1934 in Japanese Baseball

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1934 in Japanese baseball

Professional Baseball

The Dai Nippon Tokyo Baseball Club is founded on December 26. The club will eventually become the Yomiuri Giants.

High School Baseball

The 20th National High School Baseball Championship featured a total of 675 schools competing for 22 spots in the finals at Koshien. In the championship game Goko High School (Hiroshima) defeated Kumamoto Technical High School (Kumamoto) by a score of 2 - 0.

The 11th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament featured 20 schools competing in the tournament at Koshien. In the championship game Toho High School (Aichi) defeated Naniwa Shogyo High School (Osaka) by a score of 2 - 1.

University Baseball

Tokyo Big6 Baseball League

The league only held a single season.

First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
Hosei	Meiji	Waseda	Rikkio	Keio	Imperial

Tohto University Base Ball League

Season	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth
Spring	Senshu	Chuo	Kokugakuin	Nihon	Tokyo Agriculture
Fall	Chuo	Senshu	Nihon	Kokugakuin	Tokyo Agriculture

Kansai 6 University Baseball League

The Kansai club suffered financial problems which caused its abstention from the league in 1934.

Season	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
Spring	Ritsumeikan	Kwansei Gakuin	Doshisha	Kyoto	Kobe Commercial
Fall	Kyoto	Ritsumeikan	Doshisha	Kwansei Gakuin	Kobe Commercial

International Baseball

The Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig All-Stars, an American League all-star team, toured Japan in the fall of 1934. The touring team went 16 - 0 - 0 against Japanese competition. In the most famous game, Eiji Sawamura threw a one-hitter, only to lose 1-0 on a homer by Gehrig.