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1953 Japan Central League Batting Leaders

1952 Season 1954 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 385 games, 6 teams, approx. 128 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1953 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
1	Tetsuharu Kawakami*	33	YOM	Fgn	121	518	467	74	162	26	6	6	77	22	8	44	14	.347	.411	.467	.878	218	10	7	0
2	Bunji Kashiwaeda?	28	YOM	Fgn	89	242	220	42	75	16	2	9	57	6	3	20	20	.341	.396	.555	.950	122	6	0	2
3	Masayasu Kaneda*	32	OSA	Fgn	127	578	486	96	159	25	11	8	64	27	9	87	33	.327	.433	.473	.907	230	0	4	1
4	Michio Nishizawa	31	CNI	Fgn	119	486	446	76	145	24	4	22	81	8	2	38	41	.325	.381	.545	.926	243	15	2	0
5	Shigeru Chiba	34	YOM	Fgn	120	537	462	87	148	31	1	12	80	3	9	55	46	.320	.394	.470	.864	217	15	1	19
6	Wally Yonamine*	28	YOM	Fgn	104	435	365	58	112	24	2	6	54	13	5	57	33	.307	.405	.433	.838	158	9	3	10
7	Riichi Kodama	34	CNI	Fgn	106	404	347	36	105	24	2	5	58	6	4	51	32	.303	.397	.427	.823	148	5	3	3
8	Isamu Fujii*	36	TYO	Fgn	112	443	412	51	123	18	4	15	57	3	0	29	27	.299	.348	.471	.819	194	5	2	0
9	Shinsuke Yogi?	25	OSA	Fgn	130	559	492	82	145	18	6	14	72	19	8	61	56	.295	.377	.441	.818	217	18	4	2
10	Fumio Fujimura	36	OSA	Fgn	130	526	459	62	135	28	0	27	98	1	3	60	51	.294	.381	.532	.912	244	10	4	3
11	Saburo Hirai	29	YOM	Fgn	120	533	471	97	137	23	4	11	65	21	12	55	27	.291	.367	.427	.794	201	9	2	5
12	Takenori Yamakawa	30	HIR	Fgn	97	313	278	27	80	10	3	3	26	7	2	27	40	.288	.355	.378	.733	105	4	2	6
13	Hiroyuki Watanabe	32	OSA	Fgn	107	308	282	32	81	22	1	6	37	1	3	22	23	.287	.341	.436	.777	123	4	1	3
14	Kikuji Hirayama	34	TYO	Fgn	85	226	205	23	58	12	2	4	20	4	1	18	22	.283	.341	.420	.760	86	4	0	3
15	Makoto Kozuru	30	HIR	Fgn	130	557	488	80	138	32	2	14	74	33	5	68	57	.283	.372	.443	.814	216	14	1	0
16	Choei Shirasaka	30	OSA	Fgn	101	454	375	54	106	14	1	8	50	19	3	54	31	.283	.376	.389	.765	146	5	2	23
17	Satoru Sugiyama	27	CNI	Fgn	104	418	378	54	107	20	3	16	70	13	7	38	45	.283	.352	.479	.831	181	6	2	0
18	Shigeru Tokuami	29	OSA	Fgn	108	370	353	27	100	14	2	1	33	4	2	8	18	.283	.299	.343	.642	121	3	0	9
19	Yuko Minamimura	36	YOM	Fgn	123	507	459	64	127	21	1	5	49	19	7	27	24	.277	.321	.360	.681	165	8	3	18
20	Tsuguo Goto	29	OSA	Fgn	96	337	322	33	89	13	3	3	40	4	6	10	12	.276	.298	.363	.662	117	13	0	5
21	Haruo Medoki	28	TYO	Fgn	120	428	406	41	111	21	4	12	56	5	7	16	36	.273	.311	.434	.744	176	13	6	0
22	Eikichi Nagamochi	35	HIR	Fgn	93	314	297	27	81	19	0	9	39	2	1	12	14	.273	.303	.428	.731	127	7	1	4
23	Masataka Tsuchiya	28	KKU	Fgn	99	287	261	37	71	7	0	0	14	27	14	21	19	.272	.329	.299	.628	78	2	1	4
24	Mitsuo Uno	36	YOM	Fgn	97	347	318	32	86	18	2	4	53	5	1	24	29	.270	.324	.377	.701	120	11	1	4
25	Akira Noguchi	35	CNI	Fgn	90	284	260	25	70	10	1	2	38	0	0	23	15	.269	.329	.339	.667	88	4	0	1
26	Yoshiyuki Iwamoto	41	TYO	Fgn	110	455	411	47	110	17	1	9	49	8	4	38	40	.268	.337	.380	.717	156	10	5	1
27	Katsumi Shiraishi	35	HIR	Fgn	130	513	424	60	113	22	4	7	40	19	11	78	65	.267	.384	.387	.771	164	4	3	8
28	Yoshio Yoshida	19	OSA	Fgn	128	492	445	62	119	12	8	2	34	22	8	18	13	.267	.297	.344	.641	153	13	1	28
29	Teiichi Kinoshita	34	CNI	Fgn	66	156	139	15	37	7	3	1	19	3	1	14	15	.266	.346	.381	.728	53	4	3	0
30	Hiroshi Tsujii	36	KKU	Fgn	106	361	330	22	87	9	1	2	32	7	4	24	20	.264	.319	.315	.635	104	5	3	4
31	Kenshi Zenimura?	24	HIR	Fgn	71	323	292	37	77	14	2	3	28	19	11	23	33	.264	.326	.356	.682	104	4	4	4
32	Sakae Nakamura	30	KKU	Fgn	105	369	325	28	85	9	1	0	15	12	7	23	34	.262	.314	.295	.610	96	8	2	19
33	Shoji Arakawa	29	TYO	Fgn	76	205	176	17	46	7	1	1	20	12	3	26	17	.261	.356	.330	.686	58	6	0	3
34	Toshimichi Kunieda	33	CNI	Fgn	109	396	354	39	92	12	3	1	26	27	10	31	28	.260	.320	.319	.639	113	4	0	11
35	Takao Sato	21	KKU	Fgn	119	505	439	80	114	32	3	22	47	42	14	57	71	.260	.347	.497	.844	218	8	2	7
36	Masato Monzen	36	HIR	Fgn	104	385	347	36	89	20	1	12	61	2	2	34	44	.257	.323	.424	.746	147	8	0	4
37	Kazuo Higasa	33	YOM	Fgn	96	311	270	45	69	12	0	12	42	5	5	41	39	.256	.354	.433	.787	117	5	0	0
38	Isao Mimura	29	HIR	Fgn	88	257	223	25	57	4	1	11	36	3	1	28	41	.256	.339	.431	.769	96	6	0	6
39	Takashi Iwamoto	23	YOM	Fgn	109	319	284	35	72	8	6	7	46	11	6	24	34	.254	.314	.398	.712	113	9	1	10
40	Tamaichi Yasui	30	KKU	Fgn	111	438	414	35	102	18	4	6	44	11	11	22	19	.246	.286	.353	.639	146	15	1	1
41	Noboru Aota	28	TYO	Fgn	105	438	404	45	99	18	4	9	40	2	2	31	30	.245	.301	.376	.677	152	14	1	2
42	Itsuro Honda*	22	CNI	Fgn	112	378	349	42	85	9	1	3	18	15	5	21	43	.244	.288	.301	.589	105	1	1	7
43	Jun Hirota?	27	YOM	Fgn	115	434	385	52	93	17	0	5	39	4	1	33	36	.242	.311	.325	.636	125	5	6	10
44	Kansuke Onishi	31	CNI	Fgn	71	167	157	13	38	5	1	2	17	1	3	5	16	.242	.265	.325	.590	51	8	0	5
45	Shigeru Makino	24	CNI	Fgn	118	441	395	46	95	18	3	4	35	21	6	32	33	.241	.297	.332	.629	131	8	0	14
46	Nobuyuki Hikiji	22	TYO	Fgn	130	484	462	44	111	13	4	0	37	18	5	16	21	.240	.270	.286	.556	132	16	3	3
47	Akiyoshi Kobayashi	29	TYO	Fgn	126	527	488	52	117	14	3	3	38	9	10	37	45	.240	.293	.299	.593	146	9	0	2
48	Nobuo Osawa	36	HIR	Fgn	130	563	505	48	120	14	0	6	52	11	4	55	29	.238	.316	.301	.617	152	11	3	0
49	Jiro Kanayama	30	HIR	Fgn	117	521	462	72	109	19	2	5	27	58	16	49	47	.236	.316	.318	.634	147	7	5	5
50	Kenjiro Tamiya*	25	OSA	Fgn	80	217	189	24	44	6	0	3	17	14	3	17	24	.233	.326	.312	.638	59	1	9	2
51	Jiro Miyazaki	33	TYO	Fgn	64	204	190	16	44	5	0	0	11	5	1	9	15	.232	.277	.258	.535	49	2	3	2
52	Kiyoshi Sugiura	38	KKU	Fgn	103	377	340	34	79	7	1	10	49	3	1	28	54	.232	.306	.347	.653	118	14	8	1
53	Tokuzo Harada*	33	CNI	Fgn	130	522	447	75	102	19	6	4	32	14	3	52	34	.228	.310	.324	.634	145	7	1	22
54	Katsuji Kojima?	29	OSA	Fgn	102	284	256	26	58	11	6	4	31	4	3	26	35	.227	.300	.363	.664	93	4	1	1
55	Yukihiko Machida	19	KKU	Fgn	108	304	276	33	62	6	5	5	25	7	8	22	36	.225	.284	.337	.621	93	11	1	5
56	Hiromi Tanida	29	OSA	Fgn	94	140	129	10	29	6	0	3	23	1	1	10	25	.225	.286	.341	.627	44	6	1	0
57	Kazuo Satake	28	KKU	Fgn	111	373	332	25	74	10	2	2	29	3	4	33	28	.223	.295	.283	.578	94	7	1	7
58	Susumu Kato	29	CNI	Fgn	75	199	173	16	38	3	0	1	17	2	4	21	23	.220	.304	.254	.558	44	6	0	5
59	Takeshi Miyazaki	34	TYO	Fgn	112	503	468	43	101	18	1	5	29	21	7	23	42	.216	.254	.291	.545	136	6	1	11
60	Yuichi Fukuda	32	KKU	Fgn	102	301	271	15	57	4	2	2	22	6	4	24	29	.210	.275	.262	.537	71	5	0	6
61	Tsutomu Kimura	32	HIR	Fgn	70	250	233	25	48	7	1	0	17	8	1	8	11	.206	.239	.245	.483	57	11	2	7
62	Toru Tsuchiya	29	CNI	Fgn	92	206	186	13	36	8	2	1	17	0	3	14	24	.194	.254	.274	.528	51	6	1	5
63	Masao Chihara	27	KKU	Fgn	103	295	276	18	51	8	1	0	17	3	4	11	27	.185	.222	.221	.443	61	10	2	6
64	Tetsunosuke Fujiwara	28	HIR	Fgn	61	168	147	9	26	5	0	0	17	1	3	18	10	.177	.275	.211	.486	31	7	2	1
65	Akira Iwamoto	32	HIR	Fgn	78	181	168	12	26	1	1	2	16	2	2	11	23	.155	.216	.208	.424	35	4	2	0