Photo: Hiroshima / Ryosuke Kikuchi = 21st, Mazda Stadium at a press conference after renewing the contract
Ryosuke Kikuchi of Hiroshima maintains the status quo 3 million yen Golden Glove Award for 8 consecutive years
If you write the contents roughly As a second baseman, he won the Golden Glove Award for eight consecutive years with a fielding percentage of 10% for the first time in history.
Ryosuke Kikuchi infielder from Hiroshima will negotiate a contract at Mazda Stadium on the 21st, and will maintain the status quo with an annual salary of 3 million yen plus a piecework payment ... → Continue reading
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Players with outstanding defensive abilityBest nineIn the same awarding system as in the award, a professional baseball journalist will vote, and the one with the most votes will win the award. Qualified person,Number of prescribed pitchesHave pitched more than one-third, or have pitched more than one-third of the number of games played by the teampitcherAnd participated in the same position more than half of the number of team gamescatcher-fielder.. OnceSawamura Eiji PrizeSimilarly, the winner may be selected as a player who does not have actual results, and criticism may occur (Later). Since the 2010s in JapanUZRetc,Saber metricsSince the defensive ability has been calculated by the reporter, the criticism of the award selection itself including the voting by the reporter has also risen.[1].
Reporters need to vote for professional baseball reporters from Japanese news agencies (newspapers, news agencies, broadcasting stations) who have a coverage career of 5 years or more.
セ-PaIn each league, nine players are selected, one for each position in principle (Outfielderabout,Left hand,Medium-sized,Right handAre regarded as the same position and 3 people are elected). In some years, more than 10 players will be selected per league because the same number of players with the same number of votes will be awarded at the same time.
If the majority of the votes for "no match" for a position reaches a majority, the selection of the winning athletes for that position is forgotten. However, this is a very rare case, and it was the first time that there was no match in 2010 in the first base of the SE League. In addition, since the majority of the votes of "no match" has not reached the majority, the player who received the few votes has won the award three times (see below).
Made of golden leather for the winnersGlove(CatcherFirst baseman TheMitt) And a trophy with the ball on the pedestal. This glove is made after imitating the winner and is made by imitating the one used by the winner. Since it is made of leather, it can be actually used.
Most individual award: 12 times Fukumoto Yutaka(1972-1983, Pa League Outfielder)
Most individual consecutive award: 12 times Yutaka Fukumoto (1972-1983, Pa League Outfielder)
Most Individual Winning Positions: 3 Positions Kazuyoshi Tachinami(Second base section: 3 times, third base section: 1 time, shortstop section: 1 time)
Oldest winners:Shinya Miyamoto(41 years and 11 months old, 2012: third base section)
Latest first award:Uchikawa Seiichi(19th year, 2019: first base section)
Longest winning blank: 15 years Yuki Kokubo(1995: second base section, 2010: first base section)
Most consecutive awards since the first year of joining the team: 1 times Yoshinobu Takahashi(1998-2003, Se League Outfielder)
Par League: 8 positions Hankyu Braves (1978), Seibu Lions (1992)
The regular season highest winning team or the Japanese series participating team where no winners were selected
S-League: Chunichi Dragons (1999, 2010. Both years participated in Japan series)
Par League: Lotte Orions (the first half of 1981. In the second half, he missed the highest winning percentage and lost the playoff, and did not participate in the Japanese series)
Other noteworthy past awards
Example in which multiple players belonging to the same team have won a specific category for a long time
S-League Pitcher Division: 2003 players (32%) out of 33 years (30 people in total) until 90.9, who belonged to the giant at the time of winning the prize, or who belonged to in the past. During this time, the pitchers who have no experience of joining the giants were awarded Kitabeppu studies (Hiroshima) in 1986, Shinji Imanaka (simultaneous award with giants and Kuwata) in 1993, and 2001.Shigeki Noguchi(All are Chinese and Japanese). By the way, Noguchi is off for the 2005 seasonFAShe exercises her powers and is transferred to the giant. Since 2004, the awards of players who belonged to or have belonged to GiantsDicky GonzalezとTomoyuki Kannoonly.
C-League First baseman division: 1999 players (28%) of the 26 years until 92.9, who belonged to the giant at the time of award, or belonged to the past. The breakdown isSadaharu Oh9 times,Kiyoshi Nakahata7 times,Tokuhiro KomadaExclusively awarded 10 times and 3 people. Since 2000, the awards of players who belonged to or have belonged to GiantsJose Lopezonly.
Example in which the votes of the award winners are lower than "No applicable person"
Example of a large number of players receiving awards due to the rapid progress of team performance
SE League
The number of Hanshin who jumped from the bottom to the second place in 1992 was 2 in the previous year, but increased to 0 in the same year. this houseJim Patchoulek,Thomas O'Malley,Kameyama TsutomuIs the only award this year. Next year there are two people.
Yokohama (DeNA since 1998), which had the highest percentage of regular season wins in 2012, had two people last year, but increased to five in the same year. He monopolized all the positions in Uchino except pitchers. 2 people next year, after 5Tatsuhiko Kaneshiro(2005/2007),Sho Aranami(2012-2013), Jose Lopez (2016-2019),Masashi Kuwahara(2017) 4 times by 9 people only.
Hanshin, who had the highest regular season win rate in 2003, was 0 last year, but increased to 4 in the same year. The next year is one.
The number of Yakult who had the highest regular season win rate in 2015 was 0 in the previous year, but increased to 3 in the same year.
Pacific League
In 2005, Lotte, who won the regular season with a win rate of 10rd place (3nd place) for the first time in 2 years, was 0 in the previous year, but increased to 5 in the same year. The next year there are two people.
Nippon Ham, which recorded the highest regular season win rate in 2006 for the first time in 25 years, increased from one person in the previous year to five in the same year, occupying three outfield positions.
Discussion and criticism of selection
Cases where questions were raised in the selection results
In 1973, Nagashima and Boyer were awarded simultaneously, and in 1974, Boyer was awarded alone.
1979 SE League Catcher Division
Yoshiharu Wakana(HanshinHas been criticized for receiving the award, despite making the most Thai record of 17 years in the Se League of Captivity.[3].
1981-1983 SE League Outfielder
Tadashi Matsumoto(Giant) won the award for three consecutive years, but there is criticism that Matsumoto is famous for his weak shoulders[3].
1984 SE League Shortstop Division
Katsuo Hirata(Hanshin) won the award for the first time (after that, it won the award for four consecutive years until 1987), but in the same yearShintaro Mizutani(Yakult) Has set a Japanese record for shortstop fielding percentage (.991, then. Currently, it was set by Yusuke Torigoe in 1997. 997. By the way, Torigoe also did not win the Golden Glove Award), which raised questions.[3].
1987 SE League Second Base Division
Shozo Shoda(Hiroshima) Received the first award (then won the award for five consecutive years until 1991) and set a new record for the fielding percentage of second baseman in Japan (.5).Takagi Yutaka(Ocean) was not elected.
This year with Masada, the same second basemanToshio Shinozuka(Giant) has the same rate (.333)Leading batterNext, the winning giant ShinozukaBest nineWas chosen by. On the other hand,Leading batterDespite the fact that he received a sympathy vote for not being selected as the best nine, Masada won the Golden Grab Award for the first time. Yutaka Takagi, who was not selected for the award, said, ``I made a new record for Japan's defensive rate this year, so I was convinced that I was definitely the Golden Grab Award, but even baseball reporters did not notice such a big record.'' He criticized a professional baseball reporter who voted by saying, saying, that he expressed annoyance. This Takagi's comment was reported in a sports article, and there was also a sports article that questioned the selection criteria of the Golden Grab Award, so it was December after more than two weeks had passed since the announcement of the award (11 November of the same year). , The League decided to give Takagi a special award[4].. This series of events was reported intermittently in sports articles for a while from the day after the announcement of the Golden Grab Award winners until after Takagi received a special award.
There are criticisms from sports writers about the selection result that Takagi was out of the list while achieving Japan's defensive rate.[3].
2005 Pacific League Outfielder
Stayed in 106 matches due to injurySHINJO(Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters) Was selected for the outfielder category, saying, "This year's Golden Glove Award is strange. I'm sorry for the players who have been aiming for this award in their hearts for a year. From next year, select by number instead of impression. I want it, otherwise this great award will be worthless. "[5].