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2024 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

2023 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 139 games, 6 teams, approx. 46 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	Makoto Aduwa	25	HIR	Fgn	5	1	.833	3.11	3.11	7	0	0	0	37.2	37	13	13	4	9	0	28	3	0	0	160	1.221	8.8	1.0	2.2	6.7	3.11
2	Hiroto Saiki	25	HAN	Fgn	5	1	.833	1.54	1.54	9	2	2	0	58.1	44	10	10	1	17	1	47	0	0	2	230	1.046	6.8	0.2	2.6	7.3	2.76
3	Hiroki Tokoda*	29	HIR	Fgn	5	2	.714	1.27	1.43	8	0	0	0	56.2	44	9	8	2	18	2	32	3	0	0	225	1.094	7.0	0.3	2.9	5.1	1.78
4	Katsuki Azuma*	28	YKO	Fgn	4	0	1.000	2.11	2.11	9	0	0	0	64.0	61	15	15	2	11	1	45	3	0	0	256	1.125	8.6	0.3	1.5	6.3	4.09
5	Koutaro Ohtake*	29	HAN	Fgn	4	2	.667	2.74	2.74	8	0	0	0	49.1	43	15	15	4	11	0	34	0	0	1	201	1.095	7.8	0.7	2.0	6.2	3.09
6	Tomoyuki Sugano	34	YOM	Fgn	4	0	1.000	1.38	1.38	7	0	0	0	45.2	33	7	7	2	9	0	30	0	0	1	175	0.920	6.5	0.4	1.8	5.9	3.33
7	Shosei Togo	24	YOM	Fgn	4	2	.667	1.84	1.84	9	1	1	0	58.2	38	12	12	3	12	0	52	2	0	2	226	0.852	5.8	0.5	1.8	8.0	4.33
8	Miguel Yajure	26	YKU	Fgn	4	4	.500	2.59	2.59	8	1	1	0	48.2	37	14	14	4	17	2	32	2	0	1	195	1.110	6.8	0.7	3.1	5.9	1.88
9	Iori Yamasaki	25	YOM	Fgn	4	0	1.000	1.46	1.46	8	1	1	0	55.1	41	9	9	1	19	1	32	4	0	1	227	1.084	6.7	0.2	3.1	5.2	1.68
10	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
11	Kenshin Hotta	23	YOM	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.50	1.50	10	0	0	0	30.0	22	5	5	0	7	0	18	2	0	0	112	0.967	6.6	0.0	2.1	5.4	2.57
12	Humberto Mejía	27	CNI	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.55	3.55	6	0	0	0	33.0	24	13	13	3	11	0	22	2	0	0	134	1.061	6.5	0.8	3.0	6.0	2.00
13	Masato Morishita	26	HIR	Fgn	3	2	.600	1.60	1.83	6	0	0	0	39.1	38	8	7	1	5	0	26	2	0	0	162	1.093	8.7	0.2	1.1	5.9	5.20
14	Sotaro Shimauchi	27	HIR	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.59	1.59	24	0	0	0	22.2	13	4	4	0	10	1	24	0	0	1	91	1.015	5.2	0.0	4.0	9.5	2.40
15	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
16	Jeremy Beasley	28	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	11.0	5	0	0	0	2	0	14	0	0	1	39	0.636	4.1	0.0	1.6	11.5	7.00
17	Yuki Hashimoto*	26	CNI	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.80	1.80	19	0	0	0	25.0	15	5	5	0	10	0	32	1	0	0	100	1.000	5.4	0.0	3.6	11.5	3.20
18	Kenta Ishida*	31	YKO	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.20	3.55	4	0	0	0	25.1	24	10	9	4	3	0	21	0	0	0	100	1.066	8.5	1.4	1.1	7.5	7.00
19	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
20	Suguru Iwazaki*	33	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.53	2.53	22	0	0	8	21.1	19	6	6	2	7	1	18	0	0	0	89	1.219	8.0	0.8	3.0	7.6	2.57
21	Andre Jackson	28	YKO	Fgn	2	3	.400	5.29	5.82	7	0	0	0	34.0	33	22	20	2	22	2	29	0	0	4	150	1.618	8.7	0.5	5.8	7.7	1.32
22	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
23	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
24	Anthony Kay*	29	YKO	Fgn	2	4	.333	3.43	3.43	7	0	0	0	42.0	37	16	16	2	12	1	38	1	0	1	172	1.167	7.9	0.4	2.6	8.1	3.17
25	Takuma Kirishiki*	25	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.74	2.18	22	0	0	0	20.2	13	5	4	0	8	3	22	1	0	1	83	1.016	5.7	0.0	3.5	9.6	2.75
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	5.66	5.66	9	0	0	0	35.0	43	22	22	1	8	0	16	3	0	0	158	1.457	11.1	0.3	2.1	4.1	2.00
29	Yuki Nishi	33	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.34	1.34	6	0	0	0	40.1	33	6	6	0	5	0	23	1	0	0	158	0.942	7.4	0.0	1.1	5.1	4.60
30	Shinnosuke Ogasawara*	26	CNI	Fgn	2	3	.400	1.81	2.14	8	0	0	0	54.2	46	13	11	1	5	1	29	0	0	1	215	0.933	7.6	0.2	0.8	4.8	5.80
31	Hiroki Ohnishi	26	YKU	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.64	1.64	20	0	0	0	22.0	21	4	4	1	5	1	13	0	0	0	85	1.182	8.6	0.4	2.0	5.3	2.60
32	Shinichi Ohnuki	30	YKO	Fgn	2	6	.250	2.30	2.96	9	0	0	0	54.2	42	18	14	3	17	0	36	3	1	0	227	1.079	6.9	0.5	2.8	5.9	2.12
33	Daichi Ohsera	33	HIR	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.48	1.48	7	1	0	0	42.2	31	7	7	0	14	1	29	1	0	0	173	1.055	6.5	0.0	3.0	6.1	2.07
34	Kohki Saitoh*	27	CNI	Fgn	2	1	.667	0.63	0.63	19	0	0	0	14.1	14	1	1	0	4	1	12	1	0	0	59	1.256	8.8	0.0	2.5	7.5	3.00
35	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
36	Hideaki Wakui	38	CNI	Fgn	2	3	.400	3.16	3.59	8	0	0	0	42.2	45	17	15	2	16	1	26	0	0	1	184	1.430	9.5	0.4	3.4	5.5	1.63
37	Daiki Yamamoto*	28	YKU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.84	1.84	18	0	0	0	14.2	10	3	3	0	6	2	14	0	0	0	59	1.091	6.1	0.0	3.7	8.6	2.33
38	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
39	Alberto Baldonado*	31	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.87	0.87	21	0	0	4	20.2	14	2	2	0	9	1	24	0	0	0	82	1.113	6.1	0.0	3.9	10.5	2.67
40	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
41	Hiroki Hasegawa*	25	YKU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.77	2.77	10	0	0	0	13.0	7	4	4	1	8	1	15	1	0	0	52	1.154	4.8	0.7	5.5	10.4	1.88
42	Atsuya Horie*	27	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.10	1.65	20	0	0	0	16.1	14	3	2	0	5	0	18	0	0	1	66	1.163	7.7	0.0	2.8	9.9	3.60
43	Taichi Ishiyama	35	YKU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.66	0.66	14	0	0	5	13.2	10	1	1	0	5	1	14	0	0	1	55	1.098	6.6	0.0	3.3	9.2	2.80
44	Keisuke Izumi	27	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	13	0	0	1	12.0	4	0	0	0	2	0	11	1	0	0	42	0.500	3.0	0.0	1.5	8.3	5.50
45	Naofumi Kizawa	26	YKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.38	3.38	19	0	0	1	18.2	15	7	7	2	9	4	14	0	0	2	79	1.286	7.2	1.0	4.3	6.8	1.56
46	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
47	Takumi Kurohara*	24	HIR	Fgn	1	2	.333	1.35	1.35	15	0	0	0	20.0	13	3	3	0	5	0	22	2	0	0	79	0.900	5.9	0.0	2.3	9.9	4.40
48	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
49	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
50	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
51	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
52	Yuhi Nishidate	22	YOM	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.76	3.31	18	0	0	0	16.1	9	6	5	0	7	0	11	0	0	0	64	0.980	5.0	0.0	3.9	6.1	1.57
53	Yasuhiro Ogawa	34	YKU	Fgn	1	2	.333	4.70	4.70	4	0	0	0	23.0	27	12	12	5	2	2	14	0	0	0	95	1.261	10.6	2.0	0.8	5.5	7.00
54	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
55	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
56	Tatsuya Shimizu	24	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.47	0.47	20	0	0	0	19.1	8	1	1	0	3	0	19	0	0	0	70	0.569	3.7	0.0	1.4	8.8	6.33
57	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
58	Hiroto Takahashi	21	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.63	1.57	4	0	0	0	28.2	18	5	2	0	11	1	25	0	0	2	116	1.012	5.7	0.0	3.5	7.8	2.27
59	Keiji Takahashi*	27	YKU	Fgn	1	2	.333	4.85	5.54	5	0	0	0	26.0	30	16	14	3	11	0	21	3	0	1	118	1.577	10.4	1.0	3.8	7.3	1.91
60	Yuhei Takanashi*	31	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.87	0.87	14	0	0	0	10.1	6	1	1	1	4	0	8	0	0	0	40	0.968	5.2	0.9	3.5	7.0	2.00
61	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
62	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
63	Yasuaki Yamasaki	31	YKO	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.57	2.57	15	0	0	3	14.0	12	4	4	1	2	0	8	2	0	0	56	1.000	7.7	0.6	1.3	5.1	4.00
64	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
65	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
66	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
67	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
68	Jose Espada	27	YKU	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.79	3.79	19	0	0	0	19.0	15	8	8	2	10	0	10	0	0	1	79	1.316	7.1	0.9	4.7	4.7	1.00
69	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
70	Kento Fujishima	26	CNI	Fgn	0	0		2.31	2.31	12	0	0	0	11.2	10	3	3	0	5	0	12	0	0	1	48	1.286	7.7	0.0	3.9	9.3	2.40
71	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
72	Hiromasa Funabasama	27	YOM	Fgn	0	0		2.08	2.08	17	0	0	0	13.0	5	3	3	1	3	0	9	2	0	0	49	0.615	3.5	0.7	2.1	6.2	3.00
73	Javy Guerra	28	HAN	Fgn	0	2	.000	1.90	1.90	24	0	0	8	23.2	21	5	5	2	3	0	17	0	1	1	92	1.014	8.0	0.8	1.1	6.5	5.67
74	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
75	Masumi Hamachi	26	HAN	Fgn	0	0		0.82	0.82	9	0	0	0	11.0	6	1	1	1	1	1	5	0	0	0	39	0.636	4.9	0.8	0.8	4.1	5.00
76	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
77	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
78	Ryuta Heinai	25	YOM	Fgn	0	0		1.69	5.06	4	0	0	0	5.1	6	3	1	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	23	1.313	10.1	1.7	1.7	5.1	3.00
79	Tomoya Hoshi	30	YKU	Fgn	0	0		2.41	2.41	17	0	0	1	18.2	18	5	5	1	10	2	15	1	0	1	82	1.500	8.7	0.5	4.8	7.2	1.50
80	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
81	Haruto Inoue*	23	YOM	Fgn	0	3	.000	5.19	6.23	9	0	0	0	17.1	19	12	10	0	5	0	11	1	0	1	77	1.385	9.9	0.0	2.6	5.7	2.20
82	Hiromu Ise	26	YKO	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.95	3.95	15	0	0	0	13.2	12	6	6	4	0	0	11	1	0	0	53	0.878	7.9	2.6	0.0	7.2
83	Daichi Ishii	26	HAN	Fgn	0	0		1.08	2.16	9	0	0	0	8.1	5	2	1	0	1	0	15	0	0	0	31	0.720	5.4	0.0	1.1	16.2	15.00
84	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
85	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
86	Akiyoshi Katsuno	27	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	5.50	5.50	19	0	0	0	18.0	20	11	11	1	10	2	19	0	0	0	81	1.667	10.0	0.5	5.0	9.5	1.90
87	Kei Kawano	22	HIR	Fgn	0	0		6.75	6.75	2	0	0	1	4.0	8	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	20	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	6.8
88	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
89	Kyle Keller	31	YOM	Fgn	0	0		2.70	2.70	11	0	0	0	10.0	6	3	3	3	6	0	9	0	0	0	41	1.200	5.4	2.7	5.4	8.1	1.50
90	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
91	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
92	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
93	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
94	Ryoji Kuribayashi	27	HIR	Fgn	0	1	.000	0.44	0.89	22	0	0	14	20.1	9	2	1	1	4	1	27	0	0	1	74	0.639	4.0	0.4	1.8	12.0	6.75
95	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
96	Raidel Martínez	27	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	0.82	1.23	23	0	0	14	22.0	9	3	2	0	4	2	20	1	1	0	78	0.591	3.7	0.0	1.6	8.2	5.00
97	Shota Maruyama	25	YKU	Fgn	0	0		0.77	0.77	11	0	0	0	11.2	10	1	1	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	46	1.114	7.7	0.0	2.3	6.2	2.67
98	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
99	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
100	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