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1938 Japanese Baseball League (Fall) Pitching Leaders

1937 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 180 games, 9 teams, approx. 40 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	Victor Starffin	22	KYO	Fgn	19	2	.905	1.05	1.46	24	19	5	17	7	197.2	111	32	23	0	59	146	1	1	1	765	0.860	5.1	0.0	2.7	6.6	2.47
2	Kozo Matsuo*	21	NAG	Fgn	12	8	.600	2.94	3.94	27	23	1	13	4	171.1	142	75	56	5	90	101	5	1	4	752	1.354	7.5	0.3	4.7	5.3	1.12
3	Takao Misono	22	OSA	Fgn	11	5	.688	2.21	2.61	19	15	4	11	2	134.1	110	39	33	5	47	59	2	1	3	553	1.169	7.4	0.3	3.1	4.0	1.26
4	Hiroshi Kaneko*	23	TOO	Fgn	9	9	.500	3.29	4.15	24	12	8	8	2	136.2	115	63	50	7	79	61	6	1	1	601	1.420	7.6	0.5	5.2	4.0	0.77
5	Yoshio Kikuya	22	LIO	Fgn	9	9	.500	2.49	3.76	25	18	4	15	1	177.1	125	74	49	4	119	109	0	0	3	780	1.376	6.3	0.2	6.0	5.5	0.92
6	Yukio Nishimura	18	OSA	Fgn	9	2	.818	2.48	3.20	20	15	4	9	0	137.2	115	49	38	4	72	58	5	1	6	603	1.358	7.5	0.3	4.7	3.8	0.81
7	Shigeru Mizuhara	29	KYO	Fgn	8	2	.800	1.76	2.74	11	11	0	6	1	82.0	46	25	16	4	37	44	2	0	0	327	1.012	5.0	0.4	4.1	4.8	1.19
8	Saburo Asaoka	24	TOO	Fgn	7	5	.583	3.62	4.92	19	12	4	8	2	104.1	94	57	42	7	48	39	0	0	0	458	1.361	8.1	0.6	4.1	3.4	0.81
9	Mitsuhiko Ishida	22	HAU	Fgn	7	6	.538	2.39	2.87	16	10	6	9	1	113.0	80	36	30	3	45	51	2	0	0	456	1.106	6.4	0.2	3.6	4.1	1.13
10	Tadashi Kameda?	25	EAG	Fgn	7	10	.412	2.55	3.71	23	19	3	15	1	169.2	109	70	48	6	127	131	0	0	4	738	1.391	5.8	0.3	6.7	6.9	1.03
11	Bikichi Miyaguchi*	19	NAK	Fgn	6	11	.353	2.26	4.08	20	14	6	13	0	147.2	114	67	37	1	94	69	4	2	4	643	1.409	6.9	0.1	5.7	4.2	0.73
12	Saburo Miyatake	30	HAU	Fgn	6	4	.600	3.71	4.26	13	11	2	7	0	99.1	76	47	41	4	56	34	4	1	2	424	1.329	6.9	0.4	5.1	3.1	0.61
13	Masayoshi Nakayama	20	NGY	Fgn	6	13	.316	3.62	4.89	24	14	9	8	0	134.1	113	73	54	4	85	76	2	0	1	595	1.474	7.6	0.3	5.7	5.1	0.89
14	Hisashi Kondo*	19	LIO	Fgn	5	6	.455	2.68	3.87	17	11	5	6	0	90.2	68	39	27	3	46	51	0	0	3	389	1.257	6.8	0.3	4.6	5.1	1.11
15	Miyoshi Nakagawa*	18	EAG	Fgn	5	2	.714	1.99	2.69	12	11	2	8	0	90.1	72	27	20	4	31	51	0	1	0	372	1.140	7.2	0.4	3.1	5.1	1.65
16	Kazuaki Otomo	21	LIO	Fgn	5	5	.500	2.83	3.22	16	11	5	5	2	92.1	58	33	29	1	52	42	4	0	0	390	1.191	5.7	0.1	5.1	4.1	0.81
17	Masao Nakamoto	17	NAK	Fgn	4	7	.364	2.94	4.32	15	14	1	7	1	98.0	84	47	32	1	65	33	5	0	0	439	1.520	7.7	0.1	6.0	3.0	0.51
18	Michio Shigematsu	21	HAU	Fgn	4	2	.667	2.82	3.58	10	7	2	4	0	70.1	51	28	22	0	32	19	2	0	0	297	1.180	6.5	0.0	4.1	2.4	0.59
19	Sukesaburo Tsunekawa*	19	NGY	Fgn	4	9	.308	4.14	5.59	19	15	4	6	0	111.0	127	69	51	3	62	23	0	1	1	510	1.703	10.3	0.2	5.0	1.9	0.37
20	Tadashi Wakabayashi?	30	OSA	Fgn	4	2	.667	3.02	3.63	7	4	3	2	0	44.2	32	18	15	2	18	14	0	0	0	184	1.119	6.4	0.4	3.6	2.8	0.78
21	Jiro Ito	28	TOO	Fgn	3	3	.500	3.67	4.33	16	12	3	4	3	81.0	78	39	33	4	42	14	4	0	0	367	1.481	8.7	0.4	4.7	1.6	0.33
22	Hachiro Maekawa	26	KYO	Fgn	3	4	.429	5.49	6.06	14	9	5	3	0	62.1	65	42	38	8	17	15	2	0	0	270	1.316	9.4	1.2	2.5	2.2	0.88
23	Junichi Mochizuki*	19	EAG	Fgn	3	4	.429	2.00	3.74	9	6	3	5	1	67.1	52	28	15	1	30	35	2	0	1	281	1.218	7.0	0.1	4.0	4.7	1.17
24	Michio Nishizawa	16	NAG	Fgn	3	4	.429	3.79	6.11	15	6	7	3	0	73.2	76	50	31	10	38	24	0	2	0	339	1.548	9.3	1.2	4.6	2.9	0.63
25	Katsusaburo Asano*	22	HAU	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.23	2.45	4	3	1	2	1	22.0	17	6	3	0	8	8	0	0	0	88	1.136	7.0	0.0	3.3	3.3	1.00
26	Masaru Kageura	22	OSA	Fgn	2	1	.667	0.57	3.45	5	1	3	0	0	15.2	14	6	1	0	12	5	0	0	0	69	1.660	8.0	0.0	6.9	2.9	0.42
27	Shigeru Morii	23	NAG	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.76	3.38	5	4	1	2	2	29.1	24	11	9	0	10	7	1	0	0	120	1.159	7.4	0.0	3.1	2.1	0.70
28	Shoichi Aoki	20	OSA	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.18	4.76	4	2	0	2	1	22.2	18	12	8	0	10	7	1	0	0	100	1.235	7.1	0.0	4.0	2.8	0.70
29	Kuranosuke Furuya	27	NGY	Fgn	1	7	.125	3.07	4.66	18	11	7	5	1	96.2	84	50	33	2	61	43	2	0	1	433	1.500	7.8	0.2	5.7	4.0	0.70
30	Kunio Ito	20	NAG	Fgn	1	0	1.000	5.68	7.11	6	3	2	0	0	12.2	19	10	8	2	12	4	0	0	0	68	2.447	13.5	1.4	8.5	2.8	0.33
31	Kashiwa Odano	21	HAU	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.00	6.00	6	4	2	1	0	21.0	16	14	7	1	12	4	0	0	2	91	1.333	6.9	0.4	5.1	1.7	0.33
32	Sakae Shigesato	22	NAG	Fgn	1	3	.250	3.93	5.24	8	3	4	1	0	34.1	34	20	15	0	21	11	0	0	2	164	1.602	8.9	0.0	5.5	2.9	0.52
33	Yoshitaro Suzuki	24	NAK	Fgn	1	5	.167	3.25	4.02	11	8	3	5	1	69.1	64	31	25	4	28	23	1	0	0	298	1.327	8.3	0.5	3.6	3.0	0.82
34	Satoshi Takahashi	19	HAU	Fgn	1	2	.333	4.41	5.51	4	3	1	1	0	16.1	17	10	8	0	8	8	0	0	0	74	1.531	9.4	0.0	4.4	4.4	1.00
35	Chujiro Endo	20	TOO	Fgn	0	2	.000	13.50	23.63	2	2	0	0	0	5.1	13	14	8	0	4	0	0	0	0	36	3.188	21.9	0.0	6.8	0.0	0.00
36	Fumio Fujimura	21	OSA	Fgn	0	1	.000	9.00	18.00	1	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
37	Masao Furukawa?	23	EAG	Fgn	0	4	.000	2.45	4.17	7	4	2	2	0	36.2	34	17	10	0	25	8	2	0	0	168	1.609	8.3	0.0	6.1	2.0	0.32
38	Hisanori Karita	28	TOO	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
39	Tetsuharu Kawakami*	18	KYO	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.00	6.00	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	4	4	2	0	3	4	0	1	0	27	1.167	6.0	0.0	4.5	6.0	1.33
40	Isamu Kinoshita	18	OSA	Fgn	0	0		2.45	4.91	2	1	1	0	0	3.2	5	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	17	1.636	12.3	0.0	2.5	0.0	0.00
41	Masaharu Kishimoto	26	HAU	Fgn	0	0		4.00	4.00	2	0	2	0	0	9.0	8	4	4	0	2	3	0	0	0	36	1.111	8.0	0.0	2.0	3.0	1.50
42	Yasuo Kusunoki	18	KYO	Fgn	0	0		1.93	4.50	4	0	4	0	0	14.0	10	7	3	1	7	2	0	0	0	61	1.214	6.4	0.6	4.5	1.3	0.29
43	Mitsuhiko Matsumoto	22	NGY	Fgn	0	0		10.80	14.40	1	0	1	0	0	5.0	7	8	6	0	6	0	1	0	0	26	2.600	12.6	0.0	10.8	0.0	0.00
44	Hirotaro Mori	23	HAU	Fgn	0	0		7.36	14.73	2	1	0	0	0	3.2	6	6	3	0	3	2	0	0	0	20	2.455	14.7	0.0	7.4	4.9	0.67
45	Hideo Murasawa*	20	TOO	Fgn	0	1	.000	11.00	12.00	3	2	0	0	0	9.0	12	12	11	0	11	4	0	1	0	50	2.556	12.0	0.0	11.0	4.0	0.36
46	Yonekichi Naya	23	NAK	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.38	3.38	1	1	0	1	0	8.0	7	3	3	0	4	1	0	0	0	35	1.375	7.9	0.0	4.5	1.1	0.25
47	Sesho Ryu	27	NAK	Fgn	0	2	.000	4.23	5.20	6	3	3	1	0	27.2	25	16	13	1	14	7	1	0	1	121	1.410	8.1	0.3	4.6	2.3	0.50
48	Ineo Shioda	27	TOO	Fgn	0	0		7.02	7.56	5	0	4	0	0	16.2	21	14	13	4	12	4	0	0	0	81	1.980	11.3	2.2	6.5	2.2	0.33
49	Minoru Tanaka	20	NAG	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.38	4.41	10	1	6	0	0	34.2	30	17	13	3	14	8	0	0	0	151	1.269	7.8	0.8	3.6	2.1	0.57
50	Tsuneo Tsuri	20	OSA	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.26	4.26	3	1	1	0	0	6.1	6	3	3	0	11	8	0	0	1	34	2.684	8.5	0.0	15.6	11.4	0.73
51	Den Yamada?	24	HAU	Fgn	0	1	.000	27.00	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	2.0	5	6	6	1	3	0	0	0	0	14	4.000	22.5	4.5	13.5	0.0	0.00