1997 Japan Pacific League Leaders
1997 Japan Pacific League Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1997 Japan Pacific League Standings
Batting Average Leaders
| Player | Team | Avg. | H | AB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ichiro Suzuki | Orix BlueWave | .345 | 185 | 536 |
| Phil Clark | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | .331 | 174 | 526 |
| Ken Suzuki | Seibu Lions | .312 | 147 | 471 |
| Kazuo Matsui | Seibu Lions | .309 | 178 | 576 |
| Kenji Johjima | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | .308 | 133 | 432 |
| Karl Rhodes | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | .307 | 157 | 511 |
| Domingo Martínez | Seibu Lions | .305 | 149 | 488 |
| Makoto Sasaki | Seibu Lions | .304 | 137 | 450 |
| Chris Donnels | Orix BlueWave | .302 | 116 | 384 |
| Hiroki Kokubo | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | .302 | 159 | 527 |
| Yoshinori Ueda | Nippon Ham Fighters | .300 | 108 | 360 |
| Koichiro Yoshinaga | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | .300 | 133 | 443 |
| Taisei Takagi | Seibu Lions | .295 | 140 | 474 |
| So Taguchi | Orix BlueWave | .294 | 168 | 572 |
| Noriyoshi Omichi | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | .293 | 129 | 441 |
| Atsushi Kataoka | Nippon Ham Fighters | .286 | 147 | 514 |
| Tatsuya Ide | Nippon Ham Fighters | .284 | 148 | 521 |
| Eiji Mizuguchi | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | .284 | 110 | 388 |
| Takashi Muto | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | .282 | 110 | 390 |
| Naoyuki Omura | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | .281 | 92 | 327 |
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 | 185 | 31 | 4 | 17 |
| Kazuo Matsui | Seibu Lions | 178 | 23 | 13 | 7 |
| Phil Clark | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 174 | 27 | 0 | 23 |
| So Taguchi | Orix BlueWave | 168 | 32 | 4 | 10 |
| Hiroki Kokubo | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 159 | 37 | 3 | 36 |
| Karl Rhodes | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 157 | 37 | 0 | 22 |
| Domingo Martínez | Seibu Lions | 149 | 24 | 1 | 31 |
| Tatsuya Ide | Nippon Ham Fighters | 148 | 27 | 5 | 8 |
| Atsushi Kataoka | Nippon Ham Fighters | 147 | 28 | 2 | 17 |
| Ken Suzuki | Seibu Lions | 147 | 34 | 3 | 19 |
Home Run Leaders
Doubles Leaders
Triples Leaders
RBI Leaders
Wins Leaders
ERA Leaders
| Player | Team | ERA | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satoru Komiyama | Chiba Lotte Marines | 2.50 | 11 | 9 |
| Akira Okamoto | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 2.83 | 10 | 6 |
| Tetsuya Shiozaki | Seibu Lions | 2.90 | 12 | 7 |
| Kiyoshi Toyoda | Seibu Lions | 2.94 | 10 | 6 |
| Hideo Koike | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 2.96 | 15 | 6 |
| Tomohiro Kuroki | Chiba Lotte Marines | 3.00 | 12 | 15 |
| Fumiya Nishiguchi | Seibu Lions | 3.13 | 15 | 5 |
| Nobuyuki Hoshino | Orix BlueWave | 3.25 | 14 | 10 |
| Koji Noda | Orix BlueWave | 3.30 | 7 | 5 |
| Kimiyasu Kudo | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 3.35 | 11 | 6 |
| Takehiro Ishii | Seibu Lions | 3.46 | 4 | 5 |
| Takahide Ito | Orix BlueWave | 3.46 | 10 | 7 |
| Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi | Nippon Ham Fighters | 3.49 | 9 | 4 |
| Shintaro Yoshitake | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 3.55 | 7 | 7 |
| Kip Gross | Nippon Ham Fighters | 3.63 | 13 | 11 |
| Kazuhiro Takeda | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 3.86 | 4 | 9 |
| Yasuhiko Yabuta | Chiba Lotte Marines | 3.94 | 5 | 9 |
| Willie Fraser | Orix BlueWave | 4.39 | 10 | 9 |
| Tsutomu Iwamoto | Nippon Ham Fighters | 4.74 | 7 | 6 |
| Hiroshi Takamura | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 4.77 | 8 | 9 |
Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per league game to qualify for ERA leaders
