1940 Japanese Baseball League Leaders
1940 Japanese Baseball League Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1940 Japanese Baseball League Standings
Batting Average Leaders
| Player | Team | Avg. | H | AB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazuo Kito | Lion | .321 | 124 | 386 |
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | Tokyo Kyojin | .311 | 122 | 392 |
| Yoshio Tanaka | Hanshin | .293 | 108 | 368 |
| Shigeru Chiba | Tokyo Kyojin | .281 | 90 | 320 |
| Den Yamada | Hankyu | .272 | 103 | 379 |
| Shigeta Kobayashi | Tsubasa | .265 | 85 | 321 |
| Haruyasu Nakajima | Tokyo Kyojin | .264 | 106 | 402 |
| Katsumi Shiraishi | Tokyo Kyojin | .264 | 103 | 390 |
| Jiro Noguchi | Tsubasa | .260 | 87 | 335 |
| Jungo Igaue | Hanshin | .257 | 83 | 323 |
| Fujio Ueda | Hankyu | .246 | 86 | 349 |
| Yasuya Hondo | Hanshin | .243 | 95 | 391 |
| Jimmy Horio | Hanshin | .241 | 95 | 395 |
| Shigeru Mizuhara | Tokyo Kyojin | .238 | 79 | 332 |
| Kenjiro Matsuki | Hanshin | .236 | 78 | 330 |
| Wataru Nonin | Nagoya Kinko | .235 | 89 | 378 |
| Masaki Yoshiwara | Tokyo Kyojin | .230 | 76 | 330 |
| Miyoshi Nakagawa | Kurowashi | .229 | 85 | 371 |
| Nobuo Osawa | Nagoya | .227 | 79 | 348 |
| Hideo Shimizu | Nakai | .227 | 72 | 317 |
Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per league game to qualify for batting average leaders
Hits Leaders
| Player | Team | Hits | 2B | 3B | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazuo Kito | Lion | 124 | 22 | 13 | 1 |
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | Tokyo Kyojin | 122 | 23 | 9 | 9 |
| Yoshio Tanaka | Hanshin | 108 | 13 | 5 | 0 |
| Haruyasu Nakajima | Tokyo Kyojin | 106 | 24 | 6 | 4 |
| Katsumi Shiraishi | Tokyo Kyojin | 103 | 17 | 6 | 1 |
| Den Yamada | Hankyu | 103 | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| Yasuya Hondo | Hanshin | 95 | 26 | 5 | 3 |
| Jimmy Horio | Hanshin | 95 | 22 | 2 | 3 |
| Shigeru Chiba | Tokyo Kyojin | 90 | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| Wataru Nonin | Nagoya Kinko | 89 | 16 | 5 | 4 |
Home Run Leaders
Doubles Leaders
Triples Leaders
RBI Leaders
Wins Leaders
| Player | Team | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|
| Victor Starfin | Tokyo Kyojin | 38 | 12 |
| Jiro Noguchi | Tsubasa | 33 | 11 |
| Hirotaro Mori | Hankyu | 28 | 13 |
| Tadashi Kameda | Kurowashi | 26 | 23 |
| Hiroshi Nakao | Tokyo Kyojin | 26 | 11 |
| Tadashi Wakabayashi | Hanshin | 22 | 17 |
| Yukio Muramatsu | Nagoya | 21 | 13 |
| Michio Nishizawa | Nagoya | 20 | 9 |
| Masayoshi Nakayama | Nagoya Kinko | 18 | 29 |
| Isamu Kinoshita | Hanshin | 17 | 11 |
ERA Leaders
| Player | Team | ERA | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jiro Noguchi | Tsubasa | 0.93 | 33 | 11 |
| Victor Starfin | Tokyo Kyojin | 0.97 | 38 | 12 |
| Takao Fujimura | Hanshin | 1.10 | 7 | 3 |
| Hirotaro Mori | Hankyu | 1.29 | 28 | 13 |
| Hachiro Miwa | Hanshin | 1.51 | 16 | 5 |
| Yukio Muramatsu | Nagoya | 1.52 | 21 | 13 |
| Katsusaburo Asano | Hankyu | 1.64 | 11 | 7 |
| Saburo Asaoka | Tsubasa | 1.66 | 14 | 9 |
| Mitsuhiko Ishida | Hankyu | 1.68 | 16 | 13 |
| Kozo Matsuo | Nagoya | 1.68 | 13 | 13 |
| Shigekazu Hasegawa | Kurowashi | 1.72 | 12 | 11 |
| Hideo Shimizu | Nakai | 1.75 | 11 | 23 |
| Hiroshi Nakao | Tokyo Kyojin | 1.76 | 26 | 11 |
| Tadashi Kameda | Kurowashi | 1.78 | 26 | 23 |
| Tadashi Wakabayashi | Hanshin | 1.82 | 22 | 17 |
| Isamu Kinoshita | Hanshin | 1.89 | 17 | 11 |
| Michio Nishizawa | Nagoya | 1.92 | 20 | 9 |
| Masao Nakamoto | Nakai | 1.99 | 12 | 24 |
| Kuranosuke Furuya | Nagoya Kinko | 2.57 | 9 | 19 |
| Hisashi Kondo | Lion | 2.57 | 9 | 22 |
Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per league game to qualify for ERA leaders
