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| | The Baseball Guru - JAPANS TOP PLAYERS by Jim Albright |
 | | The only other players I found with five or more 30 point seasons were Nagashima (7), Bessho (6), Starffin (6), Katsuya Nomura (6), Jiro Noguchi (5), Masaichi Kaneda (5), and Inao (5). |
 | | Nagashima was renowned for his glovework in addition to his potent bat, and nothing I said in comparing him to Nomura should be construed to mean he was anything but a truly great player in Japan. |
 | | The fact Nagashima beats him out proves a player with a higher peak performance can do well in this rating system, given that Harimoto had a higher average in 1572 more at bats, 614 more hits, 60 more homers. |
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