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2024 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

2023 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 122 games, 6 teams, approx. 40 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	5	1	.833	1.76	1.76	8	2	2	0	51.0	37	10	10	1	17	1	42	0	0	2	203	1.059	6.5	0.2	3.0	7.4	2.47
2	Makoto Aduwa	25	HIR	Fgn	4	1	.800	3.13	3.13	6	0	0	0	31.2	29	11	11	3	7	0	25	3	0	0	131	1.137	8.2	0.9	2.0	7.1	3.57
3	Katsuki Azuma*	28	YKO	Fgn	4	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	8	0	0	0	56.0	51	14	14	2	11	1	38	3	0	0	223	1.107	8.2	0.3	1.8	6.1	3.45
4	Tomoyuki Sugano	34	YOM	Fgn	4	0	1.000	1.37	1.37	6	0	0	0	39.1	30	6	6	2	8	0	26	0	0	1	152	0.966	6.9	0.5	1.8	5.9	3.25
5	Hiroki Tokoda*	29	HIR	Fgn	4	2	.667	1.28	1.28	7	0	0	0	49.1	38	7	7	2	16	2	31	2	0	0	195	1.095	6.9	0.4	2.9	5.7	1.94
6	Miguel Yajure	26	YKU	Fgn	4	3	.571	2.81	2.81	7	1	1	0	41.2	33	13	13	3	15	2	28	2	0	1	170	1.152	7.1	0.6	3.2	6.0	1.87
7	Iori Yamasaki	25	YOM	Fgn	4	0	1.000	1.51	1.51	7	1	1	0	47.2	36	8	8	0	15	1	29	3	0	1	195	1.070	6.8	0.0	2.8	5.5	1.93
8	Kojiro Yoshimura	26	YKU	Fgn	4	2	.667	1.85	2.68	7	0	0	0	43.2	38	13	9	3	8	2	41	0	0	0	172	1.053	7.8	0.6	1.6	8.5	5.13
9	Kenshin Hotta	23	YOM	Fgn	3	0	1.000	0.74	0.74	9	0	0	0	24.1	17	2	2	0	4	0	15	2	0	0	89	0.863	6.3	0.0	1.5	5.5	3.75
10	Masato Morishita	26	HIR	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.39	1.67	5	0	0	0	32.1	32	6	5	1	3	0	19	1	0	0	132	1.082	8.9	0.3	0.8	5.3	6.33
11	Koutaro Ohtake*	29	HAN	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.19	3.19	7	0	0	0	42.1	39	15	15	4	11	0	30	0	0	1	176	1.181	8.3	0.9	2.3	6.4	2.73
12	Shosei Togo	24	YOM	Fgn	3	2	.600	2.17	2.17	8	0	0	0	49.2	38	12	12	3	11	0	47	2	0	2	197	0.987	6.9	0.5	2.0	8.5	4.27
13	Yuya Yanagi	30	CNI	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.19	3.40	8	0	0	0	42.1	39	16	15	3	12	1	22	0	0	1	173	1.205	8.3	0.6	2.6	4.7	1.83
14	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
15	Suguru Iwazaki*	33	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.93	1.93	19	0	0	7	18.2	15	4	4	2	5	1	15	0	0	0	75	1.071	7.2	1.0	2.4	7.2	3.00
16	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
17	Taiga Kamichatani	27	YKO	Fgn	2	1	.667	5.23	7.84	9	0	0	0	10.1	12	9	6	1	5	1	8	0	0	0	47	1.645	10.5	0.9	4.4	7.0	1.60
18	Takuma Kirishiki*	25	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.93	1.93	19	0	0	0	18.2	11	4	4	0	7	2	21	1	0	1	74	0.964	5.3	0.0	3.4	10.1	3.00
19	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
20	Humberto Mejía	27	CNI	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.50	4.50	5	0	0	0	26.0	21	13	13	3	10	0	16	2	0	0	109	1.192	7.3	1.0	3.5	5.5	1.60
21	Shoki Murakami	26	HAN	Fgn	2	3	.400	1.30	2.61	7	1	0	0	48.1	37	14	7	1	10	2	45	1	0	3	192	0.972	6.9	0.2	1.9	8.4	4.50
22	Hayate Nakagawa	25	YKO	Fgn	2	0	1.000	5.04	5.04	8	0	0	0	30.1	34	17	17	1	7	0	13	3	0	0	134	1.352	10.1	0.3	2.1	3.9	1.86
23	Hiroki Ohnishi	26	YKU	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.89	1.89	18	0	0	0	19.0	19	4	4	1	4	1	11	0	0	0	74	1.211	9.0	0.5	1.9	5.2	2.75
24	Shinichi Ohnuki	30	YKO	Fgn	2	5	.286	2.03	2.77	8	0	0	0	48.2	36	15	11	3	16	0	32	1	1	0	200	1.068	6.7	0.6	3.0	5.9	2.00
25	Daichi Ohsera	33	HIR	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.53	1.53	6	1	0	0	35.1	27	6	6	0	10	0	24	1	0	0	144	1.047	6.9	0.0	2.5	6.1	2.40
26	Kohki Saitoh*	27	CNI	Fgn	2	1	.667	0.69	0.69	17	0	0	0	13.0	13	1	1	0	3	1	11	1	0	0	54	1.231	9.0	0.0	2.1	7.6	3.67
27	Sotaro Shimauchi	27	HIR	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.80	1.80	21	0	0	0	20.0	12	4	4	0	10	1	21	0	0	1	82	1.100	5.4	0.0	4.5	9.5	2.10
28	Rei Takahashi	28	YOM	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.23	2.45	8	1	0	0	40.1	28	11	10	3	17	1	18	1	0	1	162	1.116	6.2	0.7	3.8	4.0	1.06
29	Hideaki Wakui	38	CNI	Fgn	2	3	.400	3.68	3.68	7	0	0	0	36.2	40	15	15	1	14	1	20	0	0	1	158	1.473	9.8	0.2	3.4	4.9	1.43
30	Koyo Aoyagi	30	HAN	Fgn	1	3	.250	3.76	4.70	7	0	0	0	38.1	36	20	16	2	16	1	30	4	1	1	171	1.357	8.5	0.5	3.8	7.0	1.88
31	Alberto Baldonado*	31	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.96	0.96	19	0	0	3	18.2	13	2	2	0	7	0	22	0	0	0	73	1.071	6.3	0.0	3.4	10.6	3.14
32	Jeremy Beasley	28	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	1	17	0.800	3.6	0.0	3.6	12.6	3.50
33	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
34	Hiroki Hasegawa*	25	YKU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.96	0.96	8	0	0	0	9.1	3	1	1	1	5	0	9	1	0	0	35	0.857	2.9	1.0	4.8	8.7	1.80
35	Yuki Hashimoto*	26	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.21	2.21	16	0	0	0	20.1	14	5	5	0	8	0	25	1	0	0	83	1.082	6.2	0.0	3.5	11.1	3.13
36	Atsuya Horie*	27	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.32	1.32	16	0	0	0	13.2	11	2	2	0	3	0	16	0	0	1	53	1.024	7.2	0.0	2.0	10.5	5.33
37	Kenta Ishida*	31	YKO	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.44	3.93	3	0	0	0	18.1	17	8	7	2	3	0	16	0	0	0	74	1.091	8.3	1.0	1.5	7.9	5.33
38	Taichi Ishiyama	35	YKU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.71	0.71	13	0	0	4	12.2	9	1	1	0	5	1	12	0	0	1	51	1.105	6.4	0.0	3.6	8.5	2.40
39	Keisuke Izumi	27	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	11	0	0	1	11.1	4	0	0	0	2	0	10	1	0	0	40	0.529	3.2	0.0	1.6	7.9	5.00
40	Andre Jackson	28	YKO	Fgn	1	3	.250	6.11	6.75	6	0	0	0	28.0	27	21	19	2	21	1	23	0	0	4	127	1.714	8.7	0.6	6.8	7.4	1.10
41	Anthony Kay*	29	YKO	Fgn	1	4	.200	4.24	4.24	6	0	0	0	34.0	33	16	16	2	11	1	30	1	0	1	143	1.294	8.7	0.5	2.9	7.9	2.73
42	Naofumi Kizawa	26	YKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.65	2.65	17	0	0	1	17.0	11	5	5	2	7	2	14	0	0	1	68	1.059	5.8	1.1	3.7	7.4	2.00
43	Aren Kuri	32	HIR	Fgn	1	4	.200	3.53	3.71	8	0	0	0	51.0	46	21	20	5	13	2	36	4	0	0	209	1.157	8.1	0.9	2.3	6.4	2.77
44	Kengo Matsumoto	25	YKU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	1	0	9.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	10	0	0	0	30	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	10.0
45	Kazuki Mishima	34	YKO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.59	1.59	5	0	0	0	5.2	2	1	1	0	6	0	6	0	0	0	25	1.412	3.2	0.0	9.5	9.5	1.00
46	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
47	Shota Nakazaki	31	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.79	2.79	11	0	0	0	9.2	11	3	3	1	0	0	8	0	0	1	40	1.138	10.2	0.9	0.0	7.4
48	Yuki Nishi	33	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.57	1.57	5	0	0	0	34.1	30	6	6	0	3	0	20	1	0	0	135	0.961	7.9	0.0	0.8	5.2	6.67
49	Shinnosuke Ogasawara*	26	CNI	Fgn	1	3	.250	1.66	2.03	7	0	0	0	48.2	39	11	9	0	4	1	26	0	0	1	189	0.884	7.2	0.0	0.7	4.8	6.50
50	Yasuhiro Ogawa	34	YKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.00	4.00	3	0	0	0	18.0	20	8	8	3	2	2	9	0	0	0	74	1.222	10.0	1.5	1.0	4.5	4.50
51	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
52	Hiroya Shimamoto*	31	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.73	1.46	15	0	0	0	12.1	16	2	1	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	54	1.378	11.7	0.0	0.7	2.2	3.00
53	Tatsuya Shimizu	24	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	18	0	0	0	17.1	7	0	0	0	3	0	18	0	0	0	63	0.577	3.6	0.0	1.6	9.3	6.00
54	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
55	Hiroto Takahashi	21	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.79	1.99	3	0	0	0	22.2	13	5	2	0	7	1	20	0	0	1	89	0.882	5.2	0.0	2.8	7.9	2.86
56	Keiji Takahashi*	27	YKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.15	4.98	4	0	0	0	21.2	23	12	10	2	9	0	21	2	0	1	97	1.477	9.6	0.8	3.7	8.7	2.33
57	Yuhei Takanashi*	31	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.00	1.00	12	0	0	0	9.0	5	1	1	1	4	0	6	0	0	0	35	1.000	5.0	1.0	4.0	6.0	1.50
58	Kodai Umetsu	27	CNI	Fgn	1	4	.200	4.50	4.50	5	0	0	0	26.0	24	13	13	1	12	0	28	1	0	0	111	1.385	8.3	0.3	4.2	9.7	2.33
59	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
60	Daiki Yamamoto*	28	YKU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.13	2.13	16	0	0	0	12.2	10	3	3	0	6	2	14	0	0	0	53	1.263	7.1	0.0	4.3	9.9	2.33
61	Yasuaki Yamasaki	31	YKO	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.45	2.45	12	0	0	3	11.0	8	3	3	0	2	0	6	2	0	0	43	0.909	6.5	0.0	1.6	4.9	3.00
62	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
63	Yuji Akahoshi	24	YOM	Fgn	0	4	.000	3.81	4.15	6	0	0	0	26.0	27	12	11	3	1	0	13	1	0	0	102	1.077	9.3	1.0	0.3	4.5	13.00
64	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
65	Jose Espada	27	YKU	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.50	4.50	17	0	0	0	16.0	14	8	8	2	9	0	10	0	0	1	70	1.438	7.9	1.1	5.1	5.6	1.11
66	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
67	Kento Fujishima	26	CNI	Fgn	0	0		3.52	3.52	8	0	0	0	7.2	9	3	3	0	5	0	6	0	0	1	35	1.826	10.6	0.0	5.9	7.0	1.20
68	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
69	Hiromasa Funabasama	27	YOM	Fgn	0	0		2.38	2.38	15	0	0	0	11.1	5	3	3	1	2	0	7	2	0	0	43	0.618	4.0	0.8	1.6	5.6	3.50
70	Javy Guerra	28	HAN	Fgn	0	2	.000	1.74	1.74	21	0	0	6	20.2	17	4	4	1	3	0	15	0	1	1	80	0.968	7.4	0.4	1.3	6.5	5.00
71	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
72	Masumi Hamachi	26	HAN	Fgn	0	0		0.90	0.90	8	0	0	0	10.0	6	1	1	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	36	0.700	5.4	0.9	0.9	4.5	5.00
73	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
74	Thomas Hatch	29	HIR	Fgn	0	2	.000	7.62	7.62	3	0	0	0	13.0	18	11	11	3	5	0	9	1	0	0	63	1.769	12.5	2.1	3.5	6.2	1.80
75	Ryuta Heinai	25	YOM	Fgn	0	0		2.08	6.23	3	0	0	0	4.1	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	18	1.154	10.4	2.1	0.0	2.1
76	Tomoya Hoshi	30	YKU	Fgn	0	0		2.81	2.81	14	0	0	1	16.0	15	5	5	1	9	1	13	1	0	1	70	1.500	8.4	0.6	5.1	7.3	1.44
77	Nobutaka Imamura*	30	YOM	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5
78	Haruto Inoue*	23	YOM	Fgn	0	3	.000	5.28	6.46	8	0	0	0	15.1	17	11	9	0	5	0	9	1	0	1	69	1.435	10.0	0.0	2.9	5.3	1.80
79	Hiromu Ise	26	YKO	Fgn	0	1	.000	1.64	1.64	12	0	0	0	11.0	5	2	2	2	0	0	9	0	0	0	37	0.455	4.1	1.6	0.0	7.4
80	Daichi Ishii	26	HAN	Fgn	0	0		1.59	3.18	6	0	0	0	5.2	4	2	1	0	1	0	12	0	0	0	23	0.882	6.4	0.0	1.6	19.1	12.00
81	Masanori Ishikawa*	44	YKU	Fgn	0	1	.000	2.77	4.15	3	0	0	0	13.0	16	6	4	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	58	1.462	11.1	0.0	2.1	2.1	1.00
82	Tatsuya Ishikawa*	26	YKO	Fgn	0	0		0.69	0.69	13	0	0	0	13.0	11	1	1	0	3	0	7	1	0	0	51	1.077	7.6	0.0	2.1	4.8	2.33
83	Akiyoshi Katsuno	27	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	6.32	6.32	17	0	0	0	15.2	19	11	11	1	7	1	15	0	0	0	71	1.660	10.9	0.6	4.0	8.6	2.14
84	Kei Kawano	22	HIR	Fgn	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	3.0	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	16	2.333	21.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
85	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
86	Kyle Keller	31	YOM	Fgn	0	0		3.38	3.38	9	0	0	0	8.0	5	3	3	3	3	0	8	0	0	0	31	1.000	5.6	3.4	3.4	9.0	2.67
87	Makoto Kemna	29	HIR	Fgn	0	0		3.00	3.00	3	0	0	0	3.0	5	1	1	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	14	2.000	15.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
88	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
89	Reiji Kozawa	26	YKU	Fgn	0	4	.000	2.73	2.73	6	0	0	0	33.0	36	10	10	1	9	1	26	1	0	2	137	1.364	9.8	0.3	2.5	7.1	2.89
90	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
91	Ryoji Kuribayashi	27	HIR	Fgn	0	1	.000	0.50	1.00	19	0	0	12	18.0	7	2	1	1	3	1	26	0	0	1	64	0.556	3.5	0.5	1.5	13.0	8.67
92	Takumi Kurohara*	24	HIR	Fgn	0	2	.000	1.10	1.10	11	0	0	0	16.1	11	2	2	0	5	0	16	1	0	0	65	0.980	6.1	0.0	2.8	8.8	3.20
93	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
94	Raidel Martínez	27	CNI	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	19	0	0	12	18.1	7	0	0	0	2	1	16	0	1	0	62	0.491	3.4	0.0	1.0	7.9	8.00
95	Shota Maruyama	25	YKU	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	8	0	0	0	8.2	7	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	0	0	34	1.038	7.3	0.0	2.1	7.3	3.50
96	Takehisa Masuda	25	HIR	Fgn	0	0		6.48	6.48	10	0	0	0	8.1	12	6	6	2	6	0	9	2	0	0	45	2.160	13.0	2.2	6.5	9.7	1.50
97	Hayate Matsui	23	YOM	Fgn	0	0		13.50	13.50	2	0	0	0	1.1	2	2	2	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	9	3.750	13.5	6.8	20.3	6.8	0.33
98	Ryoto Matsumoto	22	YKO	Fgn	0	0		2.89	2.89	8	0	0	0	9.1	6	3	3	0	5	1	3	2	0	0	41	1.179	5.8	0.0	4.8	2.9	0.60
99	Shinya Matsuyama	24	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.24	3.24	18	0	0	0	16.2	9	6	6	0	5	1	21	1	0	1	64	0.840	4.9	0.0	2.7	11.3	4.20
100	Yohander Méndez*	29	YOM	Fgn	0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	4	0	4	0	3	0	0	0	20	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	6.8	0.75