1944 in Japanese Baseball

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1944 in Japanese baseball

Nippon Baseball Patriotism Association

The league shut down on November 13 after many of its players had been conscripted to fight in World War II.

Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS	RA	AVG	ERA	Manager(s)
Hanshin	35	27	6	2	0.800	0.0	165	81	0.248	1.53	Tadashi Wakabayashi
Tokyo Kyojin	35	19	14	2	0.571	8.0	128	104	0.236	1.92	Hideo Fujimoto
Hankyu	35	19	15	1	0.557	8.5	137	116	0.243	2.40	Masao Nishimura
Sangyo	35	13	21	1	0.386	14.5	81	152	0.184	3.10	Daisuke Miyake
Asahi	35	12	22	1	0.357	15.5	115	132	0.237	2.85	Michinori Tsubouchi
Kinki Nippon	35	11	23	1	0.329	16.5	85	126	0.201	2.09	Kisaku Kato

Leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Toshiaki Okamura	Kinki Nippon	.369
Runs	Den Yamada	Hankyu	25
Hits	Toshiaki Okamura	Kinki Nippon	48
Doubles	Michinori Tsubouchi	Asahi	11
Triples	Toshio Kurosawa	Tokyo Kyojin	4
Home Runs	Jiro Kanayama	Daiei Stars	3
Runs Batted In	Fumio Fujimura	Hanshin	25
Stolen Bases	Shosei Go Hiroshi Hagiwara	Hanshin Tokyo Kyojin	19
Walks	Den Yamada	Hankyu	30

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Tadashi Wakabayashi	Hanshin	1.56
Wins	Tadashi Wakabayashi	Hanshin	22
Losses	Shigeru Morii Hideo Shimizu	Sangyo Kinki Nippon	12
Winning Percentage	Tadashi Wakabayashi	Hanshin	.846
Innings Pitched	Tadashi Wakabayashi	Hanshin	248.0
Appearances	Tadashi Wakabayashi	Hanshin	31
Hits Allowed	Tadashi Wakabayashi	Hanshin	199
Home Runs Allowed	Shigeru Morii	Sangyo	5
Strikeouts	Hideo Fujimoto	Tokyo Kyojin	113
Base-on-Balls	Kozo Naito	Asahi	136

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	Tadashi Wakabayashi	Hanshin	P	93	14	25	0	15	2	.269	.370	.387	22 - 4		248.0	199	1	53	45	1.56

High School Baseball

Both Koshien Tournaments continued to be canceled due to war.

University Baseball

University leagues continued to be canceled due to war.