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1940 Japanese Baseball League Batting Leaders

1939 Season 1941 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 469 games, 9 teams, approx. 104 games in season

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF
1	Kazuo Kito*	23	LIO	Fgn	102	430	386	34	124	22	13	1	46	13	37	14	.321	.379	.453	.832	175	1	2	4
2	Tetsuharu Kawakami*	20	KYO	Fgn	104	446	392	51	122	23	9	9	66	7	50	27	.311	.386	.485	.870	190	0	0	4
3	Sadao Morita	19	HAU	Fgn	43	121	110	10	34	3	2	0	16	1	7	10	.309	.345	.373	.717	41	0	2	2
4	Yoshio Tanaka?	33	HAN	Fgn	101	403	368	46	108	13	5	0	42	11	16	22	.294	.327	.356	.683	131	3	14	2
5	Shigeru Chiba	21	KYO	Fgn	90	394	320	51	90	9	4	3	38	16	65	39	.281	.402	.363	.765	116	1	6	2
6	Den Yamada?	26	HAU	Fgn	99	440	379	38	103	11	1	1	34	13	48	32	.272	.353	.314	.667	119	1	9	3
7	Shigeta Kobayashi	24	TSU	Fgn	90	376	321	33	85	10	4	4	49	12	43	22	.265	.356	.358	.714	115	5	2	5
8	Haruyasu Nakajima	30	KYO	Fgn	103	443	402	43	106	24	6	4	67	9	35	28	.264	.320	.383	.703	154	0	2	4
9	Katsumi Shiraishi	22	KYO	Fgn	104	478	390	70	103	17	6	1	40	24	82	46	.264	.391	.346	.737	135	2	0	4
10	Jiro Noguchi	20	TSU	Fgn	96	364	335	32	87	6	2	0	34	17	24	14	.260	.308	.290	.597	97	0	3	2
11	Jungo Igaue	23	HAN	Fgn	94	382	323	50	83	17	2	3	37	13	53	16	.257	.360	.350	.710	113	0	4	2
12	Victor Starffin	24	KYO	Fgn	55	180	171	13	43	9	0	0	28	0	2	7	.252	.257	.304	.561	52	0	5	2
13	Fujio Ueda?	28	HAU	Fgn	95	409	349	37	86	5	5	1	23	20	44	34	.246	.330	.298	.628	104	2	9	5
14	Yasuya Hondo	22	HAN	Fgn	101	442	391	52	95	26	5	3	36	18	40	33	.243	.314	.358	.672	140	2	5	4
15	Jimmy Horio?	33	HAN	Fgn	98	436	395	55	95	22	2	3	38	29	34	33	.241	.303	.329	.632	130	2	3	2
16	Shigeru Mizuhara	31	KYO	Fgn	86	384	332	42	79	9	3	1	22	9	43	16	.238	.328	.292	.620	97	2	6	1
17	Masao Nishimura*	27	HAU	Fgn	61	189	156	19	37	1	2	0	3	11	28	13	.237	.353	.269	.623	42	0	5	0
18	Kenjiro Matsuki*	31	HAN	Fgn	98	386	330	44	78	5	7	2	32	14	50	16	.236	.333	.312	.645	103	0	1	5
19	Wataru Nonin	25	NGY	Fgn	100	450	378	39	89	16	5	4	45	13	51	41	.235	.327	.336	.663	127	2	16	3
20	Kenichi Ota*	22	KUR	Fgn	67	171	132	15	31	0	2	0	10	5	36	17	.235	.394	.265	.659	35	0	1	2
21	Tadayoshi Tamakoshi	20	KUR	Fgn	56	144	115	15	27	2	2	0	10	3	21	15	.235	.360	.287	.647	33	2	5	1
22	Shigekazu Hasegawa?	22	KUR	Fgn	61	157	138	12	32	4	0	1	14	0	18	15	.232	.325	.283	.607	39	1	0	0
23	Katsusaburo Asano*	24	HAU	Fgn	71	215	173	11	40	6	1	1	20	3	34	17	.231	.354	.295	.649	51	0	6	2
24	Tadashi Kameda?	27	KUR	Fgn	74	225	209	11	48	5	1	0	18	2	12	14	.230	.278	.263	.541	55	2	2	0
25	Masaki Yoshiwara	21	KYO	Fgn	104	422	330	50	76	8	2	1	27	30	83	39	.230	.391	.276	.667	91	4	5	0
26	Miyoshi Nakagawa*	20	KUR	Fgn	100	408	371	34	85	11	3	1	24	5	29	25	.229	.286	.283	.569	105	1	6	1
27	Nobuo Osawa	23	NAG	Fgn	103	436	348	39	79	9	5	2	39	18	82	25	.227	.372	.299	.671	104	1	0	5
28	Hideo Shimizu*	21	NAK	Fgn	92	355	317	24	72	9	10	2	32	3	34	35	.227	.301	.338	.639	107	0	3	1
29	Toshio Kurosawa*	26	NGY	Fgn	53	220	191	19	43	6	0	1	28	2	27	13	.225	.318	.272	.591	52	0	0	2
30	Yoshiyuki Iwamoto	28	NAK	Fgn	45	191	165	20	37	9	1	0	10	9	18	25	.224	.318	.291	.608	48	5	2	1
31	Kinichi Nakata	19	HAN	Fgn	64	175	157	14	35	6	1	1	14	1	17	23	.223	.297	.293	.590	46	0	0	1
32	Sadayuki Maeda	19	NAK	Fgn	66	211	181	11	40	5	5	0	13	3	22	34	.221	.309	.304	.613	55	1	7	0
33	Hisanori Karita	30	TSU	Fgn	103	465	373	57	82	18	2	5	23	18	80	34	.220	.361	.319	.680	119	3	8	1
34	Minoru Morita*	21	NGY	Fgn	104	455	391	34	86	8	3	1	31	11	59	55	.220	.325	.263	.588	103	2	2	1
35	Matsuichi Kunihisa	21	NAK	Fgn	102	443	379	45	82	10	3	2	19	31	54	27	.216	.316	.274	.590	104	1	9	0
36	Toshiharu Inokawa	32	HAU	Fgn	73	282	237	17	51	5	0	2	20	5	40	35	.215	.333	.262	.595	62	2	3	0
37	Toshiaki Okamura	28	NAK	Fgn	101	367	311	19	67	12	3	0	29	12	51	41	.215	.327	.273	.600	85	1	3	1
38	Fumikazu Yamazaki?	23	TSU	Fgn	68	256	233	13	50	4	2	1	27	3	20	33	.215	.275	.262	.536	61	0	1	2
39	Tsutomu Kimura	19	NAK	Fgn	69	237	215	13	46	3	7	0	19	5	13	8	.214	.261	.293	.554	63	1	7	1
40	Kengo Kuroda	32	HAU	Fgn	102	427	365	40	78	10	1	0	29	21	47	31	.214	.308	.247	.555	90	5	5	5
41	Kaichi Masu	32	NAG	Fgn	104	438	356	39	76	10	1	0	21	7	68	40	.214	.347	.247	.594	88	6	6	2
42	Kazuo Yoshida	24	NAG	Fgn	103	425	378	35	81	12	5	3	55	13	43	55	.214	.294	.296	.590	112	1	0	3
43	Tsuruo Otsuka	21	TSU	Fgn	104	420	374	34	79	11	3	2	40	15	36	28	.211	.281	.273	.554	102	2	4	4
44	Yoshiaki Ueno	19	NGY	Fgn	65	209	176	12	37	5	0	0	16	7	29	21	.210	.322	.239	.561	42	0	4	0
45	Takashi Nakajima	25	HAU	Fgn	83	310	279	26	58	4	2	0	17	9	24	32	.208	.268	.237	.505	66	0	4	3
46	Kiyoshi Iwade*	22	NAK	Fgn	84	333	295	21	61	1	0	0	10	5	30	25	.207	.284	.210	.494	62	2	5	1
47	Saburo Asaoka	26	TSU	Fgn	65	185	160	14	33	4	1	0	8	2	22	29	.206	.302	.244	.546	39	0	3	0
48	Takeshi Miyazaki	21	HAN	Fgn	87	322	294	36	60	7	1	0	23	9	21	32	.204	.260	.235	.494	69	1	6	0
49	Fukuyoshi Okada	23	KUR,HAN	Fgn	110	476	422	41	86	13	0	2	37	23	46	20	.204	.281	.249	.530	105	0	6	2
50	Nobuo Togawa	19	LIO	Fgn	80	299	263	17	52	8	1	0	14	2	31	26	.198	.285	.236	.521	62	2	1	2
51	Shosei Go?	24	KYO	Fgn	91	316	269	40	53	7	6	2	25	13	39	40	.197	.304	.290	.594	78	3	3	2
52	Yoshio Tani	19	KUR	Fgn	88	281	245	23	48	4	3	1	21	6	32	36	.196	.291	.249	.540	61	1	3	0
53	Koichi Yamashita	28	HAU	Fgn	93	351	311	25	61	5	3	0	23	12	30	41	.196	.263	.232	.495	72	0	5	5
54	Jiro Iwagaki*	20	KUR	Fgn	98	408	339	29	66	5	2	0	20	21	51	14	.195	.302	.221	.523	75	2	14	2
55	Naokazu Haga	27	NAG	Fgn	102	388	347	18	67	8	1	0	28	4	32	33	.193	.261	.222	.482	77	0	8	1
56	Kunigoro Mori*	20	HAN	Fgn	77	158	140	6	27	0	1	0	13	1	5	18	.193	.218	.207	.425	29	0	11	2
57	Kazutaka Terauchi	27	KUR	Fgn	77	273	233	24	45	3	3	3	12	3	33	35	.193	.296	.270	.566	63	1	6	0
58	Michinori Tsubochi	26	LIO	Fgn	102	458	394	30	76	14	1	1	17	22	55	23	.193	.294	.241	.535	95	2	6	1
59	Yoshitsugu Yoshikawa	21	NAK	Fgn	89	355	311	20	60	12	1	1	22	10	38	28	.193	.279	.248	.527	77	0	4	2
60	Yoshio Gomi	22	NGY	Fgn	97	376	297	39	57	6	0	1	12	25	70	48	.192	.344	.222	.566	66	0	7	2
61	Masayoshi Ishida	26	NAG	Fgn	66	296	256	41	49	5	1	0	4	32	37	15	.191	.294	.219	.512	56	0	3	0
62	Yutaka Ishii	20	TSU	Fgn	67	189	152	11	29	4	0	1	12	1	33	15	.191	.335	.237	.572	36	1	1	2
63	Susumu Nagashima	19	NGY	Fgn	49	202	168	9	32	6	0	0	17	1	28	24	.191	.312	.226	.538	38	3	0	3
64	Saburo Nakamura	27	NAG	Fgn	101	394	346	36	66	7	9	2	33	4	39	68	.191	.272	.280	.552	97	1	4	4
65	Kikuji Hirayama	21	KYO	Fgn	104	417	369	39	70	8	4	1	30	21	43	38	.190	.273	.241	.514	89	0	3	2
66	Ichizo Murase	21	NAG	Fgn	104	455	378	48	71	6	9	3	29	22	66	78	.188	.308	.275	.583	104	0	10	1
67	Sadayuki Minagawa	20	HAN	Fgn	104	465	390	56	73	12	4	0	26	13	60	50	.187	.296	.239	.534	93	0	15	0
68	Masanobu Murowaki	22	NGY	Fgn	84	330	278	23	52	7	3	0	25	8	42	38	.187	.295	.234	.529	65	2	5	3
69	Toshiro Nishibata	22	LIO	Fgn	40	148	124	11	23	1	1	0	8	1	20	9	.186	.301	.210	.511	26	1	2	1
70	Susumu Urushibara	23	NGY	Fgn	56	200	178	14	33	5	0	0	11	4	17	23	.185	.256	.214	.470	38	0	5	0
71	Shigeo Murakami	26	LIO	Fgn	37	152	131	12	24	1	0	0	1	2	16	14	.183	.277	.191	.468	25	1	4	0
72	Masayoshi Nakayama	22	NGY	Fgn	62	151	132	12	24	2	0	0	5	0	15	8	.182	.262	.197	.459	26	0	2	2
73	Shichiro Yokozawa	27	TSU	Fgn	104	426	358	34	65	9	1	0	24	4	53	27	.182	.288	.212	.500	76	1	13	1
74	Toshio Tamakoshi	22	LIO	Fgn	96	386	304	26	55	3	4	0	21	9	67	45	.181	.328	.217	.545	66	2	8	5
75	Kuranosuke Furuya	29	NGY	Fgn	77	251	218	17	39	7	1	0	20	2	29	16	.179	.276	.220	.496	48	1	1	2
76	Toshikazu Yamao	21	NAK	Fgn	62	192	168	12	30	2	1	1	12	6	20	20	.179	.265	.220	.485	37	0	3	1
77	Yoshizo Oribe	20	TSU	Fgn	101	346	281	41	50	4	0	1	13	16	59	32	.178	.321	.203	.524	57	1	3	2
78	Hisashi Kondo*	21	LIO	Fgn	69	136	124	9	22	1	1	0	7	0	10	13	.177	.235	.202	.437	25	0	0	2
79	Masafumi Kinoshita	20	KUR	Fgn	78	273	245	14	43	4	2	2	21	2	22	33	.176	.244	.233	.477	57	1	3	2
80	Chotaro Muramatsu	18	TSU	Fgn	58	171	143	17	25	5	1	0	12	8	25	15	.175	.296	.224	.520	32	0	2	1
81	Satoharu Maeda	20	LIO	Fgn	73	201	173	15	30	3	1	0	6	0	25	26	.173	.276	.202	.479	35	0	2	1
82	Masakazu Kito	20	LIO,NAG	Fgn	47	171	146	4	25	3	0	0	3	2	22	21	.171	.278	.192	.470	28	0	2	1
83	Toshikazu Miura	24	NAG	Fgn	94	366	310	26	53	7	2	1	30	13	50	40	.171	.285	.216	.501	67	1	1	4
84	Hirotaro Mori	25	HAU	Fgn	56	146	117	8	20	0	0	0	4	0	20	17	.171	.292	.171	.463	20	0	9	0
85	Jinkichi Ito	20	HAU	Fgn	74	202	159	15	27	3	1	0	11	2	31	22	.170	.309	.201	.510	32	1	11	0
86	Itsuro Fujito	20	NAK	Fgn	93	354	307	19	52	3	0	0	7	5	27	30	.169	.243	.179	.423	55	3	17	0
87	Kenzaburo Kaji	19	LIO	Fgn	56	154	130	10	22	1	1	0	8	0	21	32	.169	.283	.192	.475	25	0	2	1
88	Tsunesuke Sasaki	24	NGY	Fgn	82	339	279	33	47	3	2	1	7	8	45	29	.169	.286	.204	.491	57	1	14	0
89	Shuzo Hirota	25	LIO	Fgn	86	284	238	8	40	10	3	0	16	1	40	59	.168	.290	.235	.526	56	1	5	0
90	Koji Matsuoka	21	LIO	Fgn	48	130	108	6	18	2	0	0	6	1	16	24	.167	.272	.185	.457	20	0	5	1
91	Seiichi Hayashi	24	KYO	Fgn	62	187	165	11	27	2	1	0	10	8	18	21	.164	.249	.188	.437	31	1	2	1
92	Yoshiharu Nishioka	20	TSU	Fgn	48	127	116	9	19	0	2	0	11	2	9	12	.164	.222	.198	.421	23	0	1	1
93	Chutaro Seike	20	KUR	Fgn	104	366	333	23	54	5	1	0	15	7	22	29	.162	.217	.183	.401	61	2	7	2
94	Takayoshi Nomura	21	LIO,NGY	Fgn	64	220	174	13	28	3	1	0	16	2	43	39	.161	.326	.190	.515	33	0	2	1
95	Tadashi Wakabayashi?	32	HAN	Fgn	69	167	150	10	24	7	1	0	13	1	8	14	.160	.211	.220	.431	33	2	6	1
96	Yoshio Ueda?	25	NAK	Fgn	72	236	220	14	35	4	3	0	11	2	10	25	.159	.202	.205	.406	45	2	3	1
97	Takeo Sato	23	TSU	Fgn	101	366	316	21	50	12	0	3	26	0	41	62	.158	.254	.225	.479	71	0	8	1
98	Kiyoshi Yamada	19	KUR	Fgn	94	308	250	23	39	1	0	0	11	11	49	33	.156	.291	.160	.451	40	0	6	3
99	Usaburo Shintomi	25	HAU	Fgn	74	249	222	18	34	5	0	2	21	6	22	37	.153	.228	.203	.430	45	0	3	2
100	Yoshio Kikuya	24	LIO	Fgn	68	150	139	7	20	4	0	1	14	0	8	28	.144	.195	.194	.389	27	1	1	1