Chunichi Dragons are professional baseball team based in Nagoya city. The following table shows annual salaries of Chunichi Dragons players in 2015. An experienced closer Iwase takes the highest salary this year. No. Player Pos. Age From S…

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are professional baseball team based in Fukuoka city. Hawks claimed the Pacific League title last season, also won the Japan Series. The list shows annual salaries of Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks players in 2015. No. Playe…

ORIX Buffaloes are professional baseball team in NPB Pacific League. The following table shows annual salaries of ORIX Buffaloes players in 2015. Chihiro Kaneko, who got most wins and best ERA last year, takes the highest salary. Unfortuna…

The list below shows annual salaries of Nippon-Ham Fighters players in 2015. Sho Nakata who got the most RBI last season in Pacific League, takes the highest salary. Currently Nakata is the cleanup hitter in the Japan national team. Shohei…

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles are the newest team in Pacific League, NPB. They were formed in 2005. The list below shows annual salaries of Golden Eagles players in 2015. Gaby Sanchez, a former MLB MIA/PIT first baseman, takes the top salar…

The table below shows annual salaries of NPB Saitama Seibu Lions players in 2015. Takeya Nakamura who hit the most home runs (37) in Pacific League last season, takes the highest salary. No. Player Pos. Age From Salary (10000 yen) $ Euro 6…

Tokyo Yakult Swallows belong to Central League in NPB. Poor Swallows spent 2 consecutive years in last place in the league. The players cannot expect salary raise much. Wladimir Balentien who has the single-season home run record (60) in N…

The following list shows annual salaries of NPB Chiba Lotte Marines players in 2015. Cuban outfielder Despaigne takes the highest salary this year. Since 2014, Cuban players can work in Japan legally. Despaigne plays in Cuba in winter, and…

The list below shows the annual salaries of NPB Yokohama DeNA BayStars players. Before the 2015 season, Cuban IF Yulieski Gourriel who played in Yokohama last season, made a 350 billion yen ($ 3 million) contract for the 2015 season with t…

Hiroshima Toyo Carp is a professional baseball team in NPB (Japan baseball). The following is the list of their annual salaries in 2015. Kuroda, a former New York Yankees pitcher, re-joined the team this season, and he gets the highest sal…

As of 2017 Jan, NPB (Japan professional baseball) has retired 17 numbers. The following is the list of retired numbers. Team No. Player Position Set on yyyy/mm/dd Yomiuri Giants 1 Sadaharu Oh 1B 1989/3/16 Yomiuri Giants 3 Shigeo Nagashima …

This year, Giants infielder Shinnosuke Abe will get the highest salary again (510 million yen = $4,266,150 = €3,765,840). He was converted from catcher to infielder. Buffaloes pitcher Chihiro Kaneko who got most wins and best ERA last year…

Yesterday, NPB 2014 season ended up. The tables below show this season's attendance figure of NPB. The figure means the number of sold tickets. It includes someone who did not show up at the game in despite of having a ticket. So, the anno…

Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) releases the total attendance of baseball games every year. The following table shows the total attendance of NPB games from 1950 to 2013. Figure : Average attendance of a baseball game by year Pacific Le…

To see 2015 version, click "Top 40 Salaries of NPB Players in 2015". 2016 version is Top 30 Salaries of NPB (Japan Professional Baseball) Players in 2016 The following shows the 2014 salaries for the top 30 NPB (Japan Professional Baseball…

The following shows "contract money", "salary", and "incentive" in terms of the drafted baseball players who were picked in 2013. There are two tables, the first one is by Japanese Yen, the second table is by US$. *a in the table means "ro…

To see 2014 season version, click "2014 Season Attendance Figures of NPB". The following shows number of attendees which each host team got in the 2013 season. Japanese baseball organization Nippon Professional Baseball has 12 teams in 2 l…