NPB Active Leaders in Career Home Runs

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Please help me. I am looking for the top 20 active leaders in career home runs in all of NPB. Thank you.

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Re: NPB Active Leaders in Career Home Runs

[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Feb 1, 2006 8:34 AM | YBS Fan ]

I've got the top 5 on hand:

Rank Name (2006 Team)            HR
( 5)  Kiyohara (Orix Buffaloes) 514
(18)  Rhodes (????)             360
(19)  Etoh (Yomiuri Giants)     349
(25)  Kanemoto (Hanshin Tigers) 337
(31)  Kokubo (Yomiuri Giants)   302

Source: 2006 Baseball Record Book, Baseball Magazine Sha

Rank is overall (active/non-active).

I don't recall Rhodes signing with anyone for 2006. He was released from the Giants, and there's been a lot of speculation about him returning to the Pacific League, but I don't recall reading anything concrete about him.

Once I finish getting all of the 2006 rosters entered, it'll be easier to query for this. If you don't mind filtering out the retirees, I can gather the top 30 or so for the 2005 rosters.

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[ Author: Guest: Michael Eng | Posted: Feb 1, 2006 10:29 AM ]

Players Active in 2005 with over 100 Home Runs


Rank	HR	Player			2006 Team
1	514	Kiyohara Kazuhiro	Buffaloes
2	349	Eto Akira		Lions
3	337	Kanemoto Tomoaki	Tigers
4	307	Nakamura Norihiro	Buffaloes
5	302	Kokubo Hiroki		Giants
6	251	Maeda Tomonori		Carp
7	243	Matsunaka Nobuhiko	Hawks
8	236	Yamasaki Takashi	Golden Eagles
9	233	Ogata Koichi		Carp
10	217	Furuta Atsuya		Swallows
11	215	Cabrera Alex		Lions
12	207	Ogasawara Michihiro	Fighters
13	197	Takahashi Yoshinobu	Giants
14	189	Shinjo Tsuyoshi		Fighters
15	188	Suzuki Ken		Swallows
16	177	Tanishige Motonobu	Dragons
17	171	Hori Koichi		Marines
18	166	Tatsunami Kazuyoshi	Dragons
19	163	Kataoka Atsushi		Tigers
20	156	Iwamura Akinori		Swallows
21	156	Ramirez Alex		Swallows
22	151	Hiyama Shinjiro		Tigers
23	148	Fukudome Kosuke		Dragons
24	141	Arai Takahiro		Carp
25	140	Wada Kazuhiro		Lions
26	139	Suzuki Takanori		BayStars
27	137	Inaba Atsunori		Dragons
28	132	Nishi Toshihisa		Giants
29	131	Yoshioka Yuji		Golden Eagles
30	123	Woods Tyrone		Dragons
31	121	Shimizu Takayuki	Giants
32	120	Saeki Takahiro		BayStars
33	111	Nioka Tomohiro		Giants
34	109	Kakiuchi Tetsuya	Marines
35	105	Abe Shinnosuke		Giants
36	104	Imaoka Makato		Tigers
37	103	Tamura Hitoshi		BayStars
-------------Without Teams in 2006--------------------
	360	Rhodes Tuffy		?
	232	Hatsushiba Kiyoshi	Retired
	211	Johjima Kenji		MLB - Mariners
	169	Nomura Kenjiro		Retired
	137	Nakamura Takeshi	Retired
	102	Obando Sherman		?

Hope this helps.

Michael Eng

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Re: NPB Active Leaders in Career Home Runs

[ Author: Guest | Posted: Feb 2, 2006 3:49 AM ]

Yes, thank you both. I have a follow-up question, if you don't mind me asking: Kazuhiro Kiyohara is the 8th member of the 500 home run club, right? Are any of the guys in the 200-350 home run range young enough to eventually reach 500?

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