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1942 Japanese Baseball League Pitching Leaders

1941 Season 1943 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 420 games, 8 teams, approx. 105 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Jiro Noguchi	22	TAI	Fgn	40	17	.702	1.19	1.54	66	48	19	41	19	527.1	299	90	70	6	108	264	2	0	1	1991	0.772	5.1	0.1	1.8	4.5	2.44
2	Yasuo Hayashi	20	ASI	Fgn	32	22	.593	1.01	1.75	71	51	22	44	12	541.1	351	105	61	6	134	145	4	0	1	2079	0.896	5.8	0.1	2.2	2.4	1.08
3	Victor Starffin	26	KYO	Fgn	26	8	.765	1.12	1.47	40	30	9	27	8	306.1	174	50	38	3	119	110	2	0	6	1196	0.956	5.1	0.1	3.5	3.2	0.92
4	Tadashi Wakabayashi?	34	HAN	Fgn	26	12	.684	1.60	2.29	58	27	29	24	4	377.1	294	96	67	4	127	109	3	0	1	1518	1.116	7.0	0.1	3.0	2.6	0.86
5	Takeo Kanda	20	NAK	Fgn	24	20	.545	1.14	1.98	61	32	26	27	6	372.0	252	82	47	1	104	122	1	1	0	1463	0.957	6.1	0.0	2.5	3.0	1.17
6	Shuichi Hirose	20	KYO	Fgn	21	6	.778	1.19	1.52	32	23	9	18	10	242.2	120	41	32	2	68	106	2	1	0	912	0.775	4.5	0.1	2.5	3.9	1.56
7	Shigezo Ishihara	28	YAM	Fgn	20	26	.435	1.60	2.23	60	42	18	36	7	439.1	292	109	78	5	144	94	4	0	0	1740	0.992	6.0	0.1	2.9	1.9	0.65
8	Hirotaro Mori	27	HAU	Fgn	19	17	.528	1.32	2.00	59	29	30	24	3	369.1	239	82	54	1	88	105	3	0	0	1416	0.885	5.8	0.0	2.1	2.6	1.19
9	Shinichi Ishimaru	19	NAG	Fgn	17	19	.472	1.71	2.54	56	33	22	18	3	347.2	227	98	66	8	169	94	5	2	4	1425	1.139	5.9	0.2	4.4	2.4	0.56
10	Minoru Kasamatsu	26	HAU	Fgn	17	17	.500	1.82	2.37	44	31	11	16	4	311.2	242	82	63	6	134	104	6	0	1	1279	1.206	7.0	0.2	3.9	3.0	0.78
11	Tokuji Kawasaki	21	NAK	Fgn	15	17	.469	2.32	2.91	41	37	3	16	4	259.2	200	84	67	4	134	112	3	1	0	1076	1.286	6.9	0.1	4.6	3.9	0.84
12	Takao Misono	26	HAN	Fgn	13	16	.448	1.68	2.52	43	33	10	15	4	268.0	225	75	50	2	121	74	3	0	2	1147	1.291	7.6	0.1	4.1	2.5	0.61
13	Hiroshi Nakao*	22	KYO	Fgn	13	8	.619	1.87	2.46	32	25	7	17	3	230.2	148	63	48	4	128	114	2	0	6	951	1.197	5.8	0.2	5.0	4.4	0.89
14	Tsuneo Mitomi*	21	TAI	Fgn	11	9	.550	1.42	1.82	31	26	3	17	4	222.1	153	45	35	3	80	76	6	0	1	896	1.048	6.2	0.1	3.2	3.1	0.95
15	Hideo Fujimoto	24	KYO	Fgn	10	0	1.000	0.81	1.22	14	12	2	9	4	111.0	64	15	10	2	36	53	0	0	0	433	0.901	5.2	0.2	2.9	4.3	1.47
16	Isamu Fukushi	23	ASI	Fgn	9	9	.500	1.88	2.76	24	20	4	11	2	172.2	138	53	36	0	92	47	1	0	1	731	1.332	7.2	0.0	4.8	2.4	0.51
17	Yoshio Tenbo	18	HAU	Fgn	8	7	.533	1.69	2.48	30	21	5	7	1	159.2	122	44	30	0	82	47	1	0	2	658	1.278	6.9	0.0	4.6	2.6	0.57
18	Akira Kawamura?	22	NAG	Fgn	7	14	.333	2.22	3.20	39	21	18	11	2	211.0	161	75	52	10	92	52	2	0	1	867	1.199	6.9	0.4	3.9	2.2	0.57
19	Isamu Kinoshita	22	HAN	Fgn	7	7	.500	1.92	3.45	24	15	1	6	2	112.1	87	43	24	1	44	33	1	0	0	468	1.166	7.0	0.1	3.5	2.6	0.75
20	Michio Nishizawa	20	NAG	Fgn	7	11	.389	1.75	3.07	35	23	10	9	1	211.0	175	72	41	1	83	52	7	0	0	891	1.223	7.5	0.0	3.5	2.2	0.63
21	Mitsuhiko Ishida	26	NAK	Fgn	6	12	.333	2.35	3.57	35	22	6	9	0	184.0	133	73	48	4	121	63	2	1	1	793	1.380	6.5	0.2	5.9	3.1	0.52
22	Kuranosuke Furuya	31	TAI	Fgn	5	7	.417	1.64	2.64	22	14	8	7	3	126.0	82	37	23	3	50	46	2	0	0	513	1.048	5.9	0.2	3.6	3.3	0.92
23	Kozo Naito*	26	ASI	Fgn	5	10	.333	1.53	2.11	24	19	3	12	2	153.1	80	36	26	1	112	86	3	0	1	633	1.252	4.7	0.1	6.6	5.0	0.77
24	Kozo Matsuo*	25	NAG	Fgn	4	3	.571	2.90	3.95	15	15	0	3	0	68.1	56	30	22	1	64	21	0	1	2	315	1.756	7.4	0.1	8.4	2.8	0.33
25	Shigeru Morii	27	NAG	Fgn	4	13	.235	1.86	3.26	27	13	11	3	0	135.1	121	49	28	5	39	29	2	0	0	567	1.182	8.0	0.3	2.6	1.9	0.74
26	Hideo Shimizu*	23	NAK	Fgn	4	3	.571	0.99	1.42	8	7	1	5	1	63.1	32	10	7	0	40	43	1	0	1	255	1.137	4.5	0.0	5.7	6.1	1.08
27	Takao Fujimura	21	HAN	Fgn	3	5	.375	2.03	3.83	21	13	4	3	2	80.0	47	34	18	1	56	29	1	0	0	343	1.288	5.3	0.1	6.3	3.3	0.52
28	Toshihide Hatafuku	29	YAM	Fgn	3	18	.143	2.23	2.97	35	29	5	19	3	242.1	194	80	60	9	99	62	5	0	0	1021	1.209	7.2	0.3	3.7	2.3	0.63
29	Hiroshi Kaneko*	27	YAM	Fgn	3	7	.300	2.83	3.83	17	12	4	7	0	108.0	101	46	34	1	53	32	3	0	0	472	1.426	8.4	0.1	4.4	2.7	0.60
30	Michio Shigematsu	25	TAI	Fgn	3	4	.429	2.00	2.73	19	11	6	3	0	85.2	55	26	19	5	34	23	0	0	0	343	1.039	5.8	0.5	3.6	2.4	0.68
31	Fukuzo Tada	20	KYO	Fgn	3	0	1.000	4.42	5.59	8	4	3	1	1	38.2	31	24	19	1	33	15	0	0	1	171	1.655	7.2	0.2	7.7	3.5	0.45
32	Shogo Hashimoto*	25	HAU	Fgn	2	1	.667	4.08	5.22	10	9	1	1	1	39.2	37	23	18	0	25	5	0	0	0	177	1.563	8.4	0.0	5.7	1.1	0.20
33	Takeo Mizobe	25	HAU	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.30	3.16	7	5	0	2	1	31.1	25	11	8	1	20	4	1	0	0	137	1.436	7.2	0.3	5.7	1.1	0.20
34	Hideo Yamamoto	22	ASI	Fgn	2	5	.286	2.64	3.52	10	7	1	3	0	61.1	50	24	18	0	33	12	1	0	0	261	1.353	7.3	0.0	4.8	1.8	0.36
35	Saburo Asaoka	28	TAI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.89	2.37	4	4	0	1	1	19.0	15	5	4	0	2	3	0	0	0	73	0.895	7.1	0.0	0.9	1.4	1.50
36	Misao Matsumoto*	27	YAM	Fgn	1	10	.091	3.34	4.69	22	15	5	5	0	113.1	98	59	42	5	71	7	2	0	0	500	1.491	7.8	0.4	5.6	0.6	0.10
37	Hachiro Miwa*	20	HAN	Fgn	1	3	.250	2.29	3.29	18	6	5	2	1	63.0	40	23	16	0	53	35	5	0	1	276	1.476	5.7	0.0	7.6	5.0	0.66
38	Kashiwa Odano	25	HAU	Fgn	1	4	.200	0.83	1.00	7	6	1	3	0	54.0	31	6	5	0	18	19	0	0	0	207	0.907	5.2	0.0	3.0	3.2	1.06
39	Chuji Saito	24	ASI	Fgn	1	2	.333	1.76	3.52	9	5	2	1	0	30.2	20	12	6	0	31	6	0	0	0	142	1.663	5.9	0.0	9.1	1.8	0.19
40	Seitaro Watanabe	20	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.94	3.48	11	4	5	0	0	33.2	27	13	11	0	19	9	0	1	0	147	1.366	7.2	0.0	5.1	2.4	0.47
41	Tamaichi Yasui	19	HAN	Fgn	1	3	.250	2.09	2.85	10	7	0	1	0	47.1	31	15	11	1	28	13	1	0	1	197	1.246	5.9	0.2	5.3	2.5	0.46
42	Takehiko Bessho	19	NAK	Fgn	0	1	.000	2.08	4.85	2	1	1	1	0	13.0	11	7	3	0	6	8	0	0	0	59	1.308	7.6	0.0	4.2	5.5	1.33
43	Takashi Eda	19	HAU	Fgn	0	0		9.00	11.25	1	0	1	0	0	4.0	8	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	23	2.250	18.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00
44	Zenzo Hasegawa	19	NAK	Fgn	0	1	.000	2.66	2.66	9	1	7	0	0	23.2	19	7	7	0	5	6	0	0	0	94	1.014	7.2	0.0	1.9	2.3	1.20
45	Kiyomi Hiroshima	19	YAM	Fgn	0	4	.000	4.08	4.08	8	4	3	2	0	28.2	23	13	13	1	16	5	0	0	0	122	1.360	7.2	0.3	5.0	1.6	0.31
46	Katsuhiko Ikeda	37	ASI	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	14	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
47	Kiyoshi Izumida*	22	KYO	Fgn	0	0		10.13	11.81	2	1	1	0	0	5.1	10	7	6	0	11	1	0	0	0	37	3.938	16.9	0.0	18.6	1.7	0.09
48	Hiroshi Kawabata	17	KYO	Fgn	0	5	.000	4.04	7.07	11	10	1	1	0	35.2	38	28	16	0	23	8	0	0	0	174	1.710	9.6	0.0	5.8	2.0	0.35
49	Tadao Kimura	21	NAK	Fgn	0	1	.000	9.00	10.80	2	1	1	0	0	5.0	7	6	5	0	4	2	0	0	0	25	2.200	12.6	0.0	7.2	3.6	0.50
50	Teiichi Kinoshita	23	HAN	Fgn	0	1	.000	18.00	18.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	5	3.000	18.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
51	Hiroyoshi Komatsubara	18	YAM	Fgn	0	3	.000	8.78	10.13	5	3	0	1	0	13.1	12	15	13	0	26	6	0	0	0	75	2.850	8.1	0.0	17.6	4.1	0.23
52	Kaneo Naganuma	17	NAK	Fgn	0	0		6.75	6.75	3	1	1	0	0	8.0	10	6	6	0	12	4	1	0	0	46	2.750	11.3	0.0	13.5	4.5	0.33
53	Eizo Nishina	19	HAN	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
54	Akira Noguchi	24	TAI	Fgn	0	2	.000	4.35	5.23	2	2	0	0	0	10.1	7	6	5	0	11	3	0	0	0	50	1.742	6.1	0.0	9.6	2.6	0.27
55	Ichiro Ohashi	17	ASI	Fgn	0	0		0.00	54.00	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	9.000	0.0	0.0	81.0	0.0	0.00
56	Tadahiko Tokushima	26	NAK	Fgn	0	1	.000	6.97	9.58	5	3	1	0	0	10.1	13	11	8	0	9	3	0	0	0	57	2.129	11.3	0.0	7.8	2.6	0.33
57	Tokinobu Watanabe*	19	ASI	Fgn	0	2	.000	7.94	11.12	4	3	1	0	0	5.2	3	7	5	0	14	2	0	0	1	34	3.000	4.8	0.0	22.2	3.2	0.14
58	Yasuzo Yoshikawa	24	HAU	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.00	3.30	7	4	2	1	0	30.0	21	11	10	0	20	7	1	0	1	125	1.367	6.3	0.0	6.0	2.1	0.35