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1955 Japan Central League Batting Leaders

1954 Season 1956 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 395 games, 6 teams, approx. 131 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1955 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	SF	IBB
1	Tetsuharu Kawakami*	35	YOM	Fgn	120	515	435	55	147	15	1	12	79	17	10	69	33	.338	.425	.460	.885	200	10	3	0	8	34
2	Bunji Kashiwaeda?	30	YOM	Fgn	85	250	214	33	72	14	3	2	31	10	2	30	26	.336	.419	.458	.877	98	1	1	4	1	0
3	Riichi Kodama	36	CNI	Fgn	108	400	355	34	112	21	2	8	45	7	5	40	28	.316	.386	.454	.840	161	11	2	1	2	4
4	Hiroyuki Watanabe	34	OSA	Fgn	126	512	460	56	144	13	0	5	54	12	9	36	30	.313	.358	.374	.732	172	20	1	6	9	1
5	Wally Yonamine*	30	YOM	Fgn	107	486	424	68	132	22	2	13	65	10	3	49	66	.311	.382	.465	.846	197	5	1	9	3	3
6	Kenjiro Tamiya*	27	OSA	Fgn	117	458	427	41	123	25	2	4	43	21	14	20	48	.288	.336	.384	.720	164	5	11	0	0	1
7	Eikichi Nagamochi	37	HIR	Fgn	82	226	216	15	62	5	2	1	27	2	3	6	14	.287	.305	.343	.648	74	4	0	3	1	0
8	Shigeru Fujio	20	YOM	Fgn	60	171	154	22	44	4	2	5	29	3	2	16	25	.286	.357	.435	.792	67	1	1	0	0	2
9	Makoto Kozuru	32	HIR	Fgn	130	549	494	62	141	17	7	18	67	26	7	46	68	.285	.344	.458	.801	226	15	0	5	4	11
10	Noboru Inoue	21	CNI	Fgn	125	486	440	50	125	25	3	4	42	13	10	28	53	.284	.328	.382	.710	168	3	2	13	3	1
11	Saburo Hirai	31	YOM	Fgn	111	409	353	47	99	17	0	5	32	14	10	27	35	.281	.333	.371	.704	131	3	2	24	3	0
12	Yoshio Yoshida	21	OSA	Fgn	128	568	523	67	147	24	5	3	28	38	20	20	23	.281	.313	.363	.676	190	16	4	21	0	0
13	Tokuzo Harada*	35	CNI	Fgn	128	512	461	57	129	26	2	5	39	22	6	37	32	.280	.337	.377	.714	174	1	4	7	3	2
14	Yukihiko Machida	21	KKU	Fgn	125	518	468	69	131	26	0	31	71	12	4	42	98	.280	.344	.534	.878	250	14	5	0	3	2
15	Hiromi Tanida	31	OSA	Fgn	104	201	190	15	53	9	1	4	28	1	0	8	40	.279	.305	.400	.705	76	5	0	1	2	0
16	Fumio Fujimura	38	OSA	Fgn	112	398	349	41	94	12	0	21	63	1	2	35	51	.269	.345	.484	.829	169	11	8	1	5	5
17	Noboru Aota	30	TYO	Fgn	103	414	381	40	102	23	1	17	54	3	1	29	45	.268	.321	.467	.789	178	10	2	0	2	9
18	Takashi Iwamoto	25	YOM	Fgn	118	437	383	60	102	7	10	12	60	18	6	37	50	.266	.330	.431	.760	165	3	3	6	8	0
19	Toshio Miyamoto	22	YOM	Fgn	51	201	183	23	48	3	1	6	22	4	4	13	40	.262	.320	.388	.708	71	7	3	1	1	0
20	Michio Nishizawa	33	CNI	Fgn	127	527	476	55	124	25	2	14	53	4	1	46	58	.261	.329	.410	.739	195	22	3	1	1	10
21	Mitsuo Uno	38	KKU	Fgn	107	422	382	36	99	14	2	6	43	8	7	32	24	.259	.321	.353	.674	135	14	4	1	3	3
22	Katsumi Shiraishi	37	HIR	Fgn	74	309	264	27	68	15	1	8	29	5	3	39	41	.258	.354	.413	.767	109	3	1	4	1	0
23	Tatsuro Hirooka	23	YOM	Fgn	125	511	447	76	115	16	9	11	43	17	6	49	70	.257	.339	.407	.746	182	2	7	6	2	0
24	Itsuro Honda*	24	CNI	Fgn	130	500	461	46	117	16	5	3	26	42	22	28	41	.254	.301	.330	.631	152	2	3	8	0	0
25	Masayasu Kaneda*	34	OSA	Fgn	126	549	488	47	124	16	4	2	32	11	14	53	57	.254	.327	.316	.642	154	5	1	4	3	1
26	Hiroyoshi Komatsubara	31	KKU	Fgn	118	431	388	28	98	29	0	6	47	8	1	33	41	.253	.308	.374	.681	145	6	1	2	7	1
27	Yuko Minamimura	38	YOM	Fgn	105	371	330	34	83	9	2	2	30	13	2	25	29	.252	.303	.309	.612	102	12	1	11	4	0
28	Sakae Nakamura	32	KKU	Fgn	64	213	185	21	46	6	4	1	13	5	0	17	21	.249	.310	.341	.651	63	2	0	10	1	0
29	Hideshi Miyake	21	OSA	Fgn	126	409	385	34	95	11	5	3	24	18	9	19	67	.247	.283	.325	.608	125	7	1	3	1	1
30	Masaru Sugimoto	23	TYO	Fgn	121	421	400	21	98	18	2	3	25	9	6	15	74	.245	.275	.323	.597	129	12	2	2	2	0
31	Masaaki Ishida*	19	KKU	Fgn	120	395	369	22	90	8	3	1	28	3	3	14	40	.244	.272	.290	.562	107	12	1	9	2	0
32	Nobuyuki Hikiji	24	TYO	Fgn	130	551	516	55	125	19	3	8	33	10	9	13	30	.242	.266	.337	.603	174	8	4	17	1	0
33	Satoru Sugiyama	29	CNI	Fgn	118	479	450	52	109	24	4	19	67	9	11	23	79	.242	.278	.440	.718	198	12	1	1	4	1
34	Jiro Kanayama	32	HIR	Fgn	119	527	494	50	119	15	3	8	29	41	13	21	45	.241	.274	.332	.606	164	3	2	9	1	0
35	Satoshi Hirayama?	25	HIR	Fgn	117	460	416	46	99	14	3	7	42	25	7	29	46	.238	.291	.337	.628	140	3	4	7	4	0
36	Shigeru Chiba	36	YOM	Fgn	96	393	321	37	76	6	2	4	30	1	2	55	36	.237	.348	.305	.654	98	12	0	17	0	0
37	Ryohei Hasegawa	25	HIR	Fgn	54	144	137	13	32	9	1	1	11	0	0	1	11	.234	.245	.336	.580	46	1	1	5	0	0
38	Masataka Tsuchiya	30	HIR	Fgn	70	158	133	13	31	4	0	2	9	11	2	21	10	.233	.346	.308	.655	41	1	2	2	0	0
39	Choei Shirasaka	32	OSA	Fgn	110	418	366	35	84	10	4	5	33	12	5	43	39	.230	.311	.320	.630	117	4	1	6	2	1
40	Reijiro Watanabe	23	KKU	Fgn	49	165	148	16	34	3	0	0	5	2	4	14	16	.230	.296	.250	.546	37	4	0	3	0	0
41	Jun Hakota	23	KKU	Fgn	103	343	318	28	72	8	5	5	22	7	3	18	30	.226	.271	.330	.601	105	10	2	3	2	0
42	Kazuo Higasa	35	YOM	Fgn	69	184	169	13	38	5	2	2	20	2	1	12	25	.225	.275	.314	.588	53	9	0	2	1	0
43	Tsuguo Goto	31	OSA	Fgn	69	158	156	6	35	5	0	1	15	0	2	1	16	.224	.228	.276	.503	43	5	0	0	1	0
44	Takao Sato	23	KKU	Fgn	127	567	491	77	110	21	1	24	53	25	10	68	81	.224	.318	.418	.735	205	9	0	7	1	2
45	Shinkichi Harada	20	HIR	Fgn	65	170	158	10	35	4	1	0	10	3	0	9	35	.222	.268	.260	.527	41	0	1	2	0	0
46	Jun Hirota?	29	YOM	Fgn	97	340	297	32	66	11	1	6	30	7	0	35	33	.222	.312	.327	.638	97	4	4	3	1	2
47	Meiji Tezuka	33	TYO	Fgn	123	429	388	21	86	14	2	2	26	5	2	30	47	.222	.279	.284	.562	110	15	1	9	1	1
48	Hiroharu Okajima	20	CNI	Fgn	70	181	154	18	34	5	1	3	10	4	2	17	26	.221	.298	.325	.623	50	4	0	10	0	0
49	Kazuo Satake	30	KKU	Fgn	128	452	417	28	92	12	3	3	35	3	0	17	40	.221	.259	.285	.545	119	5	5	12	1	1
50	Akiyoshi Kobayashi	31	TYO	Fgn	117	364	336	13	74	4	0	4	21	3	2	22	28	.220	.271	.268	.539	90	5	2	2	2	0
51	Shigeru Tokuami	31	OSA	Fgn	105	304	287	11	63	6	3	0	20	3	3	8	13	.220	.239	.261	.501	75	9	1	3	5	2
52	Kenshi Zenimura?	26	HIR	Fgn	109	446	413	41	89	18	2	3	26	19	4	19	34	.216	.254	.291	.544	120	7	2	12	0	0
53	Mikihiro Yamamura	19	TYO	Fgn	93	251	242	14	52	8	0	0	7	2	1	8	28	.215	.240	.248	.488	60	8	0	1	0	0
54	Tomio Hiroka	27	HIR	Fgn	97	313	282	27	59	13	1	7	30	3	1	13	43	.209	.258	.337	.595	95	3	6	11	1	1
55	Hideo Okubo	22	KKU	Fgn	117	352	316	36	65	11	1	6	23	21	10	24	55	.206	.267	.304	.571	96	2	3	8	1	0
56	Masato Monzen	38	HIR	Fgn	105	387	341	29	70	15	1	5	33	1	1	36	58	.205	.278	.299	.577	102	8	0	5	5	1
57	Hirofumi Naito	24	YOM	Fgn	104	152	138	23	28	4	0	3	16	8	6	8	25	.203	.253	.297	.550	41	5	2	2	2	0
58	Shigeru Makino	26	CNI	Fgn	107	331	292	23	59	9	4	0	12	15	3	30	32	.202	.276	.260	.537	76	13	0	9	0	0
59	Haruo Medoki	30	TYO	Fgn	105	334	314	16	62	6	0	6	25	3	2	18	51	.198	.246	.274	.519	86	6	2	0	0	0
60	Tatsuo Arai	27	TYO	Fgn	116	370	352	31	69	8	5	0	17	2	2	14	54	.196	.227	.247	.474	87	3	0	4	0	0
61	Kenichi Isoda	31	HIR	Fgn	81	213	185	18	36	3	2	0	15	2	1	23	18	.195	.282	.232	.515	43	3	0	4	1	0
62	Yasuhiko Kawai	21	CNI	Fgn	113	323	291	21	56	11	1	5	34	5	3	16	74	.192	.240	.289	.529	84	4	3	11	2	0
63	Mitsuo Yoneyama	22	HIR	Fgn	96	328	295	15	56	8	0	1	15	1	1	20	35	.190	.244	.227	.471	67	5	1	12	0	0
64	Masaichi Kaneda*	21	KKU	Fgn	68	165	151	17	27	3	1	5	14	0	0	10	43	.179	.228	.311	.540	47	4	0	3	1	1
65	Onpei Minami	25	TYO	Fgn	110	256	232	18	40	1	0	1	8	7	3	15	44	.172	.226	.190	.416	44	6	1	8	0	1
66	Kenji Tomokawa*	19	TYO	Fgn	72	176	161	10	22	6	0	3	7	0	2	9	43	.137	.197	.230	.426	37	1	3	3	0	0