| Bears Ishii Takes EL Batting Crown Monday, October 2nd , 1950 The 1950 Eastern League batting championship belongs to Kuniyasu Ishii of the Sapporo Bears.
The fine 30-year-old third baseman wrapped up the campaign with a .289 batting average.
Ishii tallied 151 hits in 522 at-bats to take this year's crown. Playing in 140 games, he also batted in 84 runs, scored 67 times and racked up 32 doubles, 3 triples and 17 home runs. | | |