The Designated Hitter Rule and Team Defensive Strategy in Japan's Professional Baseball Leagues

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The Designated Hitter Rule and Team Defensive Strategy in Japan's Professional Baseball Leagues

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Akihiko Kawaura () (Graduate School of Policy and Management, Doshisha University, Kyoto, Japan)
Sumner J. La Croix () (Department of Economics, University of Hawaii and Economic Study Area, East-West Center)

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Economists have debated whether and why the designated hitter (DH) rule in North American major league baseball led to an increase in hit-batsmen. We use data from Japan's professional baseball leagues, the Pacific League (DH rule) and the Central League (no DH rule), to re-examine this question. Our empirical findings reveal increases in hit-batsmen in the Pacific League after we control for the DH's effect on team batting performance. We argue that the DH rule induced changes in managerial defensive strategies that led to more hit-batsmen. Subsequent rule changes reduced the effectiveness of these strategies.

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Paper provided by East-West Center, Economics Study Area in its series Economics Study Area Working Papers with number 80.

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- Akihiko Kawaura & Sumner J La Croix, 2006. "The Designated Hitter Rule and Team Defensive Strategy in Japan’s Professional Baseball Leagues," Working Papers 200607, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Department of Economics. [Downloadable!]

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Ohtake Fumio & Ohkusa Yasushi, 1994. "Testing the Matching Hypothesis: The Case of Professional Baseball in Japan with Comparisons to the United States," Journal of the Japanese and International Economies, Elsevier, vol. 8(2), pages 204-219, June. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
Goff, Brian L & Shughart, William F, II & Tollison, Robert D, 1998. "Moral Hazard and the Effects of the Designated Hitter Rule Revisited," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 36(4), pages 688-92, October.
Trandel, Gregory A & White, Lawrence H & Klein, Peter G, 1998. "The Effect of the Designated Hitter Rule on Hit Batsmen: Pitcher's Moral Hazard or the Team's Cost-Benefit Calculation? A Comment," Economic Inquiry, Oxford University Press, vol. 36(4), pages 679-84, October.

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