INDEX: Japanese Baseball Terms

Made the index list for all baseball terms that often found in Japanese baseball, along with its Japanese words and romaji version. I copied this from my other blog in Daigaku Yakyu EN and will update it synchronously with the other post as well.

Note: This list is ordered by index ordering system, all ordered by symbols/numbers/alphabet.

• Between 1B & 2B area (一二塁間・ichiniruikan), usually heard when a ball/hit passed the area between first base and second base.
• Between 2B & SS area (二遊塁間・niyuukan), usually heard when a ball/hit passed the area between second base and shortstop's defense area.
• Between LF & CF area (左中間・sachuukan), usually heard when a ball/hit passed the area between left field and center field area.
• Between RF & CF area (右中間・uchuukan), usually heard when a ball/hit passed the area between left field and center field area.
• Between SS & 3B area (三遊塁間・sanyuukan), usually heard when a ball/hit passed the area between shortstop's defense area and third base.
• Card/Match-up (カード—kaado), commonly used terms in league games, a match-up combination between two teams and played in two games or more. If a team won two games in a card, that counted as one point.
• Catcher (キャッチャー・kyacchaa), player who catches the pitched ball. (marked with number 2)
• Center-fielder/Center/CF (センター／中堅手・sentaa/chuukenshu), player who plays defense in the center field area. (marked with number 8)
• Champion's Match (優勝決定戦—yūshō ketteisen), commonly known as a deciding match between two teams that had their points tied in the league, to decide who will be the winner of the league. In other terms, it's also being used in a "District Elimination Match" which decide who will representate the district/association in the Meiji Jingu Tournament.
• Designated Hitter/DH (指名打者一shimei dasha), a baseball player who bats in place of another position player, most commonly the pitcher. (Wikipedia) (marked with DH/指)
• Draw/tied/H (引分—hikiwake), when a game stays tied until the limit of innings that has been decided by the league's federation (mostly until 12-15 innings regarding each league's regulation). Both teams will play another game the next day to do a rematch.
• Exhibition Match (オープン戦―õpun-sen), a series of matches that are being held outside the official league games, usually held between seasonal leagues (summer/ fall)
• Fall League (秋季—shuuki), official league games that being held around fall/autumn season (August-November)
• First-baseman/First/1B (ファースト／一塁手・faasuto/ichiruishu), player who fields the area nearest first base. (marked with number 3)
• Keiji University Baseball League (京滋大学野球連盟—Keiji Daigaku Yakyuu Ren'mei), comes from the fusion of Kyoto (京都) & Shiga (滋賀) first kanji, and like the name it's a league consists of universities around Kyoto & Shiga
• Leaderboard/rankings/standings (順位表—jun'i-hyō), a list that shows the standings/rankings of teams in a league.
• Left-fielder/Left/LF (レフト／左翼手・refuto/sayokushu), player who plays defense in the left field area. (marked with number 7)
• Lose/L (敗戦—haisen), when a team lose a game against other team.
• Pitcher (ピッチャー・picchaa), player who pitches the ball. (marked with number 1)
• Points/P (勝点—shōten), points are earned by winning a card. This will determine a team's rank in the league.
• Relegation Match (入替戦—irekaesen), a match that will decide who will stay in the higher or lower division of the league. Usually exist in a league/federation that have many sub-leagues.
• Relief Pitcher/Reliever (中継ぎ―nakatsugi), a pitcher who pitches in the game after the starting pitcher or another relief pitcher has been removed from the game due to fatigue, injury, ineffectiveness, ejection, high pitch count, or for other strategic reasons, such as inclement weather delays or pinch hitter substitutions. (Wikipedia)
• Right-fielder/Right/RF (ライト／右翼手・raito/uyokushu), player who plays defense in the right field area. (marked with number 9)
• Second-baseman/Second/2B (セカンド／二塁手・sekando/niruishu), player that works the fielding position in the infield, between second and first base. (marked with number 4)
• Shortstop/Short/SS (ショート／遊撃手・shooto/yuugekishu), player who fields the area between second base and third base. (marked with number 6)
• Sokeisen/Waseda-Keio Match (早慶戦—sōkeisen), a 'sacred' match-up card between Waseda University and Keio University. The name itself comes from the combination of Waseda (早稲田) and Keio (慶應) first kanji. The terms popularized first from the collegiate baseball category (Tokyo Big 6 Baseball League)
• Spring League (春季—shunki), official league games that being held around spring season (March-June)
• Starting Lineup (スタメンーsutamen, sutaachingu menbaa), a list of players that will be playing in the game first, named by the order of batting and the position.
• Third-baseman/Third/3B (サード／三塁手・saado/sanruishu), player whose responsibility is to defend the area nearest to third base. (marked with number 5)
• Win/W (勝利—shōri), when a team won a game against other team.
• Winning Percentage (勝率—shōritsu), percentage rate of each team's winning rate that will be used to decide the winner of the league too if the points are tied with other team.