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1938 in Japanese baseball

Dai-Nippon Professional Baseball League

Standings

Bold indicates season champion; Italics indicate postseason series winner

Spring Season

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS	RA	AVG	ERA	Manager(s)
Osaka Tigers	35	29	6	0	0.829	0.0	212	109	0.268	2.05	Shuichi Ishimoto
Tokyo Kyojin	35	24	11	0	0.686	5.0	170	118	0.250	2.69	Sadayoshi Fujimoto
Hankyu	35	21	13	1	0.614	7.5	153	97	0.226	2.13	Minoru Yamashita
Eagles	35	18	15	2	0.543	10.0	117	109	0.229	2.45	Shigeo Mori
Tokyo Senators	35	13	21	1	0.386	15.5	135	174	0.217	3.58	Hisanori Karita
Nagoya Kinko	35	13	22	0	0.371	16.0	147	200	0.213	4.28	Genzaburo Okada
Nagoya	35	11	24	0	0.314	18.0	122	169	0.216	3.49	Yukisato Nemoto
Lion	35	9	26	0	0.257	20.0	105	185	0.211	3.71	Tokuro Konishi

Fall Season

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS	RA	AVG	ERA	Manager(s)
Tokyo Kyojin	40	30	9	1	0.763	0.0	211	110	0.241	2.04	Sadayoshi Fujimoto
Osaka Tigers	40	27	13	0	0.675	3.5	222	131	0.254	2.46	Shuichi Ishimoto
Hankyu	40	21	17	2	0.550	8.5	178	157	0.233	3.13	Minoru Yamashita
Nagoya	40	19	18	3	0.513	10.0	145	183	0.211	3.34	Yukisato Nemoto
Tokyo Senators	40	19	20	1	0.488	11.0	166	199	0.222	3.99	Hisanori Karita
Lion	40	19	20	1	0.488	11.0	164	146	0.216	2.62	Tokuro Konishi
Eagles	40	15	20	5	0.438	13.0	117	142	0.180	2.30	Shigeo Mori
Nankai	40	11	26	3	0.313	18.0	110	164	0.202	2.82	Kazuo Takasu
Nagoya Kinko	40	11	29	0	0.275	19.5	119	200	0.209	3.73	Genzaburo Okada

Leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic		Spring Season				Fall Season
		Leader	Team	Number		Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average		Haruyasu Nakajima	Tokyo Kyojin	.345		Haruyasu Nakajima	Tokyo Kyojin	.361
Runs		Fumio Fujimura	Osaka Tigers	32		Kenjiro Matsuki	Osaka	35
Hits		Haruyasu Nakajima	Tokyo Kyojin	50		Haruyasu Nakajima	Tokyo Kyojin	56
Doubles		Hisanori Karita	Tokyo Senators	11		Fumio Fujimura	Osaka Tigers	11
Triples		Shigeru Chiba	Tokyo Kyojin	7		Yoshio Kikuya	Lion	4
Home Runs		Harrison McGalliard	Eagles	6		Haruyasu Nakajima	Tokyo Kyojin	10
Runs Batted In		Masaru Kageura	Osaka Tigers	31		Haruyasu Nakajima	Tokyo Kyojin	38
Stolen Bases		Yukio Eguchi	Nagoya Kinko	14		Tsunesuke Sasaki	Nagoya Kinko	20
Walks		Masao Nishimura	Hankyu	39		Shigeru Chiba	Tokyo Kyojin	43

Pitching

Statistic		Spring Season				Fall Season
		Leader	Team	Number		Leader	Team	Number
ERA		Yukio Nishimura	Osaka Tigers	1.52		Victor Starffin	Tokyo Kyojin	1.05
Wins		Victor Starffin	Tokyo Kyojin	14		Victor Starffin	Tokyo Kyojin	19
Losses		Yoshio Kikuya	Lion	18		Masayoshi Nakayama	Nagoya Kinko	13
Winning Percentage		Takao Misono	Osaka Tigers	.909		Victor Starffin	Tokyo Kyojin	.905
Innings Pitched		Tadashi Kameda	Eagles	187.2		Victor Starffin	Tokyo Kyojin	197.2
Appearances		Tadashi Kameda	Eagles	29		Kozo Matsuo	Nagoya	27
Hits Allowed		Yoshio Kikuya	Lion	158		Kozo Matsuo	Nagoya	142
Home Runs Allowed		Victor Starffin Tsuruo Suzuki	Tokyo Kyojin Nagoya Kinko	5		Michio Nishizawa	Nagoya	10
Strikeouts		Tadashi Kameda	Eagles	137		Victor Starffin	Tokyo Kyojin	146
Base-on-Balls		Tadashi Kameda	Eagles	143		Tadashi Kameda	Eagles	127

Postseason

The Osaka Tigers and Tokyo Kyojin, winners of the Spring and Fall seasons respectively, met after the season to determine a league champion. The first game was played on November 26 at Nishinomiya's Koshien Stadium and was won by the Tigers 3 - 2. On the following day the Tigers again defeated the Giants by one-run, 5 - 4. The series then moved to Tokyo's Korakuen Stadium for the middle set of games. The Tigers continued their winning ways, defeating the Giants 5 - 3 on December 1. On December 2, the Tigers won the fourth game by a score of 4 - 2, and the series in a four game sweep of the Kyojin.

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	Hisanori Karita	Tokyo Senators	2B	134	31	40	5	15	7	.299	.413	.493	0 - 0		0.0	1	0	0	0	0.00

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	Haruyasu Nakajima	Tokyo Kyojin	OF	155	30	56	10	38	3	.361	.428	.626	Did not pitch

High School Baseball

The 24th National High School Baseball Championship featured a total of 633 schools competing for 22 spots in the finals at Koshien. In the championship game Heian High School (Kyoto) defeated Gifu Shogyo High School (Gifu) by a score of 2 - 1.

The 15th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament featured 20 schools competing in the tournament at Koshien. In the championship game Chukyo University Senior High School (Aichi) defeated Toho High School (Aichi) by a score of 1 - 1.

University Baseball

Tokyo Big6 Baseball League

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

Tohto University Base Ball League

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

Kansai 6 University Baseball League

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