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2023 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

2022 Season 2024 Season

Classification: Foreign

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

Attendance: n/a

See also: 2023 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	Katsuki Azuma*	27	YKO	Fgn	16	3	.842	1.98	2.09	24	4	2	0	172.1	149	40	38	14	15	2	133	1	0	1	665	0.952	7.8	0.7	0.8	6.9	8.87
2	Koutaro Ohtake*	28	HAN	Fgn	12	2	.857	2.26	2.46	21	1	1	0	131.2	122	36	33	10	12	0	82	3	0	0	513	1.018	8.3	0.7	0.8	5.6	6.83
3	Shosei Togo	23	YOM	Fgn	12	5	.706	2.38	2.59	24	4	2	0	170.0	141	49	45	14	39	0	141	3	0	2	676	1.059	7.5	0.7	2.1	7.5	3.62
4	Hiroki Tokoda*	28	HIR	Fgn	11	7	.611	2.19	2.65	24	2	2	0	156.0	144	46	38	13	28	1	86	5	0	3	636	1.103	8.3	0.8	1.6	5.0	3.07
5	Trevor Bauer	32	YKO	Fgn	10	4	.714	2.76	3.03	19	2	0	0	130.2	119	44	40	14	31	2	130	4	0	3	534	1.148	8.2	1.0	2.1	9.0	4.19
6	Masashi Itoh*	27	HAN	Fgn	10	5	.667	2.39	2.45	21	3	2	0	146.2	120	40	39	8	21	2	91	4	0	3	572	0.961	7.4	0.5	1.3	5.6	4.33
7	Shoki Murakami	25	HAN	Fgn	10	6	.625	1.75	1.87	22	2	1	0	144.1	92	30	28	9	15	0	137	1	0	0	532	0.741	5.7	0.6	0.9	8.5	9.13
8	Yasuhiro Ogawa	33	YKU	Fgn	10	8	.556	3.38	3.75	23	0	0	0	144.0	124	60	54	14	33	2	86	4	0	2	579	1.090	7.8	0.9	2.1	5.4	2.61
9	Iori Yamasaki	24	YOM	Fgn	10	5	.667	2.72	2.78	23	3	1	0	149.0	119	46	45	10	25	3	106	7	0	3	586	0.966	7.2	0.6	1.5	6.4	4.24
10	Masato Morishita	25	HIR	Fgn	9	6	.600	3.01	3.35	20	3	1	0	131.2	127	49	44	10	36	1	94	2	0	3	544	1.238	8.7	0.7	2.5	6.4	2.61
11	Koyo Aoyagi	29	HAN	Fgn	8	6	.571	4.57	4.84	18	0	0	0	100.1	102	54	51	6	38	2	64	9	0	3	439	1.395	9.1	0.5	3.4	5.7	1.68
12	Aren Kuri	31	HIR	Fgn	8	8	.500	2.53	2.99	26	3	3	0	174.1	142	58	49	8	49	7	129	10	0	2	706	1.096	7.3	0.4	2.5	6.7	2.63
13	Yuki Nishi	32	HAN	Fgn	8	5	.615	3.57	3.90	18	2	1	0	108.1	106	47	43	8	24	2	56	8	1	0	452	1.200	8.8	0.7	2.0	4.7	2.33
14	Hiroto Saiki	24	HAN	Fgn	8	5	.615	1.82	2.20	19	1	1	0	118.2	88	29	24	8	36	1	107	2	0	3	473	1.045	6.7	0.6	2.7	8.1	2.97
15	Shota Imanaga*	29	YKO	Fgn	7	4	.636	2.80	2.80	22	2	0	0	148.0	132	46	46	17	24	4	174	4	0	2	596	1.054	8.0	1.0	1.5	10.6	7.25
16	Shinnosuke Ogasawara*	25	CNI	Fgn	7	12	.368	3.59	3.87	25	1	1	0	160.2	153	69	64	14	41	1	134	4	0	3	665	1.207	8.6	0.8	2.3	7.5	3.27
17	Cy Sneed	30	YKU	Fgn	7	8	.467	3.67	4.07	23	2	2	0	135.0	133	61	55	15	36	2	103	3	0	2	569	1.252	8.9	1.0	2.4	6.9	2.86
18	Hiroto Takahashi	20	CNI	Fgn	7	11	.389	2.53	3.21	25	1	1	0	146.0	129	52	41	6	51	0	145	9	0	8	621	1.233	8.0	0.4	3.1	8.9	2.84
19	Nik Turley*	33	HIR	Fgn	7	1	.875	1.74	2.18	44	0	0	1	41.1	39	10	8	1	15	2	42	2	0	2	174	1.306	8.5	0.2	3.3	9.1	2.80
20	Foster Griffin*	27	YOM	Fgn	6	5	.545	2.75	3.05	20	1	0	0	121.0	101	41	37	8	29	1	115	6	1	2	493	1.074	7.5	0.6	2.2	8.6	3.97
21	Reiji Kozawa	25	YKU	Fgn	6	4	.600	3.02	3.38	29	1	1	0	101.1	83	38	34	10	29	1	83	9	0	1	411	1.105	7.4	0.9	2.6	7.4	2.86
22	Daichi Ohsera	32	HIR	Fgn	6	11	.353	3.61	3.68	23	0	0	0	129.2	117	53	52	15	33	4	103	4	0	2	539	1.157	8.1	1.0	2.3	7.1	3.12
23	Dillon Peters*	30	YKU	Fgn	6	5	.545	3.22	3.67	18	0	0	0	100.2	99	41	36	8	21	3	66	5	0	1	415	1.192	8.9	0.7	1.9	5.9	3.14
24	Yuji Akahoshi	23	YOM	Fgn	5	5	.500	3.39	3.52	12	0	0	0	69.0	70	27	26	5	13	1	64	4	0	0	281	1.203	9.1	0.7	1.7	8.3	4.92
25	Taiga Kamichatani	26	YKO	Fgn	5	3	.625	2.11	2.95	46	0	0	0	64.0	53	21	15	3	26	4	54	4	0	3	270	1.234	7.5	0.4	3.7	7.6	2.08
26	Akiyoshi Katsuno	26	CNI	Fgn	5	2	.714	2.01	2.01	50	0	0	1	49.1	33	11	11	2	22	4	49	2	0	1	201	1.115	6.0	0.4	4.0	8.9	2.23
27	Yohander Méndez*	28	YOM	Fgn	5	5	.500	2.07	2.17	16	0	0	0	87.0	57	21	20	7	33	0	72	5	3	3	347	1.034	5.9	0.7	3.4	7.4	2.18
28	Junya Nishi	21	HAN	Fgn	5	2	.714	3.86	4.11	17	1	0	0	72.1	79	33	31	9	28	0	45	3	0	0	316	1.479	9.8	1.1	3.5	5.6	1.61
29	Shinichi Ohnuki	29	YKO	Fgn	5	4	.556	2.95	3.18	13	1	1	0	76.1	57	27	25	6	18	2	55	4	0	0	304	0.983	6.7	0.7	2.1	6.5	3.06
30	Hideaki Wakui	37	CNI	Fgn	5	13	.278	3.97	4.30	21	0	0	0	111.0	116	53	49	9	30	1	89	2	0	1	479	1.315	9.4	0.7	2.4	7.2	2.97
31	Drew Anderson	29	HIR	Fgn	4	1	.800	2.20	2.40	21	0	0	0	45.0	30	12	11	2	17	0	39	2	0	1	181	1.044	6.0	0.4	3.4	7.8	2.29
32	Hiromu Ise	25	YKO	Fgn	4	6	.400	3.22	3.75	58	0	0	2	50.1	54	21	18	6	16	2	43	0	0	0	212	1.391	9.7	1.1	2.9	7.7	2.69
33	Kenta Ishida*	30	YKO	Fgn	4	9	.308	3.97	4.27	23	0	0	0	118.0	127	56	52	12	30	1	99	5	0	3	500	1.331	9.7	0.9	2.3	7.6	3.30
34	Taiki Kikuchi	24	YOM	Fgn	4	4	.500	3.40	3.59	50	0	0	1	47.2	40	19	18	4	16	1	55	1	0	0	193	1.175	7.6	0.8	3.0	10.4	3.44
35	Shohei Mori*	25	HIR	Fgn	4	2	.667	4.53	5.05	12	0	0	0	51.2	58	29	26	7	10	0	38	1	1	0	224	1.316	10.1	1.2	1.7	6.6	3.80
36	Ryusei Ohe*	24	YOM	Fgn	4	0	1.000	4.09	4.09	32	0	0	0	22.0	15	10	10	3	10	0	16	2	0	1	89	1.136	6.1	1.2	4.1	6.5	1.60
37	Hiroya Shimamoto*	30	HAN	Fgn	4	2	.667	1.69	2.03	35	0	0	0	26.2	19	6	5	0	3	1	20	1	0	0	100	0.825	6.4	0.0	1.0	6.8	6.67
38	Tomoyuki Sugano	33	YOM	Fgn	4	8	.333	3.36	3.48	14	0	0	0	77.2	70	30	29	10	15	0	54	3	0	0	315	1.094	8.1	1.2	1.7	6.3	3.60
39	Kentaro Taira	27	YKO	Fgn	4	4	.500	3.49	3.49	11	0	0	0	59.1	58	23	23	5	13	2	61	0	0	1	246	1.197	8.8	0.8	2.0	9.3	4.69
40	Keiji Takahashi*	26	YKU	Fgn	4	9	.308	4.60	4.69	20	0	0	0	101.2	104	53	52	20	47	3	94	6	0	3	445	1.485	9.2	1.8	4.2	8.3	2.00
41	Yuya Yanagi	29	CNI	Fgn	4	11	.267	2.44	2.61	24	2	0	0	158.1	126	46	43	6	47	1	105	4	0	2	636	1.093	7.2	0.3	2.7	6.0	2.23
42	Takuya Yasaki	28	HIR	Fgn	4	2	.667	2.81	2.98	54	0	0	24	51.1	48	17	16	5	24	5	38	0	0	0	221	1.403	8.4	0.9	4.2	6.7	1.58
43	Kai Yokogawa*	22	YOM	Fgn	4	8	.333	3.95	4.06	20	0	0	0	84.1	79	38	37	10	24	0	46	4	0	2	348	1.221	8.4	1.1	2.6	4.9	1.92
44	Kojiro Yoshimura	25	YKU	Fgn	4	2	.667	4.33	4.62	12	0	0	0	60.1	66	31	29	9	14	0	46	2	0	1	257	1.326	9.8	1.3	2.1	6.9	3.29
45	Koji Fukutani	32	CNI	Fgn	3	4	.429	5.17	5.67	14	0	0	0	54.0	72	34	31	6	11	0	36	1	0	1	241	1.537	12.0	1.0	1.8	6.0	3.27
46	Hiromasa Funabasama	26	YOM	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.70	2.70	36	0	0	0	30.0	21	9	9	3	8	2	33	3	0	2	118	0.967	6.3	0.9	2.4	9.9	4.13
47	Robert Gsellman	29	YKO	Fgn	3	5	.375	4.45	4.87	13	0	0	0	64.2	72	35	32	6	33	0	43	4	0	1	292	1.624	10.0	0.8	4.6	6.0	1.30
48	Masumi Hamachi	25	HAN	Fgn	3	1	.750	5.86	5.86	30	0	0	0	27.2	32	18	18	6	6	0	23	0	0	0	121	1.373	10.4	2.0	2.0	7.5	3.83
49	Haruhiro Hamaguchi*	28	YKO	Fgn	3	7	.300	4.50	5.56	14	1	0	0	68.0	71	42	34	6	35	1	56	0	0	1	304	1.559	9.4	0.8	4.6	7.4	1.60
50	Taichi Ishiyama	34	YKU	Fgn	3	6	.333	4.40	5.17	50	0	0	0	47.0	51	27	23	3	13	3	41	3	0	1	208	1.362	9.8	0.6	2.5	7.9	3.15
51	Suguru Iwazaki*	32	HAN	Fgn	3	3	.500	1.77	2.09	60	0	0	35	56.0	32	13	11	3	14	0	62	2	0	0	217	0.821	5.1	0.5	2.3	10.0	4.43
52	Ryoji Kuribayashi	26	HIR	Fgn	3	7	.300	2.92	3.10	55	0	0	18	52.1	42	18	17	4	19	2	51	1	0	2	210	1.166	7.2	0.7	3.3	8.8	2.68
53	Raidel Martínez	26	CNI	Fgn	3	1	.750	0.39	0.77	48	0	0	32	46.2	31	4	2	1	4	0	62	0	0	0	173	0.750	6.0	0.2	0.8	12.0	15.50
54	Humberto Mejía	26	CNI	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.23	2.23	8	0	0	0	44.1	31	11	11	3	18	0	20	2	0	1	179	1.105	6.3	0.6	3.7	4.1	1.11
55	Kazuki Mishima	33	YKO	Fgn	3	1	.750	4.84	4.84	27	0	0	0	22.1	33	12	12	3	7	1	17	2	0	2	108	1.791	13.3	1.2	2.8	6.9	2.43
56	Haruki Ohmichi	24	HIR	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.72	2.72	48	0	0	0	49.2	44	15	15	2	23	3	49	3	0	0	213	1.349	8.0	0.4	4.2	8.9	2.13
57	Taisei Ota	24	YOM	Fgn	3	0	1.000	4.50	4.50	27	0	0	14	26.0	26	13	13	4	11	0	34	1	0	1	116	1.423	9.0	1.4	3.8	11.8	3.09
58	Masaki Oyokawa*	22	HAN	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.23	2.48	33	0	0	0	36.1	28	10	9	2	14	3	40	2	0	1	147	1.156	6.9	0.5	3.5	9.9	2.86
59	Sotaro Shimauchi	26	HIR	Fgn	3	3	.500	2.31	2.62	62	0	0	2	58.1	50	17	15	3	17	0	64	0	1	4	235	1.149	7.7	0.5	2.6	9.9	3.76
60	Tatsuya Shimizu	23	CNI	Fgn	3	3	.500	3.09	3.09	50	0	0	0	46.2	34	16	16	3	30	1	54	1	0	4	198	1.371	6.6	0.6	5.8	10.4	1.80
61	Daisuke Sobue	35	CNI	Fgn	3	5	.375	3.57	3.57	45	0	0	0	40.1	39	16	16	4	8	0	35	1	0	0	168	1.165	8.7	0.9	1.8	7.8	4.38
62	Kazuto Taguchi*	27	YKU	Fgn	3	5	.375	1.86	2.05	50	0	0	33	48.1	39	11	10	2	13	1	55	0	0	1	193	1.076	7.3	0.4	2.4	10.2	4.23
63	Shogo Tamamura*	22	HIR	Fgn	3	1	.750	4.96	5.56	9	0	0	0	45.1	52	28	25	9	11	0	44	2	0	0	199	1.390	10.3	1.8	2.2	8.7	4.00
64	Yasuaki Yamasaki	30	YKO	Fgn	3	7	.300	4.37	4.37	49	0	0	20	45.1	48	22	22	7	8	0	54	1	0	1	189	1.235	9.5	1.4	1.6	10.7	6.75
65	Kosuke Baba	28	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.45	3.27	19	0	0	0	22.0	17	8	6	2	8	0	22	0	0	0	89	1.136	7.0	0.8	3.3	9.0	2.75
66	Alberto Baldonado*	30	YOM	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.69	2.11	21	0	0	0	21.1	15	5	4	2	10	0	21	0	0	0	87	1.172	6.3	0.8	4.2	8.9	2.10
67	Edwin Escobar*	31	YKO	Fgn	2	1	.667	4.55	5.12	40	0	0	0	31.2	28	18	16	6	16	1	30	2	0	1	138	1.389	8.0	1.7	4.5	8.5	1.88
68	Tomoya Hoshi	29	YKU	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.38	3.38	47	0	0	0	40.0	34	15	15	4	16	4	48	1	0	2	161	1.250	7.7	0.9	3.6	10.8	3.00
69	Masanori Ishikawa*	43	YKU	Fgn	2	5	.286	3.98	4.55	13	0	0	0	63.1	75	32	28	11	6	0	22	0	0	1	267	1.279	10.7	1.6	0.9	3.1	3.67
70	Yohei Kagiya	32	YOM	Fgn	2	0	1.000	3.18	3.18	13	0	0	1	11.1	10	4	4	1	5	0	11	0	0	0	48	1.324	7.9	0.8	4.0	8.7	2.20
71	Makoto Kemna	28	HIR	Fgn	2	0	1.000	3.71	4.05	24	0	0	0	26.2	24	12	11	1	13	0	25	0	0	2	113	1.388	8.1	0.3	4.4	8.4	1.92
72	Takuma Kirishiki*	24	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.79	2.23	27	0	0	0	40.1	28	10	8	1	12	1	40	0	0	0	158	0.992	6.2	0.2	2.7	8.9	3.33
73	Naofumi Kizawa	25	YKU	Fgn	2	3	.400	2.72	3.23	56	0	0	0	53.0	42	19	16	3	26	2	49	5	0	2	227	1.283	7.1	0.5	4.4	8.3	1.88
74	Kohei Morihara	31	YKO	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.32	2.53	46	0	0	17	42.2	34	12	11	2	11	0	34	2	0	0	171	1.055	7.2	0.4	2.3	7.2	3.09
75	Reia Nakachi	22	CNI	Fgn	2	5	.286	4.98	4.98	9	0	0	0	43.1	41	24	24	6	25	1	37	0	0	0	194	1.523	8.5	1.2	5.2	7.7	1.48
76	Hiroki Ohnishi	25	YKU	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.60	3.76	46	0	0	0	55.0	53	23	22	3	12	3	35	3	0	2	226	1.182	8.7	0.5	2.0	5.7	2.92
77	Kohki Saitoh*	26	CNI	Fgn	2	0	1.000	0.73	1.09	31	0	0	0	24.2	18	3	2	0	10	1	24	1	0	1	100	1.135	6.6	0.0	3.6	8.8	2.40
78	Yuhei Takanashi*	30	YOM	Fgn	2	1	.667	4.19	4.40	55	0	0	0	43.0	32	21	20	7	19	3	49	4	1	0	185	1.186	6.7	1.5	4.0	10.3	2.58
79	Chiharu Tanaka	22	YOM	Fgn	2	3	.400	5.51	6.06	30	0	0	0	32.2	30	22	20	4	19	0	41	0	0	1	148	1.500	8.3	1.1	5.2	11.3	2.16
80	J.B. Wendelken	30	YKO	Fgn	2	2	.500	1.66	1.81	61	0	0	3	59.2	40	12	11	1	22	4	53	3	0	3	243	1.039	6.0	0.2	3.3	8.0	2.41
81	Daiki Yamamoto*	27	YKU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.55	2.80	42	0	0	0	35.1	32	11	10	4	13	4	26	3	0	2	148	1.274	8.2	1.0	3.3	6.6	2.00
82	Makoto Aduwa	24	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.24	3.24	14	0	0	0	16.2	15	6	6	1	2	0	13	1	0	0	67	1.020	8.1	0.5	1.1	7.0	6.50
83	Jeremy Beasley	27	HAN	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.20	2.63	18	0	0	0	41.0	35	12	10	1	13	0	43	1	0	2	170	1.171	7.7	0.2	2.9	9.4	3.31
84	Robert Corniel	28	HIR	Fgn	1	4	.200	5.10	5.31	8	0	0	0	42.1	46	25	24	2	18	0	23	2	1	3	191	1.512	9.8	0.4	3.8	4.9	1.28
85	Atsushi Endoh	24	HIR	Fgn	1	5	.167	4.39	4.39	8	1	1	0	41.0	36	20	20	7	15	0	22	2	0	0	174	1.244	7.9	1.5	3.3	4.8	1.47
86	Michael Feliz	30	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.14	3.14	19	0	0	0	14.1	9	5	5	1	11	1	16	2	0	0	65	1.395	5.7	0.6	6.9	10.0	1.45
87	Kento Fujishima	25	CNI	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.07	1.78	56	0	0	4	50.2	34	10	6	1	14	1	46	1	0	1	196	0.947	6.0	0.2	2.5	8.2	3.29
88	Hiroto Fuku*	31	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.55	4.08	29	0	0	0	17.2	12	8	5	1	8	2	15	1	0	0	76	1.132	6.1	0.5	4.1	7.6	1.88
89	Yuki Hashimoto*	25	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.17	1.17	13	0	0	0	15.1	9	2	2	0	10	0	9	3	0	1	64	1.239	5.3	0.0	5.9	5.3	0.90
90	Taisei Irie	24	YKO	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.70	3.30	32	0	0	0	30.0	29	11	9	0	16	0	32	2	0	1	136	1.500	8.7	0.0	4.8	9.6	2.00
91	Daichi Ishii	25	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.35	1.80	44	0	0	0	40.0	43	8	6	2	8	1	29	1	0	0	165	1.275	9.7	0.5	1.8	6.5	3.63
92	Yuta Iwasada*	31	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.70	3.12	50	0	0	0	43.1	36	15	13	2	12	1	30	2	0	0	177	1.108	7.5	0.4	2.5	6.2	2.50
93	Ren Kajiya	31	HAN	Fgn	1	5	.167	2.56	2.79	51	0	0	1	38.2	34	12	11	3	13	0	32	2	1	6	161	1.216	7.9	0.7	3.0	7.4	2.46
94	Kyle Keller	30	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.71	2.39	27	0	0	1	26.1	22	7	5	1	16	2	28	1	0	3	118	1.443	7.5	0.3	5.5	9.6	1.75
95	Ryuta Konno	28	YKU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.77	3.77	26	0	0	0	31.0	31	13	13	4	10	1	13	2	0	1	133	1.323	9.0	1.2	2.9	3.8	1.30
96	Takehisa Masuda	24	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.64	1.64	8	0	0	0	11.0	8	2	2	1	3	0	12	0	0	1	43	1.000	6.5	0.8	2.5	9.8	4.00
97	Takahiro Matsuba*	32	CNI	Fgn	1	4	.200	3.28	3.59	11	0	0	0	57.2	55	23	21	1	14	1	20	1	0	1	232	1.197	8.6	0.2	2.2	3.1	1.43
98	Hayate Matsui	22	YOM	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.26	3.72	8	0	0	0	19.1	18	8	7	3	8	1	17	0	0	0	85	1.345	8.4	1.4	3.7	7.9	2.13
99	Shinya Matsuyama	23	CNI	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.27	1.53	36	0	0	0	35.1	23	6	5	0	14	1	50	6	0	4	146	1.047	5.9	0.0	3.6	12.7	3.57
100	Kota Nakagawa*	29	YOM	Fgn	1	4	.200	2.08	2.08	44	0	0	14	43.1	37	10	10	3	9	1	38	1	0	0	172	1.062	7.7	0.6	1.9	7.9	4.22