Positional Strength Overview By Teams

	12/31/2013
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Nippon Baseball League Positional Strength Overview By Teams

Chiba Lotte Marines (COL) 12/31/2013
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Hirotada Sasaki	5th	Hiroya Shimizu	Tied for 3rd	5th
First Basemen	Hayato Saito	1st	Motonobu Ikeda	1st	1st
Second Basemen	Shirai Ishikawa	11th		Tied for 5th	12th
Third Basemen	Hisanobu Inoue	3rd	Kokushi Goto	Tied for 7th	7th
Shortstops	Kijuro Yamada	10th	Kijuro Yamada	Tied for 6th	12th
Left Fielders	Akio Sato	Tied for 4th	Akio Sato	5th	5th
Center Fielders	Sumiteru Watanabe	8th	Hirokumi Jouda	3rd	3rd
Right Fielders	Masaharu Taguchi	4th	Oniji Nii	8th	8th
Starting Pitchers	Terumoto Yamamoto	11th	Terumoto Yamamoto	Tied for 5th	11th
Relievers	Michizane Okubo	12th	Norogumi Yamasaki	Tied for 5th	12th
Closers	Toyokazu Sakuma	8th	Norogumi Yamasaki	Tied for 7th	7th

Chunichi Dragons (COL) 12/31/2013
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Yoshifumi Yamamoto	6th	Yoshifumi Yamamoto	Tied for 3rd	6th
First Basemen	Akio Toyoda	10th	Akio Toyoda	5th	4th
Second Basemen	Yataro Gato	10th	Yataro Gato	3rd	3rd
Third Basemen	Yasujiro Tanaka	11th	Toshimichi Kanda	Tied for 7th	12th
Shortstops	Ryuzaburo Tanaka	6th	Kiyohira Sugimoto	Tied for 6th	8th
Left Fielders	Eisuke Kobayashi	4th	Eisuke Kobayashi	Tied for 8th	8th
Center Fielders	Masu Ohayashi	5th	Shun Asano	2nd	2nd
Right Fielders	Yasutake Sato	12th	Junnosuke Taniguchi	Tied for 4th	7th
Starting Pitchers	Misao Nakagawa	8th	Tsurayuki Ono	3rd	4th
Relievers	Soetsu Yamamoto	9th	Tsuginori Sasaki	Tied for 5th	9th
Closers	Kenzo Tamura	10th	Tsuginori Sasaki	10th	10th

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (COL) 12/31/2013
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Koji Miyakawa	10th	Koji Miyakawa	Tied for 3rd	10th
First Basemen	Tsuginori Yamanaka	11th	Hisashi Okada	3rd	3rd
Second Basemen	Tetsuhiko Kichikawa	9th		Tied for 5th	11th
Third Basemen	Michihiro Miura	6th		Tied for 7th	9th
Shortstops	Keitaro Kondo	11th	Noriyori Ito	3rd	3rd
Left Fielders	Kanzaburo Yoshikawa	3rd	Terumoto Iida	4th	3rd
Center Fielders	Toshiro Sai	9th	Toshiro Sai	Tied for 5th	10th
Right Fielders	Tanyu Sasaki	10th	Terumoto Suzuki	6th	6th
Starting Pitchers	Koji Kojima	1st	Hirotada Nakayama	Tied for 5th	5th
Relievers	Oda Yamamoto	5th	Hirotada Nakayama	Tied for 5th	7th
Closers	Ienobu Tanaka	3rd	Hirotada Nakayama	Tied for 11th	11th

Hanshin Tigers (COL) 12/31/2013
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Tokaji Koizumi	4th	Tokaji Koizumi	2nd	2nd
First Basemen	Kojuro Kitamura	7th		Tied for 8th	11th
Second Basemen	Kuemon Yasuda	3rd	Kuemon Yasuda	1st	1st
Third Basemen	Kazuyuki Yamada	1st	Kazuyuki Yamada	4th	3rd
Shortstops	Tokugawa Nakamura	8th		Tied for 6th	10th
Left Fielders	Shiro Yoshida	9th	Shiro Yoshida	3rd	4th
Center Fielders	Katsunan Sano	1st	Yoshiyuki Hayagawa	Tied for 5th	5th
Right Fielders	Tsuramatsu Iijima	1st	Tsuramatsu Iijima	2nd	2nd
Starting Pitchers	Sumitomo Tsjui	2nd	Noriaki Kichida	Tied for 5th	6th
Relievers	Sugimoto Ando	3rd	Hoshi Matsuo	Tied for 5th	6th
Closers	Rintaro Watanabe	9th	Hoshi Matsuo	11th	12th

Hiroshima Toyo Carp (COL) 12/31/2013
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Toshiharu Kichida	2nd		3rd	3rd
First Basemen	Kumanosuke Sato	5th	Hideyoshi Morita	7th	7th
Second Basemen	Kazunari Ueda	4th	Kazunari Ueda	5th	7th
Third Basemen	Mitsuoki Aoki	9th	Tadashi Miyake	7th	10th
Shortstops	Nobuo Sugahara	7th	Nobuo Sugahara	6th	9th
Left Fielders	Osamu Ito	1st	Osamu Ito	1st	1st
Center Fielders	Tsuneari Okamura	12th	Tsuneari Okamura	5th	12th
Right Fielders	Nariaki Hirano	11th	Hidehira Miura	9th	9th
Starting Pitchers	Naomi Ishii	3rd	Muneyaki Ichihara	1st	1st
Relievers	Masayuki Okada	2nd	Masayuki Okada	3rd	3rd
Closers	Kitahachi Kamihara	7th	Masayuki Okada	7th	6th

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (COL) 12/31/2013
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Yoshino Okabe	1st	Yoshino Okabe	1st	1st
First Basemen	Tsukasa Goto	12th	Tsukasa Goto	4th	5th
Second Basemen	Yoshitora Watanabe	1st	Yoshitora Watanabe	Tied for 5th	5th
Third Basemen	Seinosuke Memoto	8th	Tsumemasa Matsumoto	6th	6th
Shortstops	Taki Wada	3rd	Taki Wada	1st	1st
Left Fielders	Masahiko Koga	6th	Masahiko Koga	6th	6th
Center Fielders	Toshikazu Okamura	3rd	Senichi Iwata	Tied for 5th	6th
Right Fielders	Mushanokoji Takano	Tied for 6th	Kakuei Kurota	Tied for 10th	12th
Starting Pitchers	Hirofumi Matsumoto	5th	Takao Onishi	Tied for 5th	7th
Relievers	Kunimichi Tanaka	1st	Kunimichi Tanaka	Tied for 5th	5th
Closers	Katsumi Onishi	1st	Katsumi Onishi	1st	1st

ORIX Buffaloes (COL) 12/31/2013
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Maresuke Kubo	8th		Tied for 3rd	8th
First Basemen	Takayuki Yamada	4th	Horiuchi Shinohara	Tied for 8th	10th
Second Basemen	Iemitsu Kitamura	8th	Iemitsu Kitamura	Tied for 5th	10th
Third Basemen	Masamune Kawai	10th	Nobuhito Miyata	Tied for 7th	11th
Shortstops	Toshikazu Sakuma	12th	Hiroji Sugahara	5th	5th
Left Fielders	Masahiro Ito	10th	Shinichi Kamuta	Tied for 8th	10th
Center Fielders	Yosai Aoyama	2nd	Yosai Aoyama	1st	1st
Right Fielders	Yoshino Kobayashi	8th	Yoshino Kobayashi	3rd	3rd
Starting Pitchers	Goro Kawasaki	12th	Keisuke Nakamura	5th	12th
Relievers	Sadahige Komatsu	8th	Sadahige Komatsu	5th	8th
Closers	Kyoji Fujii	12th	Sadahige Komatsu	5th	9th

Saitama Seibu Lions (COL) 12/31/2013
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Sozen Kimura	12th	Sozen Kimura	Tied for 3rd	12th
First Basemen	Kuniyuki Akiyama	6th	Kuniyuki Akiyama	2nd	2nd
Second Basemen	Yoshitaka Okubo	6th		Tied for 5th	8th
Third Basemen	Tsutomu Muto	7th	Toshiro Hirano	5th	5th
Shortstops	Sekien Ohashi	1st	Sekien Ohashi	Tied for 6th	6th
Left Fielders	Tokugawa Wakebe	7th	Sho Nakamura	Tied for 8th	9th
Center Fielders	Takaaki Nomura	4th	Yajirobei Hayagawa	Tied for 5th	7th
Right Fielders	Kokei Nakamura	5th	Yoichi Sumita	Tied for 10th	11th
Starting Pitchers	Yoriyoshi Chikuda	4th	Ryoma Kondo	Tied for 3rd	3rd
Relievers	Toshiharu Nishida	7th	Toshiharu Nishida	2nd	2nd
Closers	Kazuki Matsuoka	11th	Toshiharu Nishida	6th	8th

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (COL) 12/31/2013
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Nobuhiko Okuta	9th		Tied for 3rd	9th
First Basemen	Kazu Abe	3rd	Sadaharu Tanaka	Tied for 8th	9th
Second Basemen	Kichibei Miyamoto	5th	Masanobu Hayashi	4th	4th
Third Basemen	Totoya Sakei	4th	Totoya Sakei	1st	2nd
Shortstops	Shunji Sugimoto	4th	Taizo Kimura	2nd	2nd
Left Fielders	Tetsuo Ichikawa	11th		Tied for 8th	11th
Center Fielders	Yuki Iwata	6th		Tied for 5th	8th
Right Fielders	Seinosuke Onishi	3rd	Seinosuke Onishi	1st	1st
Starting Pitchers	Shusaku Suitani	10th	Juro Suzuki	Tied for 5th	10th
Relievers	Juro Suzuki	11th	Juro Suzuki	Tied for 5th	11th
Closers	Takeo Yamamoto	6th	Takeo Yamamoto	2nd	2nd

Tokyo Yakult Swallows (COL) 12/31/2013
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Tomiji Samurakami	11th	Ryuzaburo Oda	Tied for 3rd	11th
First Basemen	Yukichi Kokawa	9th	Shogo Ito	6th	6th
Second Basemen	Kenshin Toiguchi	2nd	Kenshin Toiguchi	Tied for 5th	6th
Third Basemen	Shihi Imamura	5th		Tied for 7th	8th
Shortstops	Horiuchi Ogawa	5th	Konosuke Watanabe	4th	4th
Left Fielders	Shunso Meshizuka	2nd	Shunso Meshizuka	2nd	2nd
Center Fielders	Misao Kokawa	7th	Misao Kokawa	Tied for 5th	9th
Right Fielders	Shunsho Matsuo	6th	Akira Ito	7th	4th
Starting Pitchers	Shihi Tamura	7th	Nakamaro Nagumo	Tied for 5th	8th
Relievers	Tomiichi Nishimura	6th	Tomiichi Nishimura	1st	1st
Closers	Yukichi Okawa	4th	Tomiichi Nishimura	4th	4th

Yokohama Bay Stars (COL) 12/31/2013
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Sadaharu Watanabe	3rd		Tied for 3rd	4th
First Basemen	Tomoyuki Kawano	8th		8th	12th
Second Basemen	Tomokazu Yamaguchi	12th	Tomokazu Yamaguchi	2nd	2nd
Third Basemen	Moromao Kouda	2nd	Moromao Kouda	2nd	1st
Shortstops	Toyotomi Takeuchi	9th	Toyotomi Takeuchi	Tied for 6th	11th
Left Fielders	Shunsen Agano	12th		8th	12th
Center Fielders	Hirokazu Ito	11th	Hirokazu Ito	Tied for 5th	11th
Right Fielders	Yasuyuki Hirano	9th	Yasuyuki Hirano	4th	5th
Starting Pitchers	Oda Kondo	6th	Tadashi Sakamoto	2nd	2nd
Relievers	Teinosuke Yamauchi	4th	Takuji Imai	4th	4th
Closers	Noritada Ueda	2nd	Takuji Imai	9th	5th

Yomiuri Giants (COL) 12/31/2013
Positional Strength Overview

Position	Top player	Team ranking	Top prospect	Organizational ranking	Overall ranking
Catchers	Toyozo Hayagawa	7th	Toyokazu Hasegawa	Tied for 3rd	7th
First Basemen	Ryuzaburo Ohayashi	2nd	Kozue Yamashita	Tied for 8th	8th
Second Basemen	Jiro Yamaguchi	7th	Jiro Yamaguchi	Tied for 5th	9th
Third Basemen	Matsusuke Kichikawa	12th	Matsusuke Kichikawa	3rd	4th
Shortstops	Katsumoto Nakayama	2nd	Katsumoto Nakayama	Tied for 6th	7th
Left Fielders	Kiyoshi Chikafuji	8th	Yoichibei Endo	7th	7th
Center Fielders	Toshiharu Jouda	10th	Masayuki Sakamoto	4th	4th
Right Fielders	Sumiteru Yoshida	2nd	Sumiteru Yoshida	10th	10th
Starting Pitchers	Iemochi Kurihara	9th	Tetsui Nishida	Tied for 5th	9th
Relievers	Tetsuhiko Ishida	10th	Ton Murakami	Tied for 5th	10th
Closers	Ton Murakami	5th	Ton Murakami	3rd	3rd