1997 Japan Central League Batting Leaders

1996 Season 1998 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 407 games, 6 teams, approx. 135 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1997 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	Mitsuru Manaka*	26	YKU	Fgn	87	250	228	40	77	11	3	3	19	8	2	15	32	.338	.384	.452	.836	103	2	2	5	0	0
2	Takanori Suzuki	25	YKO	Fgn	125	534	478	76	160	30	4	21	83	11	8	48	82	.335	.399	.546	.945	261	6	5	0	3	4
3	Bobby Rose	30	YKO	Fgn	130	572	463	70	152	30	7	18	99	3	2	91	70	.328	.444	.540	.984	250	17	11	0	7	11
4	Atsuya Furuta	31	YKU	Fgn	137	598	509	74	164	32	2	9	86	9	4	69	64	.322	.413	.446	.859	227	11	13	3	4	4
5	Luis Lopez	32	HIR	Fgn	134	580	532	80	170	37	0	30	112	0	0	36	58	.320	.366	.558	.924	297	15	6	0	6	1
6	Takuro Ishii	26	YKO	Fgn	132	612	521	95	166	23	1	10	44	23	18	57	58	.319	.391	.424	.815	221	5	7	23	4	1
7	Leo Gómez	31	CNI	Fgn	135	562	483	84	152	23	1	31	81	2	0	74	76	.315	.408	.559	.967	270	13	3	0	2	3
8	Jim Tatum	29	YKU	Fgn	51	159	139	27	43	7	0	13	25	4	1	16	28	.309	.390	.640	1.030	89	2	3	0	1	3
9	Norihiro Komada*	34	YKO	Fgn	135	558	507	57	156	31	2	12	86	2	3	45	73	.308	.360	.448	.808	227	20	0	0	6	4
10	Tetsuya Iida	29	YKU	Fgn	108	464	421	62	129	15	7	3	37	26	10	23	43	.306	.349	.397	.746	167	4	6	11	3	1
11	Koichi Sekikawa	28	HAN	Fgn	95	285	245	28	75	12	2	5	26	3	4	34	39	.306	.392	.433	.825	106	4	2	2	2	8
12	Takayuki Shimizu	23	YOM	Fgn	118	422	381	50	116	12	3	12	36	7	5	28	48	.305	.360	.446	.806	170	2	7	2	4	2
13	Tomonori Maeda	26	HIR	Fgn	100	419	382	55	116	23	1	15	68	1	0	28	35	.304	.348	.487	.835	186	7	2	0	7	2
14	Katsuyuki Dobashi	28	YKU	Fgn	101	405	355	45	107	22	0	8	61	4	3	25	39	.301	.346	.431	.777	153	8	2	18	5	0
15	Tomoaki Kanemoto	29	HIR	Fgn	133	552	465	77	140	17	2	33	82	13	9	80	104	.301	.404	.559	.963	260	8	3	0	4	5
16	Yutaka Wada	34	HAN	Fgn	96	423	390	51	117	17	5	2	26	2	0	25	44	.300	.346	.385	.731	150	4	4	1	3	1
17	Hideki Matsui	23	YOM	Fgn	135	596	484	93	144	18	0	37	103	9	3	100	84	.298	.420	.564	.984	273	5	6	0	6	10
18	Toshio Haru	27	YKO	Fgn	127	573	502	89	148	22	3	8	41	16	8	34	68	.295	.355	.398	.753	200	7	13	23	1	0
19	Katsuhiro Hiratsuka	31	HAN	Fgn	135	538	484	51	142	22	0	17	68	0	1	50	81	.293	.361	.444	.805	215	18	2	0	2	2
20	Dwayne Hosey	30	YKU	Fgn	137	576	498	101	144	32	3	38	100	20	9	61	107	.289	.371	.594	.965	296	7	7	4	6	4
21	Masahiro Kawai	32	YOM	Fgn	124	507	416	68	120	21	2	6	25	2	3	39	40	.289	.355	.392	.747	163	6	5	45	2	0
22	Shinya Miyamoto	26	YKU	Fgn	115	432	387	44	109	15	3	1	33	16	5	31	37	.282	.340	.344	.684	133	11	5	6	3	10
23	Daisuke Motoki	25	YOM	Fgn	101	337	312	33	88	10	1	9	32	1	1	14	46	.282	.315	.407	.722	127	6	2	7	2	0
24	Katsumi Hirosawa	35	YOM	Fgn	126	477	428	56	120	13	1	22	67	2	1	43	115	.280	.349	.470	.818	201	19	3	1	2	2
25	Kenjiro Nomura	30	HIR	Fgn	131	601	540	81	151	25	0	13	52	26	5	54	68	.280	.349	.398	.748	215	10	5	0	2	3
26	Takahiro Ikeyama	31	YKU	Fgn	124	505	439	65	121	26	3	18	79	11	1	49	76	.276	.350	.472	.821	207	21	6	2	9	7
27	Hiroshi Yagi	32	HAN	Fgn	94	220	189	26	52	8	2	4	30	0	1	30	45	.275	.373	.402	.775	76	5	0	0	1	1
28	Koji Goto	28	YOM	Fgn	80	203	180	23	49	14	1	3	13	1	5	19	31	.272	.347	.411	.758	74	3	2	1	1	2
29	Toshifumi Baba	32	YKU	Fgn	57	160	140	16	38	7	1	3	18	2	1	12	25	.271	.327	.400	.727	56	3	1	4	3	0
30	Koichi Ogata	28	HIR	Fgn	135	615	528	103	143	26	5	17	57	49	9	70	93	.271	.361	.436	.797	230	9	6	9	2	1
31	Daisuke Masuda	23	CNI	Fgn	117	458	402	54	108	15	8	2	24	11	8	42	88	.269	.341	.361	.701	145	2	4	6	4	0
32	Kazuyoshi Tatsunami	27	CNI	Fgn	133	579	495	77	133	24	3	14	55	8	5	77	42	.269	.372	.414	.786	205	13	5	1	1	4
33	Atsunori Inaba*	24	YKU	Fgn	130	494	439	71	117	24	4	21	65	9	6	37	67	.267	.333	.483	.816	212	6	7	10	1	4
34	Hatsuhiko Tsuji	38	YKU	Fgn	85	308	279	33	73	10	1	2	18	6	2	17	37	.262	.315	.326	.641	91	12	5	6	1	1
35	Katsuhiko Yamada	27	HAN	Fgn	92	238	214	14	56	16	0	4	21	0	0	17	37	.262	.319	.393	.712	84	7	1	6	0	2
36	Takahiro Saeki*	27	YKO	Fgn	106	303	265	20	69	12	1	4	25	6	2	29	62	.260	.336	.359	.694	95	5	2	5	2	1
37	Teruyoshi Kuji	28	HAN	Fgn	126	479	393	55	101	11	2	3	20	8	7	44	42	.257	.341	.318	.659	125	8	7	33	2	1
38	Takeshi Yamasaki	28	CNI	Fgn	130	483	421	45	108	19	2	19	54	0	1	55	66	.257	.350	.447	.797	188	14	6	0	1	4
39	Alonzo Powell	32	CNI	Fgn	106	417	379	36	96	13	1	14	56	0	0	36	56	.253	.321	.404	.725	153	17	2	0	0	3
40	Akira Eto	27	HIR	Fgn	110	479	393	78	99	12	3	28	76	3	0	81	92	.252	.384	.512	.896	201	6	4	0	1	4
41	Osamu Hoshino	27	HAN	Fgn	117	326	298	24	75	20	3	2	23	5	3	20	70	.252	.305	.359	.664	107	2	3	5	0	0
42	Akihiro Yano	28	CNI	Fgn	83	244	214	24	54	8	0	3	19	1	0	22	32	.252	.331	.332	.662	71	3	3	5	0	1
43	Makoto Imaoka	22	HAN	Fgn	98	279	252	18	63	11	1	2	20	1	0	11	48	.250	.290	.325	.615	82	3	3	13	0	0
44	Kazuhiro Kiyohara	29	YOM	Fgn	130	550	462	65	115	24	0	32	95	0	0	69	152	.249	.356	.509	.865	235	7	12	0	7	3
45	Takehiko Kobayakawa	35	YKU	Fgn	116	359	309	37	77	13	0	12	33	0	2	45	72	.249	.351	.408	.759	126	8	4	0	1	2
46	Timo Pérez*	22	HIR	Fgn	86	152	139	17	34	4	2	3	15	2	2	10	16	.245	.295	.367	.662	51	5	0	3	0	3
47	Darnell Coles	35	HAN	Fgn	63	246	231	28	56	16	0	7	28	0	0	13	40	.242	.285	.403	.687	93	14	1	0	1	0
48	Toshihisa Nishi	25	YOM	Fgn	119	461	414	52	100	19	0	10	39	10	6	34	62	.242	.301	.360	.661	149	17	2	9	2	1
49	Kojiro Machida	27	HIR	Fgn	103	301	257	34	62	10	0	10	33	4	4	33	56	.241	.342	.397	.739	102	7	7	3	1	0
50	Kozo Shoda	35	HIR	Fgn	117	365	324	34	78	11	2	6	34	0	2	19	29	.241	.282	.343	.625	111	8	0	21	1	0
51	Yasuaki Taiho?	33	CNI	Fgn	95	341	296	33	71	12	0	12	35	0	1	38	78	.240	.330	.402	.732	119	5	3	2	2	2
52	Tatsuya Shindo	27	YKO	Fgn	117	423	352	37	83	19	1	10	43	9	5	53	61	.236	.333	.381	.714	134	7	1	12	5	3
53	Takeshi Nakamura	30	CNI	Fgn	102	314	280	27	65	15	0	8	36	0	0	26	42	.232	.301	.371	.673	104	11	3	2	3	5
54	Tsuyoshi Shinjo	25	HAN	Fgn	136	539	482	62	112	17	3	20	68	8	4	44	120	.232	.306	.405	.711	195	7	9	0	4	0
55	Motonobu Tanishige	26	YKO	Fgn	128	489	397	42	92	19	2	13	46	2	1	61	71	.232	.336	.388	.724	154	14	3	25	3	9
56	Shinjiro Hiyama	27	HAN	Fgn	136	544	466	68	106	13	5	23	82	2	2	68	150	.228	.333	.425	.758	198	4	7	0	3	4
57	Bill Selby	27	YKO	Fgn	90	194	171	19	39	4	1	5	17	3	0	21	37	.228	.314	.351	.665	60	5	1	0	1	2
58	Yusuke Torigoe	25	CNI	Fgn	124	308	269	35	56	6	2	2	16	10	3	20	63	.208	.269	.268	.536	72	2	3	14	2	1
59	Shuji Nishiyama	29	HIR	Fgn	103	313	264	22	54	4	0	5	28	6	0	36	64	.205	.300	.277	.577	73	8	1	10	2	11
60	Phil Hiatt	28	HAN	Fgn	67	235	206	26	42	7	3	11	30	3	1	27	64	.204	.302	.427	.729	88	3	2	0	0	2
61	Terunobu Seto	28	HIR	Fgn	79	175	152	13	31	4	2	2	12	1	0	14	30	.204	.288	.296	.584	45	4	4	5	0	3