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2024 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

2023 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 157 games, 6 teams, approx. 52 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 2024 Japan Pacific League

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Hiroto Saiki	25	HAN	Fgn	6	1	.857	1.34	1.34	10	3	3	0	67.1	50	10	10	1	17	1	53	0	0	2	262	0.995	6.7	0.1	2.3	7.1	3.12
2	Hiroki Tokoda*	29	HIR	Fgn	6	2	.750	1.27	1.41	9	0	0	0	63.2	52	10	9	2	20	2	36	3	0	0	254	1.131	7.4	0.3	2.8	5.1	1.80
3	Makoto Aduwa	25	HIR	Fgn	5	1	.833	3.40	3.40	8	0	0	0	42.1	41	16	16	5	11	0	31	5	0	0	180	1.228	8.7	1.1	2.3	6.6	2.82
4	Tomoyuki Sugano	34	YOM	Fgn	5	0	1.000	1.20	1.20	8	0	0	0	52.2	37	7	7	2	10	0	37	1	0	2	202	0.892	6.3	0.3	1.7	6.3	3.70
5	Shosei Togo	24	YOM	Fgn	5	2	.714	1.78	1.78	10	1	1	0	65.2	41	13	13	4	13	0	54	2	0	2	251	0.822	5.6	0.5	1.8	7.4	4.15
6	Katsuki Azuma*	28	YKO	Fgn	4	0	1.000	2.19	2.19	10	0	0	0	70.0	67	17	17	4	14	1	50	3	0	0	281	1.157	8.6	0.5	1.8	6.4	3.57
7	Masato Morishita	26	HIR	Fgn	4	2	.667	1.36	1.55	7	0	0	0	46.1	41	8	7	1	6	0	31	2	0	0	186	1.014	8.0	0.2	1.2	6.0	5.17
8	Koutaro Ohtake*	29	HAN	Fgn	4	3	.571	2.93	3.09	9	0	0	0	55.1	51	19	18	5	11	0	36	0	0	1	225	1.120	8.3	0.8	1.8	5.9	3.27
9	Miguel Yajure	26	YKU	Fgn	4	5	.444	3.25	3.25	9	1	1	0	55.1	44	20	20	5	19	3	36	2	0	1	224	1.139	7.2	0.8	3.1	5.9	1.89
10	Iori Yamasaki	25	YOM	Fgn	4	1	.800	1.47	1.47	9	1	1	0	61.1	46	10	10	2	20	1	38	5	0	1	252	1.076	6.8	0.3	2.9	5.6	1.90
11	Kojiro Yoshimura	26	YKU	Fgn	4	3	.571	2.61	3.35	8	0	0	0	48.1	49	18	14	5	10	2	49	0	0	0	199	1.221	9.1	0.9	1.9	9.1	4.90
12	Kenshin Hotta	23	YOM	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.26	1.26	11	0	0	0	35.2	27	5	5	0	9	0	19	2	0	0	134	1.009	6.8	0.0	2.3	4.8	2.11
13	Anthony Kay*	29	YKO	Fgn	3	4	.429	3.14	3.14	8	1	0	0	48.2	40	17	17	2	16	1	43	1	0	2	198	1.151	7.4	0.4	3.0	8.0	2.69
14	Humberto Mejía	27	CNI	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.15	3.15	7	0	0	0	40.0	28	14	14	3	11	0	25	2	0	0	159	0.975	6.3	0.7	2.5	5.6	2.27
15	Sotaro Shimauchi	27	HIR	Fgn	3	3	.500	2.49	2.49	27	0	0	0	25.1	17	7	7	1	11	1	26	0	0	2	104	1.105	6.0	0.4	3.9	9.2	2.36
16	Yuya Yanagi	30	CNI	Fgn	3	3	.500	3.42	3.61	9	0	0	0	47.1	47	19	18	3	13	1	25	0	0	1	196	1.268	8.9	0.6	2.5	4.8	1.92
17	Jeremy Beasley	28	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	0.53	0.53	3	0	0	0	17.0	8	1	1	0	5	0	15	2	0	1	64	0.765	4.2	0.0	2.6	7.9	3.00
18	Yuki Hashimoto*	26	CNI	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.73	1.73	20	0	0	0	26.0	15	5	5	0	10	0	33	1	0	0	103	0.962	5.2	0.0	3.5	11.4	3.30
19	Kenta Ishida*	31	YKO	Fgn	2	3	.400	3.48	3.77	5	0	0	0	31.0	28	13	12	5	6	0	24	0	0	0	123	1.097	8.1	1.5	1.7	7.0	4.00
20	Masashi Itoh*	28	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	4.26	5.40	6	0	0	0	31.2	36	19	15	1	9	0	11	1	0	0	138	1.421	10.2	0.3	2.6	3.1	1.22
21	Suguru Iwazaki*	33	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.70	2.70	24	0	0	8	23.1	21	7	7	2	7	1	22	0	0	0	97	1.200	8.1	0.8	2.7	8.5	3.14
22	Andre Jackson	28	YKO	Fgn	2	4	.333	5.22	5.67	8	0	0	0	39.2	36	25	23	3	24	2	34	1	0	4	173	1.513	8.2	0.7	5.4	7.7	1.42
23	Ren Kajiya	32	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	3.24	5.40	8	0	0	0	8.1	7	5	3	0	4	1	8	1	0	1	37	1.320	7.6	0.0	4.3	8.6	2.00
24	Taiga Kamichatani	27	YKO	Fgn	2	1	.667	4.40	6.28	11	0	0	0	14.1	19	10	7	1	6	1	10	0	0	0	67	1.744	11.9	0.6	3.8	6.3	1.67
25	Takuma Kirishiki*	25	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.59	1.99	24	0	0	0	22.2	14	5	4	0	9	3	24	1	0	1	91	1.015	5.6	0.0	3.6	9.5	2.67
26	Takahiro Matsuba*	33	CNI	Fgn	2	3	.400	3.38	3.38	5	2	0	0	29.1	28	11	11	2	9	0	18	0	0	0	122	1.261	8.6	0.6	2.8	5.5	2.00
27	Shoki Murakami	26	HAN	Fgn	2	4	.333	2.03	3.21	8	1	0	0	53.1	46	19	12	2	11	2	46	1	0	4	217	1.069	7.8	0.3	1.9	7.8	4.18
28	Hayate Nakagawa	25	YKO	Fgn	2	0	1.000	5.54	5.54	10	0	0	0	39.0	47	24	24	2	8	0	19	3	0	0	172	1.410	10.8	0.5	1.8	4.4	2.38
29	Yuki Nishi	33	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	1.62	2.03	7	0	0	0	44.1	40	10	8	0	6	0	24	2	0	0	179	1.038	8.1	0.0	1.2	4.9	4.00
30	Shinnosuke Ogasawara*	26	CNI	Fgn	2	4	.333	1.72	2.01	9	0	0	0	62.2	51	14	12	1	6	1	36	0	0	1	245	0.910	7.3	0.1	0.9	5.2	6.00
31	Hiroki Ohnishi	26	YKU	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.50	1.50	22	0	0	0	24.0	21	4	4	1	5	1	14	0	0	0	91	1.083	7.9	0.4	1.9	5.3	2.80
32	Shinichi Ohnuki	30	YKO	Fgn	2	7	.222	3.22	3.99	10	0	0	0	58.2	51	26	21	5	17	0	37	3	1	0	248	1.159	7.8	0.8	2.6	5.7	2.18
33	Daichi Ohsera	33	HIR	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.27	1.45	8	1	0	0	49.2	35	8	7	0	18	1	37	1	0	0	202	1.067	6.3	0.0	3.3	6.7	2.06
34	Kohki Saitoh*	27	CNI	Fgn	2	1	.667	0.56	0.56	21	0	0	0	16.0	16	1	1	0	5	1	13	1	0	0	66	1.313	9.0	0.0	2.8	7.3	2.60
35	Hiroto Takahashi	21	CNI	Fgn	2	0	1.000	0.50	1.25	5	0	0	0	36.0	22	5	2	0	12	1	30	0	0	2	143	0.944	5.5	0.0	3.0	7.5	2.50
36	Rei Takahashi	28	YOM	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.12	3.32	9	1	0	0	43.1	36	16	15	3	19	1	21	1	0	1	181	1.269	7.5	0.6	3.9	4.4	1.11
37	Hideaki Wakui	38	CNI	Fgn	2	3	.400	2.90	3.26	9	0	0	0	49.2	50	18	16	2	18	1	29	0	0	1	210	1.369	9.1	0.4	3.3	5.3	1.61
38	Daiki Yamamoto*	28	YKU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.72	1.72	20	0	0	0	15.2	11	3	3	0	6	2	16	0	0	0	63	1.085	6.3	0.0	3.4	9.2	2.67
39	Koyo Aoyagi	30	HAN	Fgn	1	3	.250	3.83	4.89	8	0	0	0	42.1	44	23	18	2	17	1	30	4	1	1	190	1.441	9.4	0.4	3.6	6.4	1.76
40	Alberto Baldonado*	31	YOM	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.54	1.54	24	0	0	5	23.1	17	4	4	0	10	1	28	0	0	0	94	1.157	6.6	0.0	3.9	10.8	2.80
41	Kento Fujishima	26	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.93	1.93	15	0	0	0	14.0	11	3	3	0	5	0	15	0	0	1	56	1.143	7.1	0.0	3.2	9.6	3.00
42	Foster Griffin*	28	YOM	Fgn	1	1	.500	5.65	6.28	3	0	0	0	14.1	20	10	9	2	4	0	8	0	1	0	66	1.674	12.6	1.3	2.5	5.0	2.00
43	Hiroki Hasegawa*	25	YKU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	13	0	0	0	15.0	10	5	5	2	8	1	17	1	0	0	62	1.200	6.0	1.2	4.8	10.2	2.13
44	Ryuta Heinai	25	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.42	4.26	5	0	0	0	6.1	6	3	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	27	1.263	8.5	1.4	2.8	4.3	1.50
45	Atsuya Horie*	27	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.53	2.55	22	0	0	0	17.2	16	5	3	0	8	0	21	0	0	1	75	1.358	8.2	0.0	4.1	10.7	2.63
46	Haruto Inoue*	23	YOM	Fgn	1	3	.250	4.22	5.06	10	0	0	0	21.1	19	12	10	0	5	0	16	1	0	1	89	1.125	8.0	0.0	2.1	6.8	3.20
47	Masanori Ishikawa*	44	YKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.00	3.00	4	1	1	0	18.0	20	6	4	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	77	1.278	10.0	0.0	1.5	2.0	1.33
48	Taichi Ishiyama	35	YKU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.80	1.80	16	0	0	5	15.0	14	3	3	0	7	2	14	0	0	1	65	1.400	8.4	0.0	4.2	8.4	2.00
49	Keisuke Izumi	27	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	15	0	0	1	14.0	5	0	0	0	3	1	11	1	0	0	50	0.571	3.2	0.0	1.9	7.1	3.67
50	Naofumi Kizawa	26	YKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.05	3.05	21	0	0	1	20.2	15	7	7	2	9	4	14	0	0	2	85	1.161	6.5	0.9	3.9	6.1	1.56
51	Aren Kuri	32	HIR	Fgn	1	4	.200	3.16	3.32	9	0	0	0	57.0	49	21	20	5	16	2	42	4	0	0	233	1.140	7.7	0.8	2.5	6.6	2.63
52	Takumi Kurohara*	24	HIR	Fgn	1	2	.333	1.31	1.31	16	0	0	0	20.2	13	3	3	0	6	0	24	2	0	0	82	0.919	5.7	0.0	2.6	10.5	4.00
53	Kengo Matsumoto	25	YKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.18	3.18	2	1	1	0	11.1	9	4	4	0	1	0	12	1	0	0	45	0.882	7.1	0.0	0.8	9.5	12.00
54	Kazuki Mishima	34	YKO	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.50	4.50	6	0	0	0	6.0	4	3	3	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	28	1.667	6.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
55	Yuito Mori	32	YKO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	8.00	14.00	6	0	0	0	9.0	17	14	8	3	2	0	7	1	0	0	48	2.111	17.0	3.0	2.0	7.0	3.50
56	Kohei Morihara	32	YKO	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.29	1.29	21	0	0	13	21.0	13	3	3	1	3	0	22	0	0	0	80	0.762	5.6	0.4	1.3	9.4	7.33
57	Koh Nakagawa	24	YKO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.68	3.68	9	0	0	0	7.1	5	3	3	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	32	1.091	6.1	0.0	3.7	7.4	2.00
58	Shota Nakazaki	31	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.09	3.09	13	0	0	0	11.2	15	4	4	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	49	1.286	11.6	0.8	0.0	6.2
59	Yuhi Nishidate	22	YOM	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.84	3.32	21	0	0	1	19.0	10	7	6	1	7	0	15	0	0	0	73	0.895	4.7	0.5	3.3	7.1	2.14
60	Yasuhiro Ogawa	34	YKU	Fgn	1	2	.333	4.40	4.40	5	0	0	0	28.2	35	14	14	5	3	2	16	0	0	0	120	1.326	11.0	1.6	0.9	5.0	5.33
61	Yudai Ohno*	35	CNI	Fgn	1	1	.500	9.95	9.95	2	0	0	0	6.1	8	7	7	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	30	1.737	11.4	0.0	4.3	7.1	1.67
62	Hiroya Shimamoto*	31	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.98	2.63	17	0	0	0	13.2	18	4	3	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	62	1.537	11.9	0.0	2.0	2.6	1.33
63	Tatsuya Shimizu	24	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.41	0.41	23	0	0	0	22.0	11	1	1	0	4	0	20	1	0	0	82	0.682	4.5	0.0	1.6	8.2	5.00
64	Kentaro Taira	28	YKO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.04	1.04	1	0	0	0	8.2	4	1	1	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	30	0.577	4.2	0.0	1.0	6.2	6.00
65	Keiji Takahashi*	27	YKU	Fgn	1	2	.333	4.50	5.06	6	0	0	0	32.0	34	18	16	4	12	0	27	4	0	1	140	1.438	9.6	1.1	3.4	7.6	2.25
66	Yuhei Takanashi*	31	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.68	0.68	18	0	0	0	13.1	6	1	1	1	4	0	10	0	0	0	49	0.750	4.1	0.7	2.7	6.8	2.50
67	Yugo Umeno	25	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.76	4.41	14	0	0	0	16.1	18	8	5	0	5	2	10	1	0	0	73	1.408	9.9	0.0	2.8	5.5	2.00
68	Kodai Umetsu	27	CNI	Fgn	1	4	.200	3.94	3.94	6	0	0	0	32.0	30	14	14	1	14	0	32	1	0	0	136	1.375	8.4	0.3	3.9	9.0	2.29
69	J.B. Wendelken	31	YKO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	4	0	0	0	4.0	3	1	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	15	1.000	6.8	0.0	2.3	11.3	5.00
70	Yasuaki Yamasaki	31	YKO	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.25	2.81	17	0	0	3	16.0	14	5	4	1	2	0	9	2	1	0	65	1.000	7.9	0.6	1.1	5.1	4.50
71	Kai Yokogawa*	23	YOM	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.38	1.38	5	0	0	0	13.0	10	2	2	0	6	0	4	0	0	0	51	1.231	6.9	0.0	4.2	2.8	0.67
72	Yuji Akahoshi	24	YOM	Fgn	0	5	.000	3.90	4.20	7	0	0	0	30.0	33	14	13	4	1	0	15	1	0	0	119	1.133	9.9	1.2	0.3	4.5	15.00
73	Kosuke Baba	29	YOM	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	13.5
74	Robert Corniel	29	HIR	Fgn	0	0		3.00	3.00	3	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	17	2.667	9.0	0.0	15.0	12.0	0.80
75	Jose Espada	27	YKU	Fgn	0	2	.000	4.09	4.09	21	0	0	0	22.0	19	10	10	2	11	1	13	0	0	1	93	1.364	7.8	0.8	4.5	5.3	1.18
76	Michael Feliz	31	CNI	Fgn	0	0		5.40	5.40	2	0	0	0	1.2	1	1	1	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	7	1.200	5.4	5.4	5.4	10.8	2.00
77	Koji Fukutani	33	CNI	Fgn	0	0		3.00	3.00	2	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	13	1.667	9.0	3.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
78	Hiromasa Funabasama	27	YOM	Fgn	0	0		2.45	2.45	20	0	0	0	14.2	8	4	4	1	4	0	11	2	0	0	58	0.818	4.9	0.6	2.5	6.8	2.75
79	Javy Guerra	28	HAN	Fgn	0	2	.000	2.19	2.19	25	0	0	8	24.2	22	6	6	2	6	1	17	0	1	1	99	1.135	8.0	0.7	2.2	6.2	2.83
80	Shohta Habu	23	CNI	Fgn	0	0		5.19	5.19	5	0	0	0	8.2	10	5	5	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	39	1.500	10.4	0.0	3.1	8.3	2.67
81	Masumi Hamachi	26	HAN	Fgn	0	0		1.38	2.08	11	0	0	0	13.0	9	3	2	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	50	0.769	6.2	0.7	0.7	4.2	6.00
82	Haruhiro Hamaguchi*	29	YKO	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.14	4.40	3	0	0	0	14.1	13	7	5	1	11	0	16	0	0	0	65	1.674	8.2	0.6	6.9	10.0	1.45
83	Thomas Hatch	29	HIR	Fgn	0	3	.000	6.00	6.00	4	0	0	0	18.0	23	12	12	3	7	0	16	2	0	0	85	1.667	11.5	1.5	3.5	8.0	2.29
84	Taylor Hearn*	29	HIR	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
85	Tomoya Hoshi	30	YKU	Fgn	0	0		2.25	2.25	19	0	0	1	20.0	20	5	5	1	10	2	15	1	0	1	88	1.500	9.0	0.5	4.5	6.8	1.50
86	Nobutaka Imamura*	30	YOM	Fgn	0	0		3.00	3.00	3	0	0	0	3.0	1	1	1	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	12	0.667	3.0	0.0	3.0	12.0	4.00
87	Hiromu Ise	26	YKO	Fgn	0	2	.000	5.79	5.79	16	0	0	0	14.0	15	9	9	4	1	0	11	1	0	0	58	1.143	9.6	2.6	0.6	7.1	11.00
88	Daichi Ishii	26	HAN	Fgn	0	0		0.87	1.74	11	0	0	0	10.1	5	2	1	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	37	0.581	4.4	0.0	0.9	15.7	18.00
89	Tatsuya Ishikawa*	26	YKO	Fgn	0	0		1.93	1.93	15	0	0	0	14.0	15	3	3	1	3	0	8	1	0	0	58	1.286	9.6	0.6	1.9	5.1	2.67
90	Akiyoshi Katsuno	27	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.95	4.95	20	0	0	0	20.0	22	11	11	1	10	2	21	0	0	0	89	1.600	9.9	0.5	4.5	9.5	2.10
91	Kei Kawano	22	HIR	Fgn	0	0		4.50	4.50	4	0	0	1	6.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	27	1.500	12.0	0.0	1.5	9.0	6.00
92	Shinya Kayama*	34	YKU	Fgn	0	0		13.50	13.50	6	0	0	0	2.2	9	4	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	16	3.375	30.4	0.0	0.0	10.1
93	Kyle Keller	31	YOM	Fgn	0	0		2.25	2.25	13	0	0	0	12.0	6	3	3	3	8	0	11	0	0	0	49	1.167	4.5	2.3	6.0	8.3	1.38
94	Makoto Kemna	29	HIR	Fgn	0	0		1.80	1.80	5	0	0	0	5.0	6	1	1	0	5	0	5	0	0	0	25	2.200	10.8	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
95	Ryuta Konno	29	YKU	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	1.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	1.800	10.8	0.0	5.4	0.0	0.00
96	Reiji Kozawa	26	YKU	Fgn	0	5	.000	2.77	2.77	7	0	0	0	39.0	40	12	12	2	11	1	32	1	0	3	160	1.308	9.2	0.5	2.5	7.4	2.91
97	Kenta Kozono	21	YKO	Fgn	0	1	.000	16.88	16.88	1	0	0	0	2.2	7	5	5	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	18	3.750	23.6	0.0	10.1	10.1	1.00
98	Ryoji Kuribayashi	27	HIR	Fgn	0	1	.000	0.40	0.81	24	0	0	15	22.1	10	2	1	1	4	1	29	0	0	1	81	0.627	4.0	0.4	1.6	11.7	7.25
99	Makoto Kyomoto	20	YOM	Fgn	0	0		3.60	3.60	4	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	0	2	1	3	1	0	0	20	1.200	7.2	0.0	3.6	5.4	1.50
100	Masaya Kyoyama	25	YKO	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00