1948 in Japanese Baseball

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1948 in Japanese baseball

Nippon Baseball League

Standings

Bold indicates league champion

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS	RA	AVG	ERA	Manager(s)
Nankai Hawks	140	87	49	4	0.636	0.0	592	395	0.255	2.18	Kazuto Tsuruoka
Yomiuri Giants	140	83	55	2	0.600	5.0	555	416	0.256	2.27	Osamu Mihara
Osaka Tigers	140	70	66	4	0.514	17.0	542	499	0.262	2.88	Tadashi Wakabayashi
Hankyu Braves	140	66	68	6	0.493	20.0	500	487	0.242	2.63	Shinji Hamazaki
Kyuei Flyers	140	59	70	11	0.461	24.5	445	546	0.228	3.08	Hisanori Karita
Taiyo Robins	140	61	74	5	0.454	25.5	437	586	0.236	3.47	Nobuyoshi Hasegawa
Kinsei Stars	140	60	73	7	0.454	25.5	444	485	0.229	2.84	Sadayoshi Fujimoto
Chunichi Dragons	140	52	83	5	0.389	34.5	434	535	0.232	2.99	Kiyoshi Sugiura

Leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average	Noboru Aota	Yomiuri Giants	.306
Runs	Kazuo Kasahara	Nankai Hawks	100
Hits	Noboru Aota	Yomiuri Giants	174
Doubles	Kazuo Kasahara	Nankai Hawks	40
Triples	Fumio Fujimura	Osaka Tigers	13
Home Runs	Tetsuharu Kawakami Noboru Aota	Yomiuri Giants Yomiuri Giants	25
Runs Batted In	Fumio Fujimura	Osaka Tigers	108
Stolen Bases	Toshio Kawanishi	Nankai Hawks	66
Walks	Kamekazu Yasui	Nankai Hawks	81

Pitching

Statistic	Leader	Team	Number
ERA	Hiroshi Nakao	Yomiuri Giants	1.84
Wins	Hiroshi Nakao Tokuji Kawasaki	Yomiuri Giants Yomiuri Giants	27
Losses	Sadao Kondo	Chunichi Dragons	23
Winning Percentage	Takehiko Bessho	Nankai Hawks	.722
Innings Pitched	Juzo Sanada	Taiyo Robins	392.2
Appearances	Juzo Sanada	Taiyo Robins	58
Hits Allowed	Tadayoshi Kajioka	Osaka Tigers	325
Home Runs Allowed	Tadayoshi Kajioka	Osaka Tigers	20
Strikeouts	Hiroshi Nakao	Yomiuri Giants	187
Base-on-Balls	Shigeaki Kuroo	Kyuei Flyers	117

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	Nankai Hawks	3B	449	65	137	8	68	23	.305	.399	.434	Did not pitch
Sawamura Award	Hiroshi Nakao	Yomiuri Giants	P	125	12	26	3	12	0	.208	.272	.336	27 - 12		343.0	245	8	116	187	1.84

Best Nine

The following players were part of the 1948 Best Nine team.

Position	Player	Team
P	Takehiko Bessho/Hiroshi Nakao	Nankai Hawks/Yomiuri Giants
C	Takeshi Doigaki	Osaka Tigers
1B	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Yomiuri Giants
2B	Shigeru Chiba	Yomiuri Giants
SS	Chusuke Kizuka	Nankai Hawks
3B	Fumio Fujimura	Osaka Tigers
OF	Noboru Aota	Yomiuri Giants
	Kaoru Betto	Osaka Tigers
	Michinori Tsubouchi	Kinsei Stars

High School Baseball

The 30th National High School Baseball Championship featured a total of 1256 schools competing for 23 spots in the finals at Koshien. In the championship game Kokura High School (Fukuoka) defeated Wakayama Toin High School (Wakayama) by a score of 1 - 0.

The 20th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament featured 16 schools competing in the tournament at Koshien. In the championship game Kyoto Daiichi Shogyo High School (Kyoto) defeated Kyoto Daini Shogyo High School (Kyoto) by a score of 1 - 1.

University Baseball

Tokyo Big6 Baseball League

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

Tohto University Base Ball League

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

Kansai 6 University Baseball League

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