1950 Nippon Professional Baseball season
The 1950 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the first season for baseball in Japan that used the new two league format since the split the previous year. The two leagues would be known as the Central League and the Pacific League.Regular season
Standings
Postseason
Japan Series
League leaders
Central League
Pacific League
Stat | Player | Team | Total |
Batting average | Hiroshi Oshita | Tokyu | .339 |
Home runs | Kaoru Betto | Mainichi | 43 |
Runs batted in | Kaoru Betto | Mainichi | 105 |
Runs | Kaoru Betto | Mainichi | 108 |
Hits | Kaoru Betto | Mainichi | 160 |
Stolen bases | Chusuke Kizuka | Nankai | 78 |
Stat | Player | Team | Total |
Wins | Atsushi Aramaki | Mainichi | 26 |
Losses | Yoshio Tenpo | Hankyu | 24 |
Earned run average | Atsushi Aramaki | Mainichi | 2.06 |
Strikeouts | Yasuo Yonekawa | Tokyu | 207 |
Innings pitched | Yasuo Yonekawa | Tokyu | 363 |
Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- *Makoto Kozuru, Shochiku Robins
- *Kaoru Betto, Mainichi Orions
- Rookie of the Year
- *Nobuo Oshima, Shochiku Robins
- *Atsushi Aramaki, Mainichi Orions
- Eiji Sawamura Award
- *Shigeo Sanada, Shochiku Robins
Position | Player | Team |
Pitcher | Shigeo Sanada | Shochiku |
Catcher | Shoji Arakawa | Shochiku |
First baseman | Michio Nishizawa | Chunichi |
Second baseman | Shigeru Chiba | Yomiuri |
Third baseman | Fumio Fujimura | Osaka |
Shortstop | Katsumi Shiraishi | Yomiuri |
Outfielder | Makoto Kozuru | Shochiku |
Outfielder | Noboru Aota | Yomiuri |
Outfielder | Yoshiyuki Iwamoto | Shochiku |
Position | Player | Team |
Pitcher | Atsushi Aramaki | Mainichi |
Catcher | Takeshi Doigaki | Mainichi |
First baseman | Tokuji Iida | Nankai |
Second baseman | Yasuji Hondo | Mainichi |
Third baseman | Nobuo Nakatani | Hankyu |
Shortstop | Chusuke Kizuka | Nankai |
Outfielder | Kaoru Betto | Mainichi |
Outfielder | Hiroshi Oshita | Tokyu |
Outfielder | Shigeya Iijima | Daiei |