1953 Japan Central League Leaders
1953 Japan Central League Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1953 Japan Central League Standings
Batting Average Leaders
| Player | Team | Avg. | H | AB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | Yomiuri Giants | .347 | 162 | 467 |
| Masayasu Kaneda | Osaka Tigers | .327 | 159 | 486 |
| Michio Nishizawa | Chunichi Dragons | .325 | 145 | 446 |
| Shigeru Chiba | Yomiuri Giants | .320 | 148 | 462 |
| Wally Yonamine | Yomiuri Giants | .307 | 112 | 365 |
| Riichi Kodama | Chunichi Dragons | .303 | 105 | 347 |
| Isamu Fujii | Taiyo-Shochiku Robins | .299 | 123 | 412 |
| Shinsuke Yogi | Osaka Tigers | .295 | 145 | 492 |
| Fumio Fujimura | Osaka Tigers | .294 | 135 | 459 |
| Saburo Hirai | Yomiuri Giants | .291 | 137 | 471 |
| Makoto Kozuru | Hiroshima Carp | .283 | 138 | 488 |
| Choei Shirasaka | Osaka Tigers | .283 | 106 | 375 |
| Satoru Sugiyama | Chunichi Dragons | .283 | 107 | 378 |
| Shigeru Tokuami | Osaka Tigers | .283 | 100 | 353 |
| Yuko Minamimura | Yomiuri Giants | .277 | 127 | 459 |
| Haruo Medoki | Taiyo-Shochiku Robins | .273 | 111 | 406 |
| Yoshiyuki Iwamoto | Taiyo-Shochiku Robins | .268 | 110 | 411 |
| Katsumi Shiraishi | Hiroshima Carp | .267 | 113 | 424 |
| Yoshio Yoshida | Osaka Tigers | .267 | 119 | 445 |
| Hiroshi Tsujii | Kokutetsu Swallows | .264 | 87 | 330 |
Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per league game to qualify for batting average leaders
Hits Leaders
| Player | Team | Hits | 2B | 3B | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | Yomiuri Giants | 162 | 26 | 6 | 6 |
| Masayasu Kaneda | Osaka Tigers | 159 | 25 | 11 | 8 |
| Shigeru Chiba | Yomiuri Giants | 148 | 31 | 1 | 12 |
| Michio Nishizawa | Chunichi Dragons | 145 | 24 | 4 | 22 |
| Shinsuke Yogi | Osaka Tigers | 145 | 18 | 6 | 14 |
| Makoto Kozuru | Hiroshima Carp | 138 | 32 | 2 | 14 |
| Saburo Hirai | Yomiuri Giants | 137 | 23 | 4 | 11 |
| Fumio Fujimura | Osaka Tigers | 135 | 28 | 0 | 27 |
| Yuko Minamimura | Yomiuri Giants | 127 | 21 | 1 | 5 |
| Isamu Fujii | Taiyo-Shochiku Robins | 123 | 18 | 4 | 15 |
Home Run Leaders
Doubles Leaders
Triples Leaders
RBI Leaders
Wins Leaders
ERA Leaders
| Player | Team | ERA | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Takumi Otomo | Yomiuri Giants | 1.86 | 27 | 6 |
| Hideo Fujimoto | Yomiuri Giants | 2.09 | 17 | 6 |
| Katsuhiko Ishikawa | Chunichi Dragons | 2.32 | 18 | 4 |
| Masaichi Kaneda | Kokutetsu Swallows | 2.37 | 23 | 13 |
| Masanori Iritani | Yomiuri Giants | 2.38 | 11 | 7 |
| Kikuo Tokunaga | Chunichi Dragons | 2.62 | 9 | 10 |
| Takehiko Bessho | Yomiuri Giants | 2.64 | 16 | 8 |
| Ryohei Hasegawa | Hiroshima Carp | 2.67 | 20 | 10 |
| Hiroshi Nakao | Yomiuri Giants | 2.73 | 14 | 8 |
| Takao Fujimura | Osaka Tigers | 2.75 | 21 | 11 |
| Masatoshi Gondo | Taiyo-Shochiku Robins | 2.78 | 15 | 12 |
| Shigeru Sugishita | Chunichi Dragons | 2.84 | 23 | 9 |
| Shozo Watanabe | Osaka Tigers | 2.86 | 10 | 11 |
| Masatoshi Mifune | Osaka Tigers | 3.00 | 6 | 4 |
| Tadayoshi Kajioka | Osaka Tigers | 3.02 | 16 | 13 |
| Juzo Sanada | Osaka Tigers | 3.23 | 8 | 6 |
| Yoshiyuki Nakanishi | Chunichi Dragons | 3.47 | 6 | 9 |
| Kikuo Sugikawa | Taiyo-Shochiku Robins | 3.62 | 3 | 5 |
| Yoshitomo Miyaji | Kokutetsu Swallows | 3.69 | 3 | 13 |
| Yoshio Bizen | Hiroshima Carp | 3.80 | 13 | 20 |
Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per league game to qualify for ERA leaders
