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2019 Japan Western League Pitching Leaders

2018 Season 2020 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 297 games, 5 teams, approx. 118 games in season

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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	Takumi Akiyama	28	HAN	Fgn	10	2	.833	2.67	3.01	13	0	0	0	77.2	71	26	23	9	10	0	58	2	0	2	303	1.043	8.2	1.0	1.2	6.7	5.80
2	Kazuki Yoshimi	34	CHU	Fgn	9	4	.692	3.04	3.80	15	0	0	0	83.0	98	35	28	6	8	0	53	0	0	2	346	1.277	10.6	0.7	0.9	5.7	6.63
3	Takahiro Matsuba*	28	CHU,ORX	Fgn	6	4	.600	2.89	3.38	19	0	0	0	93.1	86	35	30	5	19	0	56	0	0	4	368	1.125	8.3	0.5	1.8	5.4	2.95
4	Atsushi Mochizuki	21	HAN	Fgn	6	4	.600	2.55	2.87	16	0	0	0	84.2	73	27	24	6	27	0	67	4	1	5	343	1.181	7.8	0.6	2.9	7.1	2.48
5	Kenichi Nakata	37	SFT	Fgn	6	3	.667	3.02	3.30	21	0	0	0	95.1	98	35	32	3	40	0	58	3	0	4	414	1.448	9.3	0.3	3.8	5.5	1.45
6	Yu Suzuki	22	ORX	Fgn	6	3	.667	2.81	3.54	22	0	0	0	86.1	70	34	27	5	27	0	79	1	0	3	357	1.124	7.3	0.5	2.8	8.2	2.93
7	Kazuki Yabuta	26	HIR	Fgn	6	8	.429	3.98	4.27	20	0	0	1	92.2	91	44	41	9	37	0	51	5	0	8	396	1.381	8.8	0.9	3.6	5.0	1.38
8	Sho Yamaguchi	20	HIR	Fgn	6	6	.500	4.42	5.09	16	0	0	0	93.2	102	53	46	9	42	0	57	1	0	5	417	1.537	9.8	0.9	4.0	5.5	1.36
9	Makoto Aduwa	20	HIR	Fgn	5	3	.625	2.19	2.31	10	3	1	0	70.0	62	18	17	3	15	0	20	1	0	5	278	1.100	8.0	0.4	1.9	2.6	1.33
10	Kohei Azuma	19	ORX	Fgn	5	7	.417	3.84	4.41	19	1	0	0	96.0	105	47	41	9	29	0	77	1	0	6	405	1.396	9.8	0.8	2.7	7.2	2.66
11	Kosuke Baba	24	HAN	Fgn	5	7	.417	3.17	3.87	19	0	0	0	102.1	89	44	36	7	30	1	88	1	1	9	421	1.163	7.8	0.6	2.6	7.7	2.93
12	Taiga Kasahara*	24	SFT	Fgn	5	2	.714	3.41	3.89	15	0	0	0	37.0	30	16	14	2	14	0	27	0	0	2	149	1.189	7.3	0.5	3.4	6.6	1.93
13	Takeshi Watanabe*	21	SFT	Fgn	5	0	1.000	2.72	2.72	23	0	0	0	49.2	36	15	15	2	17	1	29	3	2	2	197	1.067	6.5	0.4	3.1	5.3	1.71
14	Takuma Achira	26	CHU	Fgn	4	4	.500	4.09	4.33	17	1	1	0	72.2	67	35	33	7	16	0	58	5	0	2	296	1.142	8.3	0.9	2.0	7.2	3.63
15	Shunsuke Kasaya*	22	SFT	Fgn	4	5	.444	3.08	3.95	26	0	0	2	73.0	52	32	25	1	40	2	56	4	0	8	308	1.260	6.4	0.1	4.9	6.9	1.40
16	Makoto Kemna	24	HIR	Fgn	4	4	.500	3.46	3.90	19	1	1	0	80.2	79	35	31	2	28	0	47	4	2	3	346	1.326	8.8	0.2	3.1	5.2	1.68
17	Casey Lawrence	31	HIR	Fgn	4	7	.364	4.51	5.03	21	0	0	0	105.2	125	59	53	12	15	0	73	7	0	2	462	1.325	10.6	1.0	1.3	6.2	4.87
18	Yuta Nakamura	23	HIR	Fgn	4	4	.500	3.99	4.55	25	0	0	0	65.1	62	33	29	6	17	0	40	1	0	2	273	1.209	8.5	0.8	2.3	5.5	2.35
19	Kazuki Sugiyama	21	SFT	Fgn	4	0	1.000	2.50	3.00	22	0	0	0	36.0	23	12	10	2	17	0	25	4	0	4	151	1.111	5.8	0.5	4.3	6.3	1.47
20	Masaki Tanigawa	26	HAN	Fgn	4	1	.800	3.24	4.32	24	0	0	0	41.2	41	20	15	7	7	0	34	1	0	2	168	1.152	8.9	1.5	1.5	7.3	4.86
21	Ryoga Tomiyama*	22	ORX	Fgn	4	2	.667	3.00	4.13	14	0	0	0	24.0	15	11	8	1	8	0	25	0	1	2	96	0.958	5.6	0.4	3.0	9.4	3.13
22	Yudai Aranishi	26	ORX	Fgn	3	4	.429	2.60	2.80	19	0	0	1	45.0	41	14	13	2	9	0	37	0	0	0	179	1.111	8.2	0.4	1.8	7.4	4.11
23	Yugo Bandoh	23	SFT	Fgn	3	5	.375	4.14	5.65	21	0	0	0	71.2	84	45	33	4	11	0	50	3	0	2	309	1.326	10.5	0.5	1.4	6.3	4.55
24	Atsushi Endoh	20	HIR	Fgn	3	1	.750	3.07	3.22	14	1	0	0	58.2	46	21	20	6	16	0	51	3	1	2	235	1.057	7.1	0.9	2.5	7.8	3.19
25	Shintaro Fujinami	25	HAN	Fgn	3	6	.333	3.84	4.20	14	1	0	0	75.0	75	35	32	2	27	0	72	7	0	3	322	1.360	9.0	0.2	3.2	8.6	2.67
26	Koji Fukutani	28	CHU	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.86	4.68	11	0	0	0	32.2	38	17	14	1	6	0	29	0	0	2	139	1.347	10.5	0.3	1.7	8.0	4.83
27	Onelki García*	29	HAN	Fgn	3	0	1.000	0.82	0.82	5	1	1	0	33.0	18	3	3	0	6	0	22	0	0	0	120	0.727	4.9	0.0	1.6	6.0	3.67
28	Yuya Iida*	28	HAN	Fgn	3	3	.500	2.79	3.26	42	0	0	5	38.2	30	14	12	2	17	1	35	1	0	2	165	1.216	7.0	0.5	4.0	8.1	2.06
29	Kenshin Kakigoshi*	19	CHU	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.58	3.86	15	0	0	0	32.2	34	14	13	4	16	0	16	4	0	1	145	1.531	9.4	1.1	4.4	4.4	1.00
30	Raidel Martínez	22	CHU	Fgn	3	0	1.000	2.38	2.38	9	0	0	1	11.1	7	3	3	0	5	0	17	0	0	0	44	1.059	5.6	0.0	4.0	13.5	3.40
31	Yuki Matsumoto	23	SFT	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.72	2.68	11	0	0	0	47.0	40	14	9	1	12	0	40	1	0	0	191	1.106	7.7	0.2	2.3	7.7	3.33
32	Akira Niho	29	SFT	Fgn	3	2	.600	2.52	2.70	20	0	0	2	50.0	51	15	14	1	12	0	34	3	0	3	207	1.260	9.2	0.2	2.2	6.1	2.83
33	Hiroto Saiki	20	HAN	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.31	2.31	6	0	0	0	23.1	17	6	6	3	8	0	21	0	1	1	93	1.071	6.6	1.2	3.1	8.1	2.63
34	Kohki Saitoh*	22	ORX	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.09	1.46	33	0	0	0	24.2	11	4	3	0	7	1	23	3	0	1	93	0.730	4.0	0.0	2.6	8.4	3.29
35	Arata Shiino	23	SFT	Fgn	3	0	1.000	2.28	2.66	11	0	0	2	23.2	21	7	6	2	5	0	21	0	0	2	95	1.099	8.0	0.8	1.9	8.0	4.20
36	Tatsuya Shimizu	19	CHU	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.67	3.56	18	0	0	0	60.2	54	24	18	3	21	0	53	5	2	4	262	1.236	8.0	0.4	3.1	7.9	2.52
37	Mikiya Takahashi*	22	HIR	Fgn	3	3	.500	8.31	8.72	20	0	0	0	21.2	38	21	20	1	7	0	19	2	0	0	111	2.077	15.8	0.4	2.9	7.9	2.71
38	Kodai Umetsu	22	CHU	Fgn	3	0	1.000	2.05	2.35	9	0	0	0	30.2	27	8	7	2	6	0	30	1	0	4	121	1.076	7.9	0.6	1.8	8.8	5.00
39	Kazumasa Yoshida	29	ORX	Fgn	3	2	.600	2.97	4.32	18	0	0	0	33.1	39	16	11	1	5	0	24	1	0	7	142	1.320	10.5	0.3	1.4	6.5	4.80
40	Ryo Yoshida	22	ORX	Fgn	3	0	1.000	1.38	1.38	29	0	0	1	26.0	19	4	4	1	8	0	37	0	0	1	101	1.038	6.6	0.3	2.8	12.8	4.63
41	Daiki Aoyama	24	ORX	Fgn	2	4	.333	5.55	6.81	22	0	0	0	35.2	45	27	22	5	12	1	30	2	0	1	165	1.598	11.4	1.3	3.0	7.6	2.50
42	Yaku Cho	25	ORX	Fgn	2	3	.400	2.40	3.27	19	0	0	1	41.1	30	15	11	1	16	0	33	1	0	0	171	1.113	6.5	0.2	3.5	7.2	2.06
43	Tyler Eppler	26	ORX	Fgn	2	6	.250	5.36	5.94	17	0	0	0	47.0	62	31	28	1	8	0	37	1	0	2	201	1.489	11.9	0.2	1.5	7.1	4.63
44	Kouya Fujii	22	HIR	Fgn	2	0	1.000	0.33	0.33	26	0	0	6	27.0	12	1	1	1	4	0	23	0	0	1	93	0.593	4.0	0.3	1.3	7.7	5.75
45	Yuto Furuya*	20	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.52	4.29	17	0	0	0	35.2	24	17	10	2	29	0	28	4	1	3	158	1.486	6.1	0.5	7.3	7.1	0.97
46	Johnny Hellweg	30	HIR	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.38	4.91	30	0	0	3	29.1	15	16	11	0	16	1	24	2	0	2	118	1.057	4.6	0.0	4.9	7.4	1.50
47	Hitomi Honda	19	ORX	Fgn	2	4	.333	2.37	3.00	17	0	0	2	57.0	59	19	15	1	9	0	35	0	0	1	232	1.193	9.3	0.2	1.4	5.5	3.89
48	Masaki Ishii*	23	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.46	3.67	48	0	0	1	41.2	37	17	16	5	18	2	21	0	1	8	178	1.320	8.0	1.1	3.9	4.5	1.17
49	Yuta Iwasada*	27	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.00	3.00	6	0	0	0	27.0	22	9	9	1	7	0	21	1	0	0	108	1.074	7.3	0.3	2.3	7.0	3.00
50	Sho Iwasaki	29	SFT	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.51	2.51	13	0	0	0	14.1	16	4	4	0	3	0	11	0	0	0	59	1.326	10.0	0.0	1.9	6.9	3.67
51	Minoru Iwata*	35	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.19	2.92	9	0	0	0	37.0	35	12	9	1	5	0	21	2	0	2	147	1.081	8.5	0.2	1.2	5.1	4.20
52	Keisuke Izumi	22	SFT	Fgn	2	3	.400	5.11	5.66	23	0	0	1	49.1	57	31	28	5	19	0	32	3	0	4	217	1.541	10.4	0.9	3.5	5.8	1.68
53	Ren Kajiya	27	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.50	2.50	16	0	0	5	18.0	13	5	5	2	5	0	15	0	0	0	68	1.000	6.5	1.0	2.5	7.5	3.00
54	Hiroyuki Kawahara*	27	SFT	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.74	3.52	21	0	0	7	23.0	13	9	7	3	11	1	20	1	0	1	91	1.043	5.1	1.2	4.3	7.8	1.82
55	Keisuke Kobayashi	26	ORX	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.11	4.11	17	0	0	0	35.0	38	16	16	3	9	0	27	1	0	1	147	1.343	9.8	0.8	2.3	6.9	3.00
56	Alfredo Mena	25	HIR	Fgn	2	3	.400	3.45	5.97	9	0	0	0	28.2	31	19	11	1	12	0	24	4	1	2	130	1.500	9.7	0.3	3.8	7.5	2.00
57	Takuya Mitsuma	26	CHU	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.81	4.45	25	0	0	2	28.1	22	14	12	0	13	0	25	4	0	3	122	1.235	7.0	0.0	4.1	7.9	1.92
58	Emailin Montilla*	23	HIR	Fgn	2	4	.333	2.78	3.20	13	0	0	0	64.2	69	23	20	2	28	0	62	0	2	5	285	1.500	9.6	0.3	3.9	8.6	2.21
59	Shinnosuke Ogasawara*	21	CHU	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.50	1.50	5	0	0	0	24.0	17	4	4	1	2	0	16	0	0	2	89	0.792	6.4	0.4	0.8	6.0	8.00
60	Ken Okamoto	26	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.09	4.89	33	0	0	1	35.0	32	19	12	2	13	1	21	1	0	2	153	1.286	8.2	0.5	3.3	5.4	1.62
61	Yu Satoh	26	CHU	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.00	3.20	24	0	0	1	45.0	39	16	15	2	11	0	25	4	0	1	184	1.111	7.8	0.4	2.2	5.0	2.27
62	Robert Suarez	28	SFT	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.67	2.83	12	0	0	0	54.0	41	17	16	4	13	0	37	1	1	1	211	1.000	6.8	0.7	2.2	6.2	2.85
63	Haruto Takahashi*	23	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	6	0	0	0	32.0	24	8	8	4	7	0	27	0	0	0	123	0.969	6.8	1.1	2.0	7.6	3.86
64	Jumpei Takahashi	22	SFT	Fgn	2	2	.500	0.67	1.33	11	0	0	2	27.0	17	4	2	0	4	0	22	0	0	2	98	0.778	5.7	0.0	1.3	7.3	5.50
65	Daichi Takeyasu	24	ORX	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.00	2.75	10	0	0	0	36.0	33	11	8	1	4	0	24	0	0	2	141	1.028	8.3	0.3	1.0	6.0	6.00
66	Fumimaru Taura*	19	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	4.98	4.98	31	0	0	2	34.1	32	19	19	4	11	2	30	5	1	3	151	1.252	8.4	1.0	2.9	7.9	2.73
67	Rick van den Hurk	34	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.50	1.88	5	0	0	0	24.0	15	5	4	1	6	0	28	0	0	0	90	0.875	5.6	0.4	2.3	10.5	4.67
68	Tsuyoshi Wada*	38	SFT	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.45	4.08	7	0	0	0	28.2	24	13	11	7	6	0	20	0	0	0	116	1.047	7.5	2.2	1.9	6.3	3.33
69	Takumi Yamamoto	19	CHU	Fgn	2	6	.250	3.34	4.46	13	3	1	0	72.2	69	36	27	6	36	0	37	2	0	5	312	1.445	8.5	0.7	4.5	4.6	1.03
70	Soichiro Yamazaki	21	ORX	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.79	4.04	6	0	0	0	35.2	35	16	15	3	15	0	21	1	0	0	156	1.402	8.8	0.8	3.8	5.3	1.40
71	Takuya Yasaki	24	HIR	Fgn	2	3	.400	4.58	5.09	34	0	0	0	35.1	25	20	18	4	21	0	35	0	0	6	149	1.302	6.4	1.0	5.3	8.9	1.67
72	Koyo Aoyagi	25	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	6.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	1	25	1.167	7.5	0.0	3.0	4.5	1.50
73	Kento Fujishima	21	CHU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	4.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	12	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
74	Shungo Fukunaga	25	HAN	Fgn	1	3	.250	3.86	4.24	44	0	0	7	46.2	51	22	20	1	13	0	42	1	0	4	198	1.371	9.8	0.2	2.5	8.1	3.23
75	Tatsuro Hamada*	24	CHU	Fgn	1	2	.333	8.77	9.82	15	0	0	0	25.2	33	28	25	3	19	0	18	3	0	3	127	2.026	11.6	1.1	6.7	6.3	0.95
76	Hiroki Hasegawa*	20	SFT	Fgn	1	2	.333	6.04	9.27	9	0	0	0	22.1	28	23	15	5	15	0	27	0	0	2	113	1.925	11.3	2.0	6.0	10.9	1.80
77	Takato Hiraoka	23	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.67	4.67	31	0	0	1	34.2	35	18	18	1	18	0	19	1	0	3	155	1.529	9.1	0.3	4.7	4.9	1.06
78	Atsuya Horie*	22	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.91	3.74	21	0	0	2	21.2	18	9	7	1	9	0	22	2	0	2	92	1.246	7.5	0.4	3.7	9.1	2.44
79	Takeru Imamura	28	HIR	Fgn	1	3	.250	4.05	5.40	27	0	0	7	26.2	33	16	12	1	7	0	24	0	0	0	120	1.500	11.1	0.3	2.4	8.1	3.43
80	Junki Itoh	28	CHU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.29	0.29	30	0	0	4	31.0	14	1	1	0	11	0	24	0	0	0	114	0.806	4.1	0.0	3.2	7.0	2.18
81	Kazuo Itoh	29	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	2	0	0	1	3.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	14	2.000	15.0	0.0	3.0	15.0	5.00
82	Akira Iwamoto	26	ORX	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.06	4.06	23	0	0	1	31.0	25	14	14	1	18	0	25	1	0	4	129	1.387	7.3	0.3	5.2	7.3	1.39
83	Suguru Iwazaki*	28	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.21	3.21	6	0	0	1	14.0	10	5	5	3	5	0	12	1	0	0	56	1.071	6.4	1.9	3.2	7.7	2.40
84	Fumiya Kambe	25	ORX	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.38	3.38	19	0	0	1	24.0	24	9	9	1	2	0	19	0	0	1	97	1.083	9.0	0.4	0.8	7.1	9.50
85	Kazuyuki Kaneda	28	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.57	18	0	0	2	15.2	8	1	0	0	6	0	17	0	0	0	61	0.894	4.6	0.0	3.4	9.8	2.83
86	Shotaro Kasahara*	24	CHU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.50	4.00	7	0	0	1	18.0	14	8	7	4	9	0	16	0	0	0	76	1.278	7.0	2.0	4.5	8.0	1.78
87	Akiyoshi Katsuno	22	CHU	Fgn	1	4	.200	4.73	5.74	15	0	0	0	53.1	62	34	28	4	23	0	41	3	0	5	243	1.594	10.5	0.7	3.9	6.9	1.78
88	Yusuke Kinoshita	25	CHU	Fgn	1	3	.250	3.67	4.67	22	0	0	1	27.0	26	14	11	4	7	0	27	0	0	2	109	1.222	8.7	1.3	2.3	9.0	3.86
89	Aren Kuri	27	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	7.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	22	0.286	1.3	0.0	1.3	7.7	6.00
90	Yuta Kuroki	24	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	7	0	0	0	6.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	24	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	13.5	4.50
91	Yen-Ching Lu*	23	HAN	Fgn	1	7	.125	4.76	4.92	22	0	0	0	56.2	60	31	30	5	32	1	53	5	0	3	259	1.624	9.5	0.8	5.1	8.4	1.66
92	Katsuki Matayoshi	28	CHU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.84	1.27	18	0	0	3	21.1	12	3	2	2	2	0	16	2	0	0	77	0.656	5.1	0.8	0.8	6.8	8.00
93	Daisuke Matsuzaka	38	CHU	Fgn	1	3	.250	2.89	2.89	6	0	0	0	28.0	23	9	9	3	11	0	30	2	0	1	118	1.214	7.4	1.0	3.5	9.6	2.73
94	Ryota Nagai	20	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.86	4.63	13	0	0	0	11.2	8	6	5	0	7	0	7	0	0	4	51	1.286	6.2	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
95	Shota Nakazaki	26	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.60	3.60	10	0	0	0	10.0	13	4	4	0	3	0	5	1	0	0	45	1.600	11.7	0.0	2.7	4.5	1.67
96	Yoshihisa Naruse*	33	ORX	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.81	3.81	11	0	0	1	26.0	29	11	11	2	5	0	23	0	0	0	108	1.308	10.0	0.7	1.7	8.0	4.60
97	Yusuke Nomura	30	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.16	3.16	4	1	1	0	25.2	28	9	9	0	4	0	22	0	1	0	103	1.247	9.8	0.0	1.4	7.7	5.50
98	Akitake Okada	25	HIR	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.96	3.33	23	0	0	1	24.1	20	9	8	0	11	0	16	3	0	1	106	1.274	7.4	0.0	4.1	5.9	1.45
99	Yosuke Okamoto	33	HAN	Fgn	1	3	.250	4.50	4.50	25	0	0	1	24.0	27	12	12	3	8	1	23	1	0	2	106	1.458	10.1	1.1	3.0	8.6	2.88
100	Taiki Ono	25	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.50	4.50	5	0	0	0	16.0	12	8	8	1	11	0	12	0	0	1	69	1.438	6.8	0.6	6.2	6.8	1.09