1937 in Japanese Baseball

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1937 in Japanese baseball

Dai-Nippon Professional Baseball League[edit]

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

Standings[edit]

Bold indicates season champion

Spring Season[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Spring Season[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Tokyo Big6 Baseball League[edit]

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[edit]

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

Kansai 6 University Baseball League[edit]

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
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