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2024 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

2023 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 145 games, 6 teams, approx. 48 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	Hiroki Tokoda*	29	HIR	Fgn	6	2	.750	1.27	1.41	9	0	0	0	63.2	52	10	9	2	20	2	36	3	0	0	254	1.131	7.4	0.3	2.8	5.1	1.80
2	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
3	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
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	Masato Morishita	26	HIR	Fgn	4	2	.667	1.36	1.55	7	0	0	0	46.1	41	8	7	1	6	0	31	2	0	0	186	1.014	8.0	0.2	1.2	6.0	5.17
6	Koutaro Ohtake*	29	HAN	Fgn	4	3	.571	2.93	3.09	9	0	0	0	55.1	51	19	18	5	11	0	36	0	0	1	225	1.120	8.3	0.8	1.8	5.9	3.27
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	Iori Yamasaki	25	YOM	Fgn	4	1	.800	1.47	1.47	9	1	1	0	61.1	46	10	10	2	20	1	38	5	0	1	252	1.076	6.8	0.3	2.9	5.6	1.90
11	Kojiro Yoshimura	26	YKU	Fgn	4	3	.571	2.61	3.35	8	0	0	0	48.1	49	18	14	5	10	2	49	0	0	0	199	1.221	9.1	0.9	1.9	9.1	4.90
12	Kenshin Hotta	23	YOM	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.26	1.26	11	0	0	0	35.2	27	5	5	0	9	0	19	2	0	0	134	1.009	6.8	0.0	2.3	4.8	2.11
13	Anthony Kay*	29	YKO	Fgn	3	4	.429	3.14	3.14	8	1	0	0	48.2	40	17	17	2	16	1	43	1	0	2	198	1.151	7.4	0.4	3.0	8.0	2.69
14	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
15	Sotaro Shimauchi	27	HIR	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.52	1.52	25	0	0	0	23.2	13	4	4	0	10	1	25	0	0	1	94	0.972	4.9	0.0	3.8	9.5	2.50
16	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
17	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
18	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
19	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
20	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
21	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
22	Andre Jackson	28	YKO	Fgn	2	4	.333	5.22	5.67	8	0	0	0	39.2	36	25	23	3	24	2	34	1	0	4	173	1.513	8.2	0.7	5.4	7.7	1.42
23	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
24	Taiga Kamichatani	27	YKO	Fgn	2	1	.667	4.76	7.15	10	0	0	0	11.1	14	9	6	1	5	1	9	0	0	0	52	1.676	11.1	0.8	4.0	7.1	1.80
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	4	.333	1.72	2.01	9	0	0	0	62.2	51	14	12	1	6	1	36	0	0	1	245	0.910	7.3	0.1	0.9	5.2	6.00
31	Hiroki Ohnishi	26	YKU	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.57	1.57	21	0	0	0	23.0	21	4	4	1	5	1	13	0	0	0	88	1.130	8.2	0.4	2.0	5.1	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	Hiroto Takahashi	21	CNI	Fgn	2	0	1.000	0.50	1.25	5	0	0	0	36.0	22	5	2	0	12	1	30	0	0	2	143	0.944	5.5	0.0	3.0	7.5	2.50
36	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
37	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
38	Daiki Yamamoto*	28	YKU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.80	1.80	19	0	0	0	15.0	10	3	3	0	6	2	15	0	0	0	60	1.067	6.0	0.0	3.6	9.0	2.50
39	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
40	Alberto Baldonado*	31	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.83	0.83	22	0	0	4	21.2	14	2	2	0	9	1	26	0	0	0	85	1.062	5.8	0.0	3.7	10.8	2.89
41	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
42	Hiroki Hasegawa*	25	YKU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.57	2.57	11	0	0	0	14.0	8	4	4	1	8	1	15	1	0	0	56	1.143	5.1	0.6	5.1	9.6	1.88
43	Ryuta Heinai	25	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.42	4.26	5	0	0	0	6.1	6	3	1	1	2	0	3	0	0	1	27	1.263	8.5	1.4	2.8	4.3	1.50
44	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
45	Taichi Ishiyama	35	YKU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.23	1.23	15	0	0	5	14.2	13	2	2	0	5	1	14	0	0	1	61	1.227	8.0	0.0	3.1	8.6	2.80
46	Keisuke Izumi	27	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	15	0	0	1	14.0	5	0	0	0	3	1	11	1	0	0	50	0.571	3.2	0.0	1.9	7.1	3.67
47	Naofumi Kizawa	26	YKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.20	3.20	20	0	0	1	19.2	15	7	7	2	9	4	14	0	0	2	82	1.220	6.9	0.9	4.1	6.4	1.56
48	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
49	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
50	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
51	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
52	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
53	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
54	Yuhi Nishidate	22	YOM	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.65	3.18	19	0	0	0	17.0	9	6	5	0	7	0	12	0	0	0	66	0.941	4.8	0.0	3.7	6.4	1.71
55	Yasuhiro Ogawa	34	YKU	Fgn	1	2	.333	4.40	4.40	5	0	0	0	28.2	35	14	14	5	3	2	16	0	0	0	120	1.326	11.0	1.6	0.9	5.0	5.33
56	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
57	Hiroya Shimamoto*	31	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.13	2.84	16	0	0	0	12.2	18	4	3	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	58	1.579	12.8	0.0	1.4	2.1	1.50
58	Tatsuya Shimizu	24	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.45	0.45	21	0	0	0	20.0	8	1	1	0	3	0	19	0	0	0	71	0.550	3.6	0.0	1.4	8.6	6.33
59	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
60	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
61	Yuhei Takanashi*	31	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.75	0.75	16	0	0	0	12.0	6	1	1	1	4	0	10	0	0	0	45	0.833	4.5	0.8	3.0	7.5	2.50
62	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
63	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
64	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
65	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
66	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
67	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
68	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
69	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
70	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
71	Kento Fujishima	26	CNI	Fgn	0	0		2.13	2.13	13	0	0	0	12.2	10	3	3	0	5	0	14	0	0	1	51	1.184	7.1	0.0	3.6	9.9	2.80
72	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
73	Hiromasa Funabasama	27	YOM	Fgn	0	0		2.70	2.70	18	0	0	0	13.1	7	4	4	1	4	0	10	2	0	0	53	0.825	4.7	0.7	2.7	6.8	2.50
74	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
75	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
76	Masumi Hamachi	26	HAN	Fgn	0	0		0.75	0.75	10	0	0	0	12.0	7	1	1	1	1	1	6	0	0	0	44	0.667	5.3	0.8	0.8	4.5	6.00
77	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
78	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
79	Taylor Hearn*	29	HIR	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	18.0
80	Tomoya Hoshi	30	YKU	Fgn	0	0		2.25	2.25	19	0	0	1	20.0	20	5	5	1	10	2	15	1	0	1	88	1.500	9.0	0.5	4.5	6.8	1.50
81	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
82	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
83	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
84	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
85	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
86	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
87	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
88	Kei Kawano	22	HIR	Fgn	0	0		5.40	5.40	3	0	0	1	5.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	4	1	0	0	24	1.800	14.4	0.0	1.8	7.2	4.00
89	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
90	Kyle Keller	31	YOM	Fgn	0	0		2.45	2.45	12	0	0	0	11.0	6	3	3	3	8	0	10	0	0	0	46	1.273	4.9	2.5	6.5	8.2	1.25
91	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
92	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
93	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
94	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
95	Ryoji Kuribayashi	27	HIR	Fgn	0	1	.000	0.42	0.84	23	0	0	15	21.1	9	2	1	1	4	1	28	0	0	1	77	0.609	3.8	0.4	1.7	11.8	7.00
96	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
97	Raidel Martínez	27	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	0.78	1.17	24	0	0	15	23.0	9	3	2	0	4	2	21	1	1	0	81	0.565	3.5	0.0	1.6	8.2	5.25
98	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
99	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
100	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