1978 Japan Central League Batting Leaders

1977 Season 1979 Season

Classification: Foreign

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

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1978 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	Jitsuo Mizutani	30	HIR	Fgn	119	441	402	60	140	23	0	25	75	2	3	33	48	.348	.399	.592	.991	238	8	3	0	3	2
2	Tsutomu Wakamatsu	31	YKU	Fgn	120	529	460	100	157	30	5	17	71	12	7	49	24	.341	.408	.539	.948	248	3	8	5	7	4
3	Makoto Matsubara	34	YKO	Fgn	129	551	499	70	164	45	0	16	91	4	2	39	36	.329	.376	.515	.891	257	14	4	0	9	5
4	Katsuo Osugi	33	YKU	Fgn	125	516	462	73	151	17	0	30	97	0	2	47	51	.327	.392	.558	.950	258	27	4	0	3	4
5	Yoshikazu Takagi*	29	YKO	Fgn	126	518	451	78	147	30	2	23	80	2	4	56	58	.326	.401	.554	.955	250	10	3	4	4	1
6	Koji Yamamoto	31	HIR	Fgn	130	563	473	114	153	28	0	44	112	12	4	84	74	.324	.425	.662	1.086	313	10	2	0	4	9
7	Masayuki Kakefu	23	HAN	Fgn	129	532	465	73	148	17	2	32	102	7	5	63	86	.318	.400	.570	.970	265	5	2	0	2	7
8	Dave Hilton	27	YKU	Fgn	128	568	501	76	159	37	1	19	76	6	6	48	75	.317	.381	.509	.890	255	9	7	6	6	2
9	Masayuki Nakatsuka*	33	YKO	Fgn	124	439	398	44	126	18	3	1	30	8	4	35	35	.317	.372	.384	.757	153	7	1	4	1	4
10	John Sipin	31	YOM	Fgn	116	426	375	52	118	19	1	16	63	5	5	47	57	.315	.392	.499	.891	187	17	2	0	2	3
11	Charlie Manuel	34	YKU	Fgn	127	522	468	85	146	12	2	39	103	1	3	43	80	.312	.372	.596	.969	279	14	5	1	5	5
12	Isao Harimoto*	38	YOM	Fgn	115	456	424	53	131	17	1	21	73	1	3	27	39	.309	.349	.502	.851	213	11	1	0	4	2
13	Yoshihiko Takahashi	21	HIR	Fgn	110	472	427	72	129	19	10	7	47	15	20	32	46	.302	.365	.443	.808	189	3	11	1	1	0
14	Taira Fujita	30	HAN	Fgn	130	575	522	77	157	26	4	13	58	4	3	37	18	.301	.352	.441	.792	230	7	5	9	2	2
15	Sadaharu Oh*	38	YOM	Fgn	130	566	440	91	132	20	0	39	118	1	2	114	43	.300	.436	.611	1.048	269	7	1	0	11	17
16	Jim Lyttle	32	HIR	Fgn	130	578	524	85	155	30	1	33	108	2	8	36	77	.296	.347	.546	.893	286	12	9	2	7	4
17	Tatsuhiko Kimata	33	CNI	Fgn	117	431	385	37	113	14	0	16	55	0	2	36	35	.294	.358	.455	.812	175	16	3	6	1	6
18	Isao Shibata	34	YOM	Fgn	125	542	459	90	134	32	6	13	50	34	8	76	59	.292	.396	.473	.868	217	5	4	1	2	1
19	Kazumasa Kono	26	YOM	Fgn	128	512	443	57	129	19	7	9	55	23	2	34	55	.291	.354	.427	.781	189	11	11	21	3	2
20	Toru Sugiura*	26	YKU	Fgn	125	446	388	55	113	17	2	17	67	7	10	45	61	.291	.366	.477	.843	185	9	4	3	6	3
21	Masahiro Yanagida*	30	YOM	Fgn	115	342	299	54	87	21	6	11	47	6	7	36	33	.291	.369	.512	.880	153	6	2	3	2	3
22	Shintaro Mizutani	24	YKU	Fgn	87	188	162	28	47	4	3	1	17	13	1	16	17	.290	.354	.370	.724	60	2	1	7	2	0
23	Gene Martin	31	CNI	Fgn	130	501	448	56	129	14	0	33	84	1	4	50	72	.288	.359	.540	.900	242	7	1	0	2	8
24	Keiji Nagasaki*	28	YKO	Fgn	128	530	438	84	126	30	8	21	72	27	9	70	67	.288	.390	.537	.927	235	6	8	7	7	3
25	Yoshiyuki Sakakibara	29	HAN	Fgn	105	423	358	50	103	20	0	3	28	8	8	36	47	.288	.367	.369	.736	132	7	10	17	2	1
26	Koichi Tabuchi	31	HAN	Fgn	117	467	413	64	119	8	0	38	89	1	2	44	50	.288	.366	.584	.950	241	9	8	0	2	5
27	Tomio Tashiro	23	YKO	Fgn	129	527	472	66	136	28	2	27	104	1	5	48	94	.288	.351	.528	.879	249	3	1	0	6	2
28	Félix Millán	34	YKO	Fgn	120	485	443	63	127	17	3	2	31	1	0	25	20	.287	.329	.352	.681	156	13	3	14	0	1
29	Shozo Doi	36	YOM	Fgn	110	435	376	46	107	11	1	4	28	4	3	27	18	.285	.336	.351	.687	132	7	3	27	2	2
30	Tomio Kinoshita	27	HIR	Fgn	99	278	240	32	68	14	0	3	27	2	0	14	30	.283	.333	.379	.713	91	6	4	20	0	0
31	Morimichi Takagi	36	CNI	Fgn	89	338	314	41	89	15	2	13	37	3	3	9	20	.283	.309	.468	.777	147	10	3	11	1	2
32	Kenichi Yazawa*	30	CNI	Fgn	70	199	184	17	52	14	0	2	18	1	4	11	27	.283	.323	.391	.715	72	6	1	1	2	0
33	Yasunori Oshima	27	CNI	Fgn	98	410	352	50	99	11	0	15	47	1	5	47	64	.281	.371	.440	.811	155	8	6	0	5	0
34	Kyohei Taniki*	32	CNI	Fgn	105	286	243	38	68	13	1	5	21	10	3	39	26	.280	.382	.403	.785	98	2	1	3	0	0
35	Shigeru Takada	32	YOM	Fgn	100	411	349	48	97	15	2	5	31	11	3	38	25	.278	.350	.375	.726	131	4	3	17	4	1
36	Yasushi Tao*	24	CNI	Fgn	102	372	339	42	93	12	0	11	47	3	2	27	61	.274	.327	.407	.734	138	3	1	2	3	1
37	Fujio Sumi	22	YKU	Fgn	87	370	322	41	88	20	0	7	29	2	3	21	48	.273	.322	.401	.722	129	4	2	25	0	0
38	Kazuhide Funada	36	YKU	Fgn	95	270	236	38	64	12	3	8	25	1	2	22	24	.271	.336	.449	.785	106	3	2	8	2	0
39	Adrian Garrett	35	HIR	Fgn	130	543	462	76	125	9	0	40	97	2	4	72	104	.271	.378	.550	.927	254	17	8	0	1	10
40	Shiro Mizunuma	31	HIR	Fgn	127	445	388	51	105	19	3	7	46	3	7	44	47	.271	.344	.389	.733	151	12	1	9	3	7
41	Akihiko Oya	30	YKU	Fgn	118	408	365	44	98	13	0	7	44	2	2	26	29	.269	.317	.362	.678	132	10	1	13	3	2
42	Sachio Kinugasa	31	HIR	Fgn	130	547	461	81	123	18	1	30	87	9	13	69	83	.267	.373	.505	.878	233	14	11	2	4	8
43	Mike Reinbach	28	HAN	Fgn	102	417	372	42	94	12	1	16	53	2	4	39	59	.253	.326	.419	.746	156	11	3	0	3	4
44	Daisuke Yamashita	26	YKO	Fgn	129	546	466	55	118	22	8	9	41	8	2	61	77	.253	.342	.393	.735	183	12	3	14	2	4
45	Katsuhiro Nakamura	29	HAN	Fgn	103	384	320	53	80	13	0	11	30	15	6	54	48	.250	.359	.394	.753	126	3	2	5	3	1
46	Hisaaki Fukushima	31	YKO	Fgn	118	418	373	41	93	18	3	15	46	1	1	34	53	.249	.318	.434	.752	162	12	4	6	1	8
47	Toshiyuki Mimura	29	HIR	Fgn	95	302	261	48	65	11	0	11	23	0	0	32	35	.249	.331	.418	.749	109	4	1	6	2	1
48	Takao Kanto	26	CNI	Fgn	90	157	143	15	34	4	0	0	9	1	2	11	33	.238	.297	.266	.563	38	2	1	2	0	0
49	Yukio Fujinami*	27	CNI	Fgn	96	333	299	39	69	6	0	4	22	3	8	29	14	.231	.301	.291	.592	87	4	1	4	0	1
50	Shinnosuke Kataoka	30	HAN	Fgn	66	173	156	11	36	5	0	1	12	0	1	16	27	.231	.302	.282	.584	44	6	0	1	0	1
51	Takenori Ikebe	34	HAN	Fgn	92	291	272	27	62	7	1	1	18	1	3	11	25	.228	.261	.272	.533	74	7	2	4	2	0
52	Shinji Masaoka	28	CNI	Fgn	119	305	281	23	64	12	0	0	19	3	5	15	43	.228	.272	.271	.542	76	4	2	7	0	2
53	Hiroaki Inoue	34	CNI	Fgn	111	362	317	39	72	11	0	12	39	1	2	31	49	.227	.314	.375	.689	119	4	10	2	2	4
54	Noriyoshi Sano	26	HAN	Fgn	104	323	288	22	65	14	1	8	34	0	2	27	32	.226	.294	.365	.658	105	12	2	3	3	2
55	Yasunori Ito	25	CNI	Fgn	93	181	157	19	34	4	2	6	12	2	1	22	47	.217	.317	.382	.699	60	6	1	1	0	1
56	Danny Walton	30	YKO	Fgn	75	164	144	17	31	4	0	9	22	1	0	19	44	.215	.311	.431	.742	62	6	1	0	0	1
57	Kiyoshi Morimoto	36	CNI	Fgn	97	240	202	27	43	5	0	10	30	2	2	30	24	.213	.321	.386	.707	78	10	2	6	0	1
58	Yasunori Nagao	28	YKU	Fgn	84	208	190	24	40	7	0	0	17	1	1	14	14	.211	.268	.247	.516	47	4	1	3	0	3
59	Seiichi Uematsu	22	HAN	Fgn	104	259	227	28	45	9	3	2	14	4	2	23	47	.198	.272	.291	.563	66	1	0	9	0	4
60	Kazuhiro Yamakura	22	YOM	Fgn	69	145	132	10	26	3	0	3	9	1	2	8	25	.197	.248	.288	.536	38	1	1	4	0	0
61	Ikuo Shimano	34	HAN	Fgn	89	196	179	22	34	8	1	3	16	9	0	9	30	.190	.240	.296	.536	53	4	3	4	1	1