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2022 Japan Western League Pitching Leaders

2021 Season 2023 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 281 games, 5 teams, approx. 112 games in season

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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	Takumi Akiyama	31	HAN	Fgn	9	3	.750	3.07	3.31	13	0	0	0	73.1	77	27	25	2	12	0	36	2	0	1	308	1.214	9.5	0.2	1.5	4.4	3.00
2	Shoki Murakami	24	HAN	Fgn	7	3	.700	3.09	3.18	17	0	0	0	93.1	85	33	32	5	23	0	74	3	1	3	384	1.157	8.2	0.5	2.2	7.1	3.22
3	Tomoaki Shigeta	26	SFT	Fgn	7	3	.700	3.10	3.84	44	0	0	4	61.0	52	26	21	2	31	1	69	7	0	5	272	1.361	7.7	0.3	4.6	10.2	2.23
4	Kazuki Yabuta	29	HIR	Fgn	7	1	.875	2.32	2.32	21	0	0	3	54.1	39	14	14	1	22	0	44	4	0	4	221	1.123	6.5	0.2	3.6	7.3	2.00
5	Shota Fukushima*	19	CHU	Fgn	6	6	.500	5.36	5.67	18	0	0	0	87.1	89	55	52	5	56	0	67	2	0	3	396	1.660	9.2	0.5	5.8	6.9	1.20
6	Takuma Kirishiki*	23	HAN	Fgn	6	1	.857	0.72	1.21	13	1	0	1	74.2	51	10	6	2	16	2	48	2	1	3	291	0.897	6.1	0.2	1.9	5.8	3.00
7	Masato Okumura	29	SFT	Fgn	6	3	.667	3.14	3.57	15	1	1	0	63.0	61	25	22	2	20	0	48	3	0	3	270	1.286	8.7	0.3	2.9	6.9	2.40
8	Masaru Nakamura	30	ORX	Fgn	5	8	.385	4.13	4.57	21	0	0	0	100.1	100	51	46	6	48	0	66	5	0	4	445	1.475	9.0	0.5	4.3	5.9	1.38
9	Yuta Nakamura	26	HIR	Fgn	5	7	.417	4.68	4.95	20	0	0	0	100.0	112	55	52	13	23	0	64	5	0	3	434	1.350	10.1	1.2	2.1	5.8	2.78
10	Kazuki Sugiyama	24	SFT	Fgn	5	2	.714	3.25	3.69	14	0	0	0	61.0	46	25	22	6	34	0	65	3	0	2	254	1.311	6.8	0.9	5.0	9.6	1.91
11	Sota Tanoue	19	SFT	Fgn	5	6	.455	3.47	4.34	17	0	0	0	83.0	82	40	32	4	40	1	51	3	3	4	364	1.470	8.9	0.4	4.3	5.5	1.28
12	Shintaro Fujinami	28	HAN	Fgn	4	1	.800	1.77	1.99	9	0	0	0	40.2	26	9	8	2	15	0	50	2	0	2	163	1.008	5.8	0.4	3.3	11.1	3.33
13	Masaki Iwata*	24	HAN	Fgn	4	1	.800	1.97	2.53	41	0	0	0	32.0	19	9	7	1	9	1	34	4	0	0	126	0.875	5.3	0.3	2.5	9.6	3.78
14	Tatsuto Kobayashi	19	HIR	Fgn	4	0	1.000	2.70	2.89	8	1	0	0	46.2	35	15	14	5	9	0	27	1	0	0	184	0.943	6.8	1.0	1.7	5.2	3.00
15	Mizuki Miura*	22	SFT	Fgn	4	0	1.000	2.60	2.77	11	0	0	0	52.0	55	16	15	3	15	0	35	2	1	1	221	1.346	9.5	0.5	2.6	6.1	2.33
16	Shohei Mori*	24	HIR	Fgn	4	3	.571	2.75	2.87	13	0	0	0	75.1	65	24	23	4	26	0	61	2	0	8	313	1.208	7.8	0.5	3.1	7.3	2.35
17	Daichi Moriki	19	HAN	Fgn	4	2	.667	4.08	4.42	14	0	0	0	53.0	48	26	24	2	24	0	58	9	0	3	228	1.358	8.2	0.3	4.1	9.8	2.42
18	Ren Mukunoki	22	ORX	Fgn	4	3	.571	3.28	3.66	9	0	0	0	46.2	49	19	17	0	8	0	29	0	0	0	191	1.221	9.5	0.0	1.5	5.6	3.63
19	Koutaro Ohtake*	27	SFT	Fgn	4	1	.800	2.87	3.10	14	1	1	0	78.1	64	27	25	7	12	0	50	3	2	2	309	0.970	7.4	0.8	1.4	5.7	4.17
20	Naoya Okamoto*	25	SFT	Fgn	4	0	1.000	1.56	2.08	21	0	0	0	34.2	25	8	6	0	14	0	29	0	1	1	141	1.125	6.5	0.0	3.6	7.5	2.07
21	Yuichiro Okano	28	CHU	Fgn	4	5	.444	3.71	4.24	13	0	0	0	68.0	73	32	28	4	12	0	52	1	0	1	283	1.250	9.7	0.5	1.6	6.9	4.33
22	Hiroto Saiki	23	HAN	Fgn	4	2	.667	1.46	2.77	11	1	1	0	55.1	48	17	9	4	16	0	48	2	0	3	228	1.157	7.8	0.7	2.6	7.8	3.00
23	Hiroshi Suzuki	25	CHU	Fgn	4	6	.400	3.90	4.71	18	0	0	0	99.1	99	52	43	3	34	0	56	5	0	2	428	1.339	9.0	0.3	3.1	5.1	1.65
24	Kouya Takahashi*	23	HIR	Fgn	4	2	.667	2.26	4.22	12	0	0	0	59.2	55	28	15	2	25	0	41	0	0	1	260	1.341	8.3	0.3	3.8	6.2	1.64
25	Norihiko Tanaka	21	HIR	Fgn	4	1	.800	5.52	5.52	26	0	0	3	31.0	28	19	19	1	19	0	24	1	0	3	134	1.516	8.1	0.3	5.5	7.0	1.26
26	Jesse Biddle*	30	ORX	Fgn	3	0	1.000	0.00	0.53	8	0	0	0	17.0	6	1	0	0	14	0	23	1	0	2	71	1.176	3.2	0.0	7.4	12.2	1.64
27	Hirotoshi Masui	38	ORX	Fgn	3	3	.500	6.09	6.24	13	0	0	0	57.2	79	40	39	4	14	0	39	4	0	4	262	1.613	12.3	0.6	2.2	6.1	2.79
28	Shuto Ogata	23	SFT	Fgn	3	3	.500	2.06	2.83	33	0	0	10	35.0	27	11	8	2	10	0	40	1	1	0	142	1.057	6.9	0.5	2.6	10.3	4.00
29	Toshiya Okada*	30	CHU	Fgn	3	5	.375	3.67	5.25	36	1	0	0	73.2	73	43	30	8	30	0	70	2	0	4	327	1.398	8.9	1.0	3.7	8.6	2.33
30	Carter Stewart	22	SFT	Fgn	3	5	.375	3.19	3.52	14	0	0	1	53.2	37	21	19	4	42	0	52	2	0	9	236	1.472	6.2	0.7	7.0	8.7	1.24
31	Rei Takahashi	26	SFT	Fgn	3	3	.500	3.68	3.84	13	0	0	1	58.2	56	25	24	2	19	0	38	3	0	0	254	1.278	8.6	0.3	2.9	5.8	2.00
32	Shota Takeda	29	SFT	Fgn	3	1	.750	5.32	5.32	5	0	0	0	22.0	24	13	13	1	6	0	25	0	0	0	92	1.364	9.8	0.4	2.5	10.2	4.17
33	Daichi Takeyasu	27	ORX	Fgn	3	3	.500	3.46	3.63	14	0	0	0	52.0	51	21	20	6	11	0	34	1	0	0	215	1.192	8.8	1.0	1.9	5.9	3.09
34	Taisei Urushihara	25	ORX	Fgn	3	3	.500	6.00	6.60	41	0	0	0	45.0	43	33	30	5	26	0	26	1	0	8	203	1.533	8.6	1.0	5.2	5.2	1.00
35	Makoto Aduwa	23	HIR	Fgn	2	7	.222	4.30	4.57	20	0	0	0	69.0	84	35	33	6	20	0	40	6	1	1	308	1.507	11.0	0.8	2.6	5.2	2.00
36	Yugo Bandoh	26	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.41	3.21	12	0	0	1	33.2	27	12	9	1	5	0	27	0	1	0	130	0.950	7.2	0.3	1.3	7.2	5.40
37	Tyler Chatwood	32	SFT	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.59	3.33	6	0	0	0	24.1	18	9	7	0	21	0	18	2	1	3	107	1.603	6.7	0.0	7.8	6.7	0.86
38	Wei-Yin Chen*	36	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.03	3.64	7	0	0	0	29.2	36	12	10	1	5	0	16	0	0	0	127	1.382	10.9	0.3	1.5	4.9	3.20
39	Atsuya Horie*	25	HIR	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.81	2.81	16	0	0	0	16.0	14	5	5	0	7	0	12	0	0	1	68	1.313	7.9	0.0	3.9	6.8	1.71
40	Ryuji Ichioka	31	HIR	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.79	3.41	28	0	0	3	29.0	15	11	9	1	14	0	21	1	0	2	117	1.000	4.7	0.3	4.3	6.5	1.50
41	KentoMarc Ishida	26	CHU	Fgn	2	3	.400	3.25	3.93	48	0	0	13	52.2	54	23	19	5	22	1	59	3	0	3	239	1.443	9.2	0.9	3.8	10.1	2.68
42	Daichi Ishii	24	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	13	0	0	1	12.0	16	3	3	1	2	0	18	0	0	0	53	1.500	12.0	0.8	1.5	13.5	9.00
43	Masashi Itoh*	26	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.13	1.13	4	0	0	0	16.0	15	2	2	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	59	1.188	8.4	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00
44	Riku Kawahara*	21	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	9.30	10.18	13	0	0	0	20.1	23	23	21	4	22	0	15	1	0	5	105	2.213	10.2	1.8	9.7	6.6	0.68
45	Ryota Nakamura	24	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.83	3.27	41	0	0	0	41.1	28	15	13	2	18	0	43	4	1	3	174	1.113	6.1	0.4	3.9	9.4	2.39
46	Akira Niho	32	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.06	4.65	28	0	0	13	31.0	31	16	14	2	9	0	24	1	0	2	128	1.290	9.0	0.6	2.6	7.0	2.67
47	Junya Nishi	20	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	1.91	2.13	6	3	1	0	42.1	30	10	9	2	15	1	41	1	0	1	168	1.063	6.4	0.4	3.2	8.7	2.73
48	Yusuke Nomura	33	HIR	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.09	3.23	14	1	0	1	64.0	69	23	22	3	15	0	30	0	0	1	272	1.313	9.7	0.4	2.1	4.2	2.00
49	Ippei Ogawa	25	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.73	4.73	6	0	0	0	26.2	27	14	14	5	13	0	20	1	0	3	117	1.500	9.1	1.7	4.4	6.8	1.54
50	Haruki Ohmichi	23	HIR	Fgn	2	8	.200	4.37	4.90	16	0	0	0	68.0	64	37	33	4	26	0	52	2	0	6	287	1.324	8.5	0.5	3.4	6.9	2.00
51	Hidetaka Okadome	22	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.54	3.09	36	0	0	0	35.0	24	12	6	3	8	0	29	1	2	1	131	0.914	6.2	0.8	2.1	7.5	3.63
52	Yuya Onaka	27	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.73	2.73	35	0	0	1	29.2	26	9	9	5	11	0	26	2	0	0	125	1.247	7.9	1.5	3.3	7.9	2.36
53	Kazuma Satoh*	21	ORX	Fgn	2	5	.286	5.96	6.66	19	0	0	0	51.1	58	38	34	6	34	0	27	1	0	3	236	1.792	10.2	1.1	6.0	4.7	0.79
54	Yu Satoh	29	CHU	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.97	3.97	49	0	0	6	47.2	46	21	21	3	18	2	45	2	0	3	209	1.343	8.7	0.6	3.4	8.5	2.50
55	Daisuke Sobue	34	CHU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	7	0	0	0	7.0	6	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	26	0.857	7.7	0.0	0.0	14.1
56	Jumpei Takahashi	25	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.90	5.20	23	0	0	0	27.2	27	16	12	2	20	0	24	1	0	3	129	1.699	8.8	0.7	6.5	7.8	1.20
57	Nik Turley*	32	HIR	Fgn	2	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	5	0	0	1	5.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	7	0	2	0	17	0.400	1.8	0.0	1.8	12.6	7.00
58	César Vargas	30	ORX	Fgn	2	6	.250	3.53	4.59	24	0	0	0	51.0	55	26	20	3	13	0	45	3	0	7	219	1.333	9.7	0.5	2.3	7.9	3.46
59	Shunpeita Yamashita	19	ORX	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.31	3.57	8	0	0	0	35.1	29	14	13	1	11	0	42	1	0	3	143	1.132	7.4	0.3	2.8	10.7	3.82
60	Drew Anderson	28	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.89	3.38	4	0	0	0	18.2	12	7	6	1	5	0	21	3	0	0	75	0.911	5.8	0.5	2.4	10.1	4.20
61	Kohei Azuma	22	ORX	Fgn	1	3	.250	3.46	3.59	15	0	0	0	67.2	61	27	26	1	29	0	56	3	0	3	288	1.330	8.1	0.1	3.9	7.4	1.93
62	Kosuke Baba	27	HAN	Fgn	1	3	.250	2.83	3.45	31	0	0	3	28.2	26	11	9	1	12	0	26	1	0	3	122	1.326	8.2	0.3	3.8	8.2	2.17
63	Yaku Cho	28	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.31	1.31	19	0	0	1	20.2	13	3	3	0	4	0	17	0	1	1	76	0.823	5.7	0.0	1.7	7.4	4.25
64	Robert Corniel	27	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.75	1.50	12	0	0	1	12.0	6	2	1	0	12	0	13	1	0	2	52	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	9.8	1.08
65	Atsushi Endoh	23	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	25	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
66	Geronimo Franzua*	28	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	7.04	7.04	8	0	0	0	7.2	9	6	6	2	2	0	6	1	0	1	35	1.435	10.6	2.3	2.3	7.0	3.00
67	Reira Fujii	22	HIR	Fgn	1	4	.200	3.25	3.25	29	0	0	1	36.0	30	13	13	2	15	0	35	0	0	4	150	1.250	7.5	0.5	3.8	8.8	2.33
68	Koji Fukutani	31	CHU	Fgn	1	6	.143	3.65	4.96	15	0	0	0	69.0	80	38	28	4	19	0	35	4	1	3	304	1.435	10.4	0.5	2.5	4.6	1.84
69	Yuki Hashimoto*	24	CHU	Fgn	1	4	.200	4.55	4.68	23	1	0	0	65.1	59	34	33	2	37	1	52	5	0	4	289	1.469	8.1	0.3	5.1	7.2	1.41
70	Motoki Higa	39	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	12	0	0	1	12.0	7	3	3	1	1	0	11	0	0	0	44	0.667	5.3	0.8	0.8	8.3	11.00
71	Keisuke Izumi	25	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.41	4.38	34	0	0	4	37.0	33	18	14	1	15	0	21	1	1	3	157	1.297	8.0	0.2	3.6	5.1	1.40
72	Hiroshi Kaino	25	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.59	3.33	24	0	0	3	24.1	16	9	7	1	15	0	33	0	1	0	103	1.274	5.9	0.4	5.5	12.2	2.20
73	Shotaro Kasahara*	27	CHU	Fgn	1	4	.200	4.61	5.05	9	0	0	0	41.0	44	23	21	7	14	0	32	3	0	2	179	1.415	9.7	1.5	3.1	7.0	2.29
74	Shunsuke Kasaya*	25	SFT	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.56	2.84	18	0	0	0	31.2	15	10	9	0	16	0	43	2	0	1	129	0.979	4.3	0.0	4.5	12.2	2.69
75	Tsubasa Kato	19	CHU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	8.31	8.31	12	0	0	0	8.2	7	8	8	0	16	0	7	0	0	1	49	2.654	7.3	0.0	16.6	7.3	0.44
76	Kento Kawase	20	ORX	Fgn	1	3	.250	3.95	8.56	4	0	0	0	13.2	19	13	6	1	2	0	13	0	0	1	60	1.537	12.5	0.7	1.3	8.6	6.50
77	Shinya Kayama*	32	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
78	Keisuke Kobayashi	29	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.23	1.64	21	0	0	4	22.0	16	4	3	1	8	0	22	0	0	1	88	1.091	6.5	0.4	3.3	9.0	2.75
79	Aren Kuri	30	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	7.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	5	1	0	0	23	0.571	2.6	0.0	2.6	6.4	2.50
80	Yuito Mae	20	ORX	Fgn	1	1	.500	7.30	8.03	13	0	0	0	12.1	13	11	10	0	9	0	13	1	0	3	61	1.784	9.5	0.0	6.6	9.5	1.44
81	Yuta Matsukihira	19	CHU	Fgn	1	5	.167	4.89	5.67	12	0	0	0	46.0	39	29	25	3	35	0	20	4	1	5	213	1.609	7.6	0.6	6.8	3.9	0.57
82	Hiroto Mori	24	CHU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.60	3.60	18	0	0	1	20.0	14	8	8	1	10	0	24	1	0	0	85	1.200	6.3	0.5	4.5	10.8	2.40
83	Kouki Moriya	28	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	5.23	6.53	20	0	0	0	20.2	23	15	12	1	10	0	18	2	0	2	93	1.597	10.0	0.4	4.4	7.8	1.80
84	Shun Murakami*	20	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	9	1.500	4.5	0.0	9.0	13.5	1.50
85	Ryota Muranishi	25	ORX	Fgn	1	4	.200	4.81	4.81	27	0	0	1	24.1	22	13	13	2	13	0	18	1	0	4	107	1.438	8.1	0.7	4.8	6.7	1.38
86	Hayate Nakagawa	23	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	5.87	5.87	6	0	0	0	7.2	7	5	5	1	2	0	2	2	0	0	33	1.174	8.2	1.2	2.3	2.3	1.00
87	Yuya Nakamichi*	23	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	5.06	5.74	11	0	0	0	26.2	30	17	15	1	9	0	18	1	0	2	111	1.463	10.1	0.3	3.0	6.1	2.00
88	Ren Nakata	31	HIR	Fgn	1	3	.250	4.41	5.71	33	0	0	1	34.2	41	22	17	4	12	0	25	1	0	3	158	1.529	10.6	1.0	3.1	6.5	2.08
89	Yuta Ohmine	34	CHU	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.86	5.14	11	0	0	1	21.0	27	12	9	0	6	0	13	0	0	1	98	1.571	11.6	0.0	2.6	5.6	2.17
90	Tomohisa Ohzeki*	24	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.13	1.13	4	0	0	0	8.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	28	0.625	5.6	0.0	0.0	3.4
91	Taiki Ono	28	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	6.91	7.22	28	0	0	2	28.2	21	23	22	1	31	0	30	1	0	5	136	1.814	6.6	0.3	9.7	9.4	0.97
92	Masaki Oyokawa*	21	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.10	4.10	17	0	0	0	26.1	29	12	12	1	17	0	35	1	1	3	123	1.747	9.9	0.3	5.8	12.0	2.06
93	Colin Rea	31	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.82	3	0	0	0	11.0	7	1	0	0	2	0	12	0	0	0	42	0.818	5.7	0.0	1.6	9.8	6.00
94	Yukiya Saito	27	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.56	2.60	17	0	0	1	17.1	14	5	3	0	9	0	20	0	0	2	76	1.327	7.3	0.0	4.7	10.4	2.22
95	Kohki Saitoh*	25	ORX	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.41	2.85	50	0	0	0	41.0	35	13	11	2	10	0	56	3	0	1	169	1.098	7.7	0.4	2.2	12.3	5.60
96	Ren Satoh	24	HAN	Fgn	1	3	.250	5.17	5.17	9	0	0	0	31.1	27	18	18	0	20	0	41	3	0	6	137	1.500	7.8	0.0	5.7	11.8	2.05
97	Takuma Satoh*	22	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	4	1	0	2	20	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	7.2	1.33
98	Hiroya Shimamoto*	29	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.20	1.20	14	0	0	1	15.0	7	2	2	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	51	0.667	4.2	0.6	1.8	4.8	2.67
99	Soh Shinya*	18	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	4.50	4.50	4	0	0	0	4.0	4	2	2	0	4	0	3	0	0	1	20	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	6.8	0.75
100	Kohei Suzuki	28	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.57	2.57	21	0	0	1	21.0	17	6	6	3	2	0	31	0	0	1	83	0.905	7.3	1.3	0.9	13.3	15.50