Japanese Baseball Stats and Research
This page is a list of research done by Brandon Siefken regarding Japanese baseball. Please note that baseball81.com no longer exists and that Brandon can be contacted at brandon@japanball.com
NPB Japanese Baseball Almanac: 2010. Team-by-Team Stats and Analysis of the NPB Japanese Baseball 2010 season (100 plus pages, send on October 31, 2010) PRE ORDER NOW AND SAVE $10! Click here for details.
Yu Darvish: A Pitch-by-Pitch Scouting Report. Scouting Japanese Pitchers by Pitch Velocity and Location
The Kuroda Index - Projecting Japanese Baseball Players to Major League Baseball Using Constants and Relativity
Kuroda Index Japanese Pitcher Predictions Results: Kenshin Kawakami and Koji Uehara 2009 (0.14MB)
Video Scout - Masahiro Tanaka Pitch-Plot of May 13, 2009 game vs Nippon Ham Fighters (255kb)
Video Scout - Naoyuki Shimizu Pitch-Plot of June 21, 2009 game vs Yomiuri Giants (246kb)
Video Scout - Naoyuki Shimizu Pitch-Plot of June 14, 2009 game vs Orix Buffaloes (277kb)
Video Scout - Yu Darvish Pitch-Plot of May 23, 2009 game vs Yakult Swallows (275kb)
Video Scout - Yu Darvish Pitch-Plot of June 20, 2009 game vs Hiroshima Carp (234kb)
Video Scout - Yu Darvish Pitch-Plot of June 24, 2009 game vs Chiba Lotte Marines (258kb)
2008 Japanese Baseball NPB Draft Analysis
