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1958 Japan Central League Batting Leaders

1957 Season 1959 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 390 games, 6 teams, approx. 130 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1958 Japan Pacific League

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Kenjiro Tamiya*	30	OSA	Fgn	120	459	387	57	124	33	9	11	62	12	4	60	28	.320	.416	.538	.953	208	6	6	2	4	20
2	Shigeo Nagashima	22	YOM	Fgn	130	550	502	89	153	34	8	29	92	37	10	36	53	.305	.353	.578	.931	290	3	5	1	6	15
3	Wally Yonamine*	33	YOM	Fgn	128	529	467	64	137	21	3	8	58	8	3	51	77	.293	.360	.403	.763	188	9	0	7	4	1
4	Kazuyoshi Nishiyama	24	OSA	Fgn	84	176	166	21	48	12	2	7	18	0	0	7	15	.289	.314	.512	.826	85	3	0	1	2	0
5	Yoshio Yoshida	24	OSA	Fgn	127	517	455	59	130	17	5	2	27	18	10	32	13	.286	.335	.358	.693	163	8	2	27	1	1
6	Shigeru Fujio	23	YOM	Fgn	115	428	399	54	113	22	6	11	58	14	8	24	57	.283	.323	.451	.774	180	9	1	1	3	1
7	Noboru Inoue	24	CNI	Fgn	126	532	489	63	137	25	5	18	54	26	7	32	44	.280	.321	.462	.784	226	9	0	6	5	7
8	Tatsuro Hirooka	26	YOM	Fgn	111	479	437	69	121	18	2	12	41	22	9	30	70	.277	.328	.410	.738	179	4	4	7	1	3
9	Riichi Kodama	39	TYO	Fgn	107	401	346	34	95	21	1	10	35	3	1	53	35	.275	.372	.428	.799	148	7	1	0	1	3
10	Michio Nishizawa	36	CNI	Fgn	107	404	375	33	103	12	0	2	44	0	4	23	24	.275	.314	.323	.637	121	13	1	0	5	2
11	Hiromu Fujii	22	HIR	Fgn	120	487	408	53	111	25	2	17	55	3	4	76	71	.272	.388	.468	.856	191	12	1	2	0	9
12	Katsuya Morinaga	24	HIR	Fgn	118	419	383	51	104	13	6	13	45	5	1	27	46	.272	.320	.439	.758	168	7	2	3	4	1
13	Jun Hakota	26	KKU	Fgn	130	543	513	49	139	13	3	9	38	17	10	24	41	.271	.302	.361	.663	185	11	0	3	3	3
14	Kazuhiko Kondo*	22	TYO	Fgn	121	468	418	51	113	15	3	13	37	10	7	43	43	.270	.343	.414	.757	173	7	4	1	2	3
15	Hideshi Miyake	24	OSA	Fgn	130	565	510	81	137	22	6	21	48	35	16	44	107	.269	.329	.459	.787	234	5	2	8	1	0
16	Hiroharu Okajima	23	CNI	Fgn	130	571	480	86	129	28	3	16	40	47	23	84	74	.269	.380	.440	.819	211	1	3	2	2	0
17	Itsuro Honda*	27	CNI	Fgn	112	408	364	33	95	14	3	1	21	22	16	30	29	.261	.317	.324	.641	118	3	1	10	3	0
18	Satoru Sugiyama	32	CNI	Fgn	96	336	313	20	81	12	2	9	41	7	5	17	50	.259	.299	.396	.695	124	6	2	1	3	1
19	Noboru Aota	33	TYO	Fgn	76	276	260	21	67	8	0	7	30	1	0	14	29	.258	.297	.369	.666	96	7	1	0	1	1
20	Atsushi Otsu	26	OSA	Fgn	105	383	350	27	88	10	2	5	42	10	2	18	17	.251	.286	.334	.620	117	7	0	12	3	1
21	Teruo Namiki*	19	OSA	Fgn	109	317	276	28	69	10	7	3	27	6	6	32	47	.250	.332	.370	.702	102	3	3	4	2	1
22	Toshio Naka	22	CNI	Fgn	97	390	339	47	84	15	2	5	24	26	7	16	19	.248	.282	.348	.630	118	2	2	28	5	0
23	Makoto Kozuru	35	HIR	Fgn	65	200	174	21	43	4	0	8	26	2	2	19	29	.247	.313	.408	.721	71	8	0	2	5	1
24	Toru Mori	22	CNI	Fgn	112	447	421	46	104	18	1	23	73	7	7	18	85	.247	.282	.458	.740	193	9	3	3	2	4
25	Tetsuharu Kawakami*	38	YOM	Fgn	124	480	435	34	107	19	2	9	66	4	5	25	39	.246	.290	.361	.651	157	9	5	7	8	1
26	Masataka Tsuchiya	22	YOM	Fgn	100	317	281	42	69	11	2	5	24	12	4	31	44	.246	.320	.352	.672	99	7	0	4	1	1
27	Tokuji Iida	34	KKU	Fgn	38	154	143	12	35	2	4	2	13	4	5	9	22	.245	.288	.357	.644	51	0	0	1	1	0
28	Masaaki Ishida*	22	KKU	Fgn	106	361	331	15	81	10	1	2	24	1	1	18	63	.245	.286	.299	.585	99	7	1	11	0	1
29	Akiyoshi Kobayashi	34	TYO	Fgn	101	165	151	6	37	2	0	1	14	1	0	10	18	.245	.299	.278	.577	42	1	2	1	1	1
30	Kazuhiko Sakazaki*	20	YOM	Fgn	108	330	298	30	73	14	3	5	28	5	5	24	57	.245	.309	.362	.671	108	1	4	3	1	1
31	Seikichi Nishioka	21	KKU	Fgn	63	178	169	13	41	4	3	4	15	1	1	6	19	.243	.271	.373	.644	63	6	1	1	1	1
32	Kiyoshi Doi	25	TYO	Fgn	108	417	360	34	87	12	1	7	38	6	7	38	51	.242	.319	.339	.658	122	10	4	13	2	0
33	Mitsuo Yoneyama	25	HIR	Fgn	61	183	157	19	38	5	2	1	10	7	1	21	25	.242	.330	.319	.648	50	2	0	4	1	0
34	Kiyoshi Matsuda*	27	KKU	Fgn	103	306	259	33	62	9	3	3	15	9	5	42	47	.239	.347	.332	.679	86	4	1	3	1	2
35	Mitsutsugu Yokoyama	25	OSA	Fgn	113	365	327	28	78	12	1	5	45	14	2	22	46	.239	.289	.327	.617	107	8	3	9	4	2
36	Yoshitaka Kosaka	22	HIR	Fgn	128	527	477	42	112	20	4	4	41	14	9	35	68	.235	.291	.319	.610	152	6	4	8	3	2
37	Akira Owada	24	HIR	Fgn	120	401	372	39	87	15	7	14	45	7	6	17	67	.234	.267	.425	.692	158	3	1	8	3	3
38	Takao Sato	26	KKU	Fgn	125	456	398	46	92	14	1	13	42	15	8	48	71	.231	.314	.369	.684	147	17	2	4	4	3
39	Katsumi Ukai	25	KKU	Fgn	119	416	399	28	92	14	8	3	29	15	5	9	65	.231	.246	.328	.574	131	9	0	5	3	1
40	Morio Okada	21	TYO	Fgn	80	215	203	17	46	12	5	1	21	2	2	7	35	.227	.251	.350	.601	71	4	0	4	1	0
41	Satoshi Hirayama?	28	HIR	Fgn	123	510	465	44	105	22	7	5	25	21	8	31	56	.226	.276	.336	.611	156	4	1	13	0	3
42	Katsumi Fujimoto	20	OSA	Fgn	124	410	378	35	85	14	2	16	49	2	4	27	83	.225	.276	.400	.675	151	11	1	0	4	5
43	Takashi Iwamoto	28	YOM	Fgn	114	363	320	39	72	13	3	4	28	8	2	27	78	.225	.288	.322	.610	103	7	3	9	4	0
44	Hiromitsu Negoro	21	KKU	Fgn	101	293	267	18	60	9	2	7	28	1	2	17	43	.225	.273	.352	.625	94	10	1	7	1	2
45	Takeshi Koba	22	HIR	Fgn	88	368	340	35	76	8	2	5	18	8	5	21	36	.224	.269	.303	.572	103	3	0	7	0	0
46	Shigenori Sasaki	24	KKU	Fgn	120	386	352	27	78	13	4	4	25	10	9	23	45	.222	.270	.315	.585	111	13	1	8	2	1
47	Reijiro Watanabe	26	KKU	Fgn	99	320	285	26	63	6	5	1	11	7	2	23	45	.221	.284	.288	.572	82	5	3	7	2	0
48	Toshio Miyamoto	25	YOM	Fgn	107	323	302	23	66	6	1	6	23	10	3	13	58	.219	.253	.305	.558	92	7	2	3	3	1
49	Terutoshi Okiyama*	25	TYO	Fgn	124	517	472	38	103	17	1	2	18	11	7	36	56	.218	.277	.271	.549	128	6	3	5	1	3
50	Mamoru Nakajima*	27	TYO	Fgn	112	242	225	14	48	4	1	1	16	2	1	10	38	.213	.253	.253	.507	57	5	2	5	0	1
51	Toshiyuki Nakamura	21	TYO	Fgn	90	317	280	24	59	10	2	9	23	3	4	24	69	.211	.272	.357	.629	100	3	0	12	1	1
52	Takeo Yoshizawa	24	CNI	Fgn	100	309	286	14	60	9	3	3	22	2	6	14	31	.210	.249	.294	.543	84	7	1	8	0	1
53	Shosuke Doi	20	KKU	Fgn	70	158	150	13	31	6	2	0	5	11	5	3	21	.207	.221	.273	.494	41	2	0	4	1	0
54	Yukihiko Machida	24	KKU	Fgn	117	442	388	40	80	15	4	8	33	28	2	51	76	.206	.299	.327	.626	127	4	1	0	2	2
55	Tomio Hiroka	30	HIR	Fgn	82	244	224	20	46	10	4	5	23	3	2	13	38	.205	.250	.353	.603	79	3	1	4	2	2
56	Keiichi Asagoe	21	OSA	Fgn	74	194	181	16	37	6	0	6	16	0	1	12	48	.204	.258	.337	.595	61	4	1	0	0	0
57	Hirofumi Naito	27	YOM	Fgn	60	157	139	18	28	6	2	3	12	2	0	11	36	.201	.270	.338	.608	47	3	2	5	0	2
58	Tetsuya Yamamoto	23	OSA	Fgn	87	255	239	21	47	8	1	3	17	7	6	10	28	.197	.234	.276	.510	66	5	2	3	1	0
59	Takashi Tanaka	22	HIR	Fgn	94	286	266	14	52	6	3	3	21	3	0	11	49	.196	.226	.274	.500	73	6	0	7	2	0
60	Nobuyuki Hikiji	27	TYO	Fgn	119	483	438	35	85	10	4	8	33	4	2	16	33	.194	.225	.290	.515	127	7	2	25	2	1
61	Mitsuo Imazu	19	CNI	Fgn	102	278	265	20	46	10	0	3	13	5	5	4	47	.174	.185	.245	.431	65	6	0	8	1	0
62	Tadao Shibano	20	TYO	Fgn	90	270	243	14	42	7	4	4	15	2	1	21	78	.173	.238	.284	.522	69	4	0	5	1	0
63	Haruo Medoki	33	TYO	Fgn	68	154	142	5	24	5	1	2	14	0	0	10	32	.169	.229	.261	.489	37	2	1	1	0	1