
1939 Japanese Baseball League Leaders
1939 Japanese Baseball League Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1939 Japanese Baseball League Standings
Batting Average Leaders
| Player | Team | Avg. | H | AB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | Tokyo Kyojin | .338 | 116 | 343 |
| Nobuo Osawa | Nagoya | .310 | 107 | 345 |
| Kikuji Hirayama | Tokyo Kyojin | .307 | 83 | 270 |
| Shigeru Chiba | Tokyo Kyojin | .305 | 108 | 354 |
| Kazuo Kito | Lion | .304 | 111 | 365 |
| Kenjiro Matsuki | Osaka Tigers | .286 | 102 | 357 |
| Kazuto Tsuruoka | Nakai | .285 | 94 | 330 |
| Miyoshi Nakagawa | Eagles | .282 | 82 | 291 |
| Haruyasu Nakajima | Tokyo Kyojin | .278 | 110 | 396 |
| Kano Omoda | Tokyo Senators | .276 | 101 | 366 |
| Koichi Yamashita | Hankyu | .274 | 90 | 328 |
| Matsuichi Kunihisa | Nakai | .270 | 96 | 356 |
| Norikazu Mizutani | Lion | .270 | 97 | 359 |
| Fujio Ueda | Hankyu | .269 | 85 | 316 |
| Adelano Rivera | Tokyo Kyojin | .268 | 69 | 257 |
| Shoji Kato | Nagoya | .264 | 87 | 329 |
| Katsumi Shiraishi | Tokyo Kyojin | .262 | 94 | 359 |
| Yasuya Hondo | Osaka Tigers | .260 | 76 | 292 |
| Masato Monzen | Osaka Tigers | .259 | 84 | 324 |
| Masaru Kageura | Osaka Tigers | .258 | 69 | 267 |
Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per league game to qualify for batting average leaders
Hits Leaders
| Player | Team | Hits | 2B | 3B | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | Tokyo Kyojin | 116 | 17 | 12 | 4 |
| Kazuo Kito | Lion | 111 | 15 | 6 | 2 |
| Haruyasu Nakajima | Tokyo Kyojin | 110 | 22 | 8 | 6 |
| Shigeru Chiba | Tokyo Kyojin | 108 | 7 | 3 | 3 |
| Nobuo Osawa | Nagoya | 107 | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| Kenjiro Matsuki | Osaka Tigers | 102 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| Kano Omoda | Tokyo Senators | 101 | 16 | 4 | 4 |
| Jimmy Horio | Osaka Tigers | 98 | 12 | 5 | 7 |
| Norikazu Mizutani | Lion | 97 | 13 | 7 | 2 |
| Matsuichi Kunihisa | Nakai | 96 | 12 | 11 | 1 |
Home Run Leaders
Doubles Leaders
Triples Leaders
RBI Leaders
Wins Leaders
ERA Leaders
| Player | Team | ERA | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tadashi Wakabayashi | Osaka Tigers | 1.09 | 28 | 7 |
| Saburo Asaoka | Tokyo Senators | 1.31 | 9 | 8 |
| Satoshi Takahashi | Hankyu | 1.60 | 17 | 10 |
| Miyoshi Nakagawa | Eagles | 1.64 | 6 | 6 |
| Masakimi Araki | Hankyu | 1.73 | 9 | 2 |
| Victor Starfin | Tokyo Kyojin | 1.73 | 42 | 15 |
| Takao Misono | Osaka Tigers | 1.97 | 14 | 3 |
| Masayoshi Nakayama | Nagoya Kinko | 2.04 | 25 | 21 |
| Jiro Noguchi | Tokyo Senators | 2.04 | 33 | 19 |
| Michio Nishizawa | Nagoya | 2.15 | 6 | 10 |
| Michio Shigematsu | Hankyu | 2.17 | 13 | 12 |
| Masao Nakamoto | Nakai | 2.22 | 18 | 19 |
| Sakae Shigesato | Nagoya | 2.32 | 14 | 18 |
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | Tokyo Kyojin | 2.38 | 6 | 4 |
| Sesho Ryu | Nakai | 2.40 | 8 | 12 |
| Yukio Nishimura | Osaka Tigers | 2.42 | 11 | 9 |
| Kuranosuke Furuya | Nagoya Kinko | 2.43 | 7 | 18 |
| Kozo Matsuo | Nagoya | 2.58 | 8 | 13 |
| Hiroshi Nakao | Tokyo Kyojin | 2.61 | 12 | 5 |
| Mitsuhiko Ishida | Hankyu | 2.68 | 8 | 7 |
Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per league game to qualify for ERA leaders
