1942 in Japanese Baseball

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1942 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	105	73	27	5	0.719	0.0	399	228	0.232	1.57	Sadayoshi Fujimoto
Taiyo	105	60	39	6	0.600	12.5	238	209	0.191	1.42	Shuichi Ishimoto
Hanshin	105	52	48	5	0.519	21.0	293	301	0.204	1.82	Tadashi Wakabayashi
Hankyu	105	49	50	6	0.495	23.5	264	264	0.189	1.73	Toshiharu Inokawa
Asahi	105	49	50	6	0.495	23.5	246	239	0.189	1.41	Aiichi Takeuchi
Nankai	105	49	56	0	0.467	26.5	267	286	0.202	1.90	Hachiro Mitani, Yoshiyuki Iwamoto, Kisaku Kato
Nagoya	105	39	60	6	0.400	33.5	275	324	0.185	1.93	Chikayoshi Honda
Yamato	105	27	68	10	0.305	43.5	191	322	0.181	2.29	Kazutaka Terauchi, Hisanori Karita

Leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Shosei Go	Tokyo Kyojin	.286
Runs	Shosei Go	Tokyo Kyojin	65
Hits	Haruyasu Nakajima	Tokyo Kyojin	111
Doubles	Kentaro Itoh	Tokyo Kyojin	18
Triples	Shosei Go	Tokyo Kyojin	11
Home Runs	Seizo Furukawa	Nagoya	8
Runs Batted In	Haruyasu Nakajima	Tokyo Kyojin	60
Stolen Bases	Michinori Tsubouchi	Asahi	44
Walks	Kiyoshi Yamada	Yamato	95

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Yasuo Hayashi	Asahi	1.01
Wins	Jiro Noguchi	Taiyo	40
Losses	Shigezo Ishihara	Yamato	26
Winning Percentage	Shuichi Hirose	Tokyo Kyojin	.778
Innings Pitched	Yasuo Hayashi	Asahi	541.1
Appearances	Yasuo Hayashi	Asahi	71
Hits Allowed	Yasuo Hayashi	Asahi	351
Home Runs Allowed	Akira Kawamura	Nagoya	10
Strikeouts	Jiro Noguchi	Taiyo	264
Base-on-Balls	Shinichi Ishimaru	Nagoya	169

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	Shigeru Mizuhara	Tokyo Kyojin	2B	258	32	58	0	16	2	.225	.324	.279	Did not pitch

High School Baseball

Both Koshien Tournaments were canceled due to war.

University Baseball

Tokyo Big6 Baseball League

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

Tohto University Base Ball League

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

Kansai 6 University Baseball League

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