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i was wondering what percentage of japanese people play baseball in the japanese pro leagues.
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Re: percentages
[ Author: CFiJ | Posted: Apr 4, 2002 3:16 PM
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> i was wondering what percentage of japanese people
> play baseball in the japanese pro leagues.
Uh, okay. You've got roughly 120 million people, and 12 teams with about 70 players (big club and small club combined), so that's about 840 people. 840/120,000,000 = 0.000007, so about 0.0007%.
Why do you ask?
> play baseball in the japanese pro leagues.
Uh, okay. You've got roughly 120 million people, and 12 teams with about 70 players (big club and small club combined), so that's about 840 people. 840/120,000,000 = 0.000007, so about 0.0007%.
Why do you ask?
Re: percentages
[ Author: westbaystars | Posted: Apr 4, 2002 4:34 PM
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Great answer! I have tears rolling down my cheeks.
So, 737/801 = 92% (plus/minus .25%) of the players in Japan (that I have entered into my database) were born in Japan. (Provided my additions were correct, of course. I seem to get different values each time I "double check" today.)
Still, I think I like CFiJ-san's answer better.
+--------------------+---------+
| BirthPlace | Players |
+--------------------+---------+
| Unknown | 2 |
+--------------------+---------+
| China | 1 |
| Ontario | 1 |
| Mexico | 1 |
| Dominican Republic | 2 |
| Panama | 2 |
| Korea | 3 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 |
| Venezuela | 4 |
| Taiwan | 4 |
| Brazil | 4 |
+--------------------+---------+
| Arizona | 1 |
| Ohio | 1 |
| Nebraska | 1 |
| Pennsilvania | 1 |
| Virginia | 1 |
| New Jersey | 2 |
| Texas | 3 |
| New York | 3 |
| California | 4 |
| U.S.A. | 20 37 |
+--------------------+---------+
| Yamagata | 1 |
| Tottori | 1 |
| Yuka | 1 |
| Wakate | 2 |
| Nagano | 3 |
| Kagawa | 3 |
| Shimane | 4 |
| Aomori | 4 |
| Toyama | 5 |
| Fukujima | 5 |
| Kochi | 5 |
| Okinawa | 5 |
| Shiga | 6 |
| Niigata | 7 |
| Fukui | 7 |
| Yamaguchi | 7 |
| Akita | 9 |
| Tokushima | 9 |
| Tochigi | 9 |
| Nara | 9 |
| Ehime | 9 |
| Gifu | 9 |
| Mie | 9 |
| Ishikawa | 10 |
| Nagasaki | 10 |
| Yamanashi | 11 |
| Okayama | 12 |
| Kagoshima | 12 |
| Miyazaki | 13 |
| Ibaraki | 13 |
| Miyagi | 13 |
| Saga | 13 |
| Hokkaido | 15 |
| Gunma | 15 |
| Oita | 17 |
| Kumamoto | 17 |
| Hiroshima | 20 |
| Shizuoka | 21 |
| Wakayama | 23 |
| Kyoto | 27 |
| Aichi | 28 |
| Fukuoka | 34 |
| Chiba | 37 |
| Saitama | 39 |
| Hyogo | 41 |
| Tokyo | 43 |
| Kanagawa | 43 |
| Osaka | 81 |
| Japan | 737 |
+--------------------+---------+
| Totals | 801 |
+--------------------+---------+
So, 737/801 = 92% (plus/minus .25%) of the players in Japan (that I have entered into my database) were born in Japan. (Provided my additions were correct, of course. I seem to get different values each time I "double check" today.)
Still, I think I like CFiJ-san's answer better.
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