1956 Japan Central League Leaders
1956 Japan Central League Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1956 Japan Central League Standings
Batting Average Leaders
| Player | Team | Avg. | H | AB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Yonamine | Yomiuri Giants | .338 | 153 | 452 |
| Tetsuharu Kawakami | Yomiuri Giants | .327 | 160 | 490 |
| Kenjiro Tamiya | Osaka Tigers | .300 | 136 | 454 |
| Yoshio Yoshida | Osaka Tigers | .290 | 141 | 487 |
| Shigeru Fujio | Yomiuri Giants | .276 | 112 | 406 |
| Riichi Kodama | Chunichi Dragons | .275 | 102 | 371 |
| Noboru Inoue | Chunichi Dragons | .271 | 111 | 410 |
| Michio Nishizawa | Chunichi Dragons | .271 | 90 | 332 |
| Toshio Miyamoto | Yomiuri Giants | .263 | 103 | 392 |
| Toshio Naka | Chunichi Dragons | .262 | 101 | 385 |
| Noboru Aota | Taiyo Whales | .259 | 130 | 502 |
| Jun Hakota | Kokutetsu Swallows | .259 | 130 | 501 |
| Makoto Kozuru | Hiroshima Carp | .259 | 111 | 428 |
| Katsumi Ukai | Kokutetsu Swallows | .256 | 124 | 484 |
| Takashi Iwamoto | Yomiuri Giants | .254 | 87 | 342 |
| Hiroharu Okajima | Chunichi Dragons | .247 | 74 | 300 |
| Atsushi Otsu | Osaka Tigers | .247 | 85 | 344 |
| Kyozo Kinoshita | Hiroshima Carp | .243 | 79 | 325 |
| Sachio Himoto | Hiroshima Carp | .241 | 85 | 352 |
| Satoshi Hirayama | Hiroshima Carp | .240 | 111 | 462 |
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 | 160 | 23 | 4 | 5 |
| Wally Yonamine | Yomiuri Giants | 153 | 20 | 4 | 13 |
| Yoshio Yoshida | Osaka Tigers | 141 | 20 | 7 | 8 |
| Kenjiro Tamiya | Osaka Tigers | 136 | 33 | 12 | 11 |
| Noboru Aota | Taiyo Whales | 130 | 13 | 2 | 25 |
| Jun Hakota | Kokutetsu Swallows | 130 | 18 | 13 | 10 |
| Katsumi Ukai | Kokutetsu Swallows | 124 | 13 | 5 | 7 |
| Nobuyuki Hikiji | Taiyo Whales | 115 | 13 | 4 | 9 |
| Shigeru Fujio | Yomiuri Giants | 112 | 19 | 2 | 14 |
| Satoshi Hirayama | Hiroshima Carp | 111 | 18 | 4 | 10 |
| Noboru Inoue | Chunichi Dragons | 111 | 22 | 3 | 9 |
| Makoto Kozuru | Hiroshima Carp | 111 | 12 | 0 | 11 |
Home Run Leaders
Doubles Leaders
Triples Leaders
RBI Leaders
Wins Leaders
ERA Leaders
| Player | Team | ERA | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kazunori Nishimura | Osaka Tigers | 1.38 | 7 | 3 |
| Shozo Watanabe | Osaka Tigers | 1.45 | 22 | 8 |
| Sho Horiuchi | Yomiuri Giants | 1.47 | 14 | 4 |
| Hiroomi Oyane | Chunichi Dragons | 1.54 | 20 | 13 |
| Toshitake Nakayama | Chunichi Dragons | 1.62 | 20 | 11 |
| Takumi Otomo | Yomiuri Giants | 1.63 | 12 | 7 |
| Mitsuo Osaki | Osaka Tigers | 1.66 | 25 | 14 |
| Masaaki Koyama | Osaka Tigers | 1.67 | 17 | 13 |
| Masaichi Kaneda | Kokutetsu Swallows | 1.74 | 25 | 20 |
| Yasushi Kodama | Chunichi Dragons | 1.75 | 11 | 5 |
| Takehiko Bessho | Yomiuri Giants | 1.93 | 27 | 15 |
| Shigeru Sugishita | Chunichi Dragons | 2.00 | 14 | 14 |
| Zenjiro Tadokoro | Kokutetsu Swallows | 2.12 | 7 | 7 |
| Ryohei Hasegawa | Hiroshima Carp | 2.15 | 22 | 22 |
| Noboru Akiyama | Taiyo Whales | 2.40 | 25 | 25 |
| Yoshitomo Miyaji | Kokutetsu Swallows | 2.54 | 12 | 12 |
| Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara | Yomiuri Giants | 2.71 | 15 | 7 |
| Masahiko Oishi | Taiyo Whales | 2.72 | 9 | 22 |
| Kikuo Tokunaga | Chunichi Dragons | 3.02 | 8 | 10 |
| Yoshio Bizen | Hiroshima Carp | 3.13 | 13 | 22 |
Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per league game to qualify for ERA leaders
