1938 Japanese Baseball League (Fall) Leaders
1938 Japanese Baseball League (Fall) Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1938 Japanese Baseball League (Fall) Standings
Batting Average Leaders
| Player | Team | Avg. | H | AB |
|---|
| Haruyasu Nakajima | Tokyo Kyojin, Tokyo Kyojin | .345 | 106 | 300 |
| Masayoshi Ishida | Nagoya | .324 | 36 | 111 |
| Bucky Harris | Eagles, Eagles | .320 | 94 | 292 |
| Katsumi Shiraishi | Tokyo Kyojin, Tokyo Kyojin | .302 | 68 | 291 |
| Fumio Fujimura | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | .301 | 87 | 310 |
| Masanobu Yamaguchi | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | .299 | 69 | 248 |
| Shigeru Chiba | Tokyo Kyojin, Tokyo Kyojin | .295 | 68 | 264 |
| Kinji Nakamura | Nakai | .290 | 38 | 131 |
| Jimmy Horio | Hankyu, Hankyu | .289 | 59 | 224 |
| Kentaro Ito | Tokyo Kyojin, Tokyo Kyojin | .289 | 76 | 252 |
| Kano Omoda | Tokyo Senators, Tokyo Senators | .289 | 80 | 271 |
| Kaichi Masu | Nagoya, Nagoya | .285 | 77 | 253 |
| Masao Nishimura | Hankyu, Hankyu | .285 | 53 | 217 |
| Susumu Nakane | Eagles, Eagles | .283 | 65 | 262 |
| Kenjiro Matsuki | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | .274 | 71 | 265 |
| Miyoshi Nakagawa | Eagles, Eagles | .270 | 47 | 218 |
| Masaki Yoshiwara | Tokyo Kyojin, Tokyo Kyojin | .265 | 52 | 231 |
| Masaru Kageura | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | .263 | 60 | 219 |
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | Tokyo Kyojin | .263 | 35 | 133 |
| Jungo Igaue | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | .261 | 68 | 263 |
Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per league game to qualify for batting average leaders
Hits Leaders
| Player | Team | Hits | 2B | 3B | HR |
|---|
| Haruyasu Nakajima | Tokyo Kyojin, Tokyo Kyojin | 106 | 14 | 3 | 11 |
| Bucky Harris | Eagles, Eagles | 94 | 10 | 4 | 11 |
| Fumio Fujimura | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | 87 | 18 | 9 | 1 |
| Kano Omoda | Tokyo Senators, Tokyo Senators | 80 | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| Kengo Kuroda | Hankyu, Hankyu | 79 | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| Kaichi Masu | Nagoya, Nagoya | 77 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Kentaro Ito | Tokyo Kyojin, Tokyo Kyojin | 76 | 12 | 3 | 5 |
| Hisanori Karita | Tokyo Senators, Tokyo Senators | 75 | 14 | 2 | 8 |
| Shigeta Kobayashi | Nagoya Kinko, Nagoya Kinko | 74 | 13 | 3 | 2 |
| Michinori Tsubochi | Lion, Lion | 72 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
Home Run Leaders
Doubles Leaders
| Player | Team | 2B |
|---|
| Fumio Fujimura | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | 18 |
| Jungo Igaue | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | 14 |
| Hisanori Karita | Tokyo Senators, Tokyo Senators | 14 |
| Haruyasu Nakajima | Tokyo Kyojin, Tokyo Kyojin | 14 |
| Kano Omoda | Tokyo Senators, Tokyo Senators | 14 |
| Shigeta Kobayashi | Nagoya Kinko, Nagoya Kinko | 13 |
| Kentaro Ito | Tokyo Kyojin, Tokyo Kyojin | 12 |
| Susumu Nakane | Eagles, Eagles | 12 |
| Yoshio Gomi | Nagoya Kinko, Nagoya Kinko | 11 |
| Masaru Kageura | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | 11 |
| Kengo Kuroda | Hankyu, Hankyu | 11 |
| Kaichi Masu | Nagoya, Nagoya | 11 |
Triples Leaders
RBI Leaders
| Player | Team | RBI |
|---|
| Haruyasu Nakajima | Tokyo Kyojin, Tokyo Kyojin | 63 |
| Fumio Fujimura | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | 54 |
| Kenjiro Matsuki | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | 49 |
| Bucky Harris | Eagles, Eagles | 47 |
| Masaru Kageura | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | 44 |
| Kano Omoda | Tokyo Senators, Tokyo Senators | 43 |
| Nobuo Osawa | Nagoya, Nagoya | 43 |
| Shigeta Kobayashi | Nagoya Kinko, Nagoya Kinko | 42 |
| Kentaro Ito | Tokyo Kyojin, Tokyo Kyojin | 41 |
| Jungo Igaue | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | 40 |
Wins Leaders
| Player | Team | W | L |
|---|
| Victor Starfin | Tokyo Kyojin, Tokyo Kyojin | 33 | 5 |
| Takao Misono | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | 21 | 6 |
| Yukio Nishimura | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | 20 | 6 |
| Tadashi Kameda | Eagles, Eagles | 19 | 19 |
| Yoshio Kikuya | Lion, Lion | 16 | 27 |
| Saburo Asaoka | Tokyo Senators, Tokyo Senators | 15 | 14 |
| Kozo Matsuo | Nagoya, Nagoya | 15 | 16 |
| Masayoshi Nakayama | Nagoya Kinko, Nagoya Kinko | 14 | 20 |
| Hiroshi Kaneko | Tokyo Senators, Tokyo Senators | 13 | 15 |
| Mitsuhiko Ishida | Hankyu, Hankyu | 12 | 10 |
ERA Leaders
| Player | Team | ERA | W | L |
|---|
| Yukio Nishimura | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | 1.53 | 20 | 6 |
| Hirotaro Mori | Hankyu | 1.60 | 5 | 2 |
| Kashiwa Odano | Hankyu | 1.71 | 3 | 2 |
| Takao Misono | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | 1.75 | 21 | 6 |
| Shigeru Mizuhara | Tokyo Kyojin | 1.76 | 8 | 2 |
| Miyoshi Nakagawa | Eagles, Eagles | 1.76 | 8 | 3 |
| Junichi Mochizuki | Eagles | 2.01 | 3 | 4 |
| Katsusaburo Asano | Hankyu | 2.02 | 2 | 2 |
| Victor Starfin | Tokyo Kyojin, Tokyo Kyojin | 2.05 | 33 | 5 |
| Bikichi Miyaguchi | Nakai | 2.26 | 6 | 11 |
| Mitsuhiko Ishida | Hankyu, Hankyu | 2.39 | 12 | 10 |
| Masao Furukawa | Eagles, Eagles | 2.49 | 3 | 9 |
| Yoshio Kikuya | Lion, Lion | 2.49 | 16 | 27 |
| Tadashi Kameda | Eagles, Eagles | 2.55 | 19 | 19 |
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | Tokyo Kyojin | 2.58 | 2 | 2 |
| Hisashi Kondo | Lion, Lion | 2.69 | 7 | 11 |
| Michio Shigematsu | Hankyu | 2.82 | 4 | 2 |
| Kazuaki Otomo | Lion | 2.83 | 5 | 5 |
| Masayoshi Nakayama | Nagoya Kinko, Nagoya Kinko | 2.88 | 14 | 20 |
| Masao Nakamoto | Nakai | 2.94 | 4 | 7 |
Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per league game to qualify for ERA leaders
Shutout Leaders
Strikeout Leaders
| Player | Team | SO |
|---|
| Tadashi Kameda | Eagles, Eagles | 268 |
| Victor Starfin | Tokyo Kyojin, Tokyo Kyojin | 222 |
| Yoshio Kikuya | Lion, Lion | 189 |
| Kozo Matsuo | Nagoya, Nagoya | 160 |
| Masayoshi Nakayama | Nagoya Kinko, Nagoya Kinko | 133 |
| Yukio Nishimura | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | 123 |
| Hisashi Kondo | Lion, Lion | 95 |
| Takao Misono | Osaka Tigers, Osaka Tigers | 91 |
| Hiroshi Kaneko | Tokyo Senators, Tokyo Senators | 89 |
| Mitsuhiko Ishida | Hankyu, Hankyu | 80 |
