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1977 Japan Central League Batting Leaders

1976 Season 1978 Season

Classification: Foreign

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

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1977 Japan Pacific League

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League Player Batting

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Minimum 130 AB's to appear on leaderboard

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	Tsutomu Wakamatsu	30	YKU	Fgn	122	503	441	95	158	30	5	20	70	13	4	46	14	.358	.423	.585	1.008	258	9	7	4	5	3
2	Isao Harimoto*	37	YOM	Fgn	122	492	440	67	153	16	6	24	82	3	4	40	37	.348	.405	.575	.980	253	14	6	0	6	2
3	Masahiro Yanagida*	29	YOM	Fgn	114	441	374	68	127	18	2	21	67	17	6	55	36	.340	.425	.567	.992	212	7	3	6	3	1
4	Yasunori Oshima	26	CNI	Fgn	126	491	433	64	144	15	1	27	71	6	11	52	74	.333	.407	.559	.966	242	12	3	2	1	3
5	Masayuki Kakefu	22	HAN	Fgn	103	439	381	59	126	18	4	23	69	4	4	50	58	.331	.406	.580	.986	221	9	2	0	6	1
6	Katsuo Osugi	32	YKU	Fgn	123	505	453	62	149	19	1	31	104	0	2	37	65	.329	.382	.581	.963	263	16	7	0	8	9
7	Mike Reinbach	27	HAN	Fgn	109	441	381	58	124	23	2	14	62	14	5	48	54	.326	.405	.507	.911	193	14	6	1	5	2
8	Sadaharu Oh*	37	YOM	Fgn	130	570	432	114	140	15	0	50	124	1	3	126	37	.324	.477	.706	1.183	305	14	6	0	6	16
9	Yoshikazu Takagi*	28	TYO	Fgn	125	484	433	68	140	28	0	20	73	3	3	45	68	.323	.390	.527	.916	228	6	2	4	0	1
10	Yukio Fujinami*	26	CNI	Fgn	100	237	214	32	68	9	1	6	20	11	5	11	9	.318	.365	.453	.819	97	4	5	7	0	0
11	Charlie Manuel	33	YKU	Fgn	114	419	358	70	113	8	0	42	97	3	0	49	60	.316	.403	.690	1.093	247	10	7	0	5	6
12	Jitsuo Mizutani	29	HIR	Fgn	119	444	404	53	126	31	2	13	50	2	4	35	46	.312	.367	.495	.862	200	13	2	0	3	3
13	Kenichi Yazawa*	29	CNI	Fgn	130	554	493	65	154	29	4	14	55	5	1	53	51	.312	.381	.473	.853	233	15	2	5	1	3
14	Tatsuhiko Kimata	32	CNI	Fgn	123	417	384	32	119	16	0	13	51	1	2	25	41	.310	.355	.453	.808	174	12	3	3	2	2
15	John Sipin	30	TYO	Fgn	129	547	494	76	153	18	3	22	87	5	3	47	77	.310	.368	.492	.859	243	14	1	0	5	3
16	Koji Yamamoto	30	HIR	Fgn	130	552	448	102	138	24	4	44	113	22	4	94	64	.308	.428	.674	1.102	302	12	4	0	6	6
17	Willie Davis*	37	CNI	Fgn	72	302	288	47	88	13	2	25	63	10	3	10	18	.306	.332	.625	.957	180	6	2	1	1	1
18	Noriyoshi Sano	25	HAN	Fgn	67	228	203	23	62	9	0	8	21	2	1	22	26	.305	.379	.468	.847	95	9	2	1	0	2
19	Tomio Tashiro	22	TYO	Fgn	130	549	484	79	146	25	3	35	88	2	4	52	118	.302	.373	.583	.956	282	13	7	0	6	2
20	Jim Lyttle	31	HIR	Fgn	120	496	452	75	136	23	0	19	65	13	3	38	60	.301	.356	.478	.834	216	14	2	2	2	2
21	Taira Fujita	29	HAN	Fgn	119	514	473	62	142	23	3	11	43	6	6	35	35	.300	.351	.431	.782	204	5	2	4	0	2
22	Shigeru Takada	31	YOM	Fgn	127	554	473	81	140	22	2	17	65	11	6	40	42	.296	.351	.459	.809	217	6	3	32	6	1
23	Kazumasa Kono	25	YOM	Fgn	125	419	357	49	105	18	6	12	45	13	5	39	49	.294	.377	.479	.856	171	6	10	10	3	3
24	Yoshihiko Takahashi	20	HIR	Fgn	58	141	130	23	38	6	2	0	6	14	2	7	33	.292	.338	.369	.707	48	3	2	2	0	0
25	Morimichi Takagi	35	CNI	Fgn	121	504	468	74	136	18	3	20	52	10	3	18	49	.291	.323	.470	.793	220	10	5	11	2	0
26	Isao Shibata	33	YOM	Fgn	127	565	506	94	145	24	7	18	52	34	5	51	50	.287	.354	.468	.822	237	5	3	2	3	0
27	Hiroaki Inoue	33	CNI	Fgn	120	444	387	60	110	13	0	17	60	5	3	32	51	.284	.358	.450	.807	174	9	14	8	3	1
28	Kazuhide Funada	35	YKU	Fgn	101	339	304	24	86	10	2	1	20	15	5	29	25	.283	.346	.339	.685	103	10	1	4	1	0
29	Makoto Matsubara	33	TYO	Fgn	129	568	516	87	146	26	1	34	110	5	5	45	45	.283	.342	.535	.877	276	10	3	1	3	4
30	Gene Martin	30	CNI	Fgn	119	467	408	53	115	13	0	31	78	0	3	53	66	.282	.368	.542	.910	221	5	4	0	2	1
31	Adrian Garrett	34	HIR	Fgn	128	509	445	64	124	19	0	35	91	1	3	57	103	.279	.358	.557	.915	248	6	1	0	6	13
32	Yasushi Tao*	23	CNI	Fgn	96	166	152	19	42	6	1	6	19	1	0	9	31	.276	.315	.447	.762	68	3	0	4	1	0
33	Kunio Fukutomi*	34	YKU	Fgn	94	236	207	33	57	9	1	6	31	1	0	25	24	.275	.355	.416	.770	86	2	1	2	1	3
34	Takenori Ikebe	33	HAN	Fgn	113	389	368	31	101	15	0	13	46	6	2	10	40	.275	.301	.421	.723	155	8	5	4	2	3
35	Masayoshi Higashida	31	HAN	Fgn	57	196	183	20	50	5	3	9	17	0	1	13	27	.273	.321	.481	.802	88	5	0	0	0	0
36	Shinnosuke Kataoka	29	HAN	Fgn	70	208	185	23	50	4	0	10	27	0	1	17	34	.270	.342	.454	.796	84	4	3	3	0	3
37	Masayuki Nakatsuka*	32	TYO	Fgn	121	414	356	44	95	12	0	3	29	14	6	48	52	.267	.352	.326	.678	116	9	0	8	2	1
38	Yukio Yaegashi	26	YKU	Fgn	60	191	176	24	47	9	0	6	18	0	1	11	48	.267	.318	.421	.738	74	2	2	2	0	1
39	Keiji Nagasaki*	27	TYO	Fgn	126	519	433	79	115	18	3	19	57	19	4	58	101	.266	.369	.453	.822	196	3	15	10	3	1
40	Akira Ejiri*	34	TYO	Fgn	68	190	166	19	44	10	1	1	21	1	1	16	11	.265	.332	.355	.687	59	2	3	0	5	2
41	Sachio Kinugasa	30	HIR	Fgn	130	582	514	88	136	22	2	25	67	28	15	53	81	.265	.340	.461	.801	237	11	6	8	1	1
42	Roger Repoz*	36	YKU	Fgn	111	408	365	52	96	15	1	22	55	1	2	35	70	.263	.328	.490	.819	179	2	3	0	5	2
43	Hisaaki Fukushima	30	TYO	Fgn	105	357	317	34	83	12	0	13	50	0	2	31	55	.262	.333	.423	.756	134	9	4	3	2	6
44	Shozo Doi	35	YOM	Fgn	115	374	334	34	87	19	1	8	49	6	1	17	16	.261	.294	.395	.689	132	3	1	17	5	1
45	Koichi Tabuchi	30	HAN	Fgn	102	381	341	48	89	11	0	23	59	2	0	32	40	.261	.333	.496	.829	169	11	6	0	2	4
46	Daisuke Yamashita	25	TYO	Fgn	105	488	423	77	110	17	3	18	48	6	7	49	68	.260	.338	.442	.780	187	6	2	12	2	2
47	Shiro Mizunuma	30	HIR	Fgn	118	381	334	39	84	16	2	5	32	7	1	36	48	.252	.333	.356	.690	119	8	5	6	0	3
48	Akihiko Oya	29	YKU	Fgn	85	308	282	28	71	14	1	8	29	1	1	17	30	.252	.293	.394	.686	111	5	1	4	4	7
49	Tsuyoshi Oshita	32	HIR	Fgn	89	347	304	36	76	8	1	2	24	19	9	24	24	.250	.304	.303	.607	92	4	1	15	3	0
50	Kenji Awaguchi	25	YOM	Fgn	90	152	143	12	35	2	0	5	21	2	1	5	26	.245	.278	.364	.642	52	3	2	1	1	0
51	Yasunori Nagao	27	YKU	Fgn	128	549	476	68	116	21	5	4	30	13	6	33	40	.244	.296	.334	.630	159	6	3	35	2	0
52	Tomio Kinoshita	26	HIR	Fgn	106	201	182	21	44	11	1	4	21	7	2	10	28	.242	.278	.379	.658	69	3	0	7	2	1
53	Katsuhiro Nakamura	28	HAN	Fgn	119	468	388	65	94	15	2	12	27	15	7	59	67	.242	.350	.384	.734	149	9	6	13	2	0
54	Toshiyuki Mimura	28	HIR	Fgn	104	376	347	27	83	14	1	8	40	2	1	17	54	.239	.283	.355	.638	123	6	5	5	2	0
55	Jack Lind	31	YOM	Fgn	65	227	198	24	47	5	2	9	23	1	1	23	48	.237	.330	.419	.750	83	2	5	0	1	0
56	Hal Breeden*	33	HAN	Fgn	120	476	415	62	98	6	1	37	90	2	2	53	85	.236	.330	.523	.853	217	20	6	0	2	6
57	Shinji Masaoka	27	CNI	Fgn	120	259	233	23	55	7	2	0	12	8	5	13	35	.236	.282	.283	.565	66	7	3	7	3	0
58	Kyohei Taniki*	31	CNI	Fgn	117	175	153	32	36	6	1	4	14	6	3	19	32	.235	.331	.366	.697	56	0	3	0	0	1
59	Takashi Yoshida	31	YOM	Fgn	93	279	249	20	57	6	0	5	25	0	1	18	19	.229	.283	.313	.596	78	1	2	7	3	5
60	Yoshiyuki Sakakibara	28	HAN	Fgn	100	234	195	29	43	7	1	7	21	2	3	22	31	.221	.298	.374	.673	73	5	0	16	1	1
61	Yoshinori Yamashita	31	YKU	Fgn	82	168	148	20	32	7	1	7	24	2	1	15	28	.216	.299	.419	.718	62	4	3	1	1	0
62	Susumu Watanabe	24	YKU	Fgn	91	252	225	28	46	9	0	8	26	7	2	18	52	.204	.283	.351	.634	79	7	7	1	1	1
63	Shintaro Mizutani	23	YKU	Fgn	114	274	236	22	48	8	5	0	20	8	4	16	41	.203	.263	.280	.542	66	1	3	19	0	1