1947 in Japanese Baseball

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1947 in Japanese baseball

Nippon Baseball League

Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS	RA	AVG	ERA	Manager(s)
Osaka Tigers	119	79	37	3	0.676	0.0	502	325	0.258	2.18	Tadashi Wakabayashi
Chunichi Dragons	119	67	50	2	0.571	12.5	410	320	0.229	2.03	Kiyoshi Sugiura
Nankai Hawks	119	59	55	5	0.517	19.0	384	374	0.231	2.39	Kazuto Tsuruoka
Hankyu Braves	119	58	57	4	0.504	20.5	357	350	0.229	2.38	Masao Nishimura
Yomiuri Giants	119	56	59	4	0.487	22.5	393	396	0.242	2.65	Haruyasu Nakajima, Osamu Mihara
Tokyu Flyers	119	51	65	3	0.441	28.0	354	427	0.218	2.53	Hisanori Karita
Taiyo Robins	119	50	64	5	0.441	28.0	350	423	0.228	2.55	Sadayoshi Fujimoto
Kinsei Stars	119	41	74	4	0.361	37.5	341	476	0.220	2.98	Michinori Tsubouchi

Leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Hiroshi Oshita	Tokyu Flyers	.315
Runs	Shosei Go	Osaka Tigers	81
Hits	Hiroshi Oshita Tetsuharu Kawakami	Tokyu Flyers Yomiuri Giants	137
Doubles	Fumio Fujimura	Osaka Tigers	36
Triples	Hiroshi Oshita Masayasu Kaneda	Tokyu Flyers Osaka Tigers	11
Home Runs	Hiroshi Oshita	Tokyu Flyers	17
Runs Batted In	Fumio Fujimura	Osaka Tigers	71
Stolen Bases	Toshio Kawanishi	Nankai Hawks	53
Walks	Kazuto Tsuruoka	Nankai Hawks	79

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Giichiro Shiraki	Tokyu Flyers	1.74
Wins	Takehiko Bessho	Nankai Hawks	30
Losses	Giichiro Shiraki	Tokyu Flyers	25
Winning Percentage	Takao Misono	Osaka Tigers	.750
Innings Pitched	Takehiko Bessho	Nankai Hawks	448.1
Appearances	Giichiro Shiraki	Tokyu Flyers	59
Hits Allowed	Takehiko Bessho	Nankai Hawks	376
Home Runs Allowed	Giichiro Shiraki	Tokyu Flyers	15
Strikeouts	Takehiko Bessho	Nankai Hawks	191
Base-on-Balls	Zenzo Ikeda	Taiyo Robins	164

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	Osaka Tigers	P	138	9	26	0	10	1	.188	.217	.254	26 - 12		331.2	277	8	69	86	2.09
Sawamura Award	Takehiko Bessho	Nankai Hawks	P	232	13	55	1	26	2	.237	.266	.310	30 - 19		448.1	376	6	135	191	1.86

Best Nine

The following players were part of the 1947 Best Nine team.

Position	Player	Team
P	Takehiko Bessho	Nankai Hawks
C	Takeshi Doigaki	Osaka Tigers
1B	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Yomiuri Giants
2B	Shigeru Chiba	Yomiuri Giants
SS	Kiyoshi Sugiura	Chunichi Dragons
3B	Fumio Fujimura	Osaka Tigers
OF	Masayasu Kaneda	Osaka Tigers
	Hiroshi Oshita	Tokyu Flyers
	Michinori Tsubouchi	Kinsei Stars

High School Baseball

The 29th National High School Baseball Championship featured a total of 1125 schools competing for 19 spots in the finals at Koshien. In the championship game Kokura High School (Fukuoka) defeated Gifu Shogyo High School (Gifu) by a score of 6 - 3.

The 19th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament featured 26 schools competing in the tournament at Koshien. In the championship game Tokushima Shogyo High School (Tokushima) defeated Kokura High School (Fukuoka) by a score of 3 - 1.

University Baseball

Tokyo Big6 Baseball League

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

Tohto University Base Ball League

Season	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
Spring	Chuo	Senshu	Jikei	Nihon	Tokyo Agriculture	Tokyo Tech
Fall	Senshu	Chuo	Nihon	Nippon Bunri	Tokyo Agriculture	Jikei

Kansai 6 University Baseball League

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