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1948 Japanese Baseball League Pitching Leaders

1947 Season 1949 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 560 games, 8 teams, approx. 140 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	Tokuji Kawasaki	27	YOM	Fgn	27	15	.643	2.32	2.86	47	39	6	25	12	318.1	257	101	82	7	113	82	5	0	0	1282	1.162	7.3	0.2	3.2	2.3	0.73
2	Hiroshi Nakao*	28	YOM	Fgn	27	12	.692	1.84	2.44	47	39	6	25	8	343.0	245	93	70	8	116	187	3	1	0	1347	1.052	6.4	0.2	3.0	4.9	1.61
3	Takehiko Bessho	25	NAK	Fgn	26	10	.722	2.06	2.62	42	37	4	31	3	319.1	270	93	73	10	76	120	6	0	2	1272	1.084	7.6	0.3	2.1	3.4	1.58
4	Tadayoshi Kajioka	27	OSA	Fgn	26	17	.605	2.55	3.11	50	41	9	35	5	367.2	325	127	104	20	97	124	3	0	1	1495	1.148	8.0	0.5	2.4	3.0	1.28
5	Juzo Sanada	25	TYO	Fgn	25	19	.568	2.22	2.66	58	42	13	34	9	392.2	317	116	97	10	102	172	2	0	3	1574	1.067	7.3	0.2	2.3	3.9	1.69
6	Rentaro Imanishi	23	HAU	Fgn	23	17	.575	2.71	3.31	50	39	11	28	4	331.2	284	122	100	13	100	89	2	0	1	1344	1.158	7.7	0.4	2.7	2.4	0.89
7	Nobuo Nakatani*	28	NAK	Fgn	21	12	.636	1.98	2.75	49	36	7	24	10	318.0	274	97	70	11	74	113	7	1	0	1279	1.094	7.8	0.3	2.1	3.2	1.53
8	Shigeaki Kuroo	21	KYU	Fgn	19	18	.514	2.70	3.35	47	39	8	28	3	362.2	296	135	109	14	117	131	5	1	2	1458	1.139	7.3	0.3	2.9	3.3	1.12
9	Yoshio Tenbo	24	HAU	Fgn	19	22	.463	2.33	3.34	52	45	4	22	5	348.0	321	129	90	14	106	130	1	0	3	1432	1.227	8.3	0.4	2.7	3.4	1.23
10	Susumu Yuki*	27	NAK	Fgn	19	11	.633	1.89	2.43	42	22	15	14	3	248.0	180	67	52	5	55	122	3	1	1	965	0.948	6.5	0.2	2.0	4.4	2.22
11	Isamu Kinoshita	28	TYO	Fgn	17	13	.567	3.42	4.21	40	34	6	18	1	276.0	275	129	105	19	75	59	7	2	0	1155	1.268	9.0	0.6	2.4	1.9	0.79
12	Victor Starffin	32	KII	Fgn	17	13	.567	2.17	2.72	37	32	5	28	3	298.1	240	90	72	6	80	138	3	1	4	1187	1.073	7.2	0.2	2.4	4.2	1.73
13	Tadashi Wakabayashi?	40	OSA	Fgn	17	20	.459	2.48	3.31	48	33	14	26	4	326.1	318	120	90	7	66	78	2	2	0	1338	1.177	8.8	0.2	1.8	2.2	1.18
14	Tsuguhiro Hattori	28	CNI	Fgn	16	19	.457	2.59	3.52	44	31	12	23	2	302.0	279	118	87	9	76	104	5	2	1	1237	1.175	8.3	0.3	2.3	3.1	1.37
15	Eishiro Yoshie	25	KYU	Fgn	16	19	.457	3.14	4.02	48	35	7	29	3	338.1	312	151	118	12	72	100	1	2	3	1383	1.135	8.3	0.3	1.9	2.7	1.39
16	Jiro Noguchi	28	HAU	Fgn	14	16	.467	2.94	3.52	41	34	6	24	3	297.0	273	116	97	14	42	66	2	0	1	1182	1.061	8.3	0.4	1.3	2.0	1.57
17	Kenichi Izutsu	28	TYO	Fgn	13	22	.371	4.03	4.93	50	32	13	15	3	259.0	283	142	116	6	73	53	3	2	0	1092	1.375	9.8	0.2	2.5	1.8	0.73
18	Hiroshi Nakahara	24	NAK	Fgn	13	7	.650	2.28	2.79	35	25	8	11	3	193.2	149	60	49	4	72	54	1	1	3	779	1.141	6.9	0.2	3.3	2.5	0.75
19	Fukuzo Tada	26	YOM	Fgn	13	9	.591	2.96	3.44	31	29	2	16	6	206.2	171	79	68	6	80	63	4	0	0	848	1.215	7.4	0.3	3.5	2.7	0.79
20	Naoaki Hayashi	24	TYO,KII	Fgn	12	5	.706	3.00	3.86	37	17	15	10	5	207.1	206	89	69	14	67	61	0	0	1	875	1.317	8.9	0.6	2.9	2.6	0.91
21	Hirokazu Nozaki	24	OSA	Fgn	12	11	.522	2.61	3.05	40	32	4	13	2	248.0	191	84	72	9	84	63	6	0	0	1009	1.109	6.9	0.3	3.0	2.3	0.75
22	Hideo Shimizu*	29	CNI	Fgn	12	17	.414	3.20	3.92	32	30	2	19	3	225.0	222	98	80	13	67	54	3	0	1	962	1.284	8.9	0.5	2.7	2.2	0.81
23	Zenzo Ikeda	24	KII	Fgn	11	13	.458	2.75	3.26	33	23	5	19	1	229.1	191	83	70	7	103	80	3	1	6	958	1.282	7.5	0.3	4.0	3.1	0.78
24	Takao Misono	32	OSA	Fgn	11	9	.550	2.63	3.48	27	19	8	9	0	168.0	177	65	49	11	19	31	0	0	0	690	1.167	9.5	0.6	1.0	1.7	1.63
25	Jiro Hoshida	28	CNI	Fgn	10	8	.556	2.65	3.22	36	27	5	15	4	220.2	166	79	65	7	97	65	6	0	1	902	1.192	6.8	0.3	4.0	2.7	0.67
26	Hideo Fujimoto	30	YOM	Fgn	8	5	.615	1.72	2.27	22	12	9	9	0	131.0	104	33	25	3	24	51	3	1	2	517	0.977	7.1	0.2	1.6	3.5	2.13
27	Nobukazu Iwamoto*	27	NAK	Fgn	8	4	.667	2.09	2.51	18	16	1	6	3	107.2	84	30	25	4	40	15	1	0	0	429	1.152	7.0	0.3	3.3	1.3	0.38
28	Akira Kawamura?	28	KII	Fgn	7	7	.500	3.06	3.84	17	13	3	6	2	103.0	113	44	35	9	13	27	0	0	0	425	1.223	9.9	0.8	1.1	2.4	2.08
29	Sadao Kondo	22	CNI	Fgn	7	23	.233	2.61	3.50	48	23	19	14	2	272.2	267	106	79	5	89	47	4	0	3	1134	1.306	8.8	0.2	2.9	1.6	0.53
30	Hirotaro Mori	33	HAU	Fgn	7	8	.467	2.50	3.55	30	16	14	5	0	154.2	163	61	43	6	20	27	0	0	0	621	1.183	9.5	0.3	1.2	1.6	1.35
31	Kozo Naito*	32	KII	Fgn	7	11	.389	2.69	3.47	21	19	2	14	2	160.2	145	62	48	10	37	30	1	0	0	651	1.133	8.1	0.6	2.1	1.7	0.81
32	Giichiro Shiraki	28	KYU	Fgn	7	12	.368	2.79	3.11	25	24	1	19	2	199.2	196	69	62	2	35	59	1	1	1	817	1.157	8.8	0.1	1.6	2.7	1.69
33	Keitaro Kitagawa	23	KYU	Fgn	6	9	.400	3.57	5.03	26	14	10	7	0	136.0	122	76	54	8	67	46	0	0	1	581	1.390	8.1	0.5	4.4	3.0	0.69
34	Masaaki Noguchi	24	KYU	Fgn	6	5	.545	3.20	4.27	20	7	10	4	0	84.1	85	40	30	8	19	28	1	0	0	351	1.233	9.1	0.9	2.0	3.0	1.47
35	Katsumi Kuno*	23	CNI	Fgn	5	13	.278	4.06	4.66	42	26	13	3	0	181.2	186	94	82	9	63	50	2	0	1	784	1.371	9.2	0.4	3.1	2.5	0.79
36	Tsuneo Mitomi*	27	KII	Fgn	5	13	.278	3.87	4.72	28	19	6	9	0	137.1	137	72	59	11	35	48	4	1	1	580	1.252	9.0	0.7	2.3	3.1	1.37
37	Hiroyoshi Komatsubara	24	YOM	Fgn	4	6	.400	2.28	3.48	34	8	24	5	1	134.1	114	52	34	8	51	54	3	0	0	556	1.228	7.6	0.5	3.4	3.6	1.06
38	Shinji Hamasaki*	46	HAU	Fgn	3	3	.500	2.52	4.30	17	4	11	0	0	60.2	66	29	17	2	13	10	0	0	2	271	1.302	9.8	0.3	1.9	1.5	0.77
39	Tsuneo Kobayashi*	22	KII	Fgn	3	9	.250	2.37	3.14	17	14	3	9	1	129.0	104	45	34	4	56	54	6	0	1	542	1.240	7.3	0.3	3.9	3.8	0.96
40	Hyutaro Akaneya*	32	KYU	Fgn	2	3	.400	2.67	3.14	12	7	5	2	0	57.1	53	20	17	1	26	19	0	1	0	239	1.378	8.3	0.2	4.1	3.0	0.73
41	Fumio Fujimura	31	OSA	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.79	5.66	6	3	2	1	1	20.2	21	13	11	1	13	7	0	1	0	96	1.645	9.1	0.4	5.7	3.0	0.54
42	Hiroshi Katayama*	24	KYU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.40	2.70	7	3	4	2	0	30.0	24	9	8	0	15	10	1	0	1	129	1.300	7.2	0.0	4.5	3.0	0.67
43	Toshiaki Ogata	26	YOM	Fgn	2	6	.250	3.22	4.60	16	8	6	0	0	58.2	58	30	21	1	32	9	3	0	0	261	1.534	8.9	0.2	4.9	1.4	0.28
44	Kiyoshi Uchiyama	21	OSA	Fgn	2	3	.400	4.50	5.00	15	5	5	1	0	54.0	71	30	27	3	11	8	0	0	1	237	1.519	11.8	0.5	1.8	1.3	0.73
45	Seitaro Watanabe	26	TYO	Fgn	2	6	.250	3.76	4.09	18	11	5	5	2	83.2	85	38	35	4	36	22	0	0	0	355	1.446	9.1	0.4	3.9	2.4	0.61
46	Yoneo Yashima	29	YOM	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.43	4.00	15	5	6	1	1	63.0	68	28	17	2	18	12	1	0	0	271	1.365	9.7	0.3	2.6	1.7	0.67
47	Taju Hitokoto	27	KYU	Fgn	1	3	.250	5.60	6.45	14	10	4	0	0	53.0	66	38	33	6	20	15	1	0	0	237	1.623	11.2	1.0	3.4	2.5	0.75
48	Iwao Koba	24	KII	Fgn	1	4	.200	4.86	5.53	16	8	8	3	1	53.2	66	33	29	2	23	14	2	1	2	246	1.658	11.1	0.3	3.9	2.3	0.61
49	Nobuaki Miyashita	23	CNI	Fgn	1	1	.500	6.23	7.27	8	1	4	0	0	17.1	23	14	12	0	16	7	0	0	0	89	2.250	11.9	0.0	8.3	3.6	0.44
50	Shigeyoshi Morishita	28	TYO	Fgn	1	3	.250	2.61	3.19	5	4	1	2	0	31.0	27	11	9	1	16	2	0	0	0	129	1.387	7.8	0.3	4.6	0.6	0.13
51	Kimio Osawa	22	CNI	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.20	4.81	12	1	10	0	0	39.1	45	21	14	2	12	15	1	0	0	176	1.449	10.3	0.5	2.7	3.4	1.25
52	Kaoru Betto	27	OSA	Fgn	0	0		6.00	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	3.0	6	2	2	0	1	3	0	0	0	16	2.333	18.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
53	Takashi Eda	25	TYO	Fgn	0	3	.000	9.24	10.70	7	4	3	1	0	37.0	67	44	38	6	16	6	2	0	0	187	2.243	16.3	1.5	3.9	1.5	0.38
54	Shosei Go?	32	OSA	Fgn	0	0		27.00	40.50	1	1	0	0	0	0.2	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7.500	67.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
55	Kenji Hirano	20	TYO	Fgn	0	2	.000	4.41	5.33	10	3	7	2	0	49.0	57	29	24	3	17	12	0	0	0	219	1.510	10.5	0.6	3.1	2.2	0.71
56	Jun Hoshizawa	24	OSA	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.35	5.23	9	1	4	0	0	20.2	20	12	10	1	14	5	1	0	1	90	1.645	8.7	0.4	6.1	2.2	0.36
57	Yoshihiro Inoue	22	KYU	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.75	6.00	3	1	0	0	0	12.0	12	8	5	0	10	2	0	0	0	56	1.833	9.0	0.0	7.5	1.5	0.20
58	Masao Itakura	21	KII	Fgn	0	0		5.59	6.52	2	0	2	0	0	9.2	11	7	6	0	7	4	0	0	0	44	1.862	10.2	0.0	6.5	3.7	0.57
59	Minoru Kawauchi	28	TYO	Fgn	0	0		3.00	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	3.0	5	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	18	2.333	15.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
60	Fumio Maruyama*	23	NAK	Fgn	0	5	.000	4.47	5.86	17	4	9	1	0	58.1	69	38	29	2	28	29	2	0	2	264	1.663	10.6	0.3	4.3	4.5	1.04
61	Tomokazu Matsuda*	22	TYO	Fgn	0	2	.000	8.25	9.00	2	2	0	0	0	12.0	16	12	11	3	9	3	1	0	1	60	2.083	12.0	2.3	6.8	2.3	0.33
62	Hiroji Matsukawa	21	NAK	Fgn	0	0		6.75	6.75	2	0	2	0	0	4.0	3	3	3	0	5	0	0	0	0	20	2.000	6.8	0.0	11.3	0.0	0.00
63	Tadashige Matsumoto	24	NAK	Fgn	0	0		2.65	3.71	9	0	7	0	0	17.0	15	7	5	0	12	7	0	0	0	79	1.588	7.9	0.0	6.4	3.7	0.58
64	Takeo Mizobe	31	OSA	Fgn	0	0		7.16	10.47	8	0	5	0	0	16.1	27	19	13	1	8	3	0	0	0	84	2.143	14.9	0.6	4.4	1.7	0.38
65	Koji Nagahara*	21	OSA	Fgn	0	0		13.50	13.50	2	0	1	0	0	2.2	2	4	4	0	6	2	0	0	1	16	3.000	6.8	0.0	20.3	6.8	0.33
66	Akira Noguchi	30	HAU	Fgn	0	1	.000	2.68	3.65	7	1	6	1	0	37.0	36	15	11	0	18	6	0	0	0	159	1.459	8.8	0.0	4.4	1.5	0.33
67	Takao Okamura	29	HAU	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.09	3.86	10	1	8	0	0	35.0	34	15	12	3	13	7	0	0	0	148	1.343	8.7	0.8	3.3	1.8	0.54
68	Jitsuo Oki*	20	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	2.57	6.43	2	1	1	0	0	7.0	6	5	2	0	3	2	0	0	0	31	1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	2.6	0.67
69	Eiichi Shiomi*	20	OSA	Fgn	0	3	.000	5.76	6.07	9	4	2	1	0	29.2	41	20	19	1	12	5	0	0	0	140	1.787	12.4	0.3	3.6	1.5	0.42
70	Hiroyoshi Takano	24	KII	Fgn	0	2	.000	4.95	5.45	11	3	7	0	0	36.1	43	22	20	3	12	4	3	0	5	162	1.514	10.7	0.7	3.0	1.0	0.33