After each season is over, professional baseball players start off off Season's rest. The team summarizes the gains and losses of a season and prepares for the new season. In addition to these, another important task is to negotiate the player contract. Due to various reasons, some players are unable to continue to renew their contracts with the club every year, and the whereabouts of these players are also the focus of fans and media. At the same time, understanding the whereabouts of Japanese professional baseball players after retirement can also provide some reference and reference for the professionalization of Chinese baseball.
Take the 2019 season as an example. The 12 Japanese professional baseball teams at the end of the 2019 season, the Japanese
data comes from the Beijing Baseball Association (provided by Japanese professional baseball agency)
. It can be seen that 60% of the players still choose jobs related to professional baseball. If the second job related to baseball is included, 77% of the players choose jobs related to baseball.
data comes from Beijing Baseball Association (provided by Japanese professional baseball agency)
It can be seen that among the players who have been retired from the team's combat power/active service, other teams continue to participate in the competition as players. The most number of transfers are professional team staff. These players have certain advantages in experience and technology and are more familiar with the team, so they are easier to get started as staff. For example, Ichikawa Tomoto, a catcher who will not renew his contract in the 2019 season of Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, went to the Yomiuri Giants' baseball academy to coach the young players.
As a freshly-official Chinese professional baseball, how retired athletes can transform, the experience of Japanese professional baseball can be used as a reference. (Author: Beijing Baseball Association)
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