1946 in Japanese Baseball

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1946 in Japanese baseball

Nippon Baseball League

Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS	RA	AVG	ERA	Manager(s)
Kinki Great Ring	105	65	38	2	0.629	0.0	567	413	0.273	3.08	Kazuto Tsuruoka
Tokyo Kyojin	105	64	39	2	0.619	1.0	499	356	0.257	2.59	Hideo Fujimoto, Haruyasu Nakajima
Hanshin	105	59	46	0	0.562	7.0	549	430	0.288	3.23	Fumio Fujimura
Hankyu	105	51	52	2	0.495	14.0	439	439	0.257	3.17	Masao Nishimura
Tokyo Senators	105	47	58	0	0.448	19.0	417	498	0.238	3.67	Saburo Yokozawa
Goldstar	105	43	60	2	0.419	22.0	311	484	0.231	3.54	Michinori Tsubouchi
Pacific	105	42	60	3	0.414	22.5	377	433	0.232	3.23	Sadayoshi Fujimoto
Chubu Nihon	105	42	60	3	0.414	22.5	480	586	0.248	4.40	Aiichi Takeuchi, Kiyoshi Sugiura

Leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Masayasu Kaneda	Hanshin	.347
Runs	Kamekazu Yasui	Kinki Great Ring	89
Hits	Masayasu Kaneda	Hanshin	152
Doubles	Fumio Fujimura	Hanshin	31
Triples	Seiichi Suzuki	Senators	14
Home Runs	Hiroshi Oshita	Senators	20
Runs Batted In	Kazuto Yamamoto	Kinki Great Ring	95
Stolen Bases	Toshio Kawanishi	Kinki Great Ring	39
Walks	Kamekazu Yasui	Kinki Great Ring	84

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Hideo Fujimoto	Tokyo Kyojin	2.11
Wins	Giichiro Shiraki	Senators	30
Losses	Juzo Sanada	Pacific	26
Winning Percentage	Hideo Fujimoto	Tokyo Kyojin	.778
Innings Pitched	Juzo Sanada	Pacific	464.2
Appearances	Juzo Sanada	Pacific	63
Hits Allowed	Juzo Sanada	Pacific	422
Home Runs Allowed	Giichiro Shiraki Giichiro Shiraki	Senators Senators	13
Strikeouts	Juzo Sanada	Pacific	200
Base-on-Balls	Juzo Sanada	Pacific	205

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	Kazuto Tsuruoka	Kinki Great Ring	3B	388	75	122	4	95	32	.314	.422	.446	Did not pitch

High School Baseball

The National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament, held in the spring, was canceled due to wartime damage to Koshien Stadium.

The 28th National High School Baseball Championship featured a total of 745 schools competing for 19 spots The finals at Koshien. In the championship game Naniwa Shogyo High School (Osaka) defeated Kyoto Second High School (Kyoto) by a score of 2 - 0.

University Baseball

Tokyo Big6 Baseball League

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

Tohto University Base Ball League

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

Kansai 6 University Baseball League

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