1937 in Japanese Baseball

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1937 in Japanese baseball

Dai-Nippon Professional Baseball League

The league remains in a split-season format, but plays a schedule of games rather than tournaments.

Standings

Bold indicates season champion

Spring Season

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS	RA	AVG	ERA	Manager(s)
Tokyo Kyojin	56	41	13	2	0.750	0.0	260	132	0.242	1.53	Sadayoshi Fujimoto
Osaka Tigers	56	41	14	1	0.741	0.5	333	161	0.246	1.72	Shuichi Ishimoto
Tokyo Senators	56	30	26	0	0.536	12.0	206	192	0.214	2.55	Saburo Yokozawa
Hankyu	56	28	26	2	0.518	13.0	262	218	0.223	2.81	Daisuke Miyake
Nagoya Kinko	56	25	30	1	0.455	16.5	217	234	0.231	3.03	Genzaburo Okada
Dai Tokyo	56	21	31	4	0.411	19.0	202	289	0.220	3.01	Tokuro Konishi
Nagoya	56	21	35	0	0.375	21.0	210	211	0.220	4.14	Kaichi Masu
Eagles	56	12	44	0	0.214	30.0	188	341	0.216	3.97	Shigeo Mori

Fall Season

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS	RA	AVG	ERA	Manager(s)
Osaka Tigers	49	39	9	1	0.806	0.0	293	138	0.258	2.03	Shuichi Ishimoto
Tokyo Kyojin	48	30	18	0	0.625	9.0	259	151	0.255	2.31	Sadayoshi Fujimoto
Eagles	49	28	19	2	0.592	10.5	253	218	0.247	3.26	Shigeo Mori
Nagoya Kinko	49	23	25	1	0.480	16.0	216	223	0.230	3.40	Genzaburo Okada
Tokyo Senators	48	20	27	1	0.427	18.5	175	228	0.200	3.61	Saburo Yokozawa
Lion	49	19	29	1	0.398	20.0	219	284	0.233	4.45	Tokuro Konishi
Hankyu	49	17	29	3	0.378	21.0	187	242	0.218	3.84	Daisuke Miyake
Nagoya	49	13	33	3	0.296	25.0	141	259	0.222	4.00	Kaichi Masu

Leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic		Spring Season				Fall Season
		Leader	Team	Number		Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average		Kenjiro Matsuki	Osaka Tigers	.338		Masaru Kageura	Osaka Tigers	.333
Runs		Isamu Fujii	Osaka Tigers	49		Yoshio Takahashi	Eagles	43
Hits		Kenjiro Matsuki	Osaka Tigers	70		Bucky Harris	Eagles	62
Doubles		Masato Monzen	Osaka Tigers	15		Bucky Harris	Eagles	17
Triples		Shosei Go Ryohei Igaue	Tokyo Kyojin Osaka	8		Kenjiro Matsuki	Osaka Tigers	6
Home Runs		Haruyasu Nakajima Kenjiro Matsuki	Tokyo Kyojin Osaka	4		Yoshio Takahashi	Eagles	6
Runs Batted In		Masaru Kageura	Osaka Tigers	57		Haruyasu Nakajima	Tokyo Kyojin	37
Stolen Bases		Masanobu Yamaguchi	Osaka Tigers	29		Kazuo Kito Hidenosuke Shima	Lion Nagoya Kinko	22
Walks		Masanobu Yamaguchi	Osaka Tigers	60		Masanobu Yamaguchi	Osaka Tigers	48

Pitching

Statistic		Spring Season				Fall Season
		Leader	Team	Number		Leader	Team	Number
ERA		Eiji Sawamura	Tokyo Kyojin	0.81		Yukio Nishimura	Osaka	1.48
Wins		Eiji Sawamura	Tokyo Kyojin	24		Yukio Nishimura Victor Starffin Akira Noguchi	Osaka Tigers Tokyo Kyojin Tokyo Senators	15
Losses		Toshihide Hatafuku	Eagles	21		Akira Noguchi	Tokyo Senators	15
Winning Percentage		Eiji Sawamura	Tokyo Kyojin	.857		Takao Misono	Osaka Tigers	1.000
Innings Pitched		Akira Noguchi	Tokyo Senators	257.0		Akira Noguchi	Tokyo Senators	235.1
Appearances		Akira Noguchi	Tokyo Senators	37		Akira Noguchi	Tokyo Senators	33
Hits Allowed		Toshihide Hatafuku	Eagles	225		Akira Noguchi	Tokyo Senators	223
Home Runs Allowed		Toshihide Hatafuku	Eagles	6		Toshihide Hatafuku Akira Noguchi	Eagles Tokyo Senators	11
Strikeouts		Eiji Sawamura	Tokyo Kyojin	196		Eiji Sawamura	Tokyo Kyojin	129
Base-on-Balls		Kuranosuke Furuya	Nagoya Kinko	145		Yoshio Kikuya	Lion	123

Award Winners

Spring Season

Award	Player	Team	Position	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	W - L	SV	IP	HA	HRA	BB	SO	ERA
Most Valuable Player	Eiji Sawamura	Tokyo Kyojin	P	98	13	27	0	11	0	.276	.330	.316	24 - 4		244.0	138	2	68	196	0.81

Fall Season

Award	Player	Team	Position	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	W - L	SV	IP	HA	HRA	BB	SO	ERA
Most Valuable Player	Harrison McGalliard	Kourakuen Eagles	C	200	34	62	1	24	7	.310	.370	.430	Did not pitch

High School Baseball

The 23rd National High School Baseball Championship featured a total of 654 schools competing for 22 spots in the finals at Koshien. In the championship game Chukyo University Senior High School (Aichi) defeated Kumamoto Technical High School (Kumamoto) by a score of 3 - 1.

The 14th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament featured 20 schools competing in the tournament at Koshien. In the championship game Naniwa Shogyo High School (Osaka) defeated Chukyo University Senior High School (Aichi) by a score of 2 - 1.

University Baseball

Tokyo Big6 Baseball League

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

Tohto University Base Ball League

Season	First	Second	Third	Fourth
Spring	Chuo	Senshu	Nihon	Kokugakuin
Fall	Chuo	Senshu	Nihon	Kokugakuin

Kansai 6 University Baseball League

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