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1939 Japanese Baseball League Batting Leaders

1940 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 432 games, 9 teams, approx. 96 games in season

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League Player Batting

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League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	HBP	SH	SF
1	Tetsuharu Kawakami*	19	KYO	Fgn	94	385	343	60	116	17	12	4	75	8	37	19	.338	.400	.493	.893	169	1	0	4
2	Nobuo Osawa	22	NAG	Fgn	93	398	345	33	107	12	3	2	46	13	51	24	.310	.397	.380	.777	131	0	0	2
3	Kikuji Hirayama	20	KYO	Fgn	88	299	270	37	83	11	6	0	42	20	21	22	.307	.354	.393	.746	106	1	2	5
4	Shigeru Chiba	20	KYO	Fgn	95	432	354	60	108	7	3	3	51	12	69	38	.305	.416	.367	.783	130	1	4	4
5	Kazuo Kito*	22	LIO	Fgn	94	402	365	32	111	15	6	2	48	18	32	12	.304	.358	.395	.752	144	0	2	3
6	Kenjiro Matsuki*	30	OSA	Fgn	93	424	357	63	102	15	8	1	41	23	63	26	.286	.392	.381	.773	136	1	1	2
7	Kazuto Tsuruoka	22	NAK	Fgn	92	397	330	54	94	13	9	10	55	21	64	24	.285	.403	.470	.873	155	2	0	1
8	Miyoshi Nakagawa*	19	EAG	Fgn	78	312	291	23	82	7	2	0	26	10	18	22	.282	.323	.320	.642	93	0	2	1
9	Katsusaburo Asano*	23	HAU	Fgn	59	152	126	16	35	4	2	1	14	3	21	17	.278	.376	.365	.741	46	0	3	2
10	Haruyasu Nakajima	29	KYO	Fgn	96	429	396	57	110	22	8	6	58	15	28	29	.278	.322	.419	.741	166	0	0	5
11	Tadashi Kameda?	26	EAG	Fgn	78	217	195	14	54	7	2	5	17	0	18	17	.277	.347	.410	.758	80	3	1	0
12	Kano Omoda?	29	TOO	Fgn	96	419	366	39	101	16	4	4	56	10	44	39	.276	.352	.374	.726	137	1	4	4
13	Koichi Yamashita	27	HAU	Fgn	91	385	328	44	90	13	2	1	45	17	54	39	.274	.379	.335	.715	110	2	0	1
14	Matsuichi Kunihisa	20	NAK	Fgn	94	396	356	43	96	12	11	1	30	26	33	29	.270	.332	.374	.705	133	1	4	2
15	Norikazu Mizutani	28	LIO	Fgn	96	436	359	48	97	13	7	2	39	21	69	20	.270	.386	.362	.748	130	0	6	2
16	Adelano Rivera?	29	KYO	Fgn	76	284	257	35	69	10	4	6	42	4	19	23	.269	.320	.409	.729	105	3	0	5
17	Fujio Ueda?	27	HAU	Fgn	91	371	316	40	85	12	4	0	44	16	40	29	.269	.356	.332	.688	105	3	11	1
18	Narihide Tanaka	19	HAU	Fgn	45	148	131	15	35	5	0	0	17	8	10	10	.267	.319	.305	.624	40	0	7	0
19	Tadashi Wakabayashi?	31	OSA	Fgn	53	158	143	14	38	3	3	1	16	1	6	7	.266	.293	.350	.643	50	0	8	1
20	Shoji Kato	25	NAG	Fgn	90	382	329	35	87	15	7	6	44	11	49	41	.264	.358	.407	.765	134	0	2	2
21	Minoru Yamashita*	32	HAU	Fgn	43	174	144	16	38	10	1	2	26	4	27	18	.264	.382	.389	.770	56	1	1	1
22	Katsumi Shiraishi	21	KYO	Fgn	95	447	359	73	94	17	4	3	34	28	82	41	.262	.403	.357	.760	128	3	3	0
23	Yasuya Hondo	21	OSA	Fgn	74	336	292	43	76	9	6	5	36	11	35	22	.260	.339	.384	.723	112	1	6	2
24	Masato Monzen	22	OSA	Fgn	91	375	324	39	84	13	9	5	53	6	40	32	.259	.339	.401	.740	130	2	3	6
25	Masaru Kageura	23	OSA	Fgn	74	303	267	33	69	7	1	9	38	6	36	23	.258	.347	.393	.740	105	0	0	0
26	Den Yamada?	25	HAU	Fgn	94	423	370	61	95	10	3	1	17	30	40	19	.257	.328	.308	.636	114	0	11	2
27	Kinji Nakamura	26	NAK	Fgn	83	305	270	28	69	9	2	0	31	6	29	16	.256	.323	.304	.627	82	0	2	4
28	Takeo Ishii	19	HAU	Fgn	65	202	177	19	45	3	1	1	16	3	23	23	.254	.340	.299	.639	53	0	2	0
29	Kaichi Masu	31	NAG	Fgn	90	391	319	46	81	6	2	1	25	12	70	24	.254	.390	.295	.684	94	1	1	0
30	Kuranosuke Furuya	28	NGY	Fgn	80	246	221	13	56	8	2	2	21	3	19	12	.253	.320	.335	.655	74	3	2	1
31	Jiro Noguchi	19	TOO	Fgn	92	384	346	31	87	11	3	0	26	14	33	9	.251	.315	.301	.616	104	0	3	2
32	Jimmy Horio?	32	OSA	Fgn	96	436	396	61	98	12	5	7	57	17	30	24	.248	.308	.356	.664	141	5	4	1
33	Hisashi Kondo*	20	LIO	Fgn	65	108	101	10	25	5	0	0	10	1	6	4	.248	.290	.297	.587	30	0	1	0
34	Wataru Nonin	24	NGY	Fgn	51	222	178	27	44	9	1	1	17	8	33	13	.247	.369	.326	.695	58	2	8	1
35	Toshiaki Okamura	27	NAK	Fgn	88	374	304	44	74	12	3	0	38	20	60	54	.243	.366	.303	.669	92	0	8	2
36	Masaki Yoshiwara	20	KYO	Fgn	89	345	294	38	71	14	1	1	25	7	41	34	.242	.337	.306	.643	90	2	7	1
37	Takayoshi Nomura	20	NGY	Fgn	92	381	332	36	80	13	6	1	34	22	44	35	.241	.328	.325	.653	108	1	0	4
38	Jungo Igaue	22	OSA	Fgn	95	399	363	33	87	21	3	1	39	6	30	25	.240	.301	.322	.624	117	2	4	0
39	Shigeru Mizuhara	30	KYO	Fgn	96	445	358	61	86	13	3	2	40	15	78	26	.240	.379	.310	.689	111	3	4	2
40	Muneyoshi Okada	22	OSA	Fgn	60	184	145	23	34	5	1	1	13	4	32	15	.235	.378	.303	.681	44	2	4	1
41	Yoshitsugu Yoshikawa	20	NAK	Fgn	62	213	200	20	47	12	0	2	21	4	7	16	.235	.261	.325	.586	65	1	2	3
42	Victor Starffin	23	KYO	Fgn	68	190	182	12	42	5	1	1	22	2	5	15	.231	.250	.286	.536	52	0	2	1
43	Toshizo Kobayashi	27	NGY	Fgn	56	225	183	12	42	4	1	4	24	2	36	16	.230	.353	.328	.681	60	1	1	4
44	Masao Nishimura*	26	HAU	Fgn	87	382	304	47	70	5	2	0	16	23	70	23	.230	.374	.260	.634	79	0	8	0
45	Goro Kobayashi	20	NAK	Fgn	96	393	337	37	77	7	2	0	34	11	45	19	.229	.322	.261	.583	88	2	8	1
46	Sadayuki Minagawa	19	OSA	Fgn	88	324	267	40	61	6	1	0	20	10	42	40	.229	.334	.258	.593	69	1	13	1
47	Kiyoshi Iwade*	21	NAK	Fgn	56	149	128	9	29	0	1	0	13	5	13	15	.227	.294	.242	.536	31	0	6	2
48	Junichi Mochizuki*	20	EAG	Fgn	46	120	111	8	25	5	2	0	5	0	8	26	.225	.277	.306	.584	34	0	1	0
49	Michinori Tsubochi	25	LIO	Fgn	96	440	395	50	89	10	2	1	27	11	32	21	.225	.290	.268	.558	106	4	9	0
50	Shigeta Kobayashi	23	NGY	Fgn	88	353	329	27	73	12	2	3	26	7	19	19	.222	.272	.298	.570	98	4	0	1
51	Bikichi Miyaguchi*	20	NAK	Fgn	55	107	99	7	22	2	1	0	5	3	6	21	.222	.267	.263	.529	26	0	2	0
52	Yutaka Muroi	24	LIO	Fgn	47	175	162	14	36	6	1	1	12	0	4	12	.222	.256	.290	.546	47	4	3	2
53	Hideo Suzuki	20	NAG,LIO	Fgn	71	194	171	13	38	7	1	0	13	8	12	29	.222	.267	.275	.542	47	1	3	7
54	Isaburo Hirai	22	NAK	Fgn	95	415	354	47	78	7	4	2	21	18	50	54	.220	.318	.280	.597	99	1	9	1
55	Takao Misono	23	OSA	Fgn	41	135	118	12	26	0	1	0	13	4	15	11	.220	.304	.237	.541	28	0	0	2
56	Toshio Tamakoshi	21	LIO	Fgn	85	377	318	35	70	6	8	1	19	13	52	50	.220	.329	.299	.628	95	0	6	1
57	Hisanori Karita	29	TOO	Fgn	96	446	367	63	80	8	2	4	21	27	73	34	.218	.348	.283	.632	104	1	4	1
58	Kengo Kuroda	31	HAU	Fgn	74	308	262	30	57	11	0	1	32	13	38	18	.218	.319	.271	.590	71	2	4	2
59	Yasuhiro Inoue	21	KYO	Fgn	43	126	102	14	22	2	0	0	12	3	24	11	.216	.365	.235	.600	24	0	0	0
60	Michinobu Nakata	23	NAK	Fgn	86	306	245	25	52	3	2	0	19	7	50	24	.212	.345	.241	.585	59	0	10	1
61	Masayoshi Ishida	25	NAG	Fgn	81	338	299	36	63	9	0	0	14	16	28	10	.211	.275	.241	.516	72	0	7	4
62	Masayoshi Nakayama	21	NGY	Fgn	63	163	128	11	27	4	0	0	5	1	26	12	.211	.342	.242	.584	31	0	8	1
63	Saburo Asaoka	25	TOO	Fgn	85	314	263	31	55	6	3	3	22	5	45	31	.209	.326	.289	.615	76	1	4	1
64	Ichizo Murase	20	NAG	Fgn	96	398	337	50	70	10	5	1	20	28	53	43	.208	.315	.276	.591	93	1	4	3
65	Tsuguhiro Hattori	19	NAG	Fgn	68	186	165	16	34	5	0	3	11	7	20	30	.206	.292	.291	.583	48	0	1	0
66	Jiro Iwagaki*	19	EAG	Fgn	52	224	189	17	39	5	0	2	10	10	31	9	.206	.324	.265	.589	50	2	2	0
67	Kazutaka Terauchi	26	EAG	Fgn	93	408	345	44	71	17	9	4	24	3	57	35	.206	.319	.342	.661	118	1	4	1
68	Tsunesuke Sasaki	23	NGY	Fgn	87	360	317	29	65	5	3	1	15	25	26	22	.205	.269	.249	.518	79	2	14	1
69	Tsuruo Otsuka	20	TOO	Fgn	96	389	348	28	71	13	2	0	25	3	31	35	.204	.272	.253	.525	88	2	7	1
70	Takeshi Hibino	19	HAU	Fgn	75	272	242	23	49	6	0	3	26	5	25	34	.203	.275	.265	.540	64	0	3	2
71	Susumu Nagashima	18	NGY	Fgn	70	187	163	9	33	5	1	0	9	2	15	14	.203	.273	.245	.519	40	2	4	3
72	Kenichi Ota*	21	EAG	Fgn	94	358	295	22	60	7	0	0	21	10	55	27	.203	.329	.227	.556	67	1	5	2
73	Toshiyuki Okamoto	22	LIO	Fgn	75	289	247	19	50	4	2	0	28	6	35	20	.202	.300	.235	.535	58	1	2	4
74	Nobuhiko Tomimatsu*	21	OSA	Fgn	85	305	240	42	48	6	6	2	20	14	61	46	.200	.362	.300	.662	72	1	1	2
75	Saburo Nakamura	26	NAG	Fgn	89	321	283	21	55	13	1	4	27	5	33	53	.194	.280	.290	.570	82	1	3	1
76	Yoshio Gomi	21	NGY	Fgn	88	364	293	37	56	2	4	0	19	30	62	41	.191	.333	.225	.559	66	1	7	1
77	Toshio Kan	23	EAG	Fgn	68	183	162	7	31	4	0	2	18	1	15	28	.191	.271	.253	.524	41	3	2	1
78	Kiyoshi Takasu	25	EAG	Fgn	49	188	152	15	29	3	2	1	11	4	34	13	.191	.340	.257	.597	39	1	0	1
79	Hisatoshi Yamamoto	22	LIO	Fgn	75	254	217	23	41	4	1	0	11	6	30	42	.189	.286	.217	.503	47	0	6	1
80	Jiro Yamamoto	19	NGY	Fgn	63	155	139	6	26	2	0	0	7	1	13	16	.187	.261	.201	.463	28	1	2	0
81	Toshikazu Miura	23	NAG	Fgn	83	321	279	16	52	5	4	1	23	20	38	35	.186	.283	.244	.527	68	0	3	1
82	Goro Fushimi	20	EAG	Fgn	66	242	225	12	41	4	3	0	4	5	9	32	.182	.220	.227	.447	51	2	6	0
83	Takeo Sato	22	TOO	Fgn	89	350	303	10	55	11	0	1	27	1	34	56	.182	.268	.228	.496	69	3	7	3
84	Mamoru Sugitaya?	31	EAG	Fgn	81	280	258	21	47	3	0	1	12	5	17	8	.182	.241	.205	.446	53	3	2	0
85	Masao Nakamoto	18	NAK	Fgn	46	136	127	5	23	3	1	0	4	0	5	18	.181	.218	.221	.439	28	1	3	0
86	Shichiro Yokozawa	26	TOO	Fgn	96	411	342	33	62	5	2	0	24	8	55	21	.181	.298	.208	.505	71	2	11	1
87	Yoshio Kikuya	23	LIO	Fgn	74	163	156	13	28	5	2	1	15	1	5	23	.180	.204	.256	.460	40	0	1	1
88	Kiyoshi Sei	23	NGY	Fgn	96	344	282	27	50	4	2	1	17	13	49	49	.177	.298	.216	.514	61	1	8	4
89	Kenichi Izutsu	19	LIO	Fgn	60	182	166	14	29	1	2	0	7	3	14	17	.175	.238	.205	.442	34	0	1	1
90	Jinkichi Ito	19	HAU	Fgn	69	242	208	24	36	5	1	0	18	7	28	23	.173	.277	.207	.484	43	2	4	0
91	Naokazu Haga	26	NAG	Fgn	91	335	315	22	54	3	1	1	24	9	15	27	.171	.209	.197	.406	62	0	5	0
92	Toshiro Nishibata	21	LIO	Fgn	87	345	283	21	48	2	0	0	17	11	52	18	.170	.298	.177	.474	50	0	9	1
93	Susumu Urushibara	22	EAG	Fgn	61	222	200	18	34	6	2	2	12	5	20	20	.170	.244	.250	.494	50	0	1	1
94	Masafumi Kinoshita	19	EAG	Fgn	65	220	201	11	33	5	1	2	17	1	14	33	.164	.216	.229	.445	46	0	2	3
95	Isamu Fukushi	20	LIO	Fgn	60	132	116	8	18	2	0	0	14	0	14	39	.155	.250	.172	.422	20	1	0	1
96	Kiyoshi Yamada	18	EAG	Fgn	75	275	214	21	32	6	2	1	18	2	55	34	.150	.322	.210	.533	45	0	5	1
97	Jiro Moriguchi?	32	TOO	Fgn	56	163	113	14	16	0	1	0	6	4	44	32	.142	.394	.159	.553	18	3	3	0
98	Sotaro Iemura	22	TOO	Fgn	55	145	119	6	16	2	0	0	9	3	21	19	.135	.268	.151	.419	18	1	3	1
99	Koji Matsuoka	20	LIO	Fgn	61	153	129	17	17	2	0	0	5	2	21	27	.132	.253	.147	.401	19	0	3	0
100	Yoshizo Oribe	19	TOO	Fgn	80	280	240	15	28	4	0	0	13	4	36	40	.117	.229	.133	.363	32	0	1	3