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08/02/2004 Archived Entry: "Japanese Baseball News: This Week In JBall! (7/27/04-8/2/04)"

This Week In JBall! by Henry Lu
Your weekly resource for the exciting world of Japanese Baseball
Standings (current through August 2, 2004) Central League Won Lost Tied Pct. GB Chunichi 49 37 1 .570 -- Yomiuri 50 43 0 .538 2.5 Yakult 42 41 1 .506 5.5 Hanshin 43 46 0 .483 7.5 Yokohama 38 45 2 .458 9.5 Hiroshima 38 48 0 .442 11.0 Pacific League Won Lost Tied Pct. GB Daiei 57 37 3 .606 -- Seibu 54 41 1 .568 3.5 Nippon Ham 46 48 1 .489 11.0 Kintetsu 44 49 2 .473 12.5 Lotte 44 50 3 .468 13.0 Orix 37 57 2 .394 20.0	Batting Leader Board (current through August 2, 2004) Central League Pacific League Rank Player AVG Rank Player AVG 1st Furuta (Yakult) .354 1st Ogasawara (Nippon Ham) .358 2nd Tatsunami (Chunichi) .353 2nd Jojima (Daiei) .348 3rd Shima (Hiroshima) .339 3rd Matsunaka (Daiei) .343 4th Maeda (Hiroshima) .325 4th-tie Kawasaki (Daiei) .326 5th-tie LaRocca (Hiroshima) .317 4th-tie Muramatsu (Orix) .326 5th-tie Kokubo (Yomiuri) .317 4th-tie Wada (Seibu) .326

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