1996 Japan Pacific League Leaders
1996 Japan Pacific League Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1996 Japan Pacific League Standings
Batting Average Leaders
| Player | Team | Avg. | H | AB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ichiro Suzuki | Orix BlueWave | .356 | 193 | 542 |
| Atsushi Kataoka | Nippon Ham Fighters | .315 | 131 | 416 |
| Koichi Hori | Chiba Lotte Marines | .312 | 145 | 465 |
| Ken Suzuki | Seibu Lions | .302 | 107 | 354 |
| Koji Akiyama | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | .300 | 140 | 466 |
| Koichiro Yoshinaga | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | .295 | 115 | 390 |
| Arihito Muramatsu | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | .293 | 119 | 406 |
| Karl Rhodes | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | .293 | 147 | 501 |
| Hirofumi Ogawa | Orix BlueWave | .288 | 90 | 313 |
| Kazuo Matsui | Seibu Lions | .283 | 134 | 473 |
| Chris Donnels | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | .281 | 91 | 324 |
| Eiji Mizuguchi | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | .281 | 124 | 442 |
| So Taguchi | Orix BlueWave | .279 | 142 | 509 |
| Yukio Tanaka | Nippon Ham Fighters | .277 | 142 | 513 |
| Yasuo Fujii | Orix BlueWave | .274 | 85 | 310 |
| Troy Neel | Orix BlueWave | .274 | 118 | 430 |
| Norihiro Nakamura | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | .273 | 112 | 411 |
| Akihito Igarashi | Chiba Lotte Marines | .271 | 87 | 321 |
| Takahisa Suzuki | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | .268 | 114 | 426 |
| Darrin Jackson | Seibu Lions | .266 | 130 | 489 |
Minimum 2.7 plate appearances per league game to qualify for batting average leaders
Hits Leaders
| Player | Team | Hits | 2B | 3B | HR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ichiro Suzuki | Orix BlueWave | 193 | 24 | 4 | 16 |
| Karl Rhodes | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 147 | 29 | 1 | 27 |
| Koichi Hori | Chiba Lotte Marines | 145 | 28 | 3 | 16 |
| So Taguchi | Orix BlueWave | 142 | 24 | 1 | 7 |
| Yukio Tanaka | Nippon Ham Fighters | 142 | 29 | 3 | 22 |
| Koji Akiyama | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 140 | 27 | 0 | 9 |
| Kazuo Matsui | Seibu Lions | 134 | 22 | 5 | 1 |
| Atsushi Kataoka | Nippon Ham Fighters | 131 | 20 | 3 | 15 |
| Darrin Jackson | Seibu Lions | 130 | 21 | 3 | 19 |
| Kazuhiro Kiyohara | Seibu Lions | 125 | 30 | 0 | 31 |
Home Run Leaders
Doubles Leaders
Triples Leaders
RBI Leaders
Wins Leaders
ERA Leaders
| Player | Team | ERA | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eric Hillman | Chiba Lotte Marines | 2.41 | 14 | 9 |
| Hideki Irabu | Chiba Lotte Marines | 2.41 | 12 | 6 |
| Hidekazu Watanabe | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 2.54 | 9 | 5 |
| Yukihiro Nishizaki | Nippon Ham Fighters | 2.88 | 14 | 7 |
| Nobuyuki Hoshino | Orix BlueWave | 3.06 | 13 | 5 |
| Kiyoshi Toyoda | Seibu Lions | 3.08 | 5 | 5 |
| José Núñez | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 3.14 | 6 | 9 |
| Koji Noda | Orix BlueWave | 3.15 | 8 | 7 |
| Fumiya Nishiguchi | Seibu Lions | 3.17 | 16 | 10 |
| Masaru Imazeki | Nippon Ham Fighters | 3.22 | 11 | 9 |
| Hiroki Sakai | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3.30 | 8 | 15 |
| Hiroshi Shintani | Seibu Lions | 3.41 | 11 | 5 |
| Shintaro Yoshitake | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 3.44 | 4 | 13 |
| Kimiyasu Kudo | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 3.52 | 8 | 15 |
| Tomohiro Kuroki | Chiba Lotte Marines | 3.59 | 8 | 7 |
| Kip Gross | Nippon Ham Fighters | 3.63 | 17 | 9 |
| Hiroshi Shibakusa | Nippon Ham Fighters | 3.81 | 7 | 9 |
| Kazuhiro Takeda | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 3.84 | 15 | 8 |
| Hiroshi Takamura | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3.95 | 7 | 8 |
| Tsutomu Iwamoto | Nippon Ham Fighters | 3.99 | 10 | 9 |
Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per league game to qualify for ERA leaders
