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The Top 10 NPB Left Fielders of All-Time
Left Field is probably the most maligned position in baseball. Before the DH, this is where you put the worst defender on the team, the old guy who couldn’t run anymore, or the guy whose bat was too good not to play him.
You’d think this reputation would go away with the invention of the DH, but no. Now people call it the “second DH”. In fact, the Central League still doesn’t have a DH, so the reputation remains doubly so.
With that being said, that means those who stand out at the position do so because they are some of the greatest hitters of all-time. With Defense being an afterthought, there really isn’t any excuse not to be.
NPB is no different. And we’ll see that with the top 10 left fielders in NPB history.
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