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2022 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

2021 Season 2023 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 429 games, 6 teams, approx. 143 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 2022 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	Koyo Aoyagi	28	HAN	Fgn	13	4	.765	2.05	2.55	24	4	2	0	162.1	126	46	37	7	32	4	132	8	0	0	644	0.973	7.0	0.4	1.8	7.3	4.13
2	Shosei Togo	22	YOM	Fgn	12	8	.600	2.62	2.73	25	3	1	0	171.2	146	52	50	11	51	1	154	8	0	3	702	1.148	7.7	0.6	2.7	8.1	3.02
3	Shota Imanaga*	28	YKO	Fgn	11	4	.733	2.26	2.32	21	3	2	0	143.2	106	37	36	14	29	1	132	3	0	3	560	0.940	6.6	0.9	1.8	8.3	4.55
4	Shinichi Ohnuki	28	YKO	Fgn	11	8	.579	2.77	3.16	24	0	0	0	136.2	126	48	42	13	36	2	118	8	0	4	562	1.185	8.3	0.9	2.4	7.8	3.28
5	Masato Morishita	24	HIR	Fgn	10	8	.556	3.17	3.38	27	3	2	0	178.2	195	67	63	13	44	0	133	8	1	3	764	1.338	9.8	0.7	2.2	6.7	3.02
6	Shinnosuke Ogasawara*	24	CNI	Fgn	10	8	.556	2.76	2.88	22	0	0	0	146.2	127	47	45	9	39	1	142	1	0	4	592	1.132	7.8	0.6	2.4	8.7	3.64
7	Tomoyuki Sugano	32	YOM	Fgn	10	7	.588	3.12	3.18	23	0	0	0	147.0	138	52	51	15	26	1	104	6	0	2	596	1.116	8.4	0.9	1.6	6.4	4.00
8	Masashi Itoh*	26	HAN	Fgn	9	5	.643	2.63	2.96	20	6	2	0	136.2	119	45	40	10	22	3	92	2	0	1	539	1.032	7.8	0.7	1.4	6.1	4.18
9	Naofumi Kizawa	24	YKU	Fgn	9	3	.750	2.94	3.58	55	0	0	0	70.1	57	28	23	3	21	1	52	3	0	5	284	1.109	7.3	0.4	2.7	6.7	2.48
10	Yuki Nishi	31	HAN	Fgn	9	9	.500	2.18	2.43	23	2	2	0	148.1	132	40	36	8	26	3	93	5	0	2	599	1.065	8.0	0.5	1.6	5.6	3.58
11	Cy Sneed	29	YKU	Fgn	9	6	.600	3.54	4.49	23	0	0	0	132.1	140	66	52	17	26	0	96	5	0	3	553	1.254	9.5	1.2	1.8	6.5	3.69
12	Yuya Yanagi	28	CNI	Fgn	9	11	.450	3.64	3.76	25	3	1	0	153.1	154	64	62	17	37	1	124	5	0	8	648	1.246	9.0	1.0	2.2	7.3	3.35
13	Haruhiro Hamaguchi*	27	YKO	Fgn	8	7	.533	3.36	3.36	19	0	0	0	112.1	104	42	42	8	33	1	88	2	1	3	464	1.220	8.3	0.6	2.6	7.1	2.67
14	Juri Hara	28	YKU	Fgn	8	7	.533	4.85	4.93	22	0	0	0	107.2	132	59	58	14	32	1	52	5	0	1	476	1.523	11.0	1.2	2.7	4.3	1.63
15	Yasuhiro Ogawa	32	YKU	Fgn	8	8	.500	2.82	2.93	25	1	1	0	153.1	145	50	48	16	32	1	91	3	0	2	621	1.154	8.5	0.9	1.9	5.3	2.84
16	Yudai Ohno*	33	CNI	Fgn	8	8	.500	2.46	2.87	23	4	2	0	157.0	126	50	43	7	37	1	108	6	0	1	625	1.038	7.2	0.4	2.1	6.2	2.92
17	Daichi Ohsera	31	HIR	Fgn	8	9	.471	4.72	4.85	23	3	2	0	135.1	156	73	71	18	27	2	97	2	0	0	583	1.352	10.4	1.2	1.8	6.5	3.59
18	Keiji Takahashi*	25	YKU	Fgn	8	2	.800	2.63	2.81	17	2	1	0	102.2	75	32	30	9	37	3	113	9	0	1	416	1.091	6.6	0.8	3.2	9.9	3.05
19	Hiroki Tokoda*	27	HIR	Fgn	8	6	.571	2.84	2.84	17	1	1	0	114.0	87	36	36	10	28	2	74	4	1	2	446	1.009	6.9	0.8	2.2	5.8	2.64
20	Kenta Ishida*	29	YKO	Fgn	7	4	.636	2.95	3.28	15	0	0	0	82.1	67	30	27	8	26	3	68	1	0	3	337	1.130	7.3	0.9	2.8	7.4	2.62
21	Hirotoshi Takanashi	31	YKU	Fgn	7	9	.438	4.30	4.47	20	1	1	0	102.2	103	51	49	11	41	1	84	6	0	2	447	1.403	9.0	1.0	3.6	7.4	2.05
22	Masanori Ishikawa*	42	YKU	Fgn	6	4	.600	4.50	4.82	16	0	0	0	84.0	93	45	42	16	15	2	39	3	0	1	357	1.286	10.0	1.7	1.6	4.2	2.60
23	Aren Kuri	30	HIR	Fgn	6	9	.400	3.33	3.53	26	0	0	0	140.1	147	55	52	13	53	3	121	8	0	1	609	1.425	9.4	0.8	3.4	7.8	2.28
24	Takahiro Matsuba*	31	CNI	Fgn	6	7	.462	3.33	3.42	19	0	0	0	100.0	96	38	37	4	18	2	51	2	0	0	404	1.140	8.6	0.4	1.6	4.6	2.83
25	Junya Nishi	20	HAN	Fgn	6	3	.667	2.68	2.79	14	1	0	0	77.1	67	24	23	7	19	0	60	1	0	2	309	1.112	7.8	0.8	2.2	7.0	3.16
26	Yariel Rodríguez	25	CNI	Fgn	6	2	.750	1.15	1.48	56	0	0	0	54.2	32	9	7	0	18	2	60	4	0	1	218	0.915	5.3	0.0	3.0	9.9	3.33
27	Fernando Romero	27	YKO	Fgn	6	8	.429	4.87	5.75	23	0	0	0	92.1	100	59	50	8	35	1	54	9	0	5	420	1.462	9.7	0.8	3.4	5.3	1.54
28	Hiroto Takahashi	19	CNI	Fgn	6	7	.462	2.47	2.62	19	0	0	0	116.2	79	34	32	8	42	3	134	4	0	1	462	1.037	6.1	0.6	3.2	10.3	3.19
29	Yuji Akahoshi	22	YOM	Fgn	5	5	.500	4.04	5.77	31	0	0	0	78.0	81	50	35	8	32	1	52	4	0	0	347	1.449	9.3	0.9	3.7	6.0	1.63
30	Cristopher Crisostomo*	28	YOM	Fgn	5	7	.417	3.18	3.59	20	0	0	0	110.1	107	44	39	7	31	1	74	3	0	1	458	1.251	8.7	0.6	2.5	6.0	2.39
31	Joe Gunkel	30	HAN	Fgn	5	5	.500	2.73	3.12	16	1	0	0	92.1	80	32	28	6	16	1	52	3	0	1	372	1.040	7.8	0.6	1.6	5.1	3.25
32	Taisei Irie	23	YKO	Fgn	5	1	.833	3.00	3.29	57	0	0	0	63.0	49	23	21	4	26	2	69	1	0	2	262	1.190	7.0	0.6	3.7	9.9	2.65
33	Noboru Shimizu	25	YKU	Fgn	5	4	.556	1.16	1.16	50	0	0	0	46.2	23	6	6	1	14	3	43	1	0	0	173	0.793	4.4	0.2	2.7	8.3	3.07
34	Aaron Wilkerson	33	HAN	Fgn	5	5	.500	4.08	4.08	14	0	0	0	70.2	70	32	32	4	21	1	54	1	0	0	292	1.288	8.9	0.5	2.7	6.9	2.57
35	Iori Yamasaki	23	YOM	Fgn	5	5	.500	3.14	3.42	20	0	0	0	97.1	95	37	34	6	20	1	55	9	0	0	410	1.182	8.8	0.6	1.8	5.1	2.75
36	Atsushi Endoh	23	HIR	Fgn	4	7	.364	3.59	4.02	20	0	0	0	105.1	104	47	42	17	18	1	78	3	0	0	434	1.158	8.9	1.5	1.5	6.7	4.33
37	Edwin Escobar*	30	YKO	Fgn	4	2	.667	2.42	2.42	70	0	0	2	63.1	48	17	17	4	29	2	51	5	0	0	268	1.216	6.8	0.6	4.1	7.2	1.76
38	Ryuta Heinai	23	YOM	Fgn	4	4	.500	4.32	4.68	53	0	0	0	50.0	53	26	24	4	13	0	39	3	0	2	213	1.320	9.5	0.7	2.3	7.0	3.00
39	Shingo Hirata	32	YKO	Fgn	4	3	.571	4.29	4.50	47	0	0	0	42.0	47	21	20	5	8	0	39	2	0	0	180	1.310	10.1	1.1	1.7	8.4	4.88
40	Makoto Kemna	27	HIR	Fgn	4	0	1.000	3.20	4.81	43	0	0	0	39.1	37	21	14	1	18	1	37	3	0	1	172	1.398	8.5	0.2	4.1	8.5	2.06
41	Raidel Martínez	25	CNI	Fgn	4	3	.571	0.97	0.97	56	0	0	39	55.2	30	6	6	2	12	2	62	4	0	0	213	0.754	4.9	0.3	1.9	10.0	5.17
42	Ryuya Matsumoto	22	HIR	Fgn	4	2	.667	3.56	3.72	50	0	0	0	55.2	58	23	22	5	15	1	54	3	0	0	240	1.311	9.4	0.8	2.4	8.7	3.60
43	Hiroto Saiki	23	HAN	Fgn	4	1	.800	1.53	1.91	9	1	1	0	47.0	40	10	8	4	11	1	43	0	0	0	186	1.085	7.7	0.8	2.1	8.2	3.91
44	Matt Shoemaker	35	YOM	Fgn	4	8	.333	4.25	4.72	18	1	1	0	95.1	92	50	45	13	30	0	65	5	0	1	406	1.280	8.7	1.2	2.8	6.1	2.17
45	Daisuke Sobue	34	CNI	Fgn	4	3	.571	3.80	4.43	46	0	0	1	42.2	42	21	18	3	13	2	32	1	0	1	179	1.289	8.9	0.6	2.7	6.8	2.46
46	Yugo Umeno	23	YKU	Fgn	4	3	.571	3.00	3.46	41	0	0	0	39.0	37	15	13	6	15	2	26	1	0	3	168	1.333	8.5	1.4	3.5	6.0	1.73
47	Drew Anderson	28	HIR	Fgn	3	4	.429	3.60	4.11	13	0	0	0	70.0	61	32	28	9	23	0	59	3	0	0	293	1.200	7.8	1.2	3.0	7.6	2.57
48	Shintaro Fujinami	28	HAN	Fgn	3	5	.375	3.38	3.78	16	0	0	0	66.2	58	28	25	6	21	1	65	3	0	5	276	1.185	7.8	0.8	2.8	8.8	3.10
49	Seishu Hatake	28	YOM	Fgn	3	0	1.000	3.14	3.45	27	0	0	1	28.2	22	11	10	3	14	2	22	0	0	1	122	1.256	6.9	0.9	4.4	6.9	1.57
50	Atsuya Horie*	25	HIR	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.12	3.12	26	0	0	0	17.1	13	6	6	1	8	1	8	1	0	5	73	1.212	6.8	0.5	4.2	4.2	1.00
51	Hiromu Ise	24	YKO	Fgn	3	3	.500	1.72	1.85	71	0	0	1	68.0	52	14	13	1	17	4	69	5	0	2	269	1.015	6.9	0.1	2.3	9.1	4.06
52	Taiga Kamichatani	25	YKO	Fgn	3	6	.333	4.73	5.40	13	1	1	0	66.2	65	40	35	8	17	3	49	2	1	0	278	1.230	8.8	1.1	2.3	6.6	2.88
53	Kyle Keller	29	HAN	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.31	3.31	34	0	0	3	32.2	25	12	12	2	5	0	46	2	0	0	128	0.918	6.9	0.6	1.4	12.7	9.20
54	Takuya Kuwahara	26	YOM	Fgn	3	2	.600	5.16	5.16	49	0	0	0	45.1	50	26	26	3	12	2	30	1	0	1	194	1.368	9.9	0.6	2.4	6.0	2.50
55	Daisuke Moriura*	24	HIR	Fgn	3	6	.333	3.30	3.30	51	0	0	0	46.1	47	17	17	4	16	3	48	3	1	1	201	1.360	9.1	0.8	3.1	9.3	3.00
56	Hiroki Ohnishi	24	YKU	Fgn	3	2	.600	4.45	5.22	43	0	0	0	58.2	74	34	29	8	15	4	42	2	0	1	260	1.517	11.4	1.2	2.3	6.4	2.80
57	Tatsuya Shimizu	22	CNI	Fgn	3	3	.500	3.04	3.04	54	0	0	1	50.1	28	17	17	1	17	1	51	1	0	2	194	0.894	5.0	0.2	3.0	9.1	3.00
58	Kenjiro Tanaka*	32	YKO	Fgn	3	0	1.000	2.63	3.35	47	0	0	0	37.2	31	14	11	5	14	2	25	2	0	1	160	1.195	7.4	1.2	3.3	6.0	1.79
59	Yuta Watanabe*	30	HAN	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.45	2.45	32	0	0	0	18.1	16	5	5	2	4	1	18	1	0	0	72	1.091	7.9	1.0	2.0	8.8	4.50
60	A.J. Cole	30	YKU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.75	3.25	34	0	0	0	36.0	25	13	11	3	14	1	32	1	0	2	145	1.083	6.3	0.8	3.5	8.0	2.29
61	Kento Fujishima	24	CNI	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.13	2.13	50	0	0	0	50.2	39	12	12	3	11	0	43	1	0	0	201	0.987	6.9	0.5	2.0	7.6	3.91
62	Hiroto Fuku*	30	CNI	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.55	4.88	36	0	0	0	27.2	25	15	14	3	12	2	25	2	0	1	123	1.337	8.1	1.0	3.9	8.1	2.08
63	Kenshin Hotta	21	YOM	Fgn	2	3	.400	6.29	6.29	8	0	0	0	34.1	38	24	24	5	16	1	24	1	0	0	150	1.573	10.0	1.3	4.2	6.3	1.50
64	Nobutaka Imamura*	28	YOM	Fgn	2	4	.333	3.57	4.08	55	0	0	0	53.0	45	24	21	3	22	1	34	4	0	1	227	1.264	7.6	0.5	3.7	5.8	1.55
65	Taichi Ishiyama	33	YKU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.75	1.75	38	0	0	0	36.0	27	7	7	0	14	2	35	2	0	2	148	1.139	6.8	0.0	3.5	8.8	2.50
66	Yuta Iwasada*	30	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.57	3.43	53	0	0	0	42.0	34	16	12	1	12	1	38	2	0	1	176	1.095	7.3	0.2	2.6	8.1	3.17
67	Yohei Kagiya	31	YOM	Fgn	2	0	1.000	3.71	4.24	21	0	0	0	17.0	21	8	7	4	5	0	9	0	0	0	74	1.529	11.1	2.1	2.6	4.8	1.80
68	Reiji Kozawa	24	YKU	Fgn	2	1	.667	4.11	4.11	10	0	0	0	46.0	48	21	21	4	17	1	44	6	0	2	200	1.413	9.4	0.8	3.3	8.6	2.59
69	Masaya Kyoyama	23	YKO	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.23	3.88	17	0	0	0	55.2	56	24	20	4	30	0	39	5	0	7	254	1.545	9.1	0.6	4.9	6.3	1.30
70	Scott McGough	32	YKU	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.35	2.68	55	0	0	38	53.2	39	16	14	5	13	2	59	1	0	2	215	0.969	6.5	0.8	2.2	9.9	4.54
71	Kazuki Mishima	32	YKO	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.84	2.84	13	0	0	1	12.2	8	4	4	1	6	1	11	0	0	0	50	1.105	5.7	0.7	4.3	7.8	1.83
72	Shota Nakazaki	29	HIR	Fgn	2	5	.286	6.46	7.23	28	0	0	0	23.2	27	19	17	6	10	3	18	1	0	0	108	1.563	10.3	2.3	3.8	6.8	1.80
73	Yusuke Nomura	33	HIR	Fgn	2	3	.400	5.23	5.88	9	0	0	0	41.1	55	27	24	4	14	1	18	0	0	0	191	1.669	12.0	0.9	3.0	3.9	1.29
74	Toshiki Sakurai	28	YOM	Fgn	2	0	1.000	14.04	14.04	8	0	0	0	8.1	13	13	13	3	6	0	9	2	0	1	46	2.280	14.0	3.2	6.5	9.7	1.50
75	Yuhei Takanashi*	29	YOM	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.14	2.53	59	0	0	0	46.1	32	13	11	1	19	2	44	4	0	1	195	1.101	6.2	0.2	3.7	8.5	2.32
76	Shogo Tamamura*	21	HIR	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.92	3.92	9	0	0	0	43.2	46	19	19	2	13	0	21	1	0	0	188	1.351	9.5	0.4	2.7	4.3	1.62
77	Nik Turley*	32	HIR	Fgn	2	4	.333	3.11	3.35	45	0	0	0	37.2	26	14	13	7	16	2	32	2	0	2	155	1.115	6.2	1.7	3.8	7.6	2.00
78	Takuya Yasaki	27	HIR	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.82	2.19	47	0	0	1	49.1	35	12	10	2	25	1	51	0	0	2	204	1.216	6.4	0.4	4.6	9.3	2.04
79	Atsuki Yuasa	22	HAN	Fgn	2	3	.400	1.09	1.09	59	0	0	0	58.0	38	7	7	1	12	0	67	0	0	2	221	0.862	5.9	0.2	1.9	10.4	5.58
80	Takumi Akiyama	31	HAN	Fgn	1	3	.250	5.48	5.87	5	0	0	0	23.0	29	15	14	1	3	0	15	0	0	1	101	1.391	11.3	0.4	1.2	5.9	5.00
81	Raúl Alcántara	29	HAN	Fgn	1	3	.250	4.70	4.93	39	0	0	1	38.1	38	21	20	5	8	0	29	1	0	0	156	1.200	8.9	1.2	1.9	6.8	3.63
82	Katsuki Azuma*	26	YKO	Fgn	1	6	.143	4.62	5.33	12	0	0	0	50.2	67	30	26	5	10	0	41	2	0	1	229	1.520	11.9	0.9	1.8	7.3	4.10
83	Koji Fukutani	31	CNI	Fgn	1	3	.250	9.00	10.57	5	0	0	0	23.0	42	27	23	3	9	0	14	0	0	4	119	2.217	16.4	1.2	3.5	5.5	1.56
84	Robert Gsellman	28	YKO	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.66	2.66	4	0	0	0	20.1	15	6	6	1	6	0	12	2	0	0	81	1.033	6.6	0.4	2.7	5.3	2.00
85	Masumi Hamachi	24	HAN	Fgn	1	3	.250	1.14	1.71	52	0	0	0	47.1	38	9	6	3	5	1	38	0	0	0	181	0.908	7.2	0.6	1.0	7.2	7.60
86	Ryuji Ichioka	31	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.08	2.08	10	0	0	0	8.2	15	2	2	0	1	0	7	0	0	0	41	1.846	15.6	0.0	1.0	7.3	7.00
87	Sota Ikeya*	22	YKO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.38	3.38	6	0	0	0	5.1	3	2	2	1	7	0	7	0	0	0	26	1.875	5.1	1.7	11.8	11.8	1.00
88	Shoichi Inoh	36	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.80	1.80	7	0	0	0	5.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	22	1.400	9.0	0.0	3.6	7.2	2.00
89	Haruto Inoue*	21	YOM	Fgn	1	1	.500	6.00	6.75	7	0	0	0	24.0	28	18	16	4	7	0	27	0	0	0	106	1.458	10.5	1.5	2.6	10.1	3.86
90	Suguru Iwazaki*	31	HAN	Fgn	1	6	.143	1.96	2.62	57	0	0	28	55.0	63	16	12	1	10	1	44	2	0	0	239	1.327	10.3	0.2	1.6	7.2	4.40
91	Yuto Kanakubo	22	YKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	7.71	7.71	3	0	0	0	9.1	13	8	8	3	2	1	4	0	0	0	43	1.607	12.5	2.9	1.9	3.9	2.00
92	Shotaro Kasahara*	27	CNI	Fgn	1	2	.333	5.29	5.29	4	0	0	0	17.0	18	10	10	4	9	1	8	1	0	0	75	1.588	9.5	2.1	4.8	4.2	0.89
93	Ryuta Konno	27	YKU	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.72	4.30	51	0	0	1	46.0	45	22	19	4	16	1	37	2	1	2	198	1.326	8.8	0.8	3.1	7.2	2.31
94	Brooks Kriske	28	YKO	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.57	3.00	18	0	0	1	21.0	15	7	6	2	13	0	26	0	0	3	89	1.333	6.4	0.9	5.6	11.1	2.00
95	Ian Krol*	31	YOM	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.86	4.29	21	0	0	1	21.0	17	10	9	1	10	0	15	1	0	2	89	1.286	7.3	0.4	4.3	6.4	1.50
96	Takuma Kubo*	25	YKU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.70	2.70	29	0	0	0	26.2	19	8	8	1	13	2	19	2	0	1	107	1.200	6.4	0.3	4.4	6.4	1.46
97	Hiroto Mori	24	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.67	2.67	30	0	0	0	30.1	29	9	9	4	14	1	23	3	0	1	133	1.418	8.6	1.2	4.2	6.8	1.64
98	Shohei Mori*	24	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.89	2.37	8	0	0	0	19.0	22	5	4	1	8	0	10	1	0	2	87	1.579	10.4	0.5	3.8	4.7	1.25
99	Daisuke Naoe	22	YOM	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.38	4.34	9	0	0	0	18.2	12	9	7	2	8	0	16	3	0	1	79	1.071	5.8	1.0	3.9	7.7	2.00
100	Yuichiro Okano	28	CNI	Fgn	1	3	.250	12.41	12.41	4	0	0	0	12.1	20	17	17	3	7	0	7	1	0	1	64	2.189	14.6	2.2	5.1	5.1	1.00