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1957 Japan Central League Batting Leaders

1956 Season 1958 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 390 games, 6 teams, approx. 130 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1957 Japan Pacific League

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Wally Yonamine*	32	YOM	Fgn	126	513	467	55	160	20	7	12	48	10	7	35	62	.343	.386	.493	.879	230	9	2	3	6	3
2	Kenjiro Tamiya*	29	OSA	Fgn	110	442	390	62	120	23	8	12	56	37	5	40	40	.308	.380	.500	.880	195	2	8	0	4	6
3	Yoshio Yoshida	23	OSA	Fgn	111	465	421	60	125	13	5	8	32	25	13	36	19	.297	.355	.409	.764	172	5	3	3	2	6
4	Tokuji Iida	33	KKU	Fgn	130	542	492	67	144	20	7	9	39	40	13	40	51	.293	.349	.417	.766	205	10	4	3	3	1
5	Tetsuharu Kawakami*	37	YOM	Fgn	128	518	465	54	132	26	3	5	52	6	5	40	37	.284	.344	.385	.729	179	10	4	6	3	13
6	Michio Nishizawa	35	CNI	Fgn	87	331	307	29	86	12	0	7	49	0	1	20	26	.280	.323	.388	.711	119	9	1	0	3	1
7	Noboru Aota	32	TYO	Fgn	129	527	497	53	136	19	1	22	61	1	3	29	56	.274	.313	.449	.762	223	13	0	0	1	5
8	Hideshi Miyake	23	OSA	Fgn	130	517	460	56	123	31	4	7	51	23	8	45	62	.267	.333	.398	.731	183	6	1	9	2	0
9	Akiyoshi Kobayashi	33	TYO	Fgn	126	401	370	22	98	14	2	3	21	2	3	21	29	.265	.305	.338	.642	125	8	1	7	2	2
10	Haruo Medoki	32	TYO	Fgn	100	272	247	27	65	8	4	8	35	0	2	20	36	.263	.317	.425	.742	105	12	1	1	3	1
11	Atsushi Otsu	25	OSA	Fgn	128	485	451	60	118	13	5	8	56	7	9	22	19	.262	.295	.366	.661	165	12	2	4	6	1
12	Toshio Miyamoto	24	YOM	Fgn	129	520	459	65	119	20	6	21	78	6	6	49	109	.259	.334	.466	.800	214	10	4	5	3	4
13	Shigeru Fujio	22	YOM	Fgn	105	389	348	45	89	19	6	8	30	7	3	28	52	.256	.314	.414	.728	144	5	3	7	3	1
14	Makoto Kozuru	34	HIR	Fgn	107	422	387	31	99	12	0	8	38	7	4	28	70	.256	.304	.349	.653	135	10	1	1	5	5
15	Takao Sato	25	KKU	Fgn	127	482	430	51	110	20	1	22	68	23	10	46	81	.256	.327	.461	.788	198	9	1	2	3	3
16	Hiroyuki Watanabe	36	OSA	Fgn	104	351	316	34	81	9	0	1	30	9	5	27	27	.256	.316	.294	.610	93	10	2	3	3	0
17	Jun Hakota	25	KKU	Fgn	128	530	487	56	122	14	5	7	42	10	10	33	47	.251	.299	.343	.642	167	11	2	5	3	1
18	Riichi Kodama	38	TYO	Fgn	125	493	439	40	110	15	1	7	32	1	2	46	32	.251	.329	.337	.666	148	19	6	1	1	3
19	Hirofumi Naito	26	YOM	Fgn	124	453	403	34	101	17	4	6	48	6	9	28	72	.251	.306	.357	.663	144	10	4	18	0	0
20	Katsumi Fujimoto	19	OSA	Fgn	61	146	140	13	35	3	1	8	24	1	1	5	32	.250	.274	.457	.731	64	4	0	0	1	0
21	Teruo Namiki*	18	OSA	Fgn	98	327	300	34	75	11	4	8	32	12	2	17	33	.250	.307	.393	.700	118	4	8	1	1	2
22	Terutoshi Okiyama*	24	TYO	Fgn	93	297	264	32	66	12	1	0	9	9	5	23	40	.250	.313	.303	.616	80	5	1	9	0	0
23	Noboru Inoue	23	CNI	Fgn	130	535	478	60	119	19	3	17	61	16	10	36	41	.249	.307	.408	.715	195	7	6	11	4	5
24	Kiyoshi Doi	24	TYO	Fgn	111	297	262	22	65	12	1	4	25	5	2	29	45	.248	.329	.347	.676	91	8	3	2	1	0
25	Kiyoshi Matsuda*	26	KKU	Fgn	120	349	302	36	75	15	4	3	23	6	7	35	51	.248	.327	.354	.681	107	4	2	6	4	1
26	Tatsuro Hirooka	25	YOM	Fgn	92	389	344	54	84	13	3	18	33	5	5	29	72	.244	.304	.456	.761	157	3	2	11	3	1
27	Shigenori Sasaki	23	KKU	Fgn	110	426	377	36	92	10	1	8	48	16	10	34	47	.244	.308	.340	.648	128	4	4	4	7	0
28	Hiroharu Okajima	22	CNI	Fgn	129	553	458	71	111	21	5	15	52	15	21	69	70	.242	.346	.408	.754	187	8	4	21	1	0
29	Tadashi Higaki*	22	HIR	Fgn	87	185	170	13	41	5	1	2	16	0	1	11	33	.241	.295	.318	.613	54	5	2	2	0	1
30	Tokuzo Harada*	37	CNI	Fgn	113	387	335	26	80	16	2	1	29	6	11	39	30	.239	.317	.308	.624	103	4	0	11	2	4
31	Sachio Himoto	22	HIR	Fgn	120	415	368	36	87	15	3	4	25	5	2	33	65	.236	.303	.326	.629	120	4	3	9	2	0
32	Toshio Naka	21	CNI	Fgn	87	252	233	24	55	7	0	2	17	15	6	11	14	.236	.267	.292	.559	68	0	0	5	3	0
33	Mitsutsugu Yokoyama	24	OSA	Fgn	71	184	171	21	40	11	3	4	11	4	5	10	28	.234	.275	.404	.678	69	1	0	2	1	0
34	Tsuguo Goto	33	OSA	Fgn	84	151	138	8	32	2	0	1	21	3	2	9	17	.232	.278	.268	.546	37	7	1	0	3	0
35	Keinosuke Kawasaki*	22	CNI	Fgn	80	204	194	12	45	8	3	1	17	4	1	9	27	.232	.265	.320	.584	62	4	0	0	1	0
36	Hiromu Fujii	21	HIR	Fgn	130	549	484	42	112	24	1	17	62	5	3	52	75	.231	.311	.391	.701	189	15	5	5	3	0
37	Kotaro Egawa	21	HIR	Fgn	79	226	213	12	49	4	2	0	6	3	1	5	34	.230	.248	.268	.515	57	5	0	8	0	0
38	Kazuo Ishigaki	25	OSA	Fgn	72	178	165	12	38	7	2	1	14	4	2	8	22	.230	.271	.315	.586	52	7	2	1	2	0
39	Nobuyuki Hikiji	26	TYO	Fgn	119	493	448	42	102	11	2	5	31	5	5	36	35	.228	.283	.295	.577	132	12	0	5	4	2
40	Mamoru Nakajima*	26	TYO	Fgn	126	427	399	39	91	12	7	2	20	3	1	14	67	.228	.254	.308	.562	123	15	0	13	1	1
41	Reijiro Watanabe	25	KKU	Fgn	84	217	206	17	47	7	4	2	15	2	5	5	41	.228	.246	.330	.577	68	4	0	6	0	0
42	Yukihiko Machida	23	KKU	Fgn	125	438	383	55	87	16	3	21	52	12	2	45	99	.227	.309	.449	.758	172	8	2	4	4	0
43	Tetsuya Yamamoto	22	OSA	Fgn	93	265	248	22	56	9	3	3	21	6	2	9	27	.226	.255	.323	.577	80	9	1	6	1	1
44	Itsuro Honda*	26	CNI	Fgn	112	457	420	48	94	13	3	2	25	25	12	25	34	.224	.269	.283	.552	119	2	2	7	3	1
45	Satoshi Hirayama?	27	HIR	Fgn	117	502	442	54	98	20	2	11	38	33	9	51	80	.222	.303	.351	.654	155	5	1	7	1	5
46	Masataka Tsuchiya	21	YOM	Fgn	129	475	438	47	97	17	4	7	42	28	8	29	66	.222	.271	.327	.597	143	9	1	6	1	1
47	Tomio Hiroka	29	HIR	Fgn	81	282	254	21	56	9	1	8	17	3	2	16	61	.221	.269	.358	.628	91	6	1	11	0	1
48	Masakazu Kawahara	20	HIR	Fgn	107	340	324	27	71	12	2	4	22	1	1	9	55	.219	.239	.306	.544	99	11	0	5	2	0
49	Shigeru Makino	28	CNI	Fgn	127	438	391	29	85	6	1	1	25	13	8	35	49	.217	.281	.246	.527	96	7	0	11	1	1
50	Hideo Okubo	24	KKU	Fgn	104	250	233	19	50	9	2	0	15	12	8	10	25	.215	.249	.270	.519	63	5	1	5	1	0
51	Mitsuo Yoneyama	24	HIR	Fgn	78	263	211	16	44	4	1	3	16	0	3	35	37	.209	.331	.280	.610	59	7	4	12	1	0
52	Yasuhiro Iwaoka	23	TYO	Fgn	108	299	277	17	57	9	2	2	19	7	2	15	70	.206	.246	.274	.520	76	9	0	6	1	0
53	Kyozo Kinoshita*	20	HIR	Fgn	89	173	157	11	32	4	0	0	8	2	4	12	19	.204	.273	.229	.503	36	1	3	1	0	2
54	Choei Shirasaka	34	OSA	Fgn	128	452	394	35	80	4	2	6	32	6	6	28	38	.203	.258	.269	.527	106	10	2	25	3	0
55	Jiro Kanayama	34	HIR	Fgn	85	341	304	33	61	9	1	2	17	23	2	25	48	.201	.261	.257	.517	78	0	0	11	1	0
56	Takashi Iwamoto	27	YOM	Fgn	121	420	391	42	78	19	1	8	27	2	3	20	60	.200	.238	.315	.553	123	3	0	8	1	1
57	Katsumi Ukai	24	KKU	Fgn	96	236	229	13	45	2	3	3	15	5	2	6	50	.197	.220	.271	.491	62	0	1	0	0	0
58	Takeo Yoshizawa	23	CNI	Fgn	82	201	190	9	37	4	2	0	8	1	3	3	28	.195	.211	.237	.448	45	4	1	7	0	0
59	Hiromi Tanida	33	KKU	Fgn	88	221	197	14	38	6	0	4	19	0	0	17	37	.193	.259	.284	.544	56	5	1	5	1	1
60	Kenji Tomokawa*	21	TYO	Fgn	103	163	149	10	28	6	0	2	12	2	2	8	44	.188	.236	.269	.505	40	1	2	2	2	0
61	Satoru Sugiyama	31	CNI	Fgn	122	463	427	34	79	17	3	12	44	4	8	29	91	.185	.241	.323	.564	138	7	3	2	2	1
62	Junro Anan	19	HIR	Fgn	89	273	244	8	44	6	0	1	12	1	1	27	31	.180	.261	.217	.478	53	4	0	1	1	0
63	Kazuhiko Sakazaki*	19	YOM	Fgn	86	223	202	20	36	10	4	0	11	0	3	16	45	.178	.244	.267	.512	54	1	2	2	1	0
64	Shinkichi Harada	22	HIR	Fgn	52	161	145	9	25	3	1	2	10	2	2	10	33	.172	.224	.248	.473	36	3	0	5	1	0