Three years ago we launched the Negro Leagues are Major Leagues project. Learn more here.

1959 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

1958 Season 1960 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 390 games, 6 teams, approx. 130 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1959 Japan Pacific League

Become a Stathead & surf this site ad-free.

League Player Pitching

Sort By:

League Player Pitching
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Motoshi Fujita	27	YOM	Fgn	27	11	.711	1.83	2.07	55	35	19	24	3	330.0	250	76	67	14	93	2	181	4	0	6	1288	1.039	6.8	0.4	2.5	4.9	1.95
2	Masaichi Kaneda*	25	KKU	Fgn	21	19	.525	2.54	2.84	58	25	30	14	4	304.1	222	96	86	26	79	5	313	3	0	0	1187	0.989	6.6	0.8	2.3	9.3	3.96
3	Yasushi Kodama	23	CNI	Fgn	20	11	.645	2.07	2.45	45	35	8	15	8	256.2	190	70	59	19	106	4	189	1	0	4	1061	1.153	6.7	0.7	3.7	6.6	1.78
4	Masaaki Koyama	24	OSA	Fgn	20	16	.556	1.86	2.15	52	37	15	22	8	344.0	246	82	71	24	62	3	254	5	0	2	1310	0.895	6.4	0.6	1.6	6.6	4.10
5	Yoshio Kitagawa	26	KKU	Fgn	18	20	.474	2.51	3.07	54	37	12	17	5	322.2	274	110	90	16	52	5	154	8	1	2	1283	1.010	7.6	0.4	1.5	4.3	2.96
6	Minoru Murayama	22	OSA	Fgn	18	10	.643	1.19	1.37	54	26	25	19	7	295.1	165	45	39	15	56	2	294	5	1	0	1079	0.748	5.0	0.5	1.7	9.0	5.25
7	Yoshio Bizen	25	HIR	Fgn	17	20	.459	2.19	2.65	55	35	14	18	6	291.2	259	86	71	16	67	5	153	5	0	2	1162	1.118	8.0	0.5	2.1	4.7	2.28
8	Tsutomu Ina*	24	CNI	Fgn	16	14	.533	2.53	3.24	57	23	26	8	2	267.0	220	96	75	19	97	4	158	9	0	6	1111	1.187	7.4	0.6	3.3	5.3	1.63
9	Noboru Akiyama	25	TYO	Fgn	14	22	.389	3.30	3.93	56	33	21	17	3	300.1	267	131	110	26	87	5	212	8	0	4	1238	1.179	8.0	0.8	2.6	6.4	2.44
10	Ryohei Hasegawa	29	HIR	Fgn	12	11	.522	2.15	2.71	38	19	16	11	1	179.2	138	54	43	5	49	5	73	3	0	2	716	1.041	6.9	0.3	2.5	3.7	1.49
11	Takashi Suzuki*	25	TYO	Fgn	12	16	.429	3.22	3.53	49	31	8	10	3	260.1	228	102	93	24	90	0	157	6	0	5	1075	1.222	7.9	0.8	3.1	5.4	1.74
12	Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	23	YOM	Fgn	12	8	.600	2.69	3.11	44	22	12	5	2	214.0	175	74	64	17	48	0	116	10	0	2	856	1.042	7.4	0.7	2.0	4.9	2.42
13	Zenjiro Tadokoro	24	KKU	Fgn	11	6	.647	3.52	4.25	42	21	3	5	2	158.2	155	75	62	23	47	4	67	1	0	3	665	1.273	8.8	1.3	2.7	3.8	1.43
14	Michio Ukari	22	HIR	Fgn	11	10	.524	2.53	2.98	46	24	11	4	2	202.2	157	67	57	9	59	6	127	3	0	5	804	1.066	7.0	0.4	2.6	5.6	2.15
15	Taketoshi Yoshiwara*	21	YOM	Fgn	10	4	.714	1.84	2.37	39	8	15	4	2	117.2	86	31	24	4	36	0	70	4	1	4	470	1.037	6.6	0.3	2.8	5.4	1.94
16	Yoshiteru Ishikawa	22	OSA	Fgn	9	9	.500	2.72	3.07	38	21	8	2	1	152.1	129	52	46	9	36	3	64	7	0	2	614	1.083	7.6	0.5	2.1	3.8	1.78
17	Genichi Murata	21	KKU	Fgn	9	11	.450	3.46	4.04	42	31	3	6	3	187.1	172	84	72	17	43	2	110	2	0	2	775	1.148	8.3	0.8	2.1	5.3	2.56
18	Toshitake Nakayama*	23	CNI	Fgn	9	20	.310	2.72	3.29	48	24	14	6	1	218.2	179	80	66	16	74	9	145	1	0	1	889	1.157	7.4	0.7	3.0	6.0	1.96
19	Kiyoshi Oishi	19	HIR	Fgn	9	10	.474	3.28	3.64	39	21	10	4	0	173.0	146	70	63	14	55	7	183	7	2	1	710	1.162	7.6	0.7	2.9	9.5	3.33
20	Sho Horiuchi	23	YOM	Fgn	8	3	.727	1.96	2.79	16	14	2	7	3	96.2	64	30	21	3	26	0	56	0	0	2	376	0.931	6.0	0.3	2.4	5.2	2.15
21	Shigetaka Nishio*	25	OSA	Fgn	8	9	.471	3.41	3.99	37	21	3	4	2	140.0	122	62	53	7	39	1	67	3	0	2	574	1.150	7.8	0.5	2.5	4.3	1.72
22	Takehiko Bessho	36	YOM	Fgn	7	7	.500	2.86	3.35	22	13	6	3	0	110.0	98	41	35	8	23	0	56	3	0	1	449	1.100	8.0	0.7	1.9	4.6	2.43
23	Yoshiaki Ito*	25	YOM	Fgn	7	9	.438	2.98	3.39	36	26	5	6	4	154.0	115	58	51	16	64	0	131	2	0	1	627	1.162	6.7	0.9	3.7	7.7	2.05
24	Masaru Koda	20	TYO	Fgn	7	10	.412	2.88	3.40	37	18	12	8	4	153.1	115	58	49	16	53	2	136	4	0	4	620	1.096	6.8	0.9	3.1	8.0	2.57
25	Kazuyoshi Miyamoto	22	TYO	Fgn	6	9	.400	3.45	3.90	42	15	16	6	1	161.2	158	70	62	16	47	2	76	5	1	2	669	1.268	8.8	0.9	2.6	4.2	1.62
26	Masahiko Oishi	23	TYO	Fgn	6	16	.273	4.00	4.84	40	24	12	5	0	171.0	192	92	76	15	47	0	84	2	1	1	735	1.398	10.1	0.8	2.5	4.4	1.79
27	Yoshinori Kido	22	YOM	Fgn	5	4	.556	3.92	4.02	31	5	11	0	0	85.0	72	38	37	7	27	1	54	7	1	2	350	1.165	7.6	0.7	2.9	5.7	2.00
28	Hiroomi Oyane	23	CNI	Fgn	5	1	.833	3.03	3.90	12	11	0	1	0	62.1	66	27	21	3	16	0	31	1	1	0	273	1.316	9.5	0.4	2.3	4.5	1.94
29	Eiji Bando	19	CNI	Fgn	4	4	.500	3.15	3.43	33	12	9	1	1	97.0	89	37	34	6	29	0	69	4	0	3	411	1.216	8.3	0.6	2.7	6.4	2.38
30	Norio Haito	24	HIR	Fgn	4	2	.667	1.65	2.27	26	11	5	1	1	87.1	58	22	16	3	21	1	39	3	0	1	336	0.905	6.0	0.3	2.2	4.0	1.86
31	Mamoru Hiroshima	21	CNI	Fgn	4	4	.500	3.12	3.53	33	10	6	1	0	86.2	92	34	30	5	24	2	36	2	0	1	367	1.338	9.6	0.5	2.5	3.7	1.50
32	Yasuhiko Kawamura	18	CNI	Fgn	4	7	.364	3.57	3.84	39	9	17	2	0	98.1	90	42	39	8	24	1	66	3	0	3	405	1.159	8.2	0.7	2.2	6.0	2.75
33	Gentaro Shimada	19	TYO	Fgn	4	3	.571	3.16	3.36	24	8	8	3	1	91.0	74	34	32	6	25	1	66	4	0	1	370	1.088	7.3	0.6	2.5	6.5	2.64
34	Masahiko Hirose	25	HIR	Fgn	3	3	.500	3.32	4.43	29	4	10	0	0	65.0	72	32	24	4	16	2	50	0	0	0	272	1.354	10.0	0.6	2.2	6.9	3.13
35	Hajimu Tatsumi*	23	KKU	Fgn	3	8	.273	4.78	5.91	34	14	10	1	0	96.0	94	63	51	11	51	2	58	1	0	4	422	1.510	8.8	1.0	4.8	5.4	1.14
36	Shozo Watanabe	26	OSA	Fgn	3	6	.333	3.39	3.73	24	10	5	1	0	79.2	84	33	30	4	15	1	19	0	0	0	324	1.243	9.5	0.5	1.7	2.1	1.27
37	Katsuhiko Ishikawa	25	CNI	Fgn	2	0	1.000	4.12	4.58	22	5	5	0	0	39.1	42	20	18	2	10	0	15	3	0	2	167	1.322	9.6	0.5	2.3	3.4	1.50
38	Kazuomi Nakamura	23	OSA	Fgn	2	4	.333	2.91	3.05	26	3	4	0	0	65.0	51	22	21	5	14	0	47	0	0	1	251	1.000	7.1	0.7	1.9	6.5	3.36
39	Takakane Hashimoto	22	HIR	Fgn	1	4	.200	3.39	3.74	27	8	7	1	1	77.0	77	32	29	5	19	3	38	3	0	3	320	1.247	9.0	0.6	2.2	4.4	2.00
40	Toshihiro Komatsu*	19	YOM	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.34	4.34	11	3	6	0	0	29.0	23	14	14	3	18	0	35	0	0	2	126	1.414	7.1	0.9	5.6	10.9	1.94
41	Kinya Maeoka*	21	OSA	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.82	5.14	9	3	1	1	0	28.0	26	16	15	5	8	0	19	0	0	0	115	1.214	8.4	1.6	2.6	6.1	2.38
42	Kyoji Nishihara	21	HIR	Fgn	1	3	.250	3.88	5.01	25	5	8	0	0	55.2	58	31	24	2	19	1	23	1	0	2	237	1.383	9.4	0.3	3.1	3.7	1.21
43	Susumu Oba*	18	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	2.57	5	0	5	0	0	7.0	6	2	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	29	1.143	7.7	0.0	2.6	10.3	4.00
44	Takashi Onogi	19	KKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.70	3.38	11	0	1	0	0	13.1	18	5	4	1	5	0	5	1	0	0	60	1.725	12.2	0.7	3.4	3.4	1.00
45	Masayuki Umemoto	22	OSA	Fgn	1	4	.200	3.93	5.30	23	8	9	0	0	52.2	61	31	23	2	19	1	25	2	0	1	242	1.519	10.4	0.3	3.2	4.3	1.32
46	Yutaka Doi*	21	OSA	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
47	Masatoshi Gondo*	25	TYO	Fgn	0	1	.000	10.64	10.64	3	1	2	0	0	11.0	16	13	13	3	6	0	4	1	0	0	57	2.000	13.1	2.5	4.9	3.3	0.67
48	Masaru Honma	20	OSA	Fgn	0	0		2.25	2.25	2	0	1	0	0	4.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	18	1.500	11.3	0.0	2.3	9.0	4.00
49	Hiroo I	22	HIR	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.20	3.91	10	3	4	0	0	25.1	25	11	9	2	5	0	9	1	0	0	105	1.184	8.9	0.7	1.8	3.2	1.80
50	Midori Ishikawa	25	CNI	Fgn	0	0		3.72	7.45	6	0	2	0	0	9.2	14	8	4	0	4	0	6	0	0	1	47	1.862	13.0	0.0	3.7	5.6	1.50
51	Toshio Koya	20	KKU	Fgn	0	0		4.45	5.29	25	2	9	0	0	32.1	32	19	16	2	16	0	10	1	0	0	138	1.485	8.9	0.6	4.5	2.8	0.63
52	Takeo Matsui	22	TYO	Fgn	0	0		4.50	4.50	2	0	2	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
53	Kuniyasu Mine	18	TYO	Fgn	0	0		14.73	19.64	3	0	0	0	0	3.2	8	8	6	2	3	0	2	0	0	0	20	3.000	19.6	4.9	7.4	4.9	0.67
54	Yoshitomo Miyaji	27	KKU	Fgn	0	0		12.79	14.21	4	0	2	0	0	6.1	10	10	9	2	4	0	1	0	0	0	34	2.211	14.2	2.8	5.7	1.4	0.25
55	Tadayuki Motegi*	20	KKU	Fgn	0	0		3.86	4.41	10	0	5	0	0	16.1	10	8	7	3	6	0	6	0	0	0	66	0.980	5.5	1.7	3.3	3.3	1.00
56	Fujio Nakamoto	21	HIR	Fgn	0	0		5.59	6.52	4	0	1	0	0	9.2	12	7	6	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	43	1.655	11.2	0.9	3.7	3.7	1.00
57	Minoru Nakamura	20	YOM	Fgn	0	0		2.60	3.12	7	1	4	0	0	17.1	15	6	5	2	7	0	10	1	0	0	72	1.269	7.8	1.0	3.6	5.2	1.43
58	Tsunetoshi Nakamura	22	YOM	Fgn	0	1	.000	6.46	6.46	6	3	0	0	0	15.1	14	11	11	1	8	0	14	1	0	3	68	1.435	8.2	0.6	4.7	8.2	1.75
59	Hideaki Narita	18	CNI	Fgn	0	0		2.75	2.75	10	1	5	0	0	19.2	15	6	6	3	4	0	7	1	0	0	76	0.966	6.9	1.4	1.8	3.2	1.75
60	Yoshio Saito*	20	KKU	Fgn	0	0		3.18	5.56	7	0	4	0	0	11.1	11	7	4	1	2	0	7	0	0	0	48	1.147	8.7	0.8	1.6	5.6	3.50
61	Ichiro Sekiguchi*	24	TYO	Fgn	0	0		13.50	16.88	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	3	5	4	2	5	0	5	0	0	0	17	3.000	10.1	6.8	16.9	16.9	1.00
62	Isao Shimatani	20	KKU	Fgn	0	0		5.63	6.19	12	0	8	0	0	16.0	16	11	10	2	7	0	7	0	0	2	71	1.438	9.0	1.1	3.9	3.9	1.00
63	Tokito Soejima	22	YOM	Fgn	0	0		9.00	27.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4.000	36.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	Totaro Tahara	23	CNI	Fgn	0	0		7.71	11.57	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	11	1.714	11.6	7.7	3.9	0.0	0.00
65	Yoshiharu Uranishi*	18	CNI	Fgn	0	0		6.35	7.94	7	0	4	0	0	5.2	2	5	4	0	8	0	2	2	0	0	27	1.765	3.2	0.0	12.7	3.2	0.25
66	Isao Wada*	26	OSA	Fgn	0	0		5.04	6.48	17	1	9	0	0	25.0	29	18	14	1	4	0	11	1	0	0	105	1.320	10.4	0.4	1.4	4.0	2.75
67	Mamoru Yokoyama	19	KKU	Fgn	0	0		13.50	13.50	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	9	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	4.5