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1947 Japanese Baseball League Pitching Leaders

1946 Season 1948 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 476 games, 8 teams, approx. 119 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	Takehiko Bessho	24	NAK	Fgn	30	19	.612	1.87	2.51	55	50	3	47	7	448.1	376	125	93	6	135	191	5	0	1	1791	1.140	7.5	0.1	2.7	3.8	1.41
2	Giichiro Shiraki	27	FLY	Fgn	26	25	.510	1.74	2.60	59	45	14	44	6	439.0	364	127	85	15	67	121	9	0	1	1745	0.982	7.5	0.3	1.4	2.5	1.81
3	Tadashi Wakabayashi?	39	OSA	Fgn	26	12	.684	2.09	2.74	43	35	6	31	10	331.2	277	101	77	8	69	86	5	0	1	1318	1.043	7.5	0.2	1.9	2.3	1.25
4	Tokuji Kawasaki	26	YOM	Fgn	24	16	.600	2.14	2.54	51	38	13	32	10	357.2	255	101	85	9	118	129	7	0	0	1421	1.043	6.4	0.2	3.0	3.2	1.09
5	Jiro Noguchi	27	HAU	Fgn	24	17	.585	2.26	2.54	56	41	15	33	4	382.0	321	108	96	14	57	86	1	0	0	1486	0.990	7.6	0.3	1.3	2.0	1.51
6	Juzo Sanada	24	TYO	Fgn	23	21	.523	2.38	2.99	52	44	7	42	5	424.0	343	141	112	9	156	152	2	0	2	1720	1.177	7.3	0.2	3.3	3.2	0.97
7	Hideo Shimizu*	28	CNI	Fgn	23	12	.657	1.93	2.53	42	36	6	32	7	330.2	291	93	71	10	87	129	4	1	0	1334	1.143	7.9	0.3	2.4	3.5	1.48
8	Tadayoshi Kajioka	26	OSA	Fgn	22	8	.733	1.93	2.38	37	28	8	24	5	280.1	204	74	60	6	109	102	1	0	2	1132	1.117	6.5	0.2	3.5	3.3	0.94
9	Rentaro Imanishi	22	HAU	Fgn	21	15	.583	1.91	2.40	46	38	6	28	4	334.1	284	89	71	6	112	85	0	0	2	1358	1.184	7.6	0.2	3.0	2.3	0.76
10	Shigeaki Kuroo	20	FLY	Fgn	19	18	.514	2.64	3.54	49	35	13	28	3	361.0	335	142	106	2	139	89	10	1	1	1546	1.313	8.4	0.0	3.5	2.2	0.64
11	Takao Misono	31	OSA	Fgn	18	6	.750	1.99	2.43	30	25	5	13	4	185.0	158	50	41	9	28	30	0	0	2	726	1.005	7.7	0.4	1.4	1.5	1.07
12	Hideo Fujimoto	29	CNI	Fgn	17	15	.531	1.83	2.19	35	31	4	27	4	275.0	220	67	56	7	52	77	5	0	1	1062	0.989	7.2	0.2	1.7	2.5	1.48
13	Tsuguhiro Hattori	27	CNI	Fgn	16	12	.571	1.82	2.62	39	20	17	13	4	247.1	185	72	50	7	69	71	2	0	0	982	1.027	6.7	0.3	2.5	2.6	1.03
14	Nobuo Nakatani*	27	NAK	Fgn	15	18	.455	2.40	3.24	42	25	16	16	3	280.2	222	101	75	9	92	105	9	1	1	1134	1.119	7.1	0.3	3.0	3.4	1.14
15	Kozo Naito*	31	KII	Fgn	12	14	.462	2.86	3.64	38	28	9	16	6	254.2	224	103	81	6	101	96	2	0	1	1077	1.276	7.9	0.2	3.6	3.4	0.95
16	Fukuzo Tada	25	YOM	Fgn	12	14	.462	2.36	2.80	34	26	9	15	2	244.0	178	76	64	6	130	101	2	0	3	986	1.262	6.6	0.2	4.8	3.7	0.78
17	Takashi Eda	24	KII	Fgn	11	23	.324	2.69	3.91	45	32	13	21	4	287.2	255	125	86	8	108	60	4	0	0	1219	1.262	8.0	0.3	3.4	1.9	0.56
18	Michio Shigematsu	30	KII	Fgn	11	19	.367	2.99	4.14	40	30	8	22	5	274.0	248	126	91	6	113	53	9	0	0	1166	1.318	8.1	0.2	3.7	1.7	0.47
19	Kenichi Izutsu	27	TYO	Fgn	10	13	.435	2.05	2.91	34	24	9	17	3	219.2	194	71	50	5	76	38	3	0	2	909	1.229	7.9	0.2	3.1	1.6	0.50
20	Fumio Maruyama*	22	NAK	Fgn	10	14	.417	3.31	4.14	37	33	3	17	3	239.0	218	110	88	9	137	76	8	0	5	1041	1.485	8.2	0.3	5.2	2.9	0.55
21	Yoshio Tenbo	23	HAU	Fgn	10	18	.357	2.99	3.67	39	26	12	11	2	250.0	243	102	83	13	72	66	1	1	1	1033	1.260	8.7	0.5	2.6	2.4	0.92
22	Hiroshi Nakao*	27	YOM	Fgn	9	14	.391	2.92	3.76	28	26	2	14	1	182.0	137	76	59	10	110	74	1	0	3	762	1.357	6.8	0.5	5.4	3.7	0.67
23	Victor Starffin	31	TYO	Fgn	8	10	.444	2.05	3.27	20	19	1	16	1	162.1	142	59	37	3	48	77	2	0	1	662	1.170	7.9	0.2	2.7	4.3	1.60
24	Zenzo Ikeda	23	TYO	Fgn	7	15	.318	3.31	4.64	30	24	4	15	0	196.0	155	101	72	3	164	74	10	0	3	889	1.628	7.1	0.1	7.5	3.4	0.45
25	Katsumi Kuno*	22	CNI	Fgn	7	4	.636	2.78	3.53	19	13	5	3	2	107.0	98	42	33	2	31	26	0	1	0	434	1.206	8.2	0.2	2.6	2.2	0.84
26	Tsuneo Mitomi*	26	KII	Fgn	7	16	.304	3.24	3.98	34	27	6	14	3	205.2	201	91	74	7	80	50	2	0	1	887	1.366	8.8	0.3	3.5	2.2	0.63
27	Hiroyoshi Komatsubara	23	YOM	Fgn	6	5	.545	2.87	4.14	13	9	4	4	1	78.1	83	36	25	5	22	18	2	0	0	325	1.340	9.5	0.6	2.5	2.1	0.82
28	Osamu Takechi	21	OSA	Fgn	6	5	.545	2.21	2.59	20	11	9	6	2	118.0	107	34	29	5	26	12	2	0	0	482	1.127	8.2	0.4	2.0	0.9	0.46
29	Seitaro Watanabe	25	OSA	Fgn	5	4	.556	3.48	4.58	21	14	5	4	0	98.1	119	50	38	2	27	19	2	0	0	423	1.485	10.9	0.2	2.5	1.7	0.70
30	Taju Hitokoto	26	FLY	Fgn	3	7	.300	2.83	4.29	13	13	0	8	0	105.0	99	50	33	3	48	22	4	0	2	460	1.400	8.5	0.3	4.1	1.9	0.46
31	Keitaro Kitagawa	22	FLY	Fgn	3	13	.188	3.52	5.40	25	22	1	10	0	148.1	152	89	58	3	75	32	9	4	0	666	1.530	9.2	0.2	4.6	1.9	0.43
32	Toshiaki Ogata	25	YOM	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.75	2.38	9	6	2	4	2	56.2	38	15	11	1	24	17	0	0	0	223	1.094	6.0	0.2	3.8	2.7	0.71
33	Jiro Hoshida	27	CNI	Fgn	2	3	.400	2.36	3.39	15	8	4	2	1	61.0	50	23	16	4	25	12	3	0	2	256	1.230	7.4	0.6	3.7	1.8	0.48
34	Yoshihiro Inoue	21	CNI	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.71	3.86	5	4	1	2	0	21.0	14	9	4	1	10	5	1	0	1	89	1.143	6.0	0.4	4.3	2.1	0.50
35	Nobukazu Iwamoto*	26	NAK	Fgn	2	2	.500	0.96	1.91	5	5	0	3	1	37.2	27	8	4	0	11	9	2	0	0	152	1.009	6.5	0.0	2.6	2.2	0.82
36	Hirotaro Mori	32	HAU	Fgn	2	4	.333	1.96	4.06	16	8	6	2	0	64.1	69	29	14	3	20	14	0	0	0	275	1.383	9.7	0.4	2.8	2.0	0.70
37	Hiroyoshi Takano	23	YOM	Fgn	2	5	.286	3.32	4.23	19	7	8	3	0	89.1	95	42	33	2	28	17	3	0	1	379	1.377	9.6	0.2	2.8	1.7	0.61
38	Takao Fujimura	26	TYO	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.08	5.47	5	4	1	2	0	26.1	28	16	9	2	16	3	0	0	0	121	1.671	9.6	0.7	5.5	1.0	0.19
39	Shosei Go?	31	OSA	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	1.00	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	6	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	37	0.889	6.0	0.0	2.0	0.0	0.00
40	Shinji Hamasaki*	45	HAU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	4.41	5.51	4	2	1	0	0	16.1	15	10	8	1	15	1	0	0	0	73	1.837	8.3	0.6	8.3	0.6	0.07
41	Hiroji Matsukawa	20	NAK	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.49	4.29	19	5	11	1	0	56.2	47	27	22	2	35	24	3	1	1	247	1.447	7.5	0.3	5.6	3.8	0.69
42	Hirokazu Nozaki	23	OSA	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.61	2.61	14	5	6	1	0	51.2	45	15	15	0	33	17	2	0	0	220	1.510	7.8	0.0	5.7	3.0	0.52
43	Yoshiaki Yuasa	28	TYO	Fgn	1	3	.250	4.98	7.27	7	4	3	2	0	43.1	58	35	24	0	25	10	2	0	1	205	1.915	12.0	0.0	5.2	2.1	0.40
44	Koichi Akashi	20	HAU	Fgn	0	0		2.57	2.57	1	0	1	0	0	7.0	4	2	2	0	9	4	0	0	0	31	1.857	5.1	0.0	11.6	5.1	0.44
45	Juichiro Akieda	24	KII	Fgn	0	0		6.43	7.71	3	0	3	0	0	7.0	8	6	5	0	6	0	0	1	0	35	2.000	10.3	0.0	7.7	0.0	0.00
46	Masao Dezawa*	20	FLY	Fgn	0	0		inf	inf	2	1	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	5						0.00
47	Tadaharu Hamasaki	31	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	5.06	5.06	3	0	3	0	0	5.1	5	3	3	0	6	1	0	0	1	27	2.063	8.4	0.0	10.1	1.7	0.17
48	Tokuji Iida	23	NAK	Fgn	0	0		2.25	4.50	2	0	1	0	0	4.0	4	2	1	0	2	3	0	0	1	18	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	6.8	1.50
49	Masashi Kamiguchi	24	FLY	Fgn	0	0		11.74	12.91	2	1	1	0	0	7.2	15	11	10	0	8	1	1	1	0	46	3.000	17.6	0.0	9.4	1.2	0.13
50	Hatsuo Kiyohara	29	KII	Fgn	0	1	.000	1.80	2.70	3	1	2	0	0	10.0	6	3	2	0	9	2	0	0	0	43	1.500	5.4	0.0	8.1	1.8	0.22
51	Sadao Kondo	21	YOM	Fgn	0	2	.000	4.17	5.93	10	5	5	1	0	41.0	37	27	19	4	11	4	0	0	0	166	1.171	8.1	0.9	2.4	0.9	0.36
52	Futoshi Matsumoto*	23	FLY	Fgn	0	1	.000	54.00	54.00	1	1	0	0	0	0.1	1	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	12.000	27.0	0.0	81.0	0.0	0.00
53	Kozo Matsuo*	30	CNI	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.48	4.79	7	7	0	0	0	20.2	26	11	8	1	9	7	0	0	0	92	1.694	11.3	0.4	3.9	3.0	0.78
54	Nobuaki Miyashita	22	YOM	Fgn	0	2	.000	8.06	9.27	4	1	3	0	0	22.1	27	23	20	4	15	3	2	0	1	108	1.881	10.9	1.6	6.0	1.2	0.20
55	Takeo Mizobe	30	HAU	Fgn	0	2	.000	4.76	5.29	7	3	3	0	0	17.0	12	10	9	1	8	2	2	0	0	73	1.176	6.4	0.5	4.2	1.1	0.25
56	Hiroshi Monma	22	KII	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.91	8.18	10	1	4	1	0	22.0	22	20	12	0	17	10	2	0	0	111	1.773	9.0	0.0	7.0	4.1	0.59
57	Koji Nagahara*	20	YOM	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	5	4.500	0.0	0.0	40.5	13.5	0.33
58	Michio Nishizawa	25	KII	Fgn	0	0		3.60	3.60	1	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	22	1.400	7.2	0.0	5.4	1.8	0.33
59	Hiroshi Oshita*	24	FLY	Fgn	0	1	.000	11.57	15.43	1	1	0	0	0	2.1	2	4	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	12	2.143	7.7	0.0	11.6	3.9	0.33
60	Kazuto Tsuruoka	30	NAK	Fgn	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	2.000	18.0	9.0	0.0	0.0