1943 in Japanese Baseball

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1943 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	84	54	27	3	0.661	0.0	263	169	0.209	1.38	Haruyasu Nakajima
Nagoya	84	48	29	7	0.613	4.0	217	172	0.199	1.41	Kaichi Masu
Hanshin	84	41	36	7	0.530	11.0	225	221	0.202	1.80	Tadashi Wakabayashi
Asahi	84	41	36	7	0.530	11.0	232	185	0.211	1.63	Aiichi Takeuchi
Nishitetsu	84	39	37	8	0.512	12.5	276	236	0.198	2.21	Shuichi Ishimoto
Yamato	84	35	43	6	0.452	17.5	203	263	0.180	2.41	Hisanori Karita, Toshio Kojima
Hankyu	84	31	51	2	0.381	23.5	175	257	0.185	2.25	Masao Nishimura
Nankai	84	26	56	2	0.321	28.5	178	266	0.184	2.48	Katsuo Takada, Kisaku Kato

Leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Shosei Go	Tokyo Kyojin	.300
Runs	Shosei Go	Tokyo Kyojin	68
Hits	Shosei Go	Tokyo Giants	89
Doubles	Junji Nakatani	Asahi	14
Triples	Akira Noguchi	Nishitetsu	8
Home Runs	Seizo Furukawa Akira Iwamoto Shoji Kato	Nagoya Nagoya Nagoya	4
Runs Batted In	Akira Noguchi Noboru Aota	Nishitetsu Tokyo Kyojin	42
Stolen Bases	Den Yamada	Hankyu	56
Walks	Shosei Go	Tokyo Kyojin	85

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Hideo Fujimoto	Tokyo Kyojin	0.73
Wins	Hideo Fujimoto	Tokyo Kyojin	34
Losses	Takehiko Bessho	Nankai	23
Winning Percentage	Hideo Fujimoto	Tokyo Kyojin	.756
Innings Pitched	Hideo Fujimoto	Tokyo Kyojin	432.2
Appearances	Hideo Fujimoto	Tokyo Kyojin	56
Hits Allowed	Tadashi Wakabayashi	Hanshin	299
Home Runs Allowed	Jiro Noguchi	Nishitetsu	11
Strikeouts	Hideo Fujimoto	Tokyo Kyojin	253
Base-on-Balls	Takehiko Bessho	Nankai	193

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	Shosei Go	Tokyo Kyojin	OF	297	68	89	2	20	54	.300	.457	.387	Did not pitch

High School Baseball

Both Koshien Tournaments continued to be canceled due to war.

University Baseball

Most university leagues canceled their seasons due to war.