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How is it different from the Golden Glove Awards announced on the 14th?

“Gold Glove Award” is in the title that praises defensive masters. What will happen if this title, which is actually chosen by reporter votes, is decided on the basis of data alone? Let’s check out the Central League case this season. What will be different from the Golden Glove Awards announced on the 14th?

For data, please refer to DELTA Co, Ltd (https://1point02.jp/), which analyzes professional baseball using sabermetrics indicators. We use “UZR”, which shows how many goals are allowed compared to the average defending player. If you stop runs, the numbers will change positively. Also, players who protected more than half the number of innings pitched by the team (100 or more innings for pitchers) are eligible.

The fierce battle is second baseman, Naoki Yoshikawa infielder (giant) is the top with 11.0. Outfielder Tetsuto Yamada (Yakult) is second with 7.8. Infielder Ryosuke Kikuchi (Hiroshima), who has won the award nine years in a row, is third with 6.2.

Infielder Munetaka Murakami (Yakult) is the only third baseman with a positive 4.8. Giant infielder Kazuma Okamoto (Giant) is -1.7, down from 2.4 last season when he won the real award for the first time.

Hideki Nagaoka, a field player (Yakult), who has graduated in the third year of high school, is the leading scorer with 11.3. It made a big difference to 4.5 of Hayato Sakamoto, an infielder (giant) at second base.

In the outfield, 20-year-old outfielder Yuki Okabayashi (Chunichi) hit a different dimension of 21.3 in the right wing. Outfielder Teruaki Sato (Hanshin) was second on the right wing with 7.1, more than three times the difference. Yakult outfielder Yasutaka Shiomi (Yakult) has a 9.0, followed by 8.0 from outfielder Masashi Kuwabara (DeNA).