1998 Japan Pacific League Leaders
1998 Japan Pacific League Teams, Rosters and Statistics
1998 Japan Pacific League Standings
Batting Average Leaders
| Player | Team | Avg. | H | AB |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ichiro Suzuki | Orix BlueWave | .358 | 181 | 506 |
| Phil Clark | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | .320 | 170 | 531 |
| Mitsuchika Hirai | Chiba Lotte Marines | .320 | 124 | 387 |
| Hiroshi Shibahara | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | .314 | 121 | 385 |
| Kazuo Matsui | Seibu Lions | .311 | 179 | 575 |
| Naoyuki Omura | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | .310 | 162 | 522 |
| Atsushi Kataoka | Nippon Ham Fighters | .300 | 140 | 466 |
| Kiyoshi Hatsushiba | Chiba Lotte Marines | .296 | 140 | 473 |
| Luis Lopez | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | .294 | 141 | 480 |
| Julio Franco | Chiba Lotte Marines | .290 | 141 | 487 |
| Troy Neel | Orix BlueWave | .288 | 112 | 389 |
| Harvey Pulliam | Orix BlueWave | .285 | 93 | 326 |
| Kazuya Fukuura | Chiba Lotte Marines | .284 | 132 | 465 |
| Yoshitomo Tani | Orix BlueWave | .284 | 135 | 476 |
| Domingo Martínez | Seibu Lions | .283 | 139 | 491 |
| Tatsuya Ozeki | Seibu Lions | .283 | 91 | 322 |
| Hiroshi Narahara | Nippon Ham Fighters | .280 | 102 | 364 |
| Koichi Oshima | Orix BlueWave | .276 | 113 | 409 |
| Taisei Takagi | Seibu Lions | .276 | 139 | 504 |
| Ken Suzuki | Seibu Lions | .275 | 134 | 488 |
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 | 181 | 36 | 3 | 13 |
| Kazuo Matsui | Seibu Lions | 179 | 38 | 5 | 9 |
| Phil Clark | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 170 | 48 | 2 | 31 |
| Naoyuki Omura | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 162 | 19 | 7 | 4 |
| Julio Franco | Chiba Lotte Marines | 141 | 27 | 2 | 18 |
| Luis Lopez | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 141 | 35 | 0 | 17 |
| Kiyoshi Hatsushiba | Chiba Lotte Marines | 140 | 38 | 3 | 25 |
| Atsushi Kataoka | Nippon Ham Fighters | 140 | 26 | 1 | 17 |
| Domingo Martínez | Seibu Lions | 139 | 16 | 1 | 30 |
| Taisei Takagi | Seibu Lions | 139 | 26 | 2 | 17 |
Home Run Leaders
Doubles Leaders
Triples Leaders
RBI Leaders
Wins Leaders
ERA Leaders
| Player | Team | ERA | W | L |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Satoru Kanemura | Nippon Ham Fighters | 2.73 | 8 | 8 |
| Takashi Ishii | Seibu Lions | 3.29 | 9 | 3 |
| Tomohiro Kuroki | Chiba Lotte Marines | 3.29 | 13 | 9 |
| Hisanori Yokota | Seibu Lions | 3.35 | 6 | 9 |
| Tatsuji Nishimura | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 3.37 | 10 | 10 |
| Hiroyuki Sekine | Nippon Ham Fighters | 3.37 | 9 | 7 |
| Fumiya Nishiguchi | Seibu Lions | 3.38 | 13 | 12 |
| Rob Mattson | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3.57 | 9 | 7 |
| Satoru Komiyama | Chiba Lotte Marines | 3.58 | 11 | 12 |
| Hiroshi Kobayashi | Orix BlueWave | 3.59 | 10 | 9 |
| Kazuhiro Takeda | Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 3.63 | 13 | 10 |
| Hiroshi Shintani | Seibu Lions | 3.68 | 5 | 8 |
| Edwin Hurtado | Orix BlueWave | 3.74 | 8 | 5 |
| Masaru Imazeki | Nippon Ham Fighters | 3.76 | 9 | 6 |
| Junichiro Muto | Chiba Lotte Marines | 3.76 | 8 | 7 |
| Shinji Mori | Seibu Lions | 3.81 | 8 | 8 |
| Hiroshi Shibakusa | Nippon Ham Fighters | 3.91 | 7 | 11 |
| Akira Okamoto | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 4.04 | 8 | 13 |
| Tetsuya Shiozaki | Seibu Lions | 4.05 | 7 | 5 |
| Tsutomu Iwamoto | Nippon Ham Fighters | 4.12 | 11 | 8 |
Minimum 0.8 innings pitched per league game to qualify for ERA leaders
