SABR Digital Library: Nichibei Yakyu: US Tours of Japan, 1960-2019 (Volume 2)
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Nichibei Yakyu: US Tours of Japan, 1960-2019 (Volume 2)
Edited by Robert K. Fitts, Bill Nowlin, and James Forr
Associate editors: Len Levin and Carl Riechers
ISBN (ebook): 978-1-960819-14-7, $9.99
ISBN (paperback): 978-1-960819-15-4, $39.95
8.5″ x 11″, 355 pages
To celebrate the 150th anniversary of Japanese baseball, the Society for American Baseball Research (SABR) has published the two-volume set, Nichibei Yakyu: US Tours of Japan, Volumes 1 and 2. Over 100 baseball teams from the United States and Hawaii have crossed the Pacific to play baseball in Japan since 1906. Nichibei Yakyu, Volumes 1 and 2, are the first works in English that focus on these international tours. Volume 1 focused on early tours until 1958. Volume 2 focuses on the latter portion of the 20th century and the 21st.
Since 1960 these tours have featured World Series champions like the Baltimore Orioles and Los Angeles Dodgers, as well as Cincinnati’s Big Red Machine, and have even incorporated the official Opening Day of the Major League Baseball season, as well as triumphant returns to Japan for stars such as Ichiro Suzuki and Hideki Matsui. These tours helped spread the game across the globe, spawned thousands of individual friendships, and helped bring nations together through the mutual love of baseball.
Volume 2 contains chapters on all 29 major league squads that traveled to Japan from 1960 to 2019. Each chapter is accompanied by game results and player statistics. Also included for the first time in any language are tables showing the all-time leaders from the Japan tours in various statistical categories, as well as the statistics of selected Japanese players against major league competition.
Contributors include: Shane Barclay, Carter Cromwell, Coop Daley, Robert K. Fitts, Andrew Forbes, James Forr, Robert F. Garratt, Chris Hicks, Mark Kanter, Mark Langill, Len Levin, Susan Miyagi McCormac, Andy McCue, Scott Melesky, Roberta J. Newman, Bill Nowlin, Trevor Raichura, Carl Riechers, Robert Kiyoshi Shadlow, Dennis Snelling, Elias Toney, Henry Tran, Steven Treder, Dave Wilkie, and Blair Williams.
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- E-book: Click here to download the e-book version of Nichibei Yakyu, Volume 2 for $9.99 from the SABR Store. Available in PDF, MOBI, and EPUB/Kindle formats.
- Paperback: Get the paperback edition of Nichibei Yakyu, Volume 2 from the SABR Store ($44.95 includes shipping/tax; delivery via Amazon Kindle Direct can take up to 4-6 weeks.)
About the SABR Digital Library
For more than 40 years, SABR and its members have led the way in publishing the best baseball historical and statistical research. Our publications program is shifting to take advantage of new methods of publishing. Not only will we continue to publish new books like Can He Play? A Look At Baseball Scouts and Their Profession (2011); Inventing Baseball: The 100 Greatest Games of the 19th Century (2013); Scandal on the South Side: The 1919 Chicago White Sox (2015); Au jeu/Play Ball: The 50 Greatest Games in the History of the Montreal Expos (2016); The Pride of Smoketown: The 1935 Pittsburgh Crawfords (2020); and Jackie Robinson: Perspectives on 42 (2021), which showcase the best efforts of SABR’s members, chapters and committees, but new technology makes it possible for us to bring out-of-print titles like The Fenway Project (2013); Go-Go to Glory: The 1959 Chicago White Sox (2019); and Green Cathedrals (2020) back again.
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Stay tuned throughout the year for new (and old!) titles that we’ll be adding to the SABR Digital Library. To learn more about SABR Publications, contact Publications Editor Cecilia Tan at ctan@sabr.org.
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Originally published: November 27, 2023. Last Updated: November 28, 2023.