The Central League or Ce League is one of the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship plays against the winner of the Pacific League in the annual Japan Series. It currently consists of six teams from around the country. Unlike the Pacific League,designated hitters are not used during Central League home games.
The Yokohama DeNA BayStars are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium,located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its current name in 2011,when the club was purchased by software company DeNA.
Félix Bernardo Millán Martínez is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball second baseman,who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves and New York Mets. He holds one of the best at-bat to strike out ratios in modern baseball history,having struck out once every twenty three at bats.
Takuro Ishii is a retired Japanese professional baseball player. He currently is a coach for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars. He batted left-handed and threw right-handed.
The Eastern League (イースタン・リーグ) is one of the two minor leagues ("ni-gun") of Japanese professional baseball. The league is owned and managed by the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Teams in the Eastern League generally play an 80-game schedule every year.
The Shochiku Robins were a Japanese baseball team that played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The franchise originated in the Japanese Baseball League and existed from 1936–1953,when it merged with the Taiyo Whales. Originally based in Tokyo,the club moved to Osaka in 1941.
Michael Ken-Wai Lum is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Atlanta Braves,Cincinnati Reds,and Chicago Cubs,and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama Taiyo Whales. Lum became the first American of Japanese ancestry to play in MLB. He currently serves as the hitting coach with the GCL Pirates.
James David Adduci is an American former professional baseball outfielder and first baseman. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the St. Louis Cardinals,Milwaukee Brewers,and Philadelphia Phillies,and in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yokohama Taiyo Whales. He attended Southern Illinois University,where he played college baseball. He is the father of former MLB player Jim Adduci.
Noboru Akiyama was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher,originally from Okayama,Okayama. He played with the Taiyo Whales. He is a member of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.
The 1960 Japan Series was the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) championship series for the 1960 season. It was the 11th Japan Series and featured the Pacific League champions,the Daimai Orions,against the Central League champions,the Taiyo Whales.
James Michael McManus is a retired American professional baseball player whose ten-season career included five games played in Major League Baseball for the Kansas City Athletics (1960) and two years (1962–1963) in Japanese baseball (NPB). A first baseman,McManus threw and batted left-handed and was listed as 6 feet 4 inches (1.93 m) tall and 215 pounds (98 kg). He was born in Brookline,Massachusetts.
Carlos Antonio Ponce Diaz is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball first baseman who is currently coach for the Wei Chuan Dragons of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL).
The 1956 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the seventh season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
The 1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the tenth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
The 1960 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the eleventh season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
The 1964 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 15th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Shinichi Eto was a Japanese professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in Nippon Professional Baseball.
Makoto Kozuru was a Japanese professional baseball player who played in both the Japanese Baseball League and Nippon Professional Baseball. He was the MVP of the Central League in 1950,and was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980. His nickname was "The Japanese DiMaggio."
Masaji Hiramatsu is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played for the Taiyo Whales / Yokohama Taiyo Whales from 1967 to 1984. He won the Eiji Sawamura Award in 1970.
