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1941 Japanese Baseball League Pitching Leaders

1940 Season 1942 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 340 games, 8 teams, approx. 85 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Hirotaro Mori	26	HAU	Fgn	30	8	.789	0.89	1.30	48	24	24	23	11	333.1	200	48	33	3	83	85	3	0	1	1262	0.849	5.4	0.1	2.2	2.3	1.02
2	Hiroshi Nakao*	21	KYO	Fgn	26	9	.743	1.54	1.90	41	34	6	23	10	299.0	160	63	51	3	181	179	1	0	3	1212	1.140	4.8	0.1	5.4	5.4	0.99
3	Takeo Kanda	19	NAK	Fgn	25	15	.625	1.59	2.14	52	33	17	25	7	344.2	243	82	61	5	113	106	0	0	0	1356	1.033	6.3	0.1	3.0	2.8	0.94
4	Jiro Noguchi	21	TAI	Fgn	25	12	.676	0.88	1.17	48	26	18	25	10	338.0	201	44	33	5	85	168	1	1	0	1275	0.846	5.4	0.1	2.3	4.5	1.98
5	Tadashi Wakabayashi?	33	HAN	Fgn	18	17	.514	1.45	1.96	42	23	17	21	2	321.2	234	70	52	2	102	87	1	0	1	1264	1.045	6.5	0.1	2.9	2.4	0.85
6	Isamu Fukushi	22	ASI	Fgn	17	28	.378	1.88	2.75	57	37	19	31	5	396.2	293	121	83	6	234	116	8	0	3	1684	1.329	6.6	0.1	5.3	2.6	0.50
7	Victor Starffin	25	KYO	Fgn	15	3	.833	1.20	1.68	20	14	5	13	4	150.0	93	28	20	3	45	58	1	0	2	587	0.920	5.6	0.2	2.7	3.5	1.29
8	Akira Kawamura?	21	NAG	Fgn	14	10	.583	1.48	1.99	36	25	7	14	5	213.0	139	47	35	3	80	61	4	1	0	845	1.028	5.9	0.1	3.4	2.6	0.76
9	Takao Fujimura	20	HAN	Fgn	12	10	.545	1.65	2.18	33	22	9	12	4	206.2	148	50	38	0	109	61	4	0	1	858	1.244	6.4	0.0	4.7	2.7	0.56
10	Tokuji Kawasaki	20	NAK	Fgn	12	16	.429	2.32	2.89	46	30	13	13	4	267.2	190	86	69	7	144	121	2	0	1	1103	1.248	6.4	0.2	4.8	4.1	0.84
11	Yukio Muramatsu	21	NAG	Fgn	12	10	.545	0.98	1.41	28	22	4	18	5	210.2	130	33	23	1	50	61	1	0	0	788	0.854	5.6	0.0	2.1	2.6	1.22
12	Saburo Asaoka	27	TAI	Fgn	11	6	.647	1.61	2.06	29	17	8	10	3	179.1	123	41	32	7	75	45	0	0	0	714	1.104	6.2	0.4	3.8	2.3	0.60
13	Minoru Kasamatsu	25	HAU	Fgn	11	11	.500	1.96	2.65	39	30	8	11	1	234.0	147	69	51	0	141	89	2	0	2	971	1.231	5.7	0.0	5.4	3.4	0.63
14	Eiji Sawamura	24	KYO	Fgn	9	5	.643	2.05	2.17	20	18	2	11	6	153.2	108	37	35	3	58	73	2	0	2	606	1.080	6.3	0.2	3.4	4.3	1.26
15	Shuichi Hirose	19	KYO	Fgn	8	4	.667	1.62	1.96	14	10	4	9	4	105.2	66	23	19	0	44	27	3	1	0	424	1.041	5.6	0.0	3.7	2.3	0.61
16	Toshihide Hatafuku	28	KUR	Fgn	7	14	.333	2.59	3.60	26	22	4	13	3	152.2	110	61	44	5	93	50	1	0	1	655	1.330	6.5	0.3	5.5	2.9	0.54
17	Miyoshi Nakagawa*	21	KUR	Fgn	7	9	.438	2.32	2.64	23	14	9	7	3	143.1	118	42	37	5	60	27	0	0	0	584	1.242	7.4	0.3	3.8	1.7	0.45
18	Michio Nishizawa	19	NAG	Fgn	7	13	.350	1.59	2.59	41	15	21	7	2	198.1	146	57	35	3	116	63	3	0	1	839	1.321	6.6	0.1	5.3	2.9	0.54
19	Hideo Yamamoto	21	ASI	Fgn	7	19	.269	2.00	3.14	45	25	14	11	0	278.1	221	97	62	4	144	68	6	1	1	1183	1.311	7.1	0.1	4.7	2.2	0.47
20	Shogo Hashimoto*	24	HAU	Fgn	6	1	.857	1.05	1.98	14	13	1	4	4	77.1	48	17	9	0	35	26	0	0	0	307	1.073	5.6	0.0	4.1	3.0	0.74
21	Mitsuhiko Ishida	25	NAK	Fgn	6	7	.462	0.96	1.93	28	18	6	6	3	140.0	79	30	15	1	91	52	3	0	1	574	1.214	5.1	0.1	5.9	3.3	0.57
22	Tadashi Kameda?	28	KUR	Fgn	6	9	.400	3.11	4.22	16	11	5	8	1	113.0	82	53	39	5	75	54	0	2	4	490	1.389	6.5	0.4	6.0	4.3	0.72
23	Tsuneo Mitomi*	20	TAI	Fgn	6	9	.400	1.47	2.16	27	21	6	3	2	116.2	82	28	19	3	40	30	0	0	2	471	1.046	6.3	0.2	3.1	2.3	0.75
24	Shigezo Ishihara	27	KUR,TAI	Fgn	5	10	.333	2.98	3.67	34	17	14	9	2	196.0	171	80	65	6	97	47	1	0	0	839	1.367	7.9	0.3	4.5	2.2	0.48
25	Isamu Kinoshita	21	HAN	Fgn	5	3	.625	1.24	1.91	14	10	3	5	0	80.0	59	17	11	0	22	12	0	1	0	318	1.013	6.6	0.0	2.5	1.4	0.55
26	Teiichi Kinoshita	22	HAN	Fgn	4	4	.500	1.59	1.95	16	12	3	3	2	73.2	55	16	13	1	31	17	2	0	0	303	1.167	6.7	0.1	3.8	2.1	0.55
27	Shigeru Morii	26	NAG	Fgn	4	6	.400	2.70	3.70	23	8	9	0	0	90.0	75	37	27	3	47	39	2	0	1	390	1.356	7.5	0.3	4.7	3.9	0.83
28	Takashi Eda	18	HAU	Fgn	3	3	.500	1.89	2.45	9	5	4	0	0	47.2	32	13	10	0	37	8	1	1	1	206	1.448	6.0	0.0	7.0	1.5	0.22
29	Kuranosuke Furuya	30	TAI	Fgn	3	7	.300	1.38	2.30	26	14	6	5	0	136.2	105	35	21	3	59	36	0	0	6	566	1.200	6.9	0.2	3.9	2.4	0.61
30	Kiyoshi Izumida*	21	KYO	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.98	3.66	16	4	9	1	0	59.0	44	24	13	2	44	9	0	0	0	254	1.492	6.7	0.3	6.7	1.4	0.20
31	Katsusaburo Asano*	25	HAU	Fgn	2	6	.250	3.71	5.25	12	9	2	5	1	70.1	72	41	29	1	27	18	3	0	0	310	1.408	9.2	0.1	3.5	2.3	0.67
32	Shigekazu Hasegawa?	23	KUR	Fgn	2	7	.222	3.99	5.28	13	12	1	6	1	76.2	62	45	34	2	64	13	2	0	1	346	1.643	7.3	0.2	7.5	1.5	0.20
33	Hachiro Miwa*	19	HAN	Fgn	2	7	.222	2.26	3.27	27	15	7	2	1	115.2	99	42	29	1	78	55	3	0	2	509	1.530	7.7	0.1	6.1	4.3	0.71
34	Hiroshi Kaneko*	26	KUR	Fgn	1	6	.143	2.94	3.58	16	9	5	3	1	70.1	61	28	23	0	62	25	0	1	0	319	1.749	7.8	0.0	7.9	3.2	0.40
35	Takeo Mizobe	24	HAU	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.43	4.32	9	4	3	0	0	33.1	34	16	9	0	22	16	2	0	0	149	1.680	9.2	0.0	5.9	4.3	0.73
36	Sadatoshi Nagao	22	TAI	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.25	3.15	12	7	3	0	0	40.0	34	14	10	2	22	12	0	0	0	169	1.400	7.7	0.5	5.0	2.7	0.55
37	Masayoshi Nakayama	23	TAI	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.93	3.52	5	1	3	0	0	15.1	7	6	5	0	12	4	0	0	0	63	1.239	4.1	0.0	7.0	2.3	0.33
38	Takayoshi Nomura	22	ASI	Fgn	1	9	.100	3.76	5.57	17	12	4	2	0	64.2	52	40	27	0	59	28	1	1	2	303	1.716	7.2	0.0	8.2	3.9	0.47
39	Fukuzo Tada	19	KYO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.73	2.73	7	5	1	1	0	29.2	23	9	9	0	29	13	0	0	0	133	1.753	7.0	0.0	8.8	3.9	0.45
40	Zenzo Hasegawa	18	NAK	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.26	4.19	5	2	2	0	0	19.1	12	9	7	1	19	2	0	0	0	88	1.603	5.6	0.5	8.8	0.9	0.11
41	Kenichi Izutsu	21	ASI	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.86	6.11	9	6	3	0	0	28.0	21	19	12	1	21	4	0	1	1	126	1.500	6.8	0.3	6.8	1.3	0.19
42	Tetsuharu Kawakami*	21	KYO	Fgn	0	0		17.36	17.36	3	1	1	0	0	4.2	10	9	9	0	6	1	1	0	0	29	3.429	19.3	0.0	11.6	1.9	0.17
43	Yoshio Kikuya	25	ASI	Fgn	0	0		1.59	3.18	1	1	0	0	0	5.2	4	2	1	0	10	2	0	0	1	30	2.471	6.4	0.0	15.9	3.2	0.20
44	Kozo Matsuo*	24	NAG	Fgn	0	6	.000	4.71	5.62	16	12	1	0	0	49.2	34	31	26	1	54	19	2	0	2	230	1.772	6.2	0.2	9.8	3.4	0.35
45	Takao Misono	25	HAN	Fgn	0	2	.000	1.29	5.14	4	2	1	0	0	7.0	10	4	1	0	5	2	0	0	0	34	2.143	12.9	0.0	6.4	2.6	0.40
46	Kozo Naito*	25	ASI	Fgn	0	1	.000	8.44	8.44	6	4	0	0	0	10.2	18	10	10	1	15	6	2	0	0	64	3.094	15.2	0.8	12.7	5.1	0.40
47	Toshio Okamoto*	24	NAG	Fgn	0	2	.000	2.61	5.23	9	2	3	0	0	20.2	18	12	6	1	16	9	1	0	0	97	1.645	7.8	0.4	7.0	3.9	0.56
48	Yoshikazu Takeuchi?	38	ASI	Fgn	0	0		3.38	16.88	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	5	1	0	6	2	1	0	1	18	3.375	10.1	0.0	20.3	6.8	0.33
49	Tadayoshi Tamakoshi	21	KUR	Fgn	0	1	.000	1.00	3.00	1	1	0	1	0	9.0	10	3	1	0	5	1	0	0	0	41	1.667	10.0	0.0	5.0	1.0	0.20
50	Yoshio Tanaka?	34	HAN	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
51	Tadahiko Tokushima	25	NAK	Fgn	0	0		20.25	20.25	1	0	0	0	0	1.1	3	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	9	3.750	20.3	0.0	13.5	6.8	0.50
52	Seitaro Watanabe	19	HAN	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	5	3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
53	Sumikata Yokota?	19	ASI	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
54	Kinya Yoshitomi*	21	NAK	Fgn	0	1	.000	2.40	2.40	5	1	2	0	0	15.0	13	4	4	0	14	3	0	0	0	66	1.800	7.8	0.0	8.4	1.8	0.21