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1939 Japanese Baseball League Pitching Leaders

1940 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 432 games, 9 teams, approx. 96 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Victor Starffin	23	KYO	Fgn	42	15	.737	1.73	2.24	68	41	26	38	10	458.1	316	114	88	4	156	282	11	0	6	1838	1.030	6.2	0.1	3.1	5.5	1.81
2	Jiro Noguchi	19	TOO	Fgn	33	19	.635	2.04	2.51	69	45	24	38	8	459.0	364	128	104	17	108	221	5	0	3	1824	1.028	7.1	0.3	2.1	4.3	2.05
3	Tadashi Wakabayashi?	31	OSA	Fgn	28	7	.800	1.09	2.15	48	30	16	25	8	330.0	248	79	40	4	91	99	3	0	1	1326	1.027	6.8	0.1	2.5	2.7	1.09
4	Masayoshi Nakayama	21	NGY	Fgn	25	21	.543	2.04	2.94	60	40	17	30	8	379.2	281	124	86	3	175	178	2	1	2	1573	1.201	6.7	0.1	4.1	4.2	1.02
5	Masao Nakamoto	18	NAK	Fgn	18	19	.486	2.21	3.06	46	34	11	26	5	341.1	253	116	84	1	181	97	11	0	3	1419	1.271	6.7	0.0	4.8	2.6	0.54
6	Satoshi Takahashi	20	HAU	Fgn	17	10	.630	1.60	1.97	37	22	14	19	9	242.0	165	53	43	3	52	65	1	1	1	933	0.897	6.1	0.1	1.9	2.4	1.25
7	Yoshio Kikuya	23	LIO	Fgn	16	21	.432	2.96	4.54	55	39	13	22	3	335.0	277	169	110	4	209	151	4	1	14	1487	1.451	7.4	0.1	5.6	4.1	0.72
8	Tadashi Kameda?	26	EAG	Fgn	14	27	.341	3.08	4.46	55	41	13	30	4	371.0	306	184	127	8	280	208	3	2	14	1641	1.580	7.4	0.2	6.8	5.0	0.74
9	Takao Misono	23	OSA	Fgn	14	3	.824	1.96	2.25	21	15	5	15	1	160.1	112	40	35	3	41	66	1	0	0	616	0.954	6.3	0.2	2.3	3.7	1.61
10	Sakae Shigesato	23	NAG	Fgn	14	18	.438	2.32	3.53	40	33	5	22	3	260.1	232	102	67	5	125	77	2	0	3	1107	1.371	8.0	0.2	4.3	2.7	0.62
11	Michio Shigematsu	22	HAU	Fgn	13	12	.520	2.16	3.07	33	23	9	13	2	199.2	152	68	48	4	66	70	3	0	4	809	1.092	6.9	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.06
12	Isamu Fukushi	20	LIO	Fgn	12	19	.387	2.82	3.70	52	31	14	18	3	294.0	241	121	92	7	140	79	3	1	1	1256	1.296	7.4	0.2	4.3	2.4	0.56
13	Hiroshi Nakao*	19	KYO	Fgn	12	5	.706	2.61	3.29	39	32	3	12	5	224.0	153	82	65	4	174	137	3	0	6	971	1.460	6.1	0.2	7.0	5.5	0.79
14	Yukio Nishimura	19	OSA	Fgn	11	9	.550	2.42	3.23	29	20	5	11	2	167.1	139	60	45	4	72	89	1	2	1	710	1.261	7.5	0.2	3.9	4.8	1.24
15	Bikichi Miyaguchi*	20	NAK	Fgn	10	13	.435	3.11	3.92	47	25	19	11	3	234.1	201	102	81	4	141	89	7	0	1	1011	1.459	7.7	0.2	5.4	3.4	0.63
16	Masakimi Araki	34	HAU	Fgn	9	2	.818	1.73	2.28	17	15	2	9	3	114.2	88	29	22	2	33	36	1	0	1	461	1.055	6.9	0.2	2.6	2.8	1.09
17	Saburo Asaoka	25	TOO	Fgn	9	8	.529	1.31	2.24	34	23	8	9	2	212.2	173	53	31	4	84	86	2	0	1	875	1.208	7.3	0.2	3.6	3.6	1.02
18	Mitsuhiko Ishida	23	HAU	Fgn	8	7	.533	2.67	3.38	30	19	10	9	3	151.2	117	57	45	3	95	64	2	0	0	653	1.398	6.9	0.2	5.6	3.8	0.67
19	Kozo Matsuo*	22	NAG	Fgn	8	13	.381	2.57	4.53	38	30	6	13	3	192.2	164	97	55	3	133	101	2	0	4	856	1.542	7.7	0.1	6.2	4.7	0.76
20	Junichi Mochizuki*	20	EAG	Fgn	8	27	.229	3.01	4.44	46	35	9	22	3	295.2	278	146	99	8	166	120	5	2	4	1324	1.502	8.5	0.2	5.1	3.7	0.72
21	Sesho Ryu	28	NAK	Fgn	8	12	.400	2.40	4.08	28	25	1	9	2	161.0	138	73	43	4	88	29	4	0	0	709	1.404	7.7	0.2	4.9	1.6	0.33
22	Kuranosuke Furuya	28	NGY	Fgn	7	18	.280	2.43	3.76	45	32	11	10	0	244.0	206	102	66	7	129	107	1	0	4	1056	1.373	7.6	0.3	4.8	3.9	0.83
23	Hiroshi Kaneko*	24	TOO	Fgn	7	10	.412	3.16	4.20	28	22	4	6	4	148.0	126	69	52	3	67	73	2	1	0	637	1.304	7.7	0.2	4.1	4.4	1.09
24	Hirotaro Mori	24	HAU	Fgn	7	3	.700	2.69	3.45	15	13	0	7	2	107.0	97	41	32	4	38	25	0	0	0	458	1.262	8.2	0.3	3.2	2.1	0.66
25	Tetsuharu Kawakami*	19	KYO	Fgn	6	4	.600	2.37	4.03	18	13	5	5	1	102.2	81	46	27	2	64	54	2	0	3	449	1.412	7.1	0.2	5.6	4.7	0.84
26	Yasuo Kusunoki	19	KYO	Fgn	6	2	.750	2.17	3.18	14	10	3	4	0	70.2	57	25	17	3	32	23	5	0	0	298	1.259	7.3	0.4	4.1	2.9	0.72
27	Miyoshi Nakagawa*	19	EAG	Fgn	6	6	.500	1.64	3.19	17	12	4	9	2	110.0	94	39	20	1	54	43	3	0	0	475	1.345	7.7	0.1	4.4	3.5	0.80
28	Michio Nishizawa	17	NAG	Fgn	6	10	.375	2.14	2.83	31	14	13	9	1	184.2	119	58	44	6	111	67	3	0	3	760	1.245	5.8	0.3	5.4	3.3	0.60
29	Yukio Muramatsu	19	NAG	Fgn	5	3	.625	1.03	2.06	10	7	3	4	1	70.0	45	16	8	3	24	23	1	0	0	275	0.986	5.8	0.4	3.1	3.0	0.96
30	Katsusaburo Asano*	23	HAU	Fgn	4	2	.667	3.74	5.35	7	4	3	1	1	33.2	28	20	14	0	11	13	0	0	1	144	1.158	7.5	0.0	2.9	3.5	1.18
31	Isamu Kinoshita	19	OSA	Fgn	4	3	.571	3.84	5.27	19	14	1	3	0	82.0	82	48	35	1	33	20	2	1	1	356	1.402	9.0	0.1	3.6	2.2	0.61
32	Shotaro Hirano	20	NAK	Fgn	3	3	.500	2.20	3.86	18	7	9	3	0	65.1	55	28	16	2	33	15	2	0	2	284	1.347	7.6	0.3	4.5	2.1	0.45
33	Hisashi Kondo*	20	LIO	Fgn	3	12	.200	3.38	5.06	38	20	13	7	2	181.1	169	102	68	4	108	80	1	0	5	823	1.528	8.4	0.2	5.4	4.0	0.74
34	Nobuo Osawa	22	NAG	Fgn	3	6	.333	3.11	4.17	17	8	8	5	1	101.1	89	47	35	4	58	23	4	0	0	440	1.451	7.9	0.4	5.2	2.0	0.40
35	Shoichi Aoki	21	OSA	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.53	2.55	10	4	4	1	0	35.1	27	10	6	2	12	12	1	1	0	146	1.104	6.9	0.5	3.1	3.1	1.00
36	Masaru Kageura	23	OSA	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.50	5.34	6	2	4	1	0	32.0	33	19	16	1	14	13	1	0	0	140	1.469	9.3	0.3	3.9	3.7	0.93
37	Hachiro Miwa*	17	OSA	Fgn	2	5	.286	2.16	3.02	12	9	3	0	0	41.2	27	14	10	0	28	24	1	0	1	176	1.320	5.8	0.0	6.0	5.2	0.86
38	Saburo Nakamura	26	NAG	Fgn	2	3	.400	4.40	5.55	9	4	4	3	0	47.0	57	29	23	0	26	15	2	1	0	219	1.766	10.9	0.0	5.0	2.9	0.58
39	Toshiyuki Okamoto	22	LIO	Fgn	2	6	.250	4.99	6.47	10	6	5	3	0	48.2	54	35	27	1	30	23	0	0	0	229	1.726	10.0	0.2	5.5	4.3	0.77
40	Kiyoshi Omiya	23	NGY	Fgn	2	8	.200	3.77	5.40	19	13	3	3	0	88.1	83	53	37	1	51	26	2	0	0	400	1.517	8.5	0.1	5.2	2.6	0.51
41	Tsuruo Suzuki	24	NGY	Fgn	2	3	.400	4.66	5.35	11	3	3	1	0	38.2	45	23	20	3	14	12	1	0	1	170	1.526	10.5	0.7	3.3	2.8	0.86
42	Seizaburo Amakawa	19	NAK	Fgn	1	3	.250	2.13	3.20	12	5	2	3	1	50.2	47	18	12	0	23	9	3	0	0	222	1.382	8.3	0.0	4.1	1.6	0.39
43	Masao Furukawa?	24	EAG	Fgn	1	5	.167	7.50	9.67	14	8	5	1	0	54.0	81	58	45	5	32	14	0	0	1	266	2.093	13.5	0.8	5.3	2.3	0.44
44	Kenmei Boku?	28	OSA	Fgn	0	1	.000	1.08	1.08	2	2	0	0	0	8.1	12	1	1	0	3	2	0	0	0	39	1.800	13.0	0.0	3.2	2.2	0.67
45	Takeo Isobe	21	NGY	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.93	8.69	11	2	7	0	0	38.1	47	37	21	0	19	7	2	0	0	188	1.722	11.0	0.0	4.5	1.6	0.37
46	Jiro Ito	29	TOO	Fgn	0	0		4.60	5.74	5	3	1	0	0	15.2	24	10	8	0	1	5	0	0	0	70	1.596	13.8	0.0	0.6	2.9	5.00
47	Kenichi Izutsu	19	LIO	Fgn	0	0		3.00	6.00	1	0	1	0	0	3.0	7	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	17	2.333	21.0	0.0	0.0	6.0
48	Toshio Kameda?	21	OSA	Fgn	0	0		3.60	3.60	2	0	2	0	0	5.0	7	2	2	0	4	2	0	1	0	24	2.200	12.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50
49	Hisanori Karita	29	TOO	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.35	4.94	6	3	3	1	0	31.0	29	17	15	1	13	8	1	0	1	136	1.355	8.4	0.3	3.8	2.3	0.62
50	Tsutomu Kimura	18	NAK	Fgn	0	0		4.50	5.63	3	0	2	0	0	8.0	7	5	4	0	11	6	1	0	1	44	2.250	7.9	0.0	12.4	6.8	0.55
51	Minoru Morita*	20	NGY	Fgn	0	0		6.43	7.71	3	0	2	0	0	7.0	6	6	5	0	8	3	0	0	0	34	2.000	7.7	0.0	10.3	3.9	0.38
52	Kozo Naito*	23	NGY	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.45	6.40	9	2	6	1	0	32.1	23	23	16	3	30	14	2	0	2	152	1.639	6.4	0.8	8.4	3.9	0.47
53	Tsuruo Otsuka	20	TOO	Fgn	0	0		5.40	12.60	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	8	7	3	0	5	0	1	0	0	29	2.600	14.4	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
54	Chutaro Seike	19	EAG	Fgn	0	0		5.00	7.00	4	0	3	0	0	9.0	9	7	5	0	8	0	2	0	0	45	1.889	9.0	0.0	8.0	0.0	0.00
55	Ineo Shioda	28	TOO	Fgn	0	0		6.00	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	3.0	5	3	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	16	2.667	15.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
56	Minoru Tanaka	21	NAG	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0.1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6.000	54.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
57	Sukesaburo Tsunekawa*	20	NGY	Fgn	0	4	.000	7.00	10.00	7	4	2	0	0	27.0	40	30	21	0	21	10	0	0	0	141	2.259	13.3	0.0	7.0	3.3	0.48
58	Tsuneo Tsuri	21	OSA	Fgn	0	0		12.00	12.00	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	7	4	4	0	5	0	0	0	0	17	4.000	21.0	0.0	15.0	0.0	0.00