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2020 Japan Western League Batting Leaders

2019 Season 2021 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 198 games, 5 teams, approx. 79 games in season

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Minimum 79 AB's to appear on leaderboard

League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Masaru Watanabe	26	CHU	Fgn	42	153	130	24	51	8	3	1	18	9	3	19	21	.392	.470	.523	.993	68	1	1	2	1	0
2	Masami Ishigaki	21	CHU	Fgn	40	149	137	24	51	10	1	5	21	1	2	10	30	.372	.419	.569	.988	78	4	1	1	0	0
3	Yutaro Sugimoto	29	ORX	Fgn	33	101	81	20	30	9	1	3	12	0	0	14	12	.370	.495	.617	1.112	50	2	6	0	0	0
4	Fumihito Haraguchi	28	HAN	Fgn	24	91	83	9	30	10	0	2	6	0	1	6	11	.361	.418	.554	.972	46	1	2	0	0	0
5	Ryutaro Hatsuki	20	HIR	Fgn	49	165	149	19	52	1	3	0	11	17	6	11	35	.349	.391	.396	.787	59	2	0	4	1	0
6	Keita Nakagawa	24	ORX	Fgn	39	154	135	21	45	10	3	5	33	3	0	17	8	.333	.409	.563	.972	76	3	1	0	1	0
7	Seiichi Uchikawa	37	SFT	Fgn	42	119	98	8	32	6	0	1	17	0	0	17	9	.327	.412	.418	.830	41	1	0	0	4	0
8	Masaki Mimori	21	SFT	Fgn	49	213	186	29	60	14	0	1	21	11	9	22	44	.323	.397	.414	.811	77	0	1	4	0	1
9	Yusuke Masago	26	SFT	Fgn	29	101	89	18	28	8	0	2	13	4	5	12	12	.315	.396	.472	.868	42	4	0	0	0	0
10	Yusuke Matsui	32	ORX	Fgn	40	111	102	12	32	7	1	2	17	0	2	7	19	.314	.369	.461	.830	47	5	2	0	0	1
11	Kaito Kozono	20	HIR	Fgn	66	266	249	34	76	12	6	1	20	11	6	12	22	.305	.335	.414	.748	103	4	0	3	2	0
12	Taiga Egoshi	27	HAN	Fgn	21	90	80	12	24	4	3	3	14	4	2	7	20	.300	.367	.538	.904	43	0	2	0	1	0
13	Taiki Mitsumata	28	CHU	Fgn	51	161	120	19	36	11	2	3	23	0	1	31	21	.300	.445	.500	.945	60	5	2	6	2	0
14	Ryo Nishimura	24	ORX	Fgn	36	125	112	16	33	9	1	2	13	1	2	11	20	.295	.368	.446	.814	50	3	2	0	0	0
15	Yuya Shozui	24	HIR	Fgn	50	185	156	17	46	10	1	2	17	1	1	24	25	.295	.393	.410	.804	64	9	2	2	1	0
16	Tatsuru Yanagimachi	23	SFT	Fgn	58	196	173	27	51	9	2	4	35	3	0	20	38	.295	.378	.439	.817	76	2	3	0	0	0
17	Kota Ishibashi	19	CHU	Fgn	53	159	143	23	42	17	0	3	22	1	0	8	32	.294	.342	.476	.817	68	1	3	4	1	1
18	Ryuhei Obata	19	HAN	Fgn	32	116	104	12	30	1	1	0	2	9	3	8	19	.289	.342	.317	.659	33	3	1	2	1	0
19	Yuki Okabayashi	18	CHU	Fgn	64	236	214	30	61	5	4	0	15	4	6	15	38	.285	.333	.346	.679	74	1	1	5	1	0
20	Steven Moya	28	ORX	Fgn	33	106	92	9	26	8	0	5	12	0	0	14	14	.283	.377	.533	.910	49	2	0	0	0	0
21	Koki Ugusa	23	HIR	Fgn	54	236	221	27	62	7	4	2	15	11	5	10	34	.281	.321	.376	.696	83	3	3	2	0	0
22	Moisés Sierra	31	CHU	Fgn	44	147	122	11	34	6	0	3	11	1	0	18	30	.279	.401	.402	.803	49	4	7	0	0	0
23	Takaya Ishikawa	19	CHU	Fgn	58	238	205	37	57	12	0	3	24	3	4	28	57	.278	.374	.381	.754	78	7	4	0	1	0
24	Shogo Furusawa	23	SFT	Fgn	61	114	98	12	27	4	1	0	17	1	1	10	13	.276	.342	.337	.679	33	0	1	3	2	0
25	Ryota Ishioka*	28	CHU	Fgn	68	173	160	21	44	7	3	2	20	11	3	13	44	.275	.330	.394	.723	63	2	0	0	0	0
26	Hayato Nishiura	21	ORX	Fgn	41	168	143	20	39	6	6	0	12	9	4	20	29	.273	.360	.399	.758	57	2	0	4	1	0
27	Seiji Uebayashi	24	SFT	Fgn	26	106	96	16	26	6	1	5	19	2	2	6	18	.271	.311	.510	.822	49	3	1	0	3	0
28	Kota Hayashi	19	HIR	Fgn	69	288	259	29	69	16	0	9	40	3	1	23	52	.266	.330	.432	.762	112	9	3	0	3	1
29	Kenta Tanigawara	23	SFT	Fgn	70	203	163	27	43	7	1	4	13	9	10	31	38	.264	.383	.393	.775	64	2	1	7	1	0
30	Daiju Nomura	19	SFT	Fgn	74	254	224	34	59	10	1	3	20	1	4	27	33	.263	.341	.357	.698	80	9	0	2	1	0
31	Yutaro Itayama	26	HAN	Fgn	72	260	231	21	60	15	0	3	23	1	4	27	39	.260	.336	.364	.700	84	4	0	1	1	0
32	Fumiya Araki	32	HAN	Fgn	37	130	120	7	31	3	0	0	7	7	4	7	18	.258	.297	.283	.580	34	1	0	2	1	0
33	Shunsuke Fujikawa	32	HAN	Fgn	45	125	115	7	29	3	0	1	7	0	2	10	19	.252	.312	.304	.616	35	4	0	0	0	0
34	Hiroki Uemoto	33	HAN	Fgn	37	129	107	15	27	4	2	2	19	3	3	14	19	.252	.325	.383	.709	41	1	0	3	5	0
35	Kaname Takino	23	CHU	Fgn	58	202	187	18	47	6	0	1	21	12	6	11	19	.251	.292	.300	.591	56	5	0	3	1	0
36	Shun Mizutani	19	SFT	Fgn	50	123	108	23	27	8	3	4	15	5	1	13	37	.250	.336	.491	.827	53	2	1	1	0	0
37	Hiroyuki Shirasaki	29	ORX	Fgn	46	125	109	15	27	9	1	3	19	2	0	11	28	.248	.331	.431	.762	47	3	3	1	1	0
38	Shun Takayama	27	HAN	Fgn	42	169	153	21	38	12	0	2	11	1	3	15	28	.248	.320	.366	.686	56	3	1	0	0	0
39	Shosei Nakamura	21	HIR	Fgn	55	189	164	20	40	6	3	1	14	8	3	23	32	.244	.337	.335	.672	55	7	0	2	0	0
40	Ryo Ohta	19	ORX	Fgn	40	166	144	14	35	6	1	3	14	0	1	20	39	.243	.337	.361	.698	52	4	1	0	1	0
41	Hiroki Takahashi	26	HIR	Fgn	48	156	144	9	35	5	0	5	19	1	1	9	26	.243	.301	.382	.683	55	5	3	0	0	0
42	Shunta Gotoh	27	ORX	Fgn	63	178	153	28	37	4	3	5	17	5	6	21	38	.242	.335	.405	.740	62	1	1	2	1	0
43	Takashi Umino	22	SFT	Fgn	43	137	121	14	29	8	1	0	15	0	1	11	25	.240	.303	.322	.625	39	3	0	5	0	0
44	Hiroki Inatomi	21	ORX	Fgn	39	99	92	10	22	1	2	2	12	0	0	3	18	.239	.260	.359	.619	33	3	0	3	1	0
45	Atsushi Fujii	39	CHU	Fgn	66	176	160	17	38	8	0	1	21	1	1	15	28	.238	.301	.306	.607	49	7	0	0	1	0
46	Akira Neo	20	CHU	Fgn	71	307	282	37	67	11	3	5	33	2	1	20	69	.238	.286	.351	.637	99	8	0	3	2	0
47	Dan Onodera	22	HAN	Fgn	44	144	129	7	30	5	0	0	9	0	0	10	23	.233	.291	.271	.562	35	3	1	3	1	0
48	Yuya Nirasawa	19	HIR	Fgn	68	236	218	18	50	4	3	0	13	1	4	11	30	.229	.272	.275	.548	60	3	3	1	3	0
49	Naoki Satoh	21	SFT	Fgn	59	194	175	29	40	8	4	3	23	20	0	11	58	.229	.281	.371	.653	65	1	3	2	3	0
50	Richard Sunagawa	21	SFT	Fgn	72	273	249	30	57	11	1	12	47	1	1	17	72	.229	.283	.426	.709	106	8	3	1	3	0
51	Shinya Hirosawa	20	ORX	Fgn	52	136	115	17	26	5	2	1	9	9	1	15	28	.226	.315	.330	.646	38	4	0	6	0	0
52	Kouta Inoue	18	HAN	Fgn	69	280	248	26	56	14	0	9	36	0	1	29	96	.226	.307	.391	.698	97	2	1	0	2	0
53	Go Kamamoto	26	SFT	Fgn	41	144	113	21	25	6	0	2	16	6	5	27	40	.221	.378	.327	.705	37	1	2	1	1	0
54	Yuya Katayama	26	HAN	Fgn	55	151	132	14	29	3	0	2	19	4	0	17	17	.220	.313	.288	.601	38	3	1	1	0	0
55	Kotaro Kurebayashi	18	ORX	Fgn	86	338	309	28	68	10	1	1	20	1	0	23	83	.220	.281	.269	.550	83	9	4	0	2	0
56	Kosuke Itoh	20	CHU	Fgn	76	264	247	27	54	9	3	1	22	5	5	11	48	.219	.251	.292	.543	72	5	1	1	4	0
57	Seiichiro Ohshita	22	ORX	Fgn	58	204	178	18	39	15	1	2	21	1	1	20	25	.219	.315	.348	.664	62	9	5	1	0	0
58	Takuto Nakagami	20	HIR	Fgn	55	149	138	8	30	4	0	2	11	2	0	8	29	.217	.257	.290	.547	40	4	0	1	2	0
59	Kosuke Fujitani	24	HAN	Fgn	43	114	102	7	22	3	0	3	9	1	2	8	40	.216	.292	.333	.625	34	4	3	1	0	0
60	Tomoki Ishihara	22	HIR	Fgn	34	102	84	9	17	2	1	4	8	0	0	10	15	.202	.295	.393	.688	33	4	1	7	0	0
61	Kenya Nagasaka	26	HAN	Fgn	39	109	94	11	19	3	1	3	6	1	1	10	28	.202	.280	.351	.632	33	4	1	2	2	0
62	Kaoru Nemoto*	21	ORX	Fgn	83	200	174	15	35	9	1	2	12	4	9	18	55	.201	.278	.299	.577	52	1	1	6	1	0
63	Fumiya Hojoh	25	HAN	Fgn	24	98	80	8	16	1	0	1	7	2	1	16	17	.200	.330	.250	.580	20	1	0	1	1	0
64	Tsubasa Tashiro	21	SFT	Fgn	37	95	90	8	18	6	0	0	4	3	0	4	15	.200	.234	.267	.501	24	1	0	1	0	0
65	Kairi Shimada	24	HAN	Fgn	48	178	161	15	32	1	2	1	5	5	5	11	34	.199	.247	.248	.496	40	0	0	4	2	0
66	Felipe Kisu	20	ORX	Fgn	46	104	96	9	18	2	1	0	12	0	2	6	23	.188	.235	.229	.465	22	0	0	2	0	0
67	Wataru Takamatsu	20	CHU	Fgn	61	180	170	19	32	5	1	0	13	11	3	0	41	.188	.189	.229	.418	39	1	1	5	4	0
68	Hayata Itoh	31	HAN	Fgn	46	117	102	7	19	11	0	1	14	0	1	15	16	.186	.291	.324	.614	33	3	0	0	0	1
69	Motohide Kinoshita*	18	HIR	Fgn	60	201	189	14	34	6	0	7	26	0	0	10	41	.180	.224	.323	.547	61	3	1	0	1	0
70	Shoki Katsumata	22	ORX	Fgn	48	146	130	7	23	6	0	0	12	0	2	11	45	.177	.250	.223	.473	29	6	2	2	1	0
71	Takahiro Kumagai	24	HAN	Fgn	39	139	126	10	22	2	5	0	9	5	2	7	27	.175	.230	.270	.499	34	4	2	4	0	0
72	Jo Endo	18	HAN	Fgn	62	178	159	15	25	6	0	1	7	3	5	14	62	.157	.230	.214	.444	34	2	1	4	0	0