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1948 Japanese Baseball League Batting Leaders

1947 Season 1949 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 560 games, 8 teams, approx. 140 games in season

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League Player Batting

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Minimum 140 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	HBP	SH
1	Takehiko Bessho	25	NAK	Fgn	58	156	150	9	51	10	0	4	27	0	0	5	7	.340	.365	.487	.852	73	1	0
2	Kaoru Betto	27	OSA	Fgn	89	377	348	67	114	19	4	13	57	16	5	29	17	.328	.379	.517	.897	180	0	0
3	Noboru Aota	23	YOM	Fgn	140	592	569	95	174	31	2	25	99	19	11	20	52	.306	.332	.499	.831	284	2	1
4	Makoto Kozuru	25	KYU	Fgn	113	483	429	57	131	14	7	16	65	27	9	52	66	.305	.382	.483	.864	207	1	1
5	Kazuto Tsuruoka	31	NAK	Fgn	125	519	449	65	137	28	3	8	68	23	4	69	22	.305	.399	.434	.833	195	1	0
6	Tetsuharu Kawakami*	28	YOM	Fgn	135	566	504	69	150	26	6	25	105	12	3	58	26	.298	.375	.522	.896	263	4	0
7	Hiroshi Tsujii	31	TYO	Fgn	125	511	467	44	139	22	5	2	41	18	13	36	24	.298	.353	.379	.732	177	4	4
8	Kazuo Kasahara*	28	NAK	Fgn	140	607	540	100	160	40	7	7	72	28	15	67	55	.296	.374	.435	.809	235	0	0
9	Fumio Fujimura	31	OSA	Fgn	140	609	572	69	166	38	13	13	108	15	7	31	28	.290	.331	.470	.801	269	4	2
10	Toshiaki Tanaka	27	YOM	Fgn	80	222	196	27	56	7	0	1	18	4	7	14	10	.286	.337	.337	.673	66	1	11
11	Takeshi Doigaki	26	OSA	Fgn	138	586	544	56	155	38	5	4	70	14	9	39	29	.285	.334	.395	.729	215	1	2
12	Shigeru Chiba	29	YOM	Fgn	135	587	522	77	148	23	6	14	57	13	9	55	28	.284	.352	.431	.783	225	0	10
13	Michinori Tsubochi	34	KII	Fgn	124	554	505	65	143	24	8	2	41	20	11	40	30	.283	.347	.374	.721	189	9	0
14	Saburo Hirai	24	HAU	Fgn	123	485	458	51	128	24	9	2	43	26	7	26	16	.280	.320	.384	.704	176	1	0
15	Tokuji Iida	24	NAK	Fgn	138	575	532	71	149	30	4	14	92	16	11	42	38	.280	.334	.431	.764	229	1	0
16	Masayasu Kaneda*	27	OSA	Fgn	134	580	515	75	144	22	8	3	48	20	7	56	36	.280	.355	.371	.726	191	4	5
17	Tadayoshi Tamakoshi	28	KII	Fgn	124	505	446	48	125	15	7	7	55	12	2	50	34	.280	.355	.392	.748	175	2	7
18	Tsuguhiro Hattori	28	CNI	Fgn	97	246	227	22	63	11	0	2	21	7	1	14	15	.278	.325	.352	.678	80	2	3
19	Shosei Go?	32	OSA	Fgn	135	605	527	79	146	14	3	0	24	35	11	70	32	.277	.365	.315	.680	166	3	5
20	Akira Noguchi	30	HAU	Fgn	91	300	278	36	77	9	4	4	34	6	4	22	23	.277	.330	.381	.711	106	0	0
21	Tokuzo Harada*	28	CNI	Fgn	110	477	427	51	117	15	5	5	36	26	13	42	24	.274	.340	.368	.708	157	1	7
22	Nobuo Osawa	31	CNI	Fgn	127	523	483	38	132	24	2	3	53	6	8	38	17	.273	.329	.350	.679	169	2	0
23	Kikuji Hirayama	29	YOM	Fgn	140	567	525	60	143	15	4	11	68	29	8	33	16	.272	.318	.379	.697	199	2	7
24	Tsutomu Kimura	27	TYO	Fgn	56	148	140	5	38	7	2	0	16	4	6	6	8	.271	.301	.350	.651	49	0	2
25	Tamaichi Yasui	25	OSA	Fgn	138	561	538	42	146	25	8	7	63	10	4	17	25	.271	.296	.387	.683	208	2	4
26	Takenori Yamakawa	25	YOM	Fgn	126	508	457	68	122	11	10	2	36	17	8	42	43	.267	.329	.348	.677	159	0	9
27	Takao Misono	32	OSA	Fgn	94	258	241	18	64	9	3	0	27	12	3	14	15	.266	.306	.328	.634	79	0	3
28	Hiroshi Oshita*	25	KYU	Fgn	133	539	496	50	132	19	4	16	72	26	7	42	55	.266	.325	.417	.742	207	1	0
29	Shoji Arakawa	24	TYO	Fgn	97	298	252	34	66	12	1	1	23	19	8	41	11	.262	.367	.329	.697	83	1	4
30	Takeshi Hibino	28	HAU	Fgn	116	421	385	29	101	14	0	1	48	2	2	33	19	.262	.322	.307	.629	118	1	2
31	Kazuo Horii	24	NAK	Fgn	139	546	485	54	127	21	8	2	61	9	6	58	37	.262	.344	.351	.695	170	3	0
32	Jiro Noguchi	28	HAU	Fgn	108	332	310	33	81	10	1	2	36	18	4	21	14	.261	.310	.319	.630	99	1	0
33	Toshio Kawanishi	28	NAK	Fgn	138	559	504	70	131	12	2	1	33	66	14	38	18	.260	.313	.298	.611	150	1	16
34	Michio Nishizawa	26	KII	Fgn	130	554	508	52	132	22	3	16	60	7	3	46	33	.260	.321	.409	.731	208	0	0
35	Hiroyoshi Tsukamoto	29	HAU	Fgn	135	592	536	72	139	17	9	4	48	39	11	47	27	.259	.320	.347	.667	186	1	8
36	Kazuo Matsumoto	24	TYO	Fgn	134	497	454	46	117	14	7	2	35	10	13	40	40	.258	.319	.333	.652	151	1	2
37	Shizuo Yamamoto	26	CNI	Fgn	119	435	400	38	102	24	6	1	25	6	5	28	24	.255	.307	.353	.660	141	2	5
38	Tsuguo Goto	24	OSA	Fgn	140	532	511	46	129	20	3	5	36	27	6	15	20	.252	.274	.333	.607	170	0	6
39	Eikichi Nagamochi	30	KYU	Fgn	123	487	460	50	115	22	4	3	46	20	8	22	28	.250	.287	.335	.622	154	2	3
40	Shoji Kato	34	KYU	Fgn	102	368	334	27	83	16	2	4	41	4	4	32	21	.249	.316	.344	.660	115	1	1
41	Kazuo Satake	23	TYO	Fgn	114	373	346	35	86	19	4	2	20	8	4	24	28	.249	.301	.344	.645	119	2	1
42	Shuzo Kayano*	29	CNI	Fgn	129	450	427	29	106	21	6	0	25	9	18	15	29	.248	.275	.326	.601	139	1	7
43	Seizo Furukawa	26	HAU	Fgn	124	529	478	73	118	26	6	7	55	33	13	44	65	.247	.316	.370	.686	177	4	3
44	Yasuya Hondo	30	TYO	Fgn	114	447	422	48	104	16	6	5	37	21	7	18	29	.246	.279	.348	.627	147	1	6
45	Haruyasu Nakajima	38	YOM	Fgn	49	160	152	11	37	8	1	4	20	0	0	5	11	.243	.268	.388	.656	59	0	3
46	Yutaka Tagawa	29	TYO	Fgn	121	517	475	43	115	11	5	1	32	19	15	36	30	.242	.298	.293	.591	139	2	4
47	Hatsuo Kiyohara	30	KII	Fgn	135	561	507	49	122	18	7	2	47	10	7	47	23	.241	.308	.316	.623	160	2	5
48	Takeshi Miyazaki	29	HAU	Fgn	124	517	479	56	115	18	4	1	32	29	11	33	34	.240	.289	.301	.590	144	0	5
49	Yoshio Tani	27	KYU	Fgn	97	281	259	26	62	7	6	0	15	10	9	18	30	.239	.296	.313	.609	81	3	1
50	Keizo Tsutsui	25	NAK	Fgn	140	515	458	37	109	19	4	2	33	9	10	40	41	.238	.310	.310	.620	142	8	9
51	Chusuke Kizuka	24	NAK	Fgn	140	545	504	58	119	14	7	4	54	34	12	23	44	.236	.272	.316	.588	159	2	16
52	Jiro Kanayama	25	KYU	Fgn	119	502	468	51	110	10	2	2	22	35	15	27	35	.235	.277	.278	.555	130	0	7
53	Shigeyoshi Morishita	28	TYO	Fgn	126	455	434	46	102	18	3	13	41	5	8	19	37	.235	.270	.380	.651	165	2	0
54	Toshimichi Kunieda	28	CNI	Fgn	105	446	403	39	94	11	1	4	31	36	10	29	24	.233	.290	.295	.585	119	3	11
55	Tadashi Wakabayashi?	40	OSA	Fgn	56	156	146	13	34	2	1	1	17	0	0	5	8	.233	.268	.281	.549	41	2	3
56	Satoru Sugiyama	22	CNI	Fgn	134	404	375	37	87	14	2	11	44	4	4	27	86	.232	.284	.368	.652	138	0	2
57	Masumi Isekawa	27	KII	Fgn	93	299	283	14	65	10	3	2	35	1	1	14	16	.230	.269	.307	.576	87	1	1
58	Tokugoro Kasaishi	24	CNI	Fgn	112	333	291	29	67	15	2	2	22	12	6	34	25	.230	.313	.316	.629	92	1	7
59	Kiyoshi Sugiura	33	CNI	Fgn	137	572	510	61	117	26	1	12	54	7	11	58	39	.229	.308	.355	.663	181	0	4
60	Junji Nakatani	30	TYO	Fgn	134	551	500	47	113	18	9	6	50	14	12	50	37	.226	.298	.334	.632	167	1	0
61	Isamu Fujii*	31	TYO	Fgn	128	509	481	39	107	15	2	4	54	10	4	27	33	.223	.264	.287	.551	138	0	1
62	Hiroshi Hagiwara	24	YOM	Fgn	96	259	246	18	54	10	1	1	19	12	8	5	20	.220	.241	.281	.522	69	2	6
63	Akira Iwamoto	27	HAU	Fgn	74	198	182	13	40	6	4	0	8	7	5	12	28	.220	.268	.297	.565	54	0	4
64	Kozo Kawai*	21	HAU	Fgn	76	192	187	18	41	4	6	0	15	9	3	4	15	.219	.240	.305	.544	57	1	0
65	Hideo Shimizu*	29	CNI	Fgn	86	204	196	15	43	6	0	4	28	1	2	8	20	.219	.250	.311	.561	61	0	0
66	Katsumi Shiraishi	30	YOM	Fgn	117	443	392	46	86	10	2	3	15	7	8	42	39	.219	.300	.278	.578	109	3	6
67	Toru Tsuchiya	24	NAK	Fgn	86	212	195	20	42	3	1	1	21	3	4	17	17	.215	.278	.256	.535	50	0	0
68	Osamu Takechi	22	KII	Fgn	124	469	443	39	95	15	7	1	30	12	4	15	18	.214	.242	.287	.529	127	1	10
69	Den Yamada?	34	HAU	Fgn	81	244	221	30	47	6	0	0	10	13	4	19	12	.213	.275	.240	.515	53	0	4
70	Sadayuki Minagawa	28	KYU	Fgn	134	575	494	61	104	13	3	1	28	14	9	60	53	.211	.296	.255	.551	126	0	21
71	Nariharu Sakazawa	30	KII	Fgn	108	391	369	40	77	9	3	1	17	4	5	14	19	.209	.238	.258	.495	95	0	8
72	Shigeya Iijima	29	KYU	Fgn	47	180	155	14	32	6	1	3	14	4	1	24	17	.207	.317	.316	.633	49	1	0
73	Juzo Sanada	25	TYO	Fgn	66	166	155	17	32	6	1	1	13	3	0	6	11	.207	.236	.277	.513	43	0	5
74	Shigeaki Kuroo	21	KYU	Fgn	57	156	151	11	31	0	3	0	9	2	2	4	22	.205	.226	.245	.471	37	0	1
75	Kunio Shimoyashiro*	24	KII	Fgn	137	495	446	38	91	9	6	2	32	8	10	37	23	.204	.267	.265	.531	118	1	11
76	Naofumi Yasui	28	NAK	Fgn	127	570	482	64	98	14	5	0	22	16	9	81	51	.203	.320	.253	.574	122	2	5
77	Zenzo Hasegawa	25	OSA	Fgn	132	440	391	40	78	9	2	2	25	9	2	30	42	.200	.257	.248	.505	97	0	19
78	Isao Mimura	24	KYU	Fgn	96	323	287	21	56	11	3	0	16	9	6	28	44	.195	.267	.254	.521	73	0	8
79	Tetsunosuke Fujiwara	23	KYU	Fgn	108	400	362	22	69	15	1	0	24	4	2	34	22	.191	.262	.238	.500	86	1	3
80	Shigeru Araki	22	HAU	Fgn	98	302	280	25	53	4	3	0	18	14	8	19	31	.189	.241	.225	.466	63	0	3
81	Tadayoshi Kajioka	27	OSA	Fgn	64	166	148	12	28	5	1	2	11	1	1	14	19	.189	.259	.277	.536	41	0	4
82	Tamotsu Uchibori	31	YOM	Fgn	95	244	217	20	41	2	1	2	12	2	9	14	15	.189	.238	.235	.473	51	0	13
83	Narihide Tanaka	28	KYU	Fgn	63	207	188	12	34	4	0	0	4	4	4	15	9	.181	.245	.202	.447	38	1	3
84	Rikizo Kogure*	25	TYO	Fgn	64	184	169	8	30	2	3	0	13	1	2	14	33	.178	.240	.225	.465	38	0	1
85	Toshiaki Takemiya	26	YOM	Fgn	88	241	217	11	38	4	0	2	15	4	3	20	33	.175	.245	.221	.466	48	0	4
86	Fujio Ueda?	36	HAU	Fgn	69	164	145	7	25	2	1	0	5	4	1	8	4	.172	.236	.200	.436	29	4	7
87	Wataru Nonin	33	KII	Fgn	61	194	163	21	27	5	0	2	17	5	3	29	15	.166	.295	.233	.528	38	1	1
88	Nobuaki Miyashita	23	CNI	Fgn	78	177	149	9	21	3	0	0	5	2	1	19	11	.141	.238	.161	.399	24	0	9
89	Masato Monzen	31	KII	Fgn	83	248	213	14	28	5	1	3	15	3	1	34	27	.132	.251	.207	.458	44	0	1