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1956 Japan Central League Batting Leaders

1955 Season 1957 Season

Classification: Foreign

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

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1956 Japan Pacific League

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Minimum 130 AB's to appear on leaderboard

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	Wally Yonamine*	31	YOM	Fgn	123	528	452	86	153	20	4	13	47	25	9	63	72	.339	.420	.487	.907	220	4	2	9	2	7
2	Tetsuharu Kawakami*	36	YOM	Fgn	128	542	490	54	160	23	4	5	67	16	13	46	36	.327	.387	.420	.807	206	10	3	2	1	22
3	Kenjiro Tamiya*	28	OSA	Fgn	126	500	454	58	136	33	12	11	42	25	14	40	70	.300	.364	.498	.862	226	7	6	0	0	6
4	Yoshio Yoshida	22	OSA	Fgn	127	545	487	65	141	20	7	8	34	50	22	46	19	.290	.352	.409	.761	199	4	1	11	0	4
5	Shigeru Fujio	21	YOM	Fgn	117	443	406	43	112	19	2	14	58	12	2	22	62	.276	.316	.436	.752	177	9	3	9	3	1
6	Riichi Kodama	37	CNI	Fgn	121	448	371	34	102	16	0	3	45	3	5	73	28	.275	.396	.342	.738	127	8	2	1	1	7
7	Noboru Inoue	22	CNI	Fgn	121	444	410	36	111	22	3	9	48	9	11	25	46	.271	.311	.405	.716	166	11	0	7	2	1
8	Michio Nishizawa	34	CNI	Fgn	101	351	332	32	90	16	0	8	43	0	1	12	21	.271	.293	.392	.685	130	13	1	0	6	2
9	Isamu Fujii*	39	TYO	Fgn	101	322	299	25	79	8	1	13	34	0	2	20	45	.264	.311	.428	.739	128	7	1	0	2	8
10	Toshio Miyamoto	23	YOM	Fgn	113	438	392	55	103	12	5	19	69	8	6	34	70	.263	.324	.464	.788	182	11	3	6	3	0
11	Toshio Naka	20	CNI	Fgn	119	411	385	39	101	17	6	3	26	14	11	13	33	.262	.288	.361	.649	139	2	1	11	1	0
12	Jun Hakota	24	KKU	Fgn	130	542	501	61	130	18	13	10	47	13	8	25	37	.260	.293	.407	.700	204	12	1	9	6	0
13	Noboru Aota	31	TYO	Fgn	129	539	502	48	130	13	2	25	65	1	3	35	69	.259	.306	.442	.748	222	16	0	0	2	6
14	Makoto Kozuru	33	HIR	Fgn	122	482	428	48	111	12	0	11	43	16	4	48	60	.259	.334	.365	.699	156	4	1	3	2	5
15	Masataka Tsuchiya	20	YOM	Fgn	115	333	303	44	78	11	3	6	27	6	10	20	53	.257	.305	.373	.678	113	7	2	5	3	0
16	Katsumi Ukai	23	KKU	Fgn	130	518	484	42	124	13	5	7	53	10	5	25	59	.256	.291	.347	.638	168	12	0	6	3	1
17	Takashi Iwamoto	26	YOM	Fgn	125	389	342	43	87	18	2	8	46	7	5	28	34	.254	.321	.389	.710	133	8	7	9	3	2
18	Kiyoshi Matsuda*	25	KKU	Fgn	68	163	151	9	38	6	4	1	12	1	4	5	31	.252	.279	.364	.643	55	0	1	5	1	0
19	Toshiyuki Nakamura	19	TYO	Fgn	80	266	243	15	61	9	1	1	12	3	3	11	46	.251	.290	.309	.598	75	0	3	7	2	0
20	Hiroharu Okajima	21	CNI	Fgn	113	358	300	39	74	18	4	6	23	9	6	44	35	.247	.343	.393	.736	118	4	1	11	2	0
21	Atsushi Otsu	24	OSA	Fgn	99	366	344	28	85	13	5	3	44	19	11	16	13	.247	.278	.340	.618	117	8	0	3	3	1
22	Masaaki Ishida*	20	KKU	Fgn	77	207	199	15	49	12	3	3	17	1	1	5	23	.246	.271	.382	.652	76	3	2	0	1	3
23	Kazuyoshi Nishiyama	22	OSA	Fgn	67	142	134	19	33	6	0	3	10	7	4	5	14	.246	.277	.358	.635	48	2	1	1	1	0
24	Kyozo Kinoshita*	19	HIR	Fgn	111	363	325	29	79	10	4	2	16	9	6	28	35	.243	.309	.317	.626	103	1	3	7	0	0
25	Sachio Himoto	21	HIR	Fgn	105	385	352	44	85	13	4	15	43	7	5	21	99	.242	.291	.429	.720	151	3	4	7	1	0
26	Satoshi Hirayama?	26	HIR	Fgn	126	517	462	52	111	18	4	10	46	34	19	46	70	.240	.313	.362	.675	167	6	3	6	0	0
27	Shigenori Sasaki	22	KKU	Fgn	127	464	429	33	102	16	3	9	34	10	14	21	47	.238	.274	.352	.626	151	9	1	12	1	0
28	Hiroyoshi Komatsubara	32	KKU	Fgn	76	182	169	12	40	7	0	2	15	3	3	10	32	.237	.278	.314	.591	53	5	0	2	1	0
29	Tatsuro Hirooka	24	YOM	Fgn	93	381	343	46	80	17	1	9	32	8	3	25	56	.233	.290	.367	.658	126	2	3	9	1	1
30	Zenpei Yamazaki	30	CNI	Fgn	73	164	150	22	35	7	0	0	6	6	2	13	22	.233	.295	.280	.575	42	1	0	1	0	1
31	Masakazu Kawahara	19	HIR	Fgn	69	216	198	13	46	6	1	1	17	1	4	8	37	.232	.258	.288	.546	57	5	0	7	3	0
32	Hiroyuki Watanabe	35	OSA	Fgn	125	513	454	48	103	20	2	4	47	10	8	47	34	.227	.300	.306	.606	139	15	3	3	6	1
33	Hirofumi Naito	25	YOM	Fgn	125	359	338	36	76	16	1	5	33	3	7	8	53	.225	.248	.323	.570	109	5	3	8	2	0
34	Tokuzo Harada*	36	CNI	Fgn	111	433	367	30	82	7	2	2	29	4	11	38	30	.223	.302	.270	.572	99	5	4	23	1	2
35	Nobuyuki Hikiji	25	TYO	Fgn	130	563	519	51	115	13	4	9	48	10	8	21	28	.222	.252	.314	.566	163	8	2	16	5	0
36	Masato Monzen	39	HIR	Fgn	72	217	194	13	43	8	1	4	27	1	0	14	34	.222	.270	.335	.605	65	5	0	6	3	0
37	Saburo Hirai	32	YOM	Fgn	93	278	232	30	51	8	2	3	29	5	5	26	20	.220	.300	.310	.610	72	6	1	18	1	0
38	Minoru Kakurai*	22	YOM	Fgn	110	269	246	35	54	11	3	9	29	10	3	18	41	.220	.280	.398	.678	98	3	3	1	1	0
39	Haruo Medoki	31	TYO	Fgn	105	280	259	20	57	7	0	6	17	0	4	16	45	.220	.270	.317	.586	82	7	2	2	1	0
40	Hideshi Miyake	22	OSA	Fgn	128	373	345	31	76	11	6	5	16	18	4	19	58	.220	.266	.330	.597	114	5	3	5	1	0
41	Takao Sato	24	KKU	Fgn	87	306	259	34	57	7	0	9	24	11	3	40	44	.220	.325	.351	.676	91	2	1	4	2	2
42	Kazuhiko Sakazaki*	18	YOM	Fgn	86	170	162	15	35	8	2	1	24	4	1	5	29	.216	.247	.309	.556	50	1	2	0	1	1
43	Tomio Hiroka	28	HIR	Fgn	95	309	271	20	58	11	1	5	15	5	4	19	46	.214	.277	.317	.594	86	5	5	13	1	1
44	Mamoru Nakajima*	25	TYO	Fgn	104	309	285	18	61	13	2	2	17	3	5	14	55	.214	.255	.295	.550	84	3	2	7	1	1
45	Satoru Sugiyama	30	CNI	Fgn	108	370	346	31	74	16	2	11	41	5	4	21	53	.214	.262	.367	.629	127	5	2	0	1	0
46	Hiroshi Aoyama	24	KKU	Fgn	112	301	272	29	58	6	1	3	17	13	1	20	41	.213	.265	.276	.541	75	7	0	7	2	0
47	Akiyoshi Kobayashi	32	TYO	Fgn	115	267	250	17	53	4	1	4	17	1	5	13	32	.212	.259	.284	.543	71	10	3	1	0	0
48	Choei Shirasaka	33	OSA	Fgn	109	375	337	18	71	4	3	2	32	6	6	27	28	.211	.269	.258	.527	87	8	0	10	1	0
49	Hiromi Tanida	32	KKU	Fgn	97	260	243	17	51	8	2	2	16	2	3	12	41	.210	.253	.284	.537	69	5	2	3	0	1
50	Yasuhiro Iwaoka	22	TYO	Fgn	123	421	397	23	83	7	2	4	25	5	5	19	84	.209	.247	.267	.514	106	8	1	4	0	0
51	Kazuo Ishigaki	24	OSA	Fgn	103	258	248	22	51	9	2	5	18	5	3	7	25	.206	.236	.319	.555	79	3	3	0	0	1
52	Jiro Kanayama	33	HIR	Fgn	108	436	402	24	82	8	2	0	15	18	17	20	47	.204	.242	.234	.476	94	4	2	7	5	0
53	Itsuro Honda*	25	CNI	Fgn	115	353	327	31	66	6	4	0	18	15	9	19	30	.202	.248	.245	.492	80	4	1	6	0	0
54	Terutoshi Okiyama*	23	TYO	Fgn	114	435	387	35	78	11	3	3	13	19	10	40	69	.202	.275	.269	.544	104	1	0	6	2	0
55	Mitsutsugu Yokoyama	23	OSA	Fgn	86	217	201	18	40	5	1	2	13	10	4	10	34	.199	.238	.264	.502	53	6	1	3	2	0
56	Kazuo Satake	31	KKU	Fgn	114	307	276	17	53	7	1	1	6	2	3	21	30	.192	.249	.236	.485	65	5	0	10	0	0
57	Shigeru Makino	27	CNI	Fgn	82	177	152	12	29	1	3	0	8	1	3	17	18	.191	.277	.237	.513	36	3	1	7	0	0
58	Kiyoshi Doi	23	TYO	Fgn	85	261	232	11	44	10	1	2	13	2	2	19	33	.190	.256	.267	.523	62	7	2	7	1	0
59	Yasuhiko Kawai	22	CNI	Fgn	96	260	233	22	44	11	1	3	15	3	2	19	59	.189	.258	.283	.541	66	2	3	4	1	0
60	Tsuguo Goto	32	OSA	Fgn	87	160	147	1	27	1	0	0	15	0	3	8	19	.184	.228	.191	.418	28	6	1	2	2	0
61	Masaichi Kaneda*	22	KKU	Fgn	81	144	131	10	24	6	0	1	13	0	0	6	18	.183	.230	.252	.482	33	0	2	5	0	0
62	Hideo Okubo	23	KKU	Fgn	110	269	247	18	45	6	3	1	15	6	10	13	39	.182	.233	.243	.476	60	2	4	3	2	0
63	Kenshi Zenimura?	27	HIR	Fgn	77	175	163	11	29	1	1	1	8	5	2	9	11	.178	.221	.215	.436	35	3	0	3	0	0
64	Masayasu Kaneda*	35	OSA	Fgn	67	203	179	18	31	2	1	1	9	5	0	19	31	.173	.262	.212	.475	38	1	3	1	1	0
65	Yukihiko Machida	22	KKU	Fgn	57	184	157	17	27	4	1	6	16	2	2	25	42	.172	.294	.325	.618	51	1	2	0	0	2
66	Shinkichi Harada	21	HIR	Fgn	73	186	177	11	29	9	3	4	14	1	2	4	43	.164	.180	.316	.497	56	3	0	3	2	0
67	Mikihiro Yamamura	20	TYO	Fgn	100	199	191	9	30	6	0	0	1	1	1	1	14	.157	.162	.189	.350	36	3	0	7	0	0
68	Kenji Tomokawa*	20	TYO	Fgn	88	161	143	12	22	6	2	1	3	2	1	15	45	.154	.234	.245	.479	35	1	0	3	0	0
69	Mitsuo Yoneyama	23	HIR	Fgn	100	226	194	10	28	3	2	0	7	1	2	21	21	.144	.230	.180	.411	35	2	1	9	1	0