on the trading block. |
| Thursday, October 10th , 1974 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Removed Eisaku Yamaoka from the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Removed Masao Shiotani from the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Removed Sukeyasu Arakawa from the trading block. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Removed Masanori Takagi from the trading block. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Removed Ikuto Shinseki from the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Yoshimatsu Shiina from the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Gunji Matsuda from the trading block. |
| Denki Dynamics: Removed Jin Kaji from the trading block. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Removed Koson Mitsunaga from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Hank Walker from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Toshimichi Yamamoto from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Masatoshi Sakai from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Niou Nagao from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Hiroji Orido from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Marty Carroll from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Kuniaki Usui from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Atsumi Kamai from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Haruki Ogawa from the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: The owner took $1,851,639 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Kyoto Owls: The owner took $2,974,875 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: The owner took $1,978,229 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Rakisuta Rams: The owner took $2,291,301 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Denki Dynamics: The owner took $2,073,411 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Hosho Reliables: The owner took $3,079,140 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Nagasaki Stars: The owner took $2,011,705 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: The owner took $2,338,604 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Vesutan Bees: The owner took $1,904,733 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Osaka Sailors: The owner took $2,026,173 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Kobe Bulls: The owner took $3,444,983 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Kinboshi Kites: The owner took $2,238,983 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Sapporo Bears: Put Eisaku Yamaoka on the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Put Sukeyasu Arakawa on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Marty Carroll on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Kuniaki Usui on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Atsumi Kamai on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Haruki Ogawa on the trading block. |
| Tuesday, October 8th , 1974 |
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| SP Tatsuharu Oto of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the 1974 BAN Championship Series MVP Award. |
| Tuesday, October 1st , 1974 |
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| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| LF Kyozo Omori of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Norikazu Takai of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| CF Taysuke Fujimoto of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| SP Shuhei Ichikawa of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Monday, September 30th , 1974 |
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| SS Shigeru Ishida of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 3B Taiji Miyakawa of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Vesutan Bees: Niou Nagao pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 10 strikeouts and 6 BB allowed! |
| Sunday, September 29th , 1974 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Masatoshi Sakai pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 2 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 7 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, September 28th , 1974 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Akimasa Murakami pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 7 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Monday, September 23rd , 1974 |
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| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 3B Sakan Inoue of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Iwao Yamamoto pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 3 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, September 21st , 1974 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 5 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Friday, September 20th , 1974 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Shihei Saito pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 1 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, September 18th , 1974 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Binya Nishi launches his 300th career home run! |
| Monday, September 16th , 1974 |
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| SS Bungo Arai of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Yasuhiko Kawasaki of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, September 15th , 1974 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Bill Sauerwein pitches a 0-hit shutout against the Hosho Reliables with 7 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, September 11th , 1974 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Roku Yamakawa pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, September 10th , 1974 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Bungo Arai gets his 2000th career hit! |
| Kobe Bulls: Yoshimatsu Yamamura pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 10 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Monday, September 9th , 1974 |
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| C Kenji Ihara of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Kyozo Omori of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kyoto Owls: Kento Okada pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Hosho Reliables with 10 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Rakisuta Rams: Shigeyoshi Taira pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 1 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, September 7th , 1974 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Tomohito Takahashi goes 0-4 against the Kobe Bulls, ending his hitting streak at 23 games. |
| Thursday, September 5th , 1974 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Yugoro Koyama pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 4 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, September 4th , 1974 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Tom Hodges pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kyoto Owls with 7 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, September 3rd , 1974 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Tomohito Takahashi goes 1-3 against the Nagasaki Stars, extending his hitting streak to 20 games! |
| Monday, September 2nd , 1974 |
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| RF Kinmochi Yamamoto of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Shougo Iwai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, September 1st , 1974 |
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| SS Bungo Arai of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| LF Kyozo Omori of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Kiyoji Nakamura of the Yokohama Kingfishers honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Masatoshi Sakai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Motokazu Oyama of the Yokohama Kingfishers honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| SP Shuhei Ichikawa of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Saturday, August 31st , 1974 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Bill Sauerwein pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 8 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, August 29th , 1974 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Hisao Ibe pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 2 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Monday, August 26th , 1974 |
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| LF Hank Dunham of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Kyozo Omori of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, August 25th , 1974 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, August 22nd , 1974 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Shigeyoshi Taira pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, August 21st , 1974 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Put Hiroji Orido on the trading block. |
| Tuesday, August 20th , 1974 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Bill Sauerwein pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Rakisuta Rams with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Monday, August 19th , 1974 |
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| LF Tomiyuki Kusumoto of the Sapporo Bears honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| CF Taira Kanazawa of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Kiyoji Nakamura pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Rakisuta Rams with 8 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, August 15th , 1974 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 7 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, August 12th , 1974 |
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| CF Minehiro Smith of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Fusao Tokunaga of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, August 11th , 1974 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Niou Nagao pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 3 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Hosho Reliables: Hank Dunham goes 5-5 against the Yokohama Kingfishers, with 2 2B, 1 HR, 1 RBI and 2 R. |
| Thursday, August 8th , 1974 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Minehiro Smith goes 5-5 against the Hosho Reliables, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 5 RBI and 2 R. |
| Wednesday, August 7th , 1974 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Put Masanori Takagi on the trading block. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Saimei Hayashida pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, August 6th , 1974 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Chiko Abe pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Rakisuta Rams with 6 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Monday, August 5th , 1974 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| RF Hidetsugu Ikegami of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Denki Dynamics: Tsutomu Takahashi hits three home runs against the Hosho Reliables, going 4-5 with 7 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
| Thursday, August 1st , 1974 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Kinichi Harada of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Rei Matsumura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| RF Toyoji Iwamoto of the Yokohama Kingfishers honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| 3B Kichiro Okano of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Wednesday, July 31st , 1974 |
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| Eastern League All-Star Game Selections announced: |
| SP Takamitsu Fujiwara (KYO) - 8-4, 2.71 ERA, 129.1 IP, 1.10 WHIP, 5.2 K/9, 3.8 WAR |
| SP Kinichi Harada (RAK) - 11-6, 2.84 ERA, 142.2 IP, 1.20 WHIP, 5.9 K/9, 4.4 WAR |
| SP Tekkan Mihara (DNK) - 6-5, 3.67 ERA, 127.2 IP, 1.28 WHIP, 5.3 K/9, 1.4 WAR |
| SP Tsuneari Nakai (DNK) - 5-10, 2.84 ERA, 123.2 IP, 1.26 WHIP, 5.1 K/9, 3.0 WAR |
| SP Kento Okada (KYO) - 7-5, 3.45 ERA, 114.2 IP, 1.09 WHIP, 5.7 K/9, 2.2 WAR |
| SP Shihei Saito (HSH) - 7-6, 3.55 ERA, 134.1 IP, 1.24 WHIP, 4.6 K/9, 2.2 WAR |
| SP Norikazu Takai (KYO) - 11-5, 3.68 ERA, 124.2 IP, 1.28 WHIP, 5.3 K/9, 2.7 WAR |
| RP Junya Yamagata (HSH) - 4-3, 2.95 ERA, 42.2 IP, 1.34 WHIP, 4.9 K/9, 0.9 WAR |
| CL Motomu Taira (HSH) - 5-6, 10 SV, 2.98 ERA, 60.1 IP, 1.08 WHIP, 8.4 K/9, 1.8 WAR |
| CL Tatsunori Tanoue (DNK) - 2-1, 6 SV, 1.98 ERA, 50.0 IP, 1.10 WHIP, 6.3 K/9, 1.7 WAR |
| C Kenji Ihara (DNK) - .333/.397/.529, 153 AB, 7 HR, 163 wRC+, 2.2 WAR |
| C Hiroshi Yamashita (KYO) - .249/.380/.580, 245 AB, 25 HR, 1 SB, 168 wRC+, 4.0 WAR |
| 1B Toyohiro Wada (KYO) - .319/.410/.585, 282 AB, 19 HR, 173 wRC+, 3.4 WAR |
| 1B Yukio Watanabe (HSH) - .302/.453/.649, 285 AB, 28 HR, 2 SB, 197 wRC+, 4.2 WAR |
| 2B Jin Kaji (DNK) - .257/.365/.431, 304 AB, 12 HR, 23 SB, 131 wRC+, 4.0 WAR |
| 3B Tensui Kato (KYO) - .255/.283/.514, 294 AB, 22 HR, 1 SB, 112 wRC+, 1.9 WAR |
| SS Bungo Arai (KYO) - .290/.426/.498, 279 AB, 17 HR, 2 SB, 162 wRC+, 3.0 WAR |
| SS Shikato Murata (SAP) - .282/.349/.461, 284 AB, 10 HR, 12 SB, 131 wRC+, 3.8 WAR |
| SS Hideharu Nomura (RAK) - .290/.482/.608, 245 AB, 23 HR, 4 SB, 200 wRC+, 6.7 WAR |
| LF Hank Dunham (HSH) - .284/.365/.592, 282 AB, 26 HR, 16 SB, 168 wRC+, 3.4 WAR |
| LF Toyoji Iwamoto (YOK) - .289/.409/.584, 149 AB, 12 HR, 3 SB, 171 wRC+, 1.7 WAR |
| LF Tomiyuki Kusumoto (SAP) - .292/.382/.475, 219 AB, 8 HR, 7 SB, 141 wRC+, 2.2 WAR |
| LF Shun Smith (KYO) - .260/.309/.508, 311 AB, 20 HR, 15 SB, 119 wRC+, 2.0 WAR |
| CF Ryunosuke Onishi (RAK) - .243/.326/.417, 321 AB, 14 HR, 15 SB, 114 wRC+, 3.2 WAR |
| RF Kinmochi Yamamoto (KYO) - .280/.358/.427, 321 AB, 11 HR, 11 SB, 122 wRC+, 2.3 WAR |
| Western League All-Star Game Selections announced: |
| SP Tsuneteru Fujiwara (OSA) - 4-6, 2.75 ERA, 137.2 IP, 1.29 WHIP, 4.9 K/9, 4.2 WAR |
| SP Saimei Hayashida (KIN) - 7-6, 2.69 ERA, 140.1 IP, 1.05 WHIP, 5.5 K/9, 3.8 WAR |
| SP Arata Komatsu (KOB) - 10-5, 3.04 ERA, 139.1 IP, 1.06 WHIP, 4.9 K/9, 4.7 WAR |
| SP Rei Matsumura (FUK) - 15-1, 2.22 ERA, 150.1 IP, 0.93 WHIP, 6.7 K/9, 5.6 WAR |
| SP Isaburo Muraoka (FUK) - 9-8, 2.97 ERA, 151.1 IP, 1.11 WHIP, 6.0 K/9, 5.8 WAR |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto (KOB) - 12-5, 2.21 ERA, 154.2 IP, 0.89 WHIP, 6.8 K/9, 8.1 WAR |
| SP Yoshimatsu Yamamura (KOB) - 8-4, 2.66 ERA, 101.1 IP, 1.00 WHIP, 5.1 K/9, 2.7 WAR |
| RP Shiroku Terada (KOB) - 4-1, 1.73 ERA, 26.0 IP, 0.92 WHIP, 6.6 K/9, 0.8 WAR |
| CL Shinya Kawakami (KOB) - 3-2, 11 SV, 0.68 ERA, 53.0 IP, 0.75 WHIP, 8.7 K/9, 2.7 WAR |
| CL Shinpo Yamasaki (FUK) - 1-4, 14 SV, 1.91 ERA, 56.2 IP, 0.94 WHIP, 7.9 K/9, 2.0 WAR |
| C Korenaga Kurosawa (KIN) - .246/.317/.388, 240 AB, 9 HR, 98 wRC+, 1.4 WAR |
| C Akinari Nakamura (VES) - .274/.358/.409, 237 AB, 7 HR, 1 SB, 121 wRC+, 2.3 WAR |
| 1B Yasuhiko Kawasaki (FUK) - .322/.362/.612, 286 AB, 24 HR, 171 wRC+, 2.4 WAR |
| 1B Fusao Tokunaga (KIN) - .335/.414/.603, 310 AB, 23 HR, 182 wRC+, 4.1 WAR |
| 2B Takaki Smith (KOB) - .224/.372/.341, 255 AB, 6 HR, 37 SB, 110 wRC+, 3.4 WAR |
| 3B Fumisato Muramoto (KIN) - .268/.376/.446, 298 AB, 15 HR, 1 SB, 135 wRC+, 2.7 WAR |
| 3B Toshifumi Shibuya (FUK) - .254/.314/.455, 279 AB, 15 HR, 108 wRC+, 2.1 WAR |
| SS Michiki Ichikawa (NAG) - .302/.381/.364, 291 AB, 3 HR, 2 SB, 117 wRC+, 1.9 WAR |
| LF Ayato Sugiura (FUK) - .289/.389/.544, 298 AB, 20 HR, 2 SB, 159 wRC+, 3.0 WAR |
| CF Jouta Hayashida (KOB) - .290/.397/.631, 293 AB, 26 HR, 8 SB, 182 wRC+, 5.4 WAR |
| CF Ikku Kawase (VES) - .251/.293/.396, 303 AB, 11 HR, 8 SB, 95 wRC+, 2.1 WAR |
| CF Hirobumi Takahashi (FUK) - .272/.327/.380, 334 AB, 8 HR, 14 SB, 101 wRC+, 2.1 WAR |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine (FUK) - .297/.360/.510, 310 AB, 18 HR, 26 SB, 145 wRC+, 3.3 WAR |
| RF Hidetsugu Ikegami (VES) - .316/.398/.505, 307 AB, 11 HR, 9 SB, 159 wRC+, 3.3 WAR |
| RF Sotatsu Sato (OSA) - .277/.349/.458, 253 AB, 11 HR, 5 SB, 130 wRC+, 2.0 WAR |
| Tuesday, July 30th , 1974 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Ryunosuke Kodama goes 5-5 against the Osaka Sailors, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI and 1 R. |
| Monday, July 29th , 1974 |
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| RF Toyoji Iwamoto of the Yokohama Kingfishers honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Tango Kurokawa of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, July 28th , 1974 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Tsuneo Oda pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 1 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, July 27th , 1974 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Tango Kurokawa goes 5-5 against the Vesutan Bees, with 1 3B, 1 RBI and 4 R. |
| Friday, July 26th , 1974 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Kinichi Harada pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Hosho Reliables with 10 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, July 25th , 1974 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Niou Nagao pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, July 24th , 1974 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Shigeyoshi Taira pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Kyoto Owls with 2 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Monday, July 22nd , 1974 |
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| 1B Yugoro Ishihara of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| SP Masatoshi Sakai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 10 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Sunday, July 21st , 1974 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Put Ikuto Shinseki on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Masatoshi Sakai pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, July 18th , 1974 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Put Koson Mitsunaga on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Toshimichi Yamamoto on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Masatoshi Sakai on the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Juro Esaki pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, July 17th , 1974 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Yoshimatsu Yamamura pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Sapporo Bears: Tomiyuki Kusumoto goes 6-6 against the Rakisuta Rams, with 1 3B, 1 HR, 5 RBI and 4 R. |
| Tuesday, July 16th , 1974 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Put Eisaku Yamaoka on the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Put Sukeyasu Arakawa on the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Put Yoshimatsu Shiina on the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Put Gunji Matsuda on the trading block. |
| Denki Dynamics: Put Jin Kaji on the trading block. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Saimei Hayashida pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 5 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Vesutan Bees: Masatoshi Sakai records his 250th career win! |
| Monday, July 15th , 1974 |
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| LF Hank Dunham of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Marty Carroll on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Kuniaki Usui on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Atsumi Kamai on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Tsuneteru Fujiwara on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Haruki Ogawa on the trading block. |
| Saturday, July 13th , 1974 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Togai Ota pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 4 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Friday, July 12th , 1974 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Yoshimatsu Yamamura pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, July 11th , 1974 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Isaburo Muraoka pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, July 10th , 1974 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Tsuneari Nakai pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, July 8th , 1974 |
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| SP Tekkan Mihara of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| RF Hidetsugu Ikegami of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Denki Dynamics: Removed Jin Kaji from the trading block. |
| Sunday, July 7th , 1974 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Tekkan Mihara pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 11 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Kinboshi Kites: Saimei Hayashida pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Friday, July 5th , 1974 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Yoshimatsu Shiina pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 0 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, July 4th , 1974 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, July 3rd , 1974 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Masao Shiotani gets his 2500th career hit! |
| Kinboshi Kites: Hideyuki Kitamura hits for the CYCLE, going 4-5 against the Fukuoka Falcons, with 4 RBI and 2 runs scored. |
| Monday, July 1st , 1974 |
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| 3B Billy McCullough of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Fusao Tokunaga of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| CL Motomu Taira of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Arata Komatsu of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| LF Toyoji Iwamoto of the Yokohama Kingfishers honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| 2B Kichiro Okano of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Denki Dynamics: Tekkan Mihara pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Hosho Reliables with 3 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, June 29th , 1974 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Koson Mitsunaga pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 3 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Friday, June 28th , 1974 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Takahiko Kurata pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, June 27th , 1974 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Kyuso Ikeda pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 3 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Monday, June 24th , 1974 |
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| 1B Toyohiro Wada of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 2B Kichiro Okano of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kobe Bulls: The Kobe Bulls have announced that they set their team focus from 'Neutral' to 'Win Now!' |
| Friday, June 21st , 1974 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Rakisuta Rams with 9 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, June 17th , 1974 |
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| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| C Korenaga Kurosawa of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Denki Dynamics: Kenji Ihara goes 5-6 against the Rakisuta Rams, with 2 RBI and 2 R. |
| Wednesday, June 12th , 1974 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Korenaga Kurosawa hits three home runs against the Vesutan Bees, going 3-4 with 5 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
| Tuesday, June 11th , 1974 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 3 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Monday, June 10th , 1974 |
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| LF Hank Dunham of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Friday, June 7th , 1974 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Takahiko Kurata pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 3 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, June 6th , 1974 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Ukita Tomita pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Rakisuta Rams with 3 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, June 5th , 1974 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 10 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Monday, June 3rd , 1974 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Fusao Tokunaga of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Saturday, June 1st , 1974 |
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| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| CF Jouta Hayashida of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Norikazu Takai of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| RP Yoshiharu Miyagi of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| 2B Kichiro Okano of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Hosho Reliables: Shihei Saito pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kyoto Owls with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, May 29th , 1974 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Kiyoharu Kawamoto pitches a 8-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 2 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, May 27th , 1974 |
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| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Fusao Tokunaga of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sapporo Bears: Nobuyori Toyama goes 5-5 against the Hosho Reliables, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 3 RBI and 2 R. |
| Sunday, May 26th , 1974 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Kinichi Harada pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 8 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Friday, May 24th , 1974 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Roku Yamakawa pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, May 23rd , 1974 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Katsuaki Ishikawa goes 0-3 against the Denki Dynamics, ending his hitting streak at 20 games. |
| Wednesday, May 22nd , 1974 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Kenji Ihara sets the EL regular season extra-inning game record for runs with 4. |
| Denki Dynamics: Kenji Ihara goes 5-6 against the Yokohama Kingfishers, with 1 2B, 2 HR, 2 RBI and 4 R. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Katsuaki Ishikawa goes 2-5 against the Denki Dynamics, extending his hitting streak to 20 games! |
| Tuesday, May 21st , 1974 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Naruki Shimada pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 1 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 8 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Monday, May 20th , 1974 |
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| CF Katsuaki Ishikawa of the Yokohama Kingfishers honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Osaka Sailors: Takahiko Kurata pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 4 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Sunday, May 19th , 1974 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Yoshimatsu Shiina pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kyoto Owls with 5 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Friday, May 17th , 1974 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Tekkan Mihara pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Rakisuta Rams with 3 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, May 13th , 1974 |
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| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Yasuhiko Kawasaki of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Friday, May 10th , 1974 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Shigeyoshi Taira pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 3 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, May 9th , 1974 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Removed Yamahiko Hirata from the trading block. |
| Wednesday, May 8th , 1974 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Arata Komatsu pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 4 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Monday, May 6th , 1974 |
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| 3B Tensui Kato of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Yasuhiko Kawasaki of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Osaka Sailors: Tsuneteru Fujiwara pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 8 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, May 4th , 1974 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Naruto Noda pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 3 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, May 1st , 1974 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Removed Toshimichi Yamamoto from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Masatoshi Sakai from the trading block. |
| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Rakisuta Rams with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 5 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, April 27th , 1974 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Removed Takashi Masuda from the trading block. |
| Wednesday, April 24th , 1974 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Removed Marty Carroll from the trading block. |
| Sunday, April 14th , 1974 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Removed Atsushi Shimizu from the trading block. |
| Saturday, April 6th , 1974 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Removed Haruki Ogawa from the trading block. |
| Tuesday, April 2nd , 1974 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Removed Eisaku Yamaoka from the trading block. |
| Thursday, March 28th , 1974 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Removed Bill Sauerwein from the trading block. |
| Thursday, March 14th , 1974 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Removed Saneo Ibe from the trading block. |
| Wednesday, March 6th , 1974 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Removed Yoringa Ueda from the trading block. |
| Monday, March 4th , 1974 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Removed Toshimasa Ikeda from the trading block. |
| Wednesday, January 30th , 1974 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Removed Bill Baker from the trading block. |
| Tuesday, January 29th , 1974 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Removed Tatsuhito Watanabe from the trading block. |
| Saturday, December 29th , 1973 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Put Hirobumi Takahashi on the trading block. |
| Wednesday, November 21st , 1973 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Removed Kuniaki Usui from the trading block. |
| Thursday, November 15th , 1973 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Put Bill Baker on the trading block. |
| Wednesday, November 14th , 1973 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Put Saneo Ibe on the trading block. |
| Tuesday, November 13th , 1973 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Removed Tatsuhiko Ueda from the trading block. |
| Wednesday, November 7th , 1973 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Put Yamahiko Hirata on the trading block. |
| Tuesday, November 6th , 1973 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Put Bill Sauerwein on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Kuniaki Usui on the trading block. |
| Thursday, November 1st , 1973 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Put Toshimasa Ikeda on the trading block. |
| Hosho Reliables: Put Takashi Masuda on the trading block. |
| Thursday, October 25th , 1973 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Put Tatsuhito Watanabe on the trading block. |
| Monday, October 22nd , 1973 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the 1973 BAN EL Most Valuable Player Award. |
| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Finished 2nd in 1973 BAN EL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Finished 3rd in 1973 BAN EL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| 2B Takaki Smith of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the 1973 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Finished 2nd in 1973 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Finished 3rd in 1973 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| Sunday, October 21st , 1973 |
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| SP Takamitsu Fujiwara of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the 1973 BAN EL Noburu Kagawa Award. |
| SP Kinichi Harada of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Finished 2nd in 1973 BAN EL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| SP Sadato Hayakawa of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Finished 3rd in 1973 BAN EL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the 1973 BAN WL Noburu Kagawa Award. |
| SP Rei Matsumura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Finished 2nd in 1973 BAN WL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| SP Yoshimatsu Yamamura of the Kobe Bulls honored: Finished 3rd in 1973 BAN WL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| Thursday, October 18th , 1973 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Put Hank Walker on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Toshimichi Yamamoto on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Yoringa Ueda on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Masatoshi Sakai on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Niou Nagao on the trading block. |
| Tuesday, October 16th , 1973 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Put Eisaku Yamaoka on the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Put Masao Shiotani on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Marty Carroll on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Haruki Ogawa on the trading block. |
| Saturday, October 13th , 1973 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Removed Eisaku Yamaoka from the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Removed Masao Shiotani from the trading block. |
| Kyoto Owls: Removed Kento Okada from the trading block. |
| Kyoto Owls: Removed Herm Brooks from the trading block. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Removed Thoki Kaneshige from the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Seisuke Kamo from the trading block. |
| Denki Dynamics: Removed Atsushi Shimizu from the trading block. |
| Denki Dynamics: Removed Koson Mitsunaga from the trading block. |
| Denki Dynamics: Removed Jin Kaji from the trading block. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Removed Tatsuhiko Ueda from the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Removed Warren Adams from the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Removed Tatsuhito Watanabe from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Yuuichirou Isobe from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Hank Walker from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Toshimichi Yamamoto from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Yoringa Ueda from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Masatoshi Sakai from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Niou Nagao from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Marty Carroll from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Kuniaki Usui from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Atsumi Kamai from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Haruki Ogawa from the trading block. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Removed Ryuunosuke Okamoto from the trading block. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Removed Kitahachi Masuda from the trading block. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Removed Yamahiko Hirata from the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: The owner took $1,858,106 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Kyoto Owls: The owner took $2,817,802 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: The owner took $1,931,028 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Rakisuta Rams: The owner took $2,576,568 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Denki Dynamics: The owner took $2,010,978 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Hosho Reliables: The owner took $2,705,349 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Nagasaki Stars: The owner took $2,040,975 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: The owner took $2,171,172 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Vesutan Bees: The owner took $1,938,704 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Osaka Sailors: The owner took $2,117,050 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Kobe Bulls: The owner took $3,602,191 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Kinboshi Kites: The owner took $1,990,880 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Denki Dynamics: Put Atsushi Shimizu on the trading block. |
| Denki Dynamics: Put Koson Mitsunaga on the trading block. |
| Denki Dynamics: Put Jin Kaji on the trading block. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Put Tatsuhiko Ueda on the trading block. |
| Thursday, October 11th , 1973 |
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| LF Shun Smith of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the 1973 BAN Championship Series MVP Award. |
| Thursday, October 4th , 1973 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Kyoto Owls with 2 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Monday, October 1st , 1973 |
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| 3B Tensui Kato of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Fusao Tokunaga of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| SS Daijiro Nakamura of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| CF Jouta Hayashida of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Tomochika Takada of the Sapporo Bears honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| 3B Shouta Fukushima of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| 2B Tomohito Takahashi of the Osaka Sailors honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Wednesday, September 26th , 1973 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Put Kitahachi Masuda on the trading block. |
| Monday, September 24th , 1973 |
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| CF Sukeichi Jimbo of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Shougo Iwai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Yugoro Koyama pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 4 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Kobe Bulls: Kouyuu Kira goes 5-5 against the Fukuoka Falcons, with 1 HR, 5 RBI and 1 R. |
| Wednesday, September 19th , 1973 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Shuhei Ichikawa pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 7 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, September 17th , 1973 |
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| CF Ryunosuke Onishi of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Saturday, September 15th , 1973 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Saimei Hayashida pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, September 13th , 1973 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 9-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, September 11th , 1973 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Roku Yamakawa pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 3 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
| Kinboshi Kites: Keiji Tamura pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Monday, September 10th , 1973 |
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| SS Daijiro Nakamura of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Satoshi Hino of the Osaka Sailors honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Bill Sauerwein pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 4 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, September 6th , 1973 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Roku Yamakawa pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Kinboshi Kites: Keiji Tamura pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 5 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Denki Dynamics: Tsuneari Nakai pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 4 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, September 5th , 1973 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Takashi Masuda pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 4 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Monday, September 3rd , 1973 |
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| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Kyozo Omori of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Hosho Reliables: Daijiro Nakamura sets the EL regular season extra-inning game record for hits with 5. |
| Hosho Reliables: Daijiro Nakamura sets the EL regular season extra-inning game record for RBI with 7. |
| Hosho Reliables: Daijiro Nakamura goes 5-6 against the Yokohama Kingfishers, with 2 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBI and 2 R. |
| Sunday, September 2nd , 1973 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Marty Carroll pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 2 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Rakisuta Rams with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, September 1st , 1973 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Kento Okada of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Yoshimatsu Yamamura of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Bill Sauerwein of the Yokohama Kingfishers honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| 3B Fumisato Muramoto of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Wednesday, August 29th , 1973 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, August 27th , 1973 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| C Korenaga Kurosawa of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, August 26th , 1973 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Saimei Hayashida pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, August 25th , 1973 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Koson Mitsunaga pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Rakisuta Rams with 1 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, August 23rd , 1973 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Put Ryuunosuke Okamoto on the trading block. |
| Monday, August 20th , 1973 |
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| CF Ryunosuke Onishi of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Akimasa Murakami pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 8 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, August 18th , 1973 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Roku Yamakawa pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, August 16th , 1973 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Hiroshi Yamashita hits three home runs against the Rakisuta Rams, going 3-4 with 5 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Meguru Kanda pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 2 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Katsuaki Ishikawa goes 5-6 against the Denki Dynamics, with 1 HR, 3 RBI and 3 R. |
| Tuesday, August 14th , 1973 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Minoru Yamamoto pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 4 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Monday, August 13th , 1973 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Saturday, August 11th , 1973 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Kinichi Harada pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Friday, August 10th , 1973 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Kiyoji Nakamura pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 8 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 9 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Kinboshi Kites: Keiji Tamura pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Monday, August 6th , 1973 |
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| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Saimei Hayashida pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 6 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, August 1st , 1973 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| 2B Hideyuki Kitamura of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Takamitsu Fujiwara of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Tekkan Mihara of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| CL Tenshou Hirata of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Tuesday, July 31st , 1973 |
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| Eastern League All-Star Game Selections announced: |
| SP Juro Esaki (RAK) - 6-6, 3.35 ERA, 126.1 IP, 1.20 WHIP, 4.8 K/9, 2.8 WAR |
| SP Takamitsu Fujiwara (KYO) - 14-4, 2.16 ERA, 149.2 IP, 0.93 WHIP, 6.0 K/9, 6.0 WAR |
| SP Kinichi Harada (RAK) - 7-7, 3.36 ERA, 150.0 IP, 1.25 WHIP, 6.1 K/9, 3.8 WAR |
| SP Sadato Hayakawa (RAK) - 14-3, 2.56 ERA, 126.1 IP, 1.01 WHIP, 4.8 K/9, 2.7 WAR |
| SP Takashi Masuda (HSH) - 10-3, 2.93 ERA, 141.1 IP, 1.21 WHIP, 5.4 K/9, 2.3 WAR |
| SP Tsuneari Nakai (DNK) - 9-5, 2.67 ERA, 141.2 IP, 1.12 WHIP, 6.7 K/9, 6.3 WAR |
| SP Kinya Wada (RAK) - 5-3, 2.96 ERA, 97.1 IP, 1.35 WHIP, 4.7 K/9, 2.2 WAR |
| CL Kenshin Kon (KYO) - 4-2, 10 SV, 1.03 ERA, 52.2 IP, 1.01 WHIP, 5.5 K/9, 1.2 WAR |
| CL Motomu Taira (HSH) - 5-5, 13 SV, 3.12 ERA, 60.2 IP, 1.04 WHIP, 7.1 K/9, 1.7 WAR |
| CL Tatsunori Tanoue (DNK) - 3-4, 9 SV, 2.74 ERA, 46.0 IP, 1.30 WHIP, 6.8 K/9, 0.9 WAR |
| C Kenji Ihara (DNK) - .299/.355/.474, 251 AB, 12 HR, 141 wRC+, 2.6 WAR |
| C Hiroshi Yamashita (KYO) - .265/.352/.538, 253 AB, 21 HR, 152 wRC+, 2.5 WAR |
| 1B Kinnojo Hirao (DNK) - .331/.368/.672, 302 AB, 30 HR, 1 SB, 196 wRC+, 3.8 WAR |
| 1B Yukio Watanabe (HSH) - .329/.443/.682, 292 AB, 29 HR, 2 SB, 215 wRC+, 4.9 WAR |
| 2B Jin Kaji (DNK) - .310/.402/.474, 287 AB, 9 HR, 15 SB, 159 wRC+, 3.8 WAR |
| 3B Billy McCullough (HSH) - .267/.339/.473, 296 AB, 14 HR, 2 SB, 132 wRC+, 2.9 WAR |
| SS Bungo Arai (KYO) - .271/.389/.469, 277 AB, 15 HR, 3 SB, 142 wRC+, 2.0 WAR |
| SS Shikato Murata (SAP) - .263/.307/.418, 304 AB, 8 HR, 10 SB, 109 wRC+, 3.8 WAR |
| SS Hideharu Nomura (RAK) - .300/.490/.593, 243 AB, 20 HR, 1 SB, 212 wRC+, 6.5 WAR |
| LF Hank Dunham (HSH) - .305/.390/.623, 302 AB, 27 HR, 26 SB, 192 wRC+, 4.4 WAR |
| LF Shun Smith (KYO) - .297/.344/.502, 283 AB, 15 HR, 7 SB, 135 wRC+, 2.3 WAR |
| LF Masanori Takagi (YOK) - .347/.406/.517, 176 AB, 8 HR, 12 SB, 165 wRC+, 0.6 WAR |
| CF Minehiro Smith (KYO) - .270/.348/.367, 300 AB, 4 HR, 2 SB, 102 wRC+, 0.9 WAR |
| CF Kinmochi Yamamoto (KYO) - .274/.360/.388, 263 AB, 6 HR, 21 SB, 119 wRC+, 2.6 WAR |
| RF Kenichi Hotta (SAP) - .276/.359/.415, 275 AB, 10 HR, 2 SB, 124 wRC+, 2.0 WAR |
| RF Sukeichi Onodera (KYO) - .329/.422/.522, 161 AB, 8 HR, 1 SB, 175 wRC+, 1.6 WAR |
| Western League All-Star Game Selections announced: |
| SP Arata Komatsu (KOB) - 7-5, 2.94 ERA, 141.0 IP, 1.06 WHIP, 4.7 K/9, 3.9 WAR |
| SP Rei Matsumura (FUK) - 8-6, 2.77 ERA, 139.2 IP, 0.95 WHIP, 6.3 K/9, 5.3 WAR |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto (KOB) - 14-2, 2.27 ERA, 150.2 IP, 0.86 WHIP, 5.1 K/9, 5.0 WAR |
| SP Masatoshi Sakai (VES) - 10-5, 2.49 ERA, 148.1 IP, 1.00 WHIP, 4.3 K/9, 3.1 WAR |
| SP Kinnosuke Shimabukuro (OSA) - 10-7, 2.19 ERA, 135.2 IP, 1.04 WHIP, 7.4 K/9, 4.2 WAR |
| SP Shinsaku Shiraishi (NAG) - 12-3, 2.52 ERA, 132.1 IP, 1.21 WHIP, 4.1 K/9, 2.9 WAR |
| SP Hank Walker (VES) - 7-4, 1.95 ERA, 110.2 IP, 1.12 WHIP, 4.6 K/9, 3.0 WAR |
| CL Shinya Kawakami (KOB) - 6-1, 10 SV, 0.58 ERA, 46.2 IP, 0.75 WHIP, 10.4 K/9, 2.9 WAR |
| CL Haruki Ogawa (OSA) - 0-4, 14 SV, 1.85 ERA, 43.2 IP, 0.96 WHIP, 5.2 K/9, 1.0 WAR |
| CL Shinpo Yamasaki (FUK) - 1-5, 9 SV, 3.83 ERA, 56.1 IP, 1.19 WHIP, 7.0 K/9, 0.9 WAR |
| C Korenaga Kurosawa (KIN) - .205/.271/.369, 268 AB, 12 HR, 83 wRC+, 1.0 WAR |
| C Hiroji Orido (OSA) - .254/.305/.349, 189 AB, 3 HR, 84 wRC+, 0.8 WAR |
| 1B Zeshin Abe (OSA) - .317/.378/.561, 123 AB, 9 HR, 175 wRC+, 1.5 WAR |
| 1B Shougo Iwai (VES) - .282/.389/.487, 298 AB, 17 HR, 159 wRC+, 3.1 WAR |
| 1B Fusao Tokunaga (KIN) - .302/.378/.485, 324 AB, 16 HR, 1 SB, 145 wRC+, 2.4 WAR |
| 2B Hideyuki Kitamura (KIN) - .352/.401/.571, 315 AB, 13 HR, 3 SB, 179 wRC+, 4.8 WAR |
| 2B Shozo Sakata (NAG) - .276/.347/.345, 304 AB, 2 HR, 99 wRC+, 2.6 WAR |
| 2B Takaki Smith (KOB) - .305/.431/.438, 292 AB, 6 HR, 54 SB, 155 wRC+, 6.5 WAR |
| 3B Toshifumi Shibuya (KOB) - .262/.320/.441, 279 AB, 13 HR, 111 wRC+, 2.1 WAR |
| SS Yamahiko Hirata (KIN) - .252/.295/.397, 262 AB, 9 HR, 97 wRC+, 2.5 WAR |
| SS Michiki Ichikawa (NAG) - .340/.377/.537, 259 AB, 12 HR, 162 wRC+, 2.1 WAR |
| LF Kyozo Omori (VES) - .289/.344/.472, 339 AB, 12 HR, 25 SB, 137 wRC+, 3.8 WAR |
| LF Ayato Sugiura (FUK) - .295/.386/.678, 298 AB, 34 HR, 2 SB, 200 wRC+, 5.5 WAR |
| CF Ikku Kawase (VES) - .252/.322/.416, 286 AB, 11 HR, 10 SB, 108 wRC+, 2.6 WAR |
| CF Ryunosuke Kodama (NAG) - .243/.334/.402, 301 AB, 9 HR, 13 SB, 113 wRC+, 0.9 WAR |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine (FUK) - .287/.385/.554, 303 AB, 22 HR, 23 SB, 164 wRC+, 4.2 WAR |
| RF Hidetsugu Ikegami (VES) - .275/.381/.430, 298 AB, 10 HR, 10 SB, 136 wRC+, 2.0 WAR |
| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 3 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, July 30th , 1973 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 2B Hideyuki Kitamura of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Hosho Reliables: Takashi Masuda pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 7 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Kinboshi Kites: Saimei Hayashida pitches a 9-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 7 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Sunday, July 29th , 1973 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Koson Mitsunaga pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Kyoto Owls with 3 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, July 28th , 1973 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Put Thoki Kaneshige on the trading block. |
| Kobe Bulls: Arata Komatsu pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 3 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Keiichi Matsuda pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 3 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, July 26th , 1973 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Kinnojo Hirao launches his 400th career home run! |
| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 0-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Monday, July 23rd , 1973 |
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| C Hiroshi Yamashita of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 2B Hideyuki Kitamura of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Taira Kanazawa goes 5-6 against the Fukuoka Falcons, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI and 2 R. |
| Saturday, July 21st , 1973 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 6 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Friday, July 20th , 1973 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Yoshimatsu Yamamura pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 8 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, July 17th , 1973 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Put Eisaku Yamaoka on the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Put Masao Shiotani on the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Put Kuranosuke Imakake on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Hank Walker on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Toshimichi Yamamoto on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Yoringa Ueda on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Masatoshi Sakai on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Niou Nagao on the trading block. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Put Yamahiko Hirata on the trading block. |
| Kyoto Owls: Herm Brooks pitches a 8-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 2 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Monday, July 16th , 1973 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 2B Hideyuki Kitamura of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Denki Dynamics: Put Atsushi Shimizu on the trading block. |
| Denki Dynamics: Put Koson Mitsunaga on the trading block. |
| Denki Dynamics: Put Jin Kaji on the trading block. |
| Saturday, July 14th , 1973 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Put Tatsuhito Watanabe on the trading block. |
| Kobe Bulls: Roku Yamakawa pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 5 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Friday, July 13th , 1973 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Ukita Tomita pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 3 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Shuuji Ishii pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 1 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, July 12th , 1973 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Put Marty Carroll on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Atsumi Kamai on the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Yoshimatsu Shiina pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Kyoto Owls with 3 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, July 11th , 1973 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Monday, July 9th , 1973 |
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| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 2B Michiki Ichikawa of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 11 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Kinboshi Kites: Keiji Tamura pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, July 7th , 1973 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Masatoshi Sakai pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 3 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, July 5th , 1973 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Put Yuuichirou Isobe on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Tsuneo Oda pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 1 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Monday, July 2nd , 1973 |
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| LF Hank Dunham of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 2B Hideyuki Kitamura of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kyoto Owls: Michinaga Sekiguchi pitches a 8-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Sunday, July 1st , 1973 |
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| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Takamitsu Fujiwara of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Shinsaku Shiraishi of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| 3B Yoshinari Akamine of the Sapporo Bears honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| 2B Tomohito Takahashi of the Osaka Sailors honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Kobe Bulls: Yoshimatsu Yamamura pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 7 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Kyoto Owls: Toyohiro Wada hits three home runs against the Yokohama Kingfishers, going 4-5 with 7 RBI and 4 runs scored! |
| Saturday, June 30th , 1973 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Roku Yamakawa pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 10 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Friday, June 29th , 1973 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Togai Ota pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 6 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Nagasaki Stars: Binya Nishi hits for the CYCLE, going 4-5 against the Osaka Sailors, with 2 RBI and 1 runs scored. |
| Thursday, June 28th , 1973 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Kuniaki Usui pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 4 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, June 26th , 1973 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Masatoshi Sakai pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Monday, June 25th , 1973 |
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| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Shinsaku Shiraishi pitches a 9-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 3 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Monday, June 18th , 1973 |
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| SS Bungo Arai of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Kyozo Omori of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, June 17th , 1973 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 9-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 6 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, June 16th , 1973 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Tsuneteru Fujiwara pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 6 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Denki Dynamics: Tsuneari Nakai pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 9 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Nagasaki Stars: Akimasa Murakami pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 7 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Monday, June 11th , 1973 |
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| LF Shun Smith of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, June 7th , 1973 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Hiroji Orido gets his 2000th career hit! |
| Kinboshi Kites: John Moss pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 5 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, June 5th , 1973 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Takashi Masuda pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, June 4th , 1973 |
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| 1B Toyohiro Wada of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Saturday, June 2nd , 1973 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Kakuya Izumi pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Friday, June 1st , 1973 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Koson Mitsunaga of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Keiji Tamura of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| RP Norikazu Hamasaki of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| 3B Fumisato Muramoto of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Hosho Reliables with 4 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Kiyoji Nakamura pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Masanori Takagi hits three home runs against the Sapporo Bears, going 3-5 with 5 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
| Kobe Bulls: Arata Komatsu pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 3 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, May 31st , 1973 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Masatoshi Sakai pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 4 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Monday, May 28th , 1973 |
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| 2B Jin Kaji of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Saturday, May 26th , 1973 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Toshitake Amano goes 5-6 against the Kinboshi Kites, with 3 2B, 4 RBI and 2 R. |
| Friday, May 25th , 1973 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Keiji Tamura pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, May 24th , 1973 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Yoshimatsu Shiina pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Kyoto Owls with 3 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Ayato Sugiura hits three home runs against the Osaka Sailors, going 3-4 with 5 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
| Kobe Bulls: Yoshimatsu Yamamura pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, May 23rd , 1973 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Yuuichi Oki drives in 8 runs against the Yokohama Kingfishers, going 3-5 with 1 HR. |
| Tuesday, May 22nd , 1973 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Niou Nagao pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, May 21st , 1973 |
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| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 2B Hideyuki Kitamura of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Vesutan Bees: Masatoshi Sakai pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 1 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Sunday, May 20th , 1973 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Removed Kuranosuke Imakake from the trading block. |
| Monday, May 14th , 1973 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| CF Hirobumi Takahashi of the Osaka Sailors honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Saturday, May 12th , 1973 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Ukita Tomita pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 2 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Nagasaki Stars: Tatsuhiko Ueda sets the WL regular season extra-inning game record for runs with 4. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Tatsuhiko Ueda goes 5-6 against the Vesutan Bees, with 1 3B, 2 HR, 4 RBI and 4 R. |
| Friday, May 11th , 1973 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Hosho Reliables: Takashi Masuda pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 9 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, May 10th , 1973 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Masatoshi Sakai pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 10 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Monday, May 7th , 1973 |
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| 3B Kihachi Harada of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| SS Michiki Ichikawa of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, May 6th , 1973 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Rakisuta Rams with 4 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, May 5th , 1973 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Removed Atsumi Kamai from the trading block. |
| Thursday, May 3rd , 1973 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Sadato Hayakawa pitches a 0-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 3 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, May 2nd , 1973 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Kinnosuke Shimabukuro pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 8 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, May 1st , 1973 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, April 28th , 1973 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Removed Masao Shiotani from the trading block. |
| Tuesday, April 24th , 1973 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Removed Bill Baker from the trading block. |
| Saturday, April 21st , 1973 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Removed Naoto Yoshinaga from the trading block. |
| Thursday, April 19th , 1973 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Removed Tatsuhito Watanabe from the trading block. |
| Monday, April 16th , 1973 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Removed Eisaku Yamaoka from the trading block. |
| Saturday, April 14th , 1973 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Removed Iwao Yamamoto from the trading block. |
| Thursday, April 12th , 1973 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Removed Jin Kaji from the trading block. |
| Tuesday, April 3rd , 1973 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Removed Atsushi Shimizu from the trading block. |
| Saturday, March 3rd , 1973 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Yoshimatsu Shiina from the trading block. |
| Monday, January 15th , 1973 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Put Yoshimatsu Shiina on the trading block. |
| Thursday, January 11th , 1973 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Removed Shunji Yamanaka from the trading block. |
| Tuesday, January 9th , 1973 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Put Kuniaki Usui on the trading block. |
| Saturday, January 6th , 1973 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Yoshimatsu Shiina from the trading block. |
| Thursday, December 21st , 1972 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Put Bill Baker on the trading block. |
| Thursday, December 14th , 1972 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Removed Kuniaki Usui from the trading block. |
| Tuesday, December 5th , 1972 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Put Kuranosuke Imakake on the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Put Yoshimatsu Shiina on the trading block. |
| Thursday, November 30th , 1972 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Put Gunji Matsuda on the trading block. |
| Wednesday, November 15th , 1972 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Put Herm Brooks on the trading block. |
| Monday, October 23rd , 1972 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Put Eisaku Yamaoka on the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Put Masao Shiotani on the trading block. |
| Friday, October 20th , 1972 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the 1972 BAN EL Most Valuable Player Award. |
| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Finished 2nd in 1972 BAN EL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Finished 3rd in 1972 BAN EL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| CF Jouta Hayashida of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the 1972 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award. |
| 2B Takaki Smith of the Kobe Bulls honored: Finished 2nd in 1972 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Finished 3rd in 1972 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| Thursday, October 19th , 1972 |
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| SP Tsuneari Nakai of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the 1972 BAN EL Noburu Kagawa Award. |
| SP Takamitsu Fujiwara of the Kyoto Owls honored: Finished 2nd in 1972 BAN EL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| SP Ukita Tomita of the Kyoto Owls honored: Finished 3rd in 1972 BAN EL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the 1972 BAN WL Noburu Kagawa Award. |
| SP Arata Komatsu of the Kobe Bulls honored: Finished 2nd in 1972 BAN WL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| SP Roku Yamakawa of the Kobe Bulls honored: Finished 3rd in 1972 BAN WL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| Denki Dynamics: Put Atsushi Shimizu on the trading block. |
| Denki Dynamics: Put Jin Kaji on the trading block. |
| Wednesday, October 18th , 1972 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Put Warren Adams on the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Put Tatsuhito Watanabe on the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Put Shunji Yamanaka on the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Put Iwao Yamamoto on the trading block. |
| Monday, October 16th , 1972 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Put Fumimaro Yamauchi on the trading block. |
| Friday, October 13th , 1972 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Put Kesanori Kikuchi on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Kuniaki Usui on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Atsumi Kamai on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Haruki Ogawa on the trading block. |
| Wednesday, October 11th , 1972 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Removed Masao Shiotani from the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Removed Sukeyasu Arakawa from the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Removed Subaru Nishimoto from the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Removed Naruki Shimada from the trading block. |
| Kyoto Owls: Removed Kento Okada from the trading block. |
| Kyoto Owls: Removed Naoto Yoshinaga from the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Seisuke Kamo from the trading block. |
| Denki Dynamics: Removed Jin Kaji from the trading block. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Removed Tatsuhiko Ueda from the trading block. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Removed Jerry Hale from the trading block. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Removed Taketoshi Shimabukuro from the trading block. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Removed Kazou Nakamoto from the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Removed Tatsuhito Watanabe from the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Removed Shunji Yamanaka from the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Removed Iwao Yamamoto from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Hank Walker from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Yoringa Ueda from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Masatoshi Sakai from the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Removed Niou Nagao from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Kesanori Kikuchi from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Zeshin Abe from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Shinpei Abe from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Kuniaki Usui from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Atsumi Kamai from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Haruki Ogawa from the trading block. |
| Kobe Bulls: Removed Bob Longstreth from the trading block. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Removed Bill Baker from the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: The owner took $1,760,344 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Kyoto Owls: The owner took $2,187,487 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: The owner took $1,899,547 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Rakisuta Rams: The owner took $2,260,865 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Denki Dynamics: The owner took $1,853,048 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Hosho Reliables: The owner took $3,215,970 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Nagasaki Stars: The owner took $1,900,540 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: The owner took $2,062,059 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Vesutan Bees: The owner took $2,174,668 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Osaka Sailors: The owner took $1,932,036 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Kobe Bulls: The owner took $3,387,460 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Kinboshi Kites: The owner took $1,897,180 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Kyoto Owls: Put Kento Okada on the trading block. |
| Kyoto Owls: Put Naoto Yoshinaga on the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Put Seisuke Kamo on the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Put Yoshimatsu Yamamura on the trading block. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Put Tatsuhiko Ueda on the trading block. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Put Kazou Nakamoto on the trading block. |
| Monday, October 9th , 1972 |
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| SP Tatsuharu Oto of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the 1972 BAN Championship Series MVP Award. |
| Wednesday, October 4th , 1972 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Hosho Reliables with 7 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Sunday, October 1st , 1972 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| CF Jouta Hayashida of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Ukita Tomita of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Arata Komatsu of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Herm Brooks of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| SP Shinsaku Shiraishi of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Kobe Bulls: Roku Yamakawa pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, September 30th , 1972 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Ukita Tomita pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Rakisuta Rams with 6 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Friday, September 29th , 1972 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Hank Walker pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 7 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, September 28th , 1972 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto records his 200th career win! |
| Monday, September 25th , 1972 |
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| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| SP Keiji Tamura of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, September 24th , 1972 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Put Taketoshi Shimabukuro on the trading block. |
| Kobe Bulls: Arata Komatsu pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 3 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Denki Dynamics: Koson Mitsunaga pitches a NO-HITTER against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 5 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, September 23rd , 1972 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Keiji Tamura records his 200th career win! |
| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 7 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Friday, September 22nd , 1972 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 9 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Denki Dynamics: Kinnojo Hirao hits three home runs against the Yokohama Kingfishers, going 5-5 with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
| Denki Dynamics: Kinnojo Hirao goes 5-5 against the Yokohama Kingfishers, with 3 HR, 4 RBI and 3 R. |
| Thursday, September 21st , 1972 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Tsuneteru Fujiwara pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, September 19th , 1972 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Iwao Yamamoto pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 2 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, September 18th , 1972 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| RF Hidetsugu Ikegami of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sapporo Bears: Put Subaru Nishimoto on the trading block. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Keiji Tamura pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 7 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Sunday, September 17th , 1972 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Yoshimatsu Shiina pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 8 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, September 16th , 1972 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Niou Nagao pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 5 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Kobe Bulls: Kakuya Izumi pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Friday, September 15th , 1972 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Masatoshi Sakai pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, September 14th , 1972 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Arata Komatsu records his 250th career win! |
| Kobe Bulls: Arata Komatsu pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 2 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, September 13th , 1972 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Juro Esaki pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Kyoto Owls with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Monday, September 11th , 1972 |
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| CF Minehiro Smith of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 2B Jiro Koda of the Osaka Sailors honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Friday, September 8th , 1972 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Masakado Matsuda sets the EL regular season extra-inning game record for walks with 8. |
| Thursday, September 7th , 1972 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Isaburo Muraoka pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 4 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Denki Dynamics: Tsuneari Nakai pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 5 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, September 5th , 1972 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Jiro Koda hits three home runs against the Kinboshi Kites, going 3-3 with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
| Monday, September 4th , 1972 |
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| SS Bungo Arai of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Shougo Iwai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Osaka Sailors: Marty Carroll pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Sunday, September 3rd , 1972 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Yugoro Koyama pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 2 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, September 2nd , 1972 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Togai Ota pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 3 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Kobe Bulls: Jouta Hayashida sets the WL regular season extra-inning game record for hits with 5. |
| Kobe Bulls: Jouta Hayashida goes 5-6 against the Fukuoka Falcons, with 1 HR, 1 RBI and 1 R. |
| Friday, September 1st , 1972 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| CF Jouta Hayashida of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Ukita Tomita of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Saimei Hayashida of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| RP Shungo Yasuda of the Sapporo Bears honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| SP Shinsaku Shiraishi of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Osaka Sailors: Tsuneteru Fujiwara pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 0 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, August 31st , 1972 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Hank Dunham goes 5-5 against the Sapporo Bears, with 2 2B, 1 HR, 6 RBI and 3 R. |
| Monday, August 28th , 1972 |
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| LF Ikuo Muramoto of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Kinichi Harada pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kyoto Owls with 5 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, August 26th , 1972 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Tetsushou Kobayashi pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 6 strikeouts and 7 BB allowed! |
| Friday, August 25th , 1972 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Ayato Sugiura goes 5-5 against the Osaka Sailors, with 1 2B, 1 RBI and 0 R. |
| Wednesday, August 23rd , 1972 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Osaka Sailors: Shinpei Abe gets his 2000th career hit! |
| Denki Dynamics: Tsuneari Nakai pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 3 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, August 21st , 1972 |
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| 3B Billy McCullough of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Tango Kurokawa of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kyoto Owls: Ukita Tomita pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 9 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Sunday, August 20th , 1972 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Saimei Hayashida pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 3 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, August 16th , 1972 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Ukita Tomita pitches a 8-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 9 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Monday, August 14th , 1972 |
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| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, August 13th , 1972 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Togai Ota pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 12 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Hosho Reliables: Shirai Takahashi pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, August 8th , 1972 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Hank Walker pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Monday, August 7th , 1972 |
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| SP Kiyoharu Kawamoto of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| SP Shinsaku Shiraishi of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 9 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Nagasaki Stars: Akimasa Murakami records his 200th career win! |
| Sunday, August 6th , 1972 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Saimei Hayashida pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Nagasaki Stars: Shinsaku Shiraishi pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 7 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, August 1st , 1972 |
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| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Yoshimatsu Shiina of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| LF Shigenobu Nakayama of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| SP Shinsaku Shiraishi of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Monday, July 31st , 1972 |
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| LF Hank Dunham of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Kyozo Omori of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Eastern League All-Star Game Selections announced: |
| SP Kinichi Harada (RAK) - 9-5, 3.43 ERA, 139.0 IP, 1.30 WHIP, 7.1 K/9, 2.6 WAR |
| SP Sadato Hayakawa (RAK) - 7-5, 3.34 ERA, 126.2 IP, 1.13 WHIP, 6.5 K/9, 3.1 WAR |
| SP Takashi Masuda (HSH) - 12-2, 3.00 ERA, 138.0 IP, 1.24 WHIP, 7.0 K/9, 2.7 WAR |
| SP Tatsuki Nakagawa (SAP) - 6-2, 2.90 ERA, 90.0 IP, 1.44 WHIP, 4.3 K/9, 1.4 WAR |
| SP Tsuneari Nakai (DNK) - 6-8, 3.60 ERA, 135.0 IP, 1.30 WHIP, 7.1 K/9, 3.7 WAR |
| SP Shirai Takahashi (HSH) - 8-4, 3.18 ERA, 110.1 IP, 1.24 WHIP, 7.6 K/9, 2.4 WAR |
| SP Junya Yamagata (HSH) - 9-4, 3.31 ERA, 111.1 IP, 1.28 WHIP, 4.0 K/9, 2.1 WAR |
| CL Yoisuke Nishizawa (YOK) - 3-4, 10 SV, 2.45 ERA, 58.2 IP, 1.09 WHIP, 7.4 K/9, 1.1 WAR |
| CL Motomu Taira (HSH) - 5-2, 13 SV, 1.67 ERA, 59.1 IP, 1.08 WHIP, 10.3 K/9, 2.5 WAR |
| CL Tatsunori Tanoue (DNK) - 3-3, 14 SV, 1.67 ERA, 59.1 IP, 0.94 WHIP, 9.1 K/9, 2.5 WAR |
| C Sukeyasu Arakawa (SAP) - .235/.319/.378, 238 AB, 8 HR, 93 wRC+, 1.7 WAR |
| C Hiroshi Yamashita (KYO) - .294/.453/.655, 197 AB, 21 HR, 194 wRC+, 3.7 WAR |
| 1B Kinnojo Hirao (DNK) - .290/.367/.653, 300 AB, 34 HR, 174 wRC+, 3.3 WAR |
| 1B Yukio Watanabe (HSH) - .276/.425/.640, 275 AB, 29 HR, 1 SB, 181 wRC+, 3.5 WAR |
| 2B Jin Kaji (DNK) - .232/.398/.425, 254 AB, 10 HR, 14 SB, 135 wRC+, 3.1 WAR |
| 3B Billy McCullough (HSH) - .291/.393/.592, 265 AB, 22 HR, 170 wRC+, 3.1 WAR |
| 3B Masao Shiotani (SAP) - .298/.436/.429, 275 AB, 6 HR, 1 SB, 151 wRC+, 2.5 WAR |
| SS Shikato Murata (SAP) - .264/.375/.465, 284 AB, 11 HR, 10 SB, 136 wRC+, 4.5 WAR |
| SS Hideharu Nomura (RAK) - .278/.508/.610, 241 AB, 18 HR, 1 SB, 209 wRC+, 6.3 WAR |
| LF Hank Dunham (HSH) - .248/.384/.493, 282 AB, 20 HR, 22 SB, 146 wRC+, 2.9 WAR |
| LF Masanori Takagi (YOK) - .307/.382/.511, 280 AB, 13 HR, 14 SB, 142 wRC+, 1.9 WAR |
| CF Toshimasa Ikeda (HSH) - .312/.389/.524, 189 AB, 10 HR, 22 SB, 154 wRC+, 2.6 WAR |
| CF Minehiro Smith (KYO) - .290/.394/.469, 286 AB, 10 HR, 2 SB, 129 wRC+, 1.8 WAR |
| RF Kiyoemon Hayashida (HSH) - .293/.440/.455, 242 AB, 8 HR, 3 SB, 155 wRC+, 1.9 WAR |
| RF Kinmochi Yamamoto (KYO) - .301/.408/.475, 316 AB, 14 HR, 26 SB, 145 wRC+, 3.8 WAR |
| Western League All-Star Game Selections announced: |
| SP Tsuneteru Fujiwara (OSA) - 8-5, 3.33 ERA, 135.0 IP, 1.27 WHIP, 5.2 K/9, 3.0 WAR |
| SP Kakuya Izumi (KOB) - 9-5, 3.03 ERA, 119.0 IP, 1.11 WHIP, 5.7 K/9, 3.0 WAR |
| SP Arata Komatsu (KOB) - 14-2, 2.66 ERA, 138.2 IP, 1.03 WHIP, 6.2 K/9, 4.2 WAR |
| SP Rei Matsumura (FUK) - 5-6, 3.37 ERA, 128.1 IP, 1.15 WHIP, 8.6 K/9, 4.2 WAR |
| SP Akimasa Murakami (NAG) - 7-7, 4.39 ERA, 121.0 IP, 1.24 WHIP, 8.0 K/9, 2.6 WAR |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto (KOB) - 12-3, 2.13 ERA, 152.0 IP, 0.86 WHIP, 6.4 K/9, 6.6 WAR |
| SP Roku Yamakawa (KOB) - 13-3, 2.69 ERA, 140.1 IP, 1.25 WHIP, 7.0 K/9, 3.6 WAR |
| CL Shinya Kawakami (KOB) - 3-1, 13 SV, 1.26 ERA, 50.0 IP, 0.90 WHIP, 10.3 K/9, 3.1 WAR |
| CL Kazou Nakamoto (NAG) - 1-2, 13 SV, 2.40 ERA, 56.1 IP, 1.05 WHIP, 7.7 K/9, 2.2 WAR |
| CL Shinpo Yamasaki (FUK) - 7-3, 6 SV, 1.99 ERA, 54.1 IP, 1.12 WHIP, 10.3 K/9, 1.8 WAR |
| C Korenaga Kurosawa (KIN) - .200/.313/.311, 235 AB, 7 HR, 75 wRC+, 0.3 WAR |
| C Akinari Nakamura (VES) - .262/.377/.421, 183 AB, 5 HR, 124 wRC+, 1.6 WAR |
| 1B Shougo Iwai (VES) - .265/.414/.456, 272 AB, 16 HR, 146 wRC+, 2.5 WAR |
| 1B Binya Nishi (NAG) - .274/.358/.469, 288 AB, 13 HR, 9 SB, 121 wRC+, 1.3 WAR |
| 2B Jiro Koda (OSA) - .256/.364/.401, 262 AB, 9 HR, 4 SB, 107 wRC+, 2.0 WAR |
| 2B Takaki Smith (KOB) - .301/.462/.428, 292 AB, 6 HR, 70 SB, 154 wRC+, 7.2 WAR |
| 3B Sakan Inoue (NAG) - .245/.359/.458, 273 AB, 17 HR, 4 SB, 121 wRC+, 2.2 WAR |
| 3B Taiji Miyakawa (VES) - .294/.388/.439, 289 AB, 10 HR, 11 SB, 131 wRC+, 2.5 WAR |
| 3B Toshifumi Shibuya (KOB) - .294/.375/.545, 299 AB, 21 HR, 2 SB, 140 wRC+, 2.6 WAR |
| LF Ayato Sugiura (FUK) - .303/.465/.567, 261 AB, 18 HR, 2 SB, 184 wRC+, 4.5 WAR |
| CF Jouta Hayashida (KOB) - .310/.479/.646, 268 AB, 23 HR, 7 SB, 206 wRC+, 6.6 WAR |
| CF Ryunosuke Kodama (NAG) - .287/.432/.541, 279 AB, 17 HR, 17 SB, 170 wRC+, 3.6 WAR |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine (FUK) - .325/.462/.646, 268 AB, 20 HR, 22 SB, 194 wRC+, 5.1 WAR |
| RF Hidetsugu Ikegami (VES) - .275/.399/.483, 298 AB, 12 HR, 12 SB, 147 wRC+, 3.7 WAR |
| RF Kesanori Kikuchi (OSA) - .271/.363/.504, 280 AB, 17 HR, 1 SB, 136 wRC+, 2.3 WAR |
| Saturday, July 29th , 1972 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Put Tatsuhito Watanabe on the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Put Shunji Yamanaka on the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Put Iwao Yamamoto on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Takahiko Kurata pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 4 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Friday, July 28th , 1972 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Ukita Tomita pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 2 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Monday, July 24th , 1972 |
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| 1B Glen McCauley of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Shougo Iwai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, July 23rd , 1972 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Hisao Ibe pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 4 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Monday, July 17th , 1972 |
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| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Denki Dynamics: Put Jin Kaji on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Tsuneteru Fujiwara pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 4 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Sunday, July 16th , 1972 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Put Kazou Nakamoto on the trading block. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Put Bill Baker on the trading block. |
| Saturday, July 15th , 1972 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Put Sukeyasu Arakawa on the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Put Naruki Shimada on the trading block. |
| Kyoto Owls: Put Kento Okada on the trading block. |
| Kyoto Owls: Put Naoto Yoshinaga on the trading block. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Put Tatsuhiko Ueda on the trading block. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Put Jerry Hale on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Hank Walker on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Yoringa Ueda on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Masatoshi Sakai on the trading block. |
| Vesutan Bees: Put Niou Nagao on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Kesanori Kikuchi on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Shinpei Abe on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Kuniaki Usui on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Atsumi Kamai on the trading block. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Bill Baker pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, July 11th , 1972 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Kinnojo Hirao hits three home runs against the Kyoto Owls, going 4-5 with 4 RBI and 3 runs scored! |
| Monday, July 10th , 1972 |
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| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Kyozo Omori of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Sadato Hayakawa pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 9 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, July 8th , 1972 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Arata Komatsu pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 5 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Friday, July 7th , 1972 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Tomochika Takada pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 4 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, July 4th , 1972 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Meguru Kanda pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Monday, July 3rd , 1972 |
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| LF Hank Dunham of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| CF Jouta Hayashida of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kobe Bulls: Takanori Ide goes 5-7 against the Kinboshi Kites, with 1 3B, 1 HR, 3 RBI and 4 R. |
| Sunday, July 2nd , 1972 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Takanori Matsui gets his 2000th career hit! |
| Saturday, July 1st , 1972 |
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| SS Bungo Arai of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| CF Jouta Hayashida of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Takashi Masuda of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Roku Yamakawa of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| 1B Motokuni Nakamura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| SP Shinsaku Shiraishi of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 0-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, June 29th , 1972 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Yoshimatsu Yamamura pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 4 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, June 28th , 1972 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Roku Yamakawa pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 12 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Monday, June 26th , 1972 |
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| LF Masao Shiotani of the Sapporo Bears honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kobe Bulls: The Kobe Bulls have announced that they set their team focus from 'Neutral' to 'Win Now!' |
| Nagasaki Stars: Binya Nishi gets his 2000th career hit! |
| Kyoto Owls: Shigeyasu Hirayama records his 200th career win! |
| Saturday, June 24th , 1972 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Niou Nagao pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 9 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, June 22nd , 1972 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Saimei Hayashida pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 4 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, June 21st , 1972 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 6 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Kyoto Owls: Kinmochi Yamamoto goes 5-5 against the Rakisuta Rams, with 0 RBI and 2 R. |
| Monday, June 19th , 1972 |
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| 3B Tensui Kato of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| CF Jouta Hayashida of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kyoto Owls: Shigeyasu Hirayama pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Hosho Reliables with 4 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, June 14th , 1972 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Roku Yamakawa pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 4 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, June 13th , 1972 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Yukio Watanabe sets the EL regular season extra-inning game record for strikeouts with 5. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Sadakuno Ikeda pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 2 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Monday, June 12th , 1972 |
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| CF Minehiro Smith of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Monday, June 5th , 1972 |
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| LF Tomiyuki Kusumoto of the Sapporo Bears honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 2B Takaki Smith of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 7 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, June 3rd , 1972 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Sadato Hayakawa records his 200th career win! |
| Thursday, June 1st , 1972 |
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| 3B Billy McCullough of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| CF Jouta Hayashida of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Yoshimatsu Yamamura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Takahiko Kurata of the Osaka Sailors honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| 1B Motokuni Nakamura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| SS Itaru Nakamura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Osaka Sailors: Tsuneteru Fujiwara pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 9 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, May 31st , 1972 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Hideharu Nomura sets the EL regular season extra-inning game record for bases on balls with 5. |
| Monday, May 29th , 1972 |
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| 3B Billy McCullough of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| CF Jouta Hayashida of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kobe Bulls: Roku Yamakawa pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Vesutan Bees with 6 strikeouts and 6 BB allowed! |
| Friday, May 26th , 1972 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Takashi Masuda pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Kinboshi Kites: Keiji Tamura pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Monday, May 22nd , 1972 |
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| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| SS Katsunari Ishiguro of the Osaka Sailors honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, May 21st , 1972 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 13 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, May 18th , 1972 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Takahiko Kurata pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 7 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, May 17th , 1972 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Saimei Hayashida sets the WL regular season game record for walks with 11. |
| Tuesday, May 16th , 1972 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, May 15th , 1972 |
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| SS Buncho Fukuhara of the Yokohama Kingfishers honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| SP Togai Ota of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, May 14th , 1972 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Togai Ota pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 2 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Friday, May 12th , 1972 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Thoki Kaneshige goes 5-5 against the Denki Dynamics, with 1 2B, 1 RBI and 1 R. |
| Monday, May 8th , 1972 |
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| 2B Takanori Matsui of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| SP Masatoshi Sakai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, May 7th , 1972 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Removed Sukeyasu Arakawa from the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Shikato Murata sets the EL regular season extra-inning game record for bases on balls with 4. |
| Saturday, May 6th , 1972 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Masatoshi Sakai pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 5 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, May 4th , 1972 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Kakuya Izumi pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 4 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, April 25th , 1972 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Removed Jerry Hale from the trading block. |
| Saturday, March 18th , 1972 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Removed Bill Baker from the trading block. |
| Monday, March 13th , 1972 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Removed William Davis from the trading block. |
| Saturday, February 19th , 1972 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Removed Kazou Nakamoto from the trading block. |
| Tuesday, February 8th , 1972 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Herm Brooks from the trading block. |
| Friday, January 28th , 1972 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Put Tatsuhito Watanabe on the trading block. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Removed Bibb Martin from the trading block. |
| Saturday, January 22nd , 1972 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Removed Jim Jackson from the trading block. |
| Wednesday, January 19th , 1972 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Removed Kesanori Kikuchi from the trading block. |
| Saturday, January 15th , 1972 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Removed Kakuya Izumi from the trading block. |
| Thursday, January 13th , 1972 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Put Jerry Hale on the trading block. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Put Naruki Shimada on the trading block. |
| Thursday, December 23rd , 1971 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Put Kesanori Kikuchi on the trading block. |
| Friday, December 10th , 1971 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Put Yoshitsune Nakamura on the trading block. |
| Thursday, December 9th , 1971 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Put Jin Kaji on the trading block. |
| Sunday, November 21st , 1971 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Put Jim Jackson on the trading block. |
| Thursday, November 18th , 1971 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Put Kazou Nakamoto on the trading block. |
| Tuesday, November 16th , 1971 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Put Herm Brooks on the trading block. |
| Thursday, November 4th , 1971 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Put Bill Baker on the trading block. |
| Tuesday, October 26th , 1971 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Put Kakuya Izumi on the trading block. |
| Kobe Bulls: Put Shinpei Abe on the trading block. |
| Kobe Bulls: Put Tatsuhiko Ueda on the trading block. |
| Kobe Bulls: Put Bob Longstreth on the trading block. |
| Monday, October 25th , 1971 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Ryunosuke Onishi from the trading block. |
| Wednesday, October 20th , 1971 |
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| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the 1971 BAN EL Most Valuable Player Award. |
| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the 1971 BAN EL Most Valuable Player Award. |
| SS Bungo Arai of the Kyoto Owls honored: Finished 3rd in 1971 BAN EL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| 1B Shougo Iwai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the 1971 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Finished 2nd in 1971 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Finished 3rd in 1971 BAN WL Most Valuable Player Award voting. |
| Tuesday, October 19th , 1971 |
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| SP Takamitsu Fujiwara of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the 1971 BAN EL Noburu Kagawa Award. |
| SP Tsuneari Nakai of the Denki Dynamics honored: Finished 2nd in 1971 BAN EL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| SP Kinichi Harada of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Finished 3rd in 1971 BAN EL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the 1971 BAN WL Noburu Kagawa Award. |
| SP Masatoshi Sakai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Finished 2nd in 1971 BAN WL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| SP Keiji Tamura of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Finished 3rd in 1971 BAN WL Noburu Kagawa Award voting. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Put Ryunosuke Onishi on the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Put Seisuke Kamo on the trading block. |
| Monday, October 18th , 1971 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Put William Davis on the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Put Masao Shiotani on the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Put Sukeyasu Arakawa on the trading block. |
| Denki Dynamics: Put Atsumi Kamai on the trading block. |
| Saturday, October 16th , 1971 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Put Atsushi Shimizu on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Zeshin Abe on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Toshifumi Shibuya on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Put Haruki Ogawa on the trading block. |
| Tuesday, October 12th , 1971 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Put Bibb Martin on the trading block. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Put Naoto Yoshinaga on the trading block. |
| Monday, October 11th , 1971 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Removed Masao Shiotani from the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Removed Sukeyasu Arakawa from the trading block. |
| Kyoto Owls: Removed Kento Okada from the trading block. |
| Kyoto Owls: Removed Arihiro Hirota from the trading block. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Removed Bibb Martin from the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Ryunosuke Onishi from the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Seisuke Kamo from the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Yui Ogawa from the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Glen McCauley from the trading block. |
| Nagasaki Stars: Removed Kazou Nakamoto from the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Removed Sadakuno Ikeda from the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Removed Shunji Yamanaka from the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Removed Iwao Yamamoto from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Kesanori Kikuchi from the trading block. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Removed Yohachi Hiramoto from the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: The owner took $1,150,647 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Kyoto Owls: The owner took $1,343,807 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: The owner took $1,236,295 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Rakisuta Rams: The owner took $1,084,563 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Denki Dynamics: The owner took $1,207,439 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Hosho Reliables: The owner took $1,448,668 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Nagasaki Stars: The owner took $1,230,911 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: The owner took $1,173,812 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Vesutan Bees: The owner took $1,024,419 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Osaka Sailors: The owner took $782,757 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Kobe Bulls: The owner took $1,420,239 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Kinboshi Kites: The owner took $1,131,943 in cash as profit for this year. |
| Saturday, October 9th , 1971 |
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| 1B Shougo Iwai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the 1971 BAN Championship Series MVP Award. |
| Saturday, October 2nd , 1971 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Tsuneari Nakai sets the EL regular season game record for strikeouts with 15. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Tsuneari Nakai sets the EL regular season game record for strikeouts with 16. |
| Denki Dynamics: Tsuneari Nakai strikes out 16 against the Rakisuta Rams. |
| Friday, October 1st , 1971 |
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| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Takashi Masuda of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Masatoshi Sakai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| CL Kenshin Kon of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| CL Shinya Kawakami of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 0-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 12 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 8 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, September 28th , 1971 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Put Glen McCauley on the trading block. |
| Monday, September 27th , 1971 |
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| SS Atsumi Kamai of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Vesutan Bees: Masatoshi Sakai pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 8 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Sunday, September 26th , 1971 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: |
| Kinboshi Kites: |
| Kinboshi Kites: |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 18 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Monday, September 20th , 1971 |
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| 2B Jin Kaji of the Sapporo Bears honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kyoto Owls: Ukita Tomita pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 10 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Friday, September 17th , 1971 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Masatoshi Sakai pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 6 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, September 16th , 1971 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Bungo Arai launches his 300th career home run! |
| Wednesday, September 15th , 1971 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, September 13th , 1971 |
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| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| RF Michiki Ichikawa of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sapporo Bears: Tomochika Takada pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kyoto Owls with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, September 8th , 1971 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Masatoshi Sakai pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 6 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Rakisuta Rams: Takamitsu Fujiwara sets the EL regular season game record for strikeouts with 14. |
| Monday, September 6th , 1971 |
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| LF Go Yagi of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Taira Kanazawa of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Hosho Reliables: Rkuemon Endo goes 5-5 against the Sapporo Bears, with 2 HR, 6 RBI and 2 R. |
| Sunday, September 5th , 1971 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Saimei Hayashida pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 6 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, September 2nd , 1971 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 4 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, September 1st , 1971 |
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| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SS Binya Nishi of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Takamitsu Fujiwara of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| CL Shigeyoshi Taira of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| CL Shinpo Yamasaki of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Put Yui Ogawa on the trading block. |
| Monday, August 30th , 1971 |
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| 1B Bibb Martin of the Yokohama Kingfishers honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 2B Hideyuki Kitamura of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, August 29th , 1971 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Hisao Ibe pitches a 1-hit shutout against the Hosho Reliables with 9 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, August 28th , 1971 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Shougo Iwai gets his 2000th career hit! |
| Friday, August 27th , 1971 |
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| Kobe Bulls: Roku Yamakawa pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 5 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, August 26th , 1971 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Iwao Yamamoto pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 4 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Monday, August 23rd , 1971 |
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| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 3B Sakan Inoue of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Wednesday, August 18th , 1971 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Tsuneteru Fujiwara pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 7 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Monday, August 16th , 1971 |
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| 3B Billy McCullough of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Shinpei Abe of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Saturday, August 14th , 1971 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Billy McCullough goes 5-5 against the Yokohama Kingfishers, with 2 HR, 4 RBI and 2 R. |
| Wednesday, August 11th , 1971 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Iwao Yamamoto pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 7 strikeouts and 6 BB allowed! |
| Monday, August 9th , 1971 |
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| 2B Jin Kaji of the Sapporo Bears honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 2B Mitsuhisa Nakasone of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, August 8th , 1971 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Sunao Morioka gets his 2000th career hit! |
| Monday, August 2nd , 1971 |
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| SP Sho Sumi of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 2B Hideyuki Kitamura of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, August 1st , 1971 |
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| 1B Bibb Martin of the Yokohama Kingfishers honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| CL Tatsunori Tanoue of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Hank Walker of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SS Akichika Goto of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| CL Shinya Kawakami of the Kobe Bulls honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Kinboshi Kites: Put Yohachi Hiramoto on the trading block. |
| Saturday, July 31st , 1971 |
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| Eastern League All-Star Game Selections announced: |
| SP Takamitsu Fujiwara (KYO) - 8-6, 3.56 ERA, 134.0 IP, 1.30 WHIP, 7.7 K/9, 3.0 WAR |
| SP Kinichi Harada (RAK) - 9-5, 2.69 ERA, 140.2 IP, 1.12 WHIP, 9.0 K/9, 4.8 WAR |
| SP Yugo Imoto (HSH) - 10-2, 2.35 ERA, 99.2 IP, 1.09 WHIP, 7.9 K/9, 2.4 WAR |
| SP Tsuneari Nakai (DNK) - 6-3, 2.87 ERA, 128.2 IP, 1.17 WHIP, 8.0 K/9, 3.6 WAR |
| SP Kiyoji Nakamura (YOK) - 5-7, 3.35 ERA, 131.2 IP, 1.28 WHIP, 7.2 K/9, 3.6 WAR |
| SP Kento Okada (KYO) - 6-6, 3.48 ERA, 113.2 IP, 1.17 WHIP, 9.3 K/9, 3.1 WAR |
| SP Ukita Tomita (KYO) - 8-5, 3.05 ERA, 135.2 IP, 1.19 WHIP, 8.2 K/9, 2.6 WAR |
| RP Junya Yamagata (HSH) - 3-1, 1.83 ERA, 44.1 IP, 0.86 WHIP, 6.5 K/9, 1.1 WAR |
| CL Motomu Taira (HSH) - 3-3, 14 SV, 2.56 ERA, 59.2 IP, 1.04 WHIP, 12.5 K/9, 1.9 WAR |
| CL Tatsuhito Watanabe (YOK) - 1-4, 11 SV, 1.73 ERA, 57.1 IP, 0.87 WHIP, 9.3 K/9, 1.3 WAR |
| C Kenji Ihara (DNK) - .302/.364/.522, 268 AB, 13 HR, 1 SB, 147 wRC+, 2.7 WAR |
| C Hiroshi Yamashita (KYO) - .257/.371/.478, 253 AB, 16 HR, 2 SB, 140 wRC+, 2.4 WAR |
| 1B Kinnojo Hirao (DNK) - .356/.428/.698, 281 AB, 26 HR, 1 SB, 200 wRC+, 3.9 WAR |
| 1B Bibb Martin (YOK) - .293/.355/.569, 297 AB, 22 HR, 16 SB, 151 wRC+, 2.9 WAR |
| 1B Yukio Watanabe (HSH) - .297/.443/.620, 263 AB, 24 HR, 1 SB, 186 wRC+, 3.5 WAR |
| 2B Jin Kaji (SAP) - .326/.406/.465, 172 AB, 4 HR, 11 SB, 150 wRC+, 2.6 WAR |
| 3B Masao Shiotani (SAP) - .266/.356/.405, 289 AB, 8 HR, 2 SB, 120 wRC+, 1.5 WAR |
| SS Bungo Arai (KYO) - .342/.433/.673, 281 AB, 26 HR, 9 SB, 201 wRC+, 4.8 WAR |
| SS Hideharu Nomura (RAK) - .276/.457/.685, 257 AB, 29 HR, 2 SB, 205 wRC+, 6.3 WAR |
| LF Hank Dunham (HSH) - .240/.340/.494, 271 AB, 19 HR, 15 SB, 133 wRC+, 2.5 WAR |
| LF Tomiyuki Kusumoto (SAP) - .287/.369/.491, 293 AB, 9 HR, 5 SB, 145 wRC+, 2.4 WAR |
| LF Ikuo Muramoto (DNK) - .304/.339/.482, 309 AB, 8 HR, 10 SB, 130 wRC+, 2.2 WAR |
| LF Masanori Takagi (YOK) - .295/.357/.445, 281 AB, 8 HR, 10 SB, 125 wRC+, 1.5 WAR |
| LF Go Yagi (RAK) - .290/.348/.443, 314 AB, 9 HR, 2 SB, 120 wRC+, 2.0 WAR |
| CF Ryunosuke Onishi (RAK) - .260/.333/.409, 323 AB, 10 HR, 11 SB, 106 wRC+, 2.8 WAR |
| RF Kinmochi Yamamoto (KYO) - .281/.396/.459, 303 AB, 9 HR, 28 SB, 141 wRC+, 2.9 WAR |
| Western League All-Star Game Selections announced: |
| SP Tsuneteru Fujiwara (OSA) - 7-4, 2.63 ERA, 123.0 IP, 1.15 WHIP, 7.2 K/9, 3.2 WAR |
| SP Rei Matsumura (FUK) - 6-7, 3.22 ERA, 120.1 IP, 1.21 WHIP, 8.7 K/9, 3.2 WAR |
| SP Akimasa Murakami (NAG) - 5-7, 3.67 ERA, 117.2 IP, 1.09 WHIP, 9.9 K/9, 3.6 WAR |
| SP Isaburo Muraoka (FUK) - 7-6, 2.61 ERA, 131.0 IP, 1.10 WHIP, 7.6 K/9, 3.4 WAR |
| SP Tatsuharu Oto (KOB) - 8-6, 2.82 ERA, 153.1 IP, 1.10 WHIP, 7.7 K/9, 6.3 WAR |
| SP Keiji Tamura (KIN) - 6-7, 1.99 ERA, 140.1 IP, 1.18 WHIP, 7.3 K/9, 3.5 WAR |
| SP Hank Walker (VES) - 12-4, 2.72 ERA, 122.1 IP, 0.97 WHIP, 8.4 K/9, 2.9 WAR |
| RP Toshimichi Yamamoto (KOB) - 0-0, 0.89 ERA, 20.1 IP, 0.89 WHIP, 13.7 K/9, 0.8 WAR |
| CL Haruki Ogawa (OSA) - 4-5, 13 SV, 2.38 ERA, 56.2 IP, 1.01 WHIP, 9.5 K/9, 1.5 WAR |
| CL Naoto Yoshinaga (NAG) - 3-7, 4.80 ERA, 80.2 IP, 1.49 WHIP, 8.3 K/9, 0.8 WAR |
| C Kouyuu Kira (KOB) - .267/.318/.380, 258 AB, 7 HR, 94 wRC+, 1.0 WAR |
| C Satoru Yamaguchi (NAG) - .264/.347/.368, 231 AB, 6 HR, 1 SB, 100 wRC+, 1.1 WAR |
| 1B Shougo Iwai (VES) - .348/.449/.603, 290 AB, 19 HR, 195 wRC+, 4.9 WAR |
| 2B Hideyuki Kitamura (KIN) - .299/.381/.470, 281 AB, 11 HR, 9 SB, 137 wRC+, 3.1 WAR |
| 2B Mitsuhisa Nakasone (VES) - .274/.363/.385, 296 AB, 8 HR, 7 SB, 114 wRC+, 1.4 WAR |
| 2B Shozo Sakata (NAG) - .275/.367/.375, 269 AB, 3 HR, 104 wRC+, 2.7 WAR |
| 3B Toshifumi Shibuya (OSA) - .285/.371/.510, 288 AB, 19 HR, 147 wRC+, 3.5 WAR |
| SS Takanori Ide (KOB) - .266/.365/.401, 237 AB, 8 HR, 8 SB, 109 wRC+, 2.6 WAR |
| SS Binya Nishi (NAG) - .243/.319/.435, 292 AB, 13 HR, 10 SB, 108 wRC+, 1.0 WAR |
| LF Kyozo Omori (VES) - .333/.382/.620, 324 AB, 24 HR, 21 SB, 183 wRC+, 5.0 WAR |
| LF Ayato Sugiura (FUK) - .292/.399/.549, 284 AB, 19 HR, 3 SB, 164 wRC+, 4.0 WAR |
| CF Jouta Hayashida (KOB) - .233/.386/.440, 266 AB, 13 HR, 10 SB, 135 wRC+, 3.2 WAR |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine (FUK) - .290/.388/.525, 297 AB, 17 HR, 26 SB, 155 wRC+, 3.6 WAR |
| RF Hidetsugu Ikegami (VES) - .349/.435/.590, 312 AB, 13 HR, 10 SB, 191 wRC+, 4.9 WAR |
| RF Kesanori Kikuchi (OSA) - .257/.295/.524, 288 AB, 18 HR, 1 SB, 122 wRC+, 2.3 WAR |
| Friday, July 30th , 1971 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 8 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, July 27th , 1971 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Sho Sumi pitches a 7-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Monday, July 26th , 1971 |
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| 1B Yukio Watanabe of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Shougo Iwai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, July 25th , 1971 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Put Kento Okada on the trading block. |
| Kyoto Owls: Put Arihiro Hirota on the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Marty Carroll pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 3 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Friday, July 23rd , 1971 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Kinnojo Hirao launches his 300th career home run! |
| Tuesday, July 20th , 1971 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Akimasa Murakami pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 8 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Monday, July 19th , 1971 |
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| 1B Bibb Martin of the Yokohama Kingfishers honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| RF Michiki Ichikawa of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, July 18th , 1971 |
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| Nagasaki Stars: Put Kazou Nakamoto on the trading block. |
| Saturday, July 17th , 1971 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Tsuneari Nakai pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 11 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Osaka Sailors: Tsuneteru Fujiwara pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Friday, July 16th , 1971 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Put Sadakuno Ikeda on the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Put Shunji Yamanaka on the trading block. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Put Iwao Yamamoto on the trading block. |
| Thursday, July 15th , 1971 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Put Sukeyasu Arakawa on the trading block. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Put Bibb Martin on the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Put Ryunosuke Onishi on the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Put Seisuke Kamo on the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Put Glen McCauley on the trading block. |
| Monday, July 12th , 1971 |
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| CF Minehiro Smith of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Kyozo Omori of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Kobe Bulls: Tatsuharu Oto pitches a 6-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 9 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, July 7th , 1971 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Saimei Hayashida pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 4 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Monday, July 5th , 1971 |
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| SS Bungo Arai of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| RF Tsuruo Akamine of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Thursday, July 1st , 1971 |
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| 1B Kinnojo Hirao of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| 2B Hideyuki Kitamura of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Kinichi Harada of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Niou Nagao of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| CL Kenshin Kon of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| SP Yugoro Koyama of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Wednesday, June 30th , 1971 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Saneo Ibe goes 5-6 against the Nagasaki Stars, with 2 2B, 2 RBI and 3 R. |
| Monday, June 28th , 1971 |
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| LF Hank Dunham of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Shougo Iwai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, June 27th , 1971 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Ukita Tomita pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Yokohama Kingfishers with 9 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, June 26th , 1971 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 6 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, June 24th , 1971 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Katsusaburo Yagi pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Kyoto Owls with 5 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, June 22nd , 1971 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Fumimaro Yamauchi pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Rakisuta Rams with 7 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Monday, June 21st , 1971 |
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| 2B Rkuemon Endo of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| RF Hidetsugu Ikegami of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, June 20th , 1971 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Minoru Yamamoto pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 5 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, June 17th , 1971 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Isaburo Muraoka pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 8 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
| Monday, June 14th , 1971 |
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| C Kenji Ihara of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Ayato Sugiura of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Friday, June 11th , 1971 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Rei Matsumura pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Nagasaki Stars with 11 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Rakisuta Rams: Kinichi Harada pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Hosho Reliables with 7 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, June 9th , 1971 |
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| Hosho Reliables: Hank Dunham sets the EL regular season game record for strikeouts with 6. |
| Monday, June 7th , 1971 |
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| SS Shikato Murata of the Sapporo Bears honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| CF Masahiko Yamamoto of the Fukuoka Falcons honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, June 6th , 1971 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Saimei Hayashida pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 3 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Saturday, June 5th , 1971 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Kousei Ota launches his 300th career home run! |
| Tuesday, June 1st , 1971 |
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| SS Hideharu Nomura of the Rakisuta Rams honored: Wins the BAN EL Batter of the Month Award. |
| 1B Shougo Iwai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Batter of the Month Award. |
| SP Yugo Imoto of the Hosho Reliables honored: Wins the BAN EL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SP Hank Walker of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Pitcher of the Month Award. |
| SS Akichika Goto of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| SP Saimei Hayashida of the Kinboshi Kites honored: Wins the BAN WL Rookie of the Month Award. |
| Monday, May 31st , 1971 |
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| C Kenji Ihara of the Denki Dynamics honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| SS Binya Nishi of the Nagasaki Stars honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Kinichi Harada pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Kyoto Owls with 10 strikeouts and 5 BB allowed! |
| Sunday, May 30th , 1971 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Removed Bibb Martin from the trading block. |
| Saturday, May 29th , 1971 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Takahiko Kurata pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 9 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, May 27th , 1971 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Tsuneteru Fujiwara pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Kinboshi Kites with 6 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Tuesday, May 25th , 1971 |
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| Yokohama Kingfishers: Toshinori Osada pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Kyoto Owls with 4 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Monday, May 24th , 1971 |
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| 1B Akira Yokota of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Kyozo Omori of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Sunday, May 23rd , 1971 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Kento Okada pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 5 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, May 19th , 1971 |
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| Fukuoka Falcons: Takahiko Kurata sets the WL regular season game record for strikeouts with 14. |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Takahiko Kurata sets the WL regular season game record for strikeouts with 15. |
| Osaka Sailors: Takahiko Kurata strikes out 15 against the Fukuoka Falcons. |
| Monday, May 17th , 1971 |
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| RF Kinmochi Yamamoto of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| 1B Shougo Iwai of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Yokohama Kingfishers: Fumimaro Yamauchi pitches a 3-hit shutout against the Sapporo Bears with 9 strikeouts and 1 BB allowed! |
| Sunday, May 16th , 1971 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Keiji Tamura pitches a 4-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 4 strikeouts and 4 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, May 12th , 1971 |
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| Vesutan Bees: Mitsuhisa Nakasone gets his 2000th career hit! |
| Monday, May 10th , 1971 |
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| SS Bungo Arai of the Kyoto Owls honored: Wins the BAN EL Player of the Week Award. |
| LF Kyozo Omori of the Vesutan Bees honored: Wins the BAN WL Player of the Week Award. |
| Denki Dynamics: Kenji Ihara goes 0-1 against the Sapporo Bears, ending his hitting streak at 20 games. |
| Sunday, May 9th , 1971 |
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| Denki Dynamics: Kenji Ihara goes 2-4 against the Sapporo Bears, extending his hitting streak to 20 games! |
| Nagasaki Stars: Togai Ota pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Fukuoka Falcons with 6 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Thursday, May 6th , 1971 |
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| Kyoto Owls: Takamitsu Fujiwara pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Denki Dynamics with 7 strikeouts and 2 BB allowed! |
| Wednesday, May 5th , 1971 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Ryunosuke Onishi from the trading block. |
| Sunday, May 2nd , 1971 |
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| Kinboshi Kites: Saimei Hayashida pitches a 5-hit shutout against the Kobe Bulls with 2 strikeouts and 0 BB allowed! |
| Fukuoka Falcons: Isaburo Muraoka pitches a 2-hit shutout against the Osaka Sailors with 6 strikeouts and 3 BB allowed! |
| Monday, April 26th , 1971 |
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| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Seisuke Kamo from the trading block. |
| Rakisuta Rams: Removed Glen McCauley from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Daijiro Sato from the trading block. |
| Tuesday, April 13th , 1971 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Removed William Davis from the trading block. |
| Sapporo Bears: Removed Sukeyasu Arakawa from the trading block. |
| Sunday, April 4th , 1971 |
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| Sapporo Bears: Removed Jim Jackson from the trading block. |
| Saturday, April 3rd , 1971 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Removed Zeshin Abe from the trading block. |
| Osaka Sailors: Removed Kuniaki Usui from the trading block. |
| Friday, April 2nd , 1971 |
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| Osaka Sailors: Removed Haruki Ogawa from the trading block. |
