Archived Weblog Entry - 07/01/2004: "Japanese Baseball News: This Week In JBall! (6/22/04-6/30/04)"

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07/01/2004 Archived Entry: "Japanese Baseball News: This Week In JBall! (6/22/04-6/30/04)"

This Week In JBall! by Henry Lu
Your weekly resource for the exciting world of Japanese Baseball
Standings
(current through June 30, 2004)
Central League Won Lost Tied Pct. GB
Chunichi 38 27 1 .585 --
Yomiuri 36 35 0 .507 5.0
Hanshin 34 34 0 .500 5.5
Yakult 31 33 1 .484 6.5
Hiroshima 32 35 0 .478 7.0
Yokohama 29 36 2 .446 9.0
Pacific League Won Lost Tied Pct. GB
Daiei 47 27 2 .635 --
Seibu 45 29 1 .608 2.0
Nippon Ham 34 39 1 .466 12.5
Lotte 33 41 2 .446 14.0
Kintetsu 32 41 2 .438 14.5
Orix 29 43 2 .403 17.0
Batting Leader Board
(current through June 30, 2004)
Central League Pacific League
Rank Player AVG Rank Player AVG
1st Tatsunami (Chunichi) .353 1st Matsunaka (Daiei) .363
2nd Furuta (Yakult) .335 2nd Jojima (Daiei) .355
3rd-tie Maeda (Hiroshima) .333 3rd Ogasawara (Nippon Ham) .347
3rd-tie Shima (Hiroshima) .333 4th Wada (Seibu) .340
5th Kinjo (Yokohama) .329 5th Muramatsu (Orix) .338

This Week's Highlight -- June 30, 2004: Jojima Goes Yard Three Times
Kenji Jojima ripped 3 homers to lead the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks over the Orix Blue Wave in an 8-0 walloping at Kobe Green Stadium. Jojima drove in 5 runs with 2 solo shots and a 3-run dinger. This outburst of power gave him season totals of 29 home runs, 75 rbi, and 204 total bases, all tops in the Central League. (Henry Lu, HLu@BaseballGuru.com)