1941 in Japanese Baseball

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1941 in Japanese baseball

Dai-Nippon Baseball League

Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS	RA	AVG	ERA	Manager(s)
Tokyo Kyojin	86	62	22	2	0.733	0.0	357	193	0.249	1.75	Sadayoshi Fujimoto
Hankyu	85	53	31	1	0.629	9.0	251	204	0.207	1.59	Toshiharu Inokawa
Taiyo	87	47	37	3	0.557	15.0	204	170	0.189	1.33	Hisanori Karita
Nankai	84	43	41	0	0.512	19.0	217	214	0.195	1.82	Hachiro Mitani
Hanshin	84	41	43	0	0.488	21.0	190	199	0.197	1.61	Kenjiro Matsuki
Nagoya	84	37	47	0	0.440	25.0	197	217	0.182	1.75	Tokuro Konishi, Chikayoshi Honda
Kurowashi	85	28	56	1	0.335	34.0	188	310	0.193	2.85	Mamoru Sugitaya
Asahi	85	25	59	1	0.300	37.0	197	294	0.191	2.24	Aiichi Takeuchi

Leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Tokyo Kyojin	.310
Runs	Tetsuharu Kawakami Shigeru Mizuhara Shigeru Chiba	Tokyo Kyojin Tokyo Kyojin Tokyo Kyojin	44
Hits	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Tokyo Kyojin	105
Doubles	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Tokyo Kyojin	21
Triples	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Tokyo Kyojin	9
Home Runs	Tsuguhiro Hattori	Nagoya	8
Runs Batted In	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Tokyo Kyojin	57
Stolen Bases	Michinori Tsubouchi	Asahi	26
Walks	Shigeru Mizuhara	Tokyo Kyojin	71

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Jiro Noguchi	Tsubasa	0.88
Wins	Kotaro Mori	Hankyu	30
Losses	Isamu Fukushi	Asahi	28
Winning Percentage	Kotaro Mori	Hankyu	.789
Innings Pitched	Isamu Fukushi	Asahi	396.2
Appearances	Isamu Fukushi	Asahi	57
Hits Allowed	Isamu Fukushi	Asahi	293
Home Runs Allowed	Saburo Asaoka Tokuji Kawasaki	Taiyo Nankai	7
Strikeouts	Teruzo Nakao	Tokyo Kyojin	179
Base-on-Balls	Isamu Fukushi	Asahi	234

Award Winners

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	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Tokyo Kyojin	1B	339	44	105	4	57	5	.310	.395	.460	Did not pitch

High School Baseball

The 18th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament featured 16 schools competing in the tournament at Koshien. In the championship game Toho High School (Aichi) defeated Ichinomiya High School (Aichi) by a score of 5 - 2.

The National High School Baseball Championship, held in the summer, was canceled due to war.

University Baseball

Tokyo Big6 Baseball League

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

Tohto University Base Ball League

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

Kansai 6 University Baseball League

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