This is a site about Pro Yakyu (Japanese Baseball), not about who the next player to go over to MLB is. It's a community of Pro Yakyu fans who have come together to share their knowledge and opinions with the world. It's a place to follow teams and individuals playing baseball in Japan (and Asia), and to learn about Japanese (and Asian) culture through baseball.
It is my sincere hope that once you learn a bit about what we're about here that you will join the community of contributors.
Michael Westbay
(aka westbaystars)
Founder
The only park effects studies I'd ever seen were in the "Jim Allen's 199? Guide to Japanese Baseball" running from 1994 to 1997. The '94 Guide did not include park effects, but here's what he wrote for the following years: The years are the years for the data, the data found in the following year's Guide. I really wish Allen-san had kept up with his Guides as they were very informative.
Stadium is Chiba Marine Stadium
Built: 1991
Left: 99.5m
Left-center: 116.3m
Center: 122m
Right-center: 116.3m
Right: 99.5m
Height: 4.0m all around
Conditions: Candlestick Park-like swirlling winds from the bay
I think they installed Field Turf before the 2005 season, but am not 100% sure. I am sure it's not natural grass.