BURRARD BASEBALL LEAGUE
Kaz Suga, who tied for the Asahi team lead in 1938, was the runaway team leader in 1939 finishing with a batting average of .467 in 42 games. He also topped the team in runs, 49, hits, 63, home runs, 3, doubles, 15, and stolen bases, 58. Koei Mitsui was second, hitting .364, and led with 27 runs batted in.
BURRARD BASEBALL LEAGUE GP AB R H 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
(Only Asahis available)
Suga Kaz VAS 42 135 49 63 15 0 3 58 22 .467
Mitsui Koei VAS 43 129 25 47 13 1 1 13 27 .364
Uno Yuki VAS 43 143 36 44 4 2 0 9 25 .308
Masuda Mousie VAS 39 126 31 38 3 0 0 15 13 .302
Nakamura Ed VAS 29 81 7 22 5 3 1 5 15 .272
Nishihara Nag VAS 27 82 16 21 6 0 0 15 10 .256
Maruno Mike VAS 37 102 13 26 7 1 0 22 18 .255
Shishido George VAS 42 121 23 30 5 2 0 28 16 .248
Yamamura Roy VAS 40 98 40 23 6 1 0 51 10 .235
Shiraishi Frank VAS 40 126 20 24 5 0 2 31 15 .190
Kaminishi Kaye VAS 4 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .100
Fukui Joe VAS 4 12 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 .083
Sawayama Tom VAS 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Tanaka Herb VAS 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Source : Asahi : A Legend in Baseball, Pat Adachi & The New Canadian, September 15, 1939
BURRARD BASEBALL LEAGUE W L PCT IP H R BB SO ERA (Only Asahis available) Shiraishi Frank VAS 2 0 1.000 23 9 9 10 Maruno Mike VAS 9 2 .818 70 34 21 48 Nishihara Nag VAS 10 4 .714 106 37 41 78 Suga Kaz VAS 9 4 .692 85 59 31 86 Sawayama Tommy VAS 2 1 .667 21 12 11 14
Source : The New Canadian, September 15, 1939
COMOX VALLEY TWILIGHT LEAGUE
Pitcher-Outfielder Henry Watson of the Cumberland Cubs captured the batting title in the Comox Valley Twilight League. Watson nosed out teammate Ty Conti, .455 to .444. J.McKenzie of Courtenay Native Sons finished third, at .438 with John Bannerman of the Cubs at .429 and Bill Marshall of Union Bay rounding out the top five at .424.
Watson also led in runs, with 16, and triples, 3. Lyle McKenzie of Courtenay, who was right behind Marshall, with a .418 average, topped the league in hits, 23, doubles, 6, and total bases, 34.
AVE : Watson CUC - .455
RUNS : Watson, CUC - 16
HITS : McKenzie Lyle CNY - 23
2B : McKenzie Lyle CNY - 6
3B : Watson CUC - 3
HR : Four with - 2
TB : McKenzie Lyle CNY - 34
COMOX VALLEY TWILIGHT LEAGUE GP AB R H TB 2B 3B HR SB RBI PCT
Bono Vic CUC 5 10 2 5 6 1 0 0 .500
Fujimoto M. ROY 5 13 4 6 7 1 0 0 .462
Watson Henry CUC 10 33 16 15 22 1 3 0 .455
Conti Ty CUC 15 45 15 20 29 4 1 1 .444
McKenzie J. CNY 9 32 8 14 16 2 0 0 .438
Bannerman John CUC 13 49 13 21 24 1 1 0 .429
Marshall W.(Bill) UB 12 33 9 14 16 2 0 0 .424
McKenzie Lyle CNY 14 55 12 23 34 6 1 1 .418 (1)
James UB 4 10 3 4 5 1 0 0 .400
Stevenson C. FB 8 28 3 11 11 0 0 0 .393
Kiyonaga ROY 14 46 9 17 29 2 2 2 .370
Aitken UB 5 14 4 5 6 1 0 0 .357
Kiyono Shig ROY 13 49 9 17 30 5 1 2 .347 (1)
Thomson Wally CNY 16 64 15 22 28 4 1 0 .344
Westfield CUC 12 41 6 14 16 2 0 0 .341
Yoshikuni ROY 14 47 7 16 17 1 0 0 .340
Doi Fred ROY 14 57 9 19 24 3 1 0 .333
Beamish FB 2 6 1 2 2 0 0 0 .333
Fujimoto ROY 12 37 8 12 14 0 1 0 .324
Bannerman Leland CUC 9 31 7 10 14 1 0 1 .323
McKay J. UB 14 47 12 15 19 4 0 0 .319
Marshall Don(Smoothie) UB 13 45 9 14 25 3 1 2 .311
Kumabe ROY 14 58 9 18 23 3 1 0 .310
Grieve Loggie CNY 10 30 5 9 12 0 0 1 .300
Hoffman CUC 9 30 6 9 11 2 0 0 .300
Robertson CUC 5 10 3 3 3 0 0 0 .300
Yaguchi ROY 14 51 6 15 15 0 0 0 .294
McDonald FB 8 28 4 8 11 0 0 1 .286
Stevenson E. FB 10 35 5 10 10 0 0 0 .286
Lidwigson CNY 10 21 2 6 6 0 0 0 .286
Lairie FB 2 7 2 2 2 0 0 0 .286
Mosher R. FB 10 32 4 9 9 0 0 0 .281
Rickson Bob CNY 16 61 10 17 19 2 0 0 .279
McKenzie H. CNY 14 47 7 13 14 1 0 0 .277 (1)
Magnone Gump UB 13 44 8 12 20 3 1 1 .273
Bono Pete CUC 10 33 6 9 10 1 0 0 .273
Yano ROY 6 11 2 3 4 1 0 0 .273
McKay W. UB 15 53 8 14 24 3 2 1 .264
Bell CNY 15 53 12 14 20 2 2 0 .264
McCartney UB 12 35 4 9 11 2 0 0 .257
Bobba Chut CUC 10 32 6 8 10 2 0 0 .250
Tobacco Timmy CUC 8 20 2 5 5 0 0 0 .250
Anderton CNY 15 41 9 10 10 0 0 0 .244
Richardson UB 5 17 2 4 6 0 1 0 .235
Ogaki FB 9 34 3 8 9 1 0 0 .235
Iwasa ROY 13 43 7 10 11 1 0 0 .233
Braes CNY 16 52 6 12 19 2 1 1 .231
Carmichael FB 7 22 7 5 8 0 0 1 .227
Glover UB 7 22 3 5 5 0 0 0 .227
Marshall Dunc. UB 15 54 8 12 24 2 2 2 .222
Cliff FB 7 28 4 6 8 2 0 0 .214
Lidgate FB 4 14 0 3 4 1 0 0 .214
Davis UB 6 14 5 3 3 0 0 0 .214
Harvie #2 CUC 2 5 1 1 2 1 0 0 .200
Hunden CUC 10 26 2 5 7 0 1 0 .192
McKay T. UB 8 27 0 5 7 2 0 0 .185
Everett CNY 7 27 4 5 5 0 0 0 .185
Croix FB 4 11 0 2 2 0 0 0 .182
Kierstead FB 10 39 6 7 8 1 0 0 .179
Auchinvole Sandy UB 8 17 2 3 3 0 0 0 .176
Chilton UB 5 8 0 1 1 0 0 0 .125
Kimoto K.(Lefty) ROY 12 33 3 4 4 0 0 0 .121
Bates Chalky CUC 5 17 1 2 3 1 0 0 .118
Sora FB 12 35 1 4 5 1 0 0 .114
Harvie #1 CUC 6 21 3 2 2 0 0 0 .095
McLennan FB 4 11 1 1 1 0 0 0 .091
Combs J.(Bud) CUC 10 24 2 2 3 1 0 0 .083
Ferriman FB 9 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 .042
Creach FB 2 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
(1) The published averages shown for the published at bats & hits were out on a few occasions - Lyle McKenzie was shown at .400, Kiyono at .361, H. McKenzie at .262
Source : Comox District Free Press, August 31, 1939
CNY=Courtenay, CUC=Cumberland Cubs, FB=Fanny Bay, ROY=Royston, UB=Union Bay