Statistics for Japanese Baseball Trivia #1

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The word “baseball” in Japanese	Yakyū	91%
Name for the Japanese high school baseball tournaments and the stadium it is played in	Kōshien	87%
Chinese-Japanese considered the world leader in professional home runs	Sadaharu Oh	87%
This team has the most Japan Series championships	Yomiuri Giants	83%
Japanese MLB legend who played for a team that merged into the above	Ichiro Suzuki	70%
Team that completed a three-peat from 2017-19	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	61%
Current team that is a merger of two former teams and therefore has two stadiums	Orix Buffaloes	61%
Foreigner who broke the above’s single-season home run record	Wladimir Balentien	48%
The Japanese equivalent of the Cy Young Award that the above won	Eiji Sawamura Award	39%
The only hitter to have at least 3,000 hits in the NPB	Isao Harimoto	35%
In 2013, this player led his team to a championship, winning Japan Series MVP after going 24-0 with a 1.27 ERA in the regular season	Masahiro Tanaka	35%
Cincinnati Reds player who holds the single-season hits record in Japan	Shogo Akiyama	30%
System that allows for Japanese players to leave for the MLB even without contract expiry	Posting system	26%
The first Japanese player to play in the MLB	Masanori Murakami	17%
American HOFer who played for the above	Rich Gossage	9%