Nippon Professional Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award
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The Nippon Professional Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award is given to one player in each league of Central League
and Pacific League
.
Central League
The or is one 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,The Central League...
and Pacific League
Pacific League
The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues constituting Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the league championship competes against the winner in the Central League for the annual Japan Series...
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NPB Comeback Player of the Year Award
Year | Player | Team | League | Player | Team | League |
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Kozo Ishioka | Yakult Swallows Tokyo Yakult Swallows is a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League.The Swallows are named after their corporate owners, the Yakult Corporation. From 1950 to 1965, the team was owned by the former Japanese National Railways and called the Kokutetsu Swallows; the team was then owned by the newspaper Sankei... |
Central | - | - | - | |
Sohachi Aniya | Hanshin Tigers Hanshin Tigers The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Koshien, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., the subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc., owns the Hanshin Tigers directly... |
Central | - | - | - | |
Kazuhide Funada | Yakult Swallows | Central | - | - | - | |
Keishi Asano | Yomiuri Giants Yomiuri Giants The are a professional baseball team based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. The team competes in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball, the top level of professional play in Japan. They play their home games in the Tokyo Dome, opened in 1988. The English-language press occasionally calls the... |
Central | - | - | - | |
Osamu Nomura | Taiyo Whales Yokohama BayStars The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Home field is the Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The clubhouse is located near the stadium.... |
Central | - | - | - | |
Toshiyuki Mimura Toshiyuki Mimura was a Japanese baseball player and manager of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.- References :... |
Hiroshima Carp | Central | - | - | - | |
Kenichi Yazawa | Chunichi Dragons Chunichi Dragons The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chubu region of Japan. The team is in the Central League. They won the 2007 Japan Series and 2007 Asia Series.-History:... |
Central | Hiromitsu Kadota Hiromitsu Kadota was a Japanese professional baseball player for the Nankai Hawks, Orix Braves and Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. Reputed for his slugging ability, he ate a lot and became a strong hitter, though he is suffered from diabetes mellitus even now. He hit 44 home runs at the age of 40 in 1988. He was retired after... |
Nankai Hawks Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks The are a Japanese baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. The team was bought on January 28, 2005 by the SoftBank Corporation.The team was formerly known as the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. In 1988, Daiei bought the team from Osaka's Nankai Electric Railway Co., and its headquarters were... |
Pacific | |
Taira Fujita | Hanshin Tigers | Central | - | - | - | |
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Takamasa Suzuki | Chunichi Dragons | Central | - | - | - | |
- | - | - | Choji Murata | Lotte Orions Chiba Lotte Marines The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by the Lotte conglomerate.-History:... |
Pacific | |
Tsunemi Tsuda Tsunemi Tsuda is a former Japanese baseball player of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.He was one of most famous Japanese right-handed pitchers. He was known as the because from his pitching style with the fastball. His nickname was "Tsune-Gon".... |
Hiroshima Carp | Central | - | - | - | |
Toru Sugiura | Yakult Swallows | Central | Hisao Niura | Taiyo Whales | Central | |
Shuzo Arita | Yomiuri Giants | Central | - | - | - | |
Takashi Nishimoto | Chunichi Dragons | Central | Takayoshi Nakao | Yomiuri Giants | Central | |
Sadaaki Yoshimura | Yomiuri Giants | Central | Kazuhiko Endo | Taiyo Whales | Central | |
Kazuyoshi Ono | Kintetsu Buffaloes Kintetsu Buffaloes The was a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Osaka, Japan, which were in the Pacific League. The team was owned by Kinki Nippon Railway Co. and later sold to the Orix Group, the owner of the Orix BlueWave baseball team, in 2004... |
Pacific | Kazuyuki SHirai | Nippon-Ham Fighters | Pacific | |
Akimitsu Ito | Yakult Swallows | Central | - | - | - | |
Kanjiro Kawasaki | Yakult Swallows | Central | - | - | - | |
Toshikatsu Hikono | Chunichi Dragons | Central | - | - | - | |
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Shinnchi Kato | Hiroshima Carp | Central | - | - | - | |
Tomohito Ito Tomohito Ito Tomohito Ito is a Japanese former professional baseball player from Kyoto, Japan. He played for the Yakult Swallows from 1993-2003 before retiring... |
Yakult Swallows | Central | - | - | - | |
Takashi Saito Takashi Saito is a Japanese professional baseball player.Saito previously pitched for the Yokohama BayStars in the Japanese Central League, compiling a record of 87–80 over 13 seasons... |
Yokohama BayStars Yokohama BayStars The are a professional baseball team in the Japanese Central League. Home field is the Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The clubhouse is located near the stadium.... |
Central | Tatsuji Nishimura | Daiei Hawks Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks The are a Japanese baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. The team was bought on January 28, 2005 by the SoftBank Corporation.The team was formerly known as the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. In 1988, Daiei bought the team from Osaka's Nankai Electric Railway Co., and its headquarters were... |
Pacific | |
Jyoji Toyama | Hanshin Tigers | Central | - | - | - | |
Hitoshi Taneda | Chunichi Dragons | Central | - | - | - | |
Toshihide Narimoto | Hanshin Tigers | Central | Koki Morita | Kintetsu Buffaloes | Pacific | |
Tomonori Maeda Tomonori Maeda is a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Central League.-External links:*... |
Hiroshima Carp | Central | - | - | - | |
Masafumi Hirai | Chunichi Dragons | Central | Ken Suzuki | Yakult Swallows | Central | |
Hiroki Kokubo Hiroki Kokubo Hiroki Kokubo is a professional baseball player from Wakayama, Japan. He currently plays for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in the Japanese Pacific League.... |
Yomiuri Giants | Central | - | - | - | |
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Keiichi Hirano | Hanshin Tigers | Central | - | - | - |
See also
- Nippon Professional Baseball#Awards
- Baseball awards#Japan
- Major League Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award