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2023 Japan Pacific 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 Central 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	Yoshinobu Yamamoto	24	ORX	Fgn	16	6	.727	1.21	1.48	23	2	1	0	164.0	117	27	22	2	28	0	169	6	0	1	636	0.884	6.4	0.1	1.5	9.3	6.04
2	Kaima Taira	23	SEI	Fgn	11	7	.611	2.40	2.82	23	0	0	0	150.0	115	47	40	10	55	2	153	5	0	0	611	1.133	6.9	0.6	3.3	9.2	2.78
3	Sachiya Yamasaki*	30	ORX	Fgn	11	5	.688	3.25	3.31	23	0	0	0	130.1	127	48	47	7	24	0	80	5	0	0	537	1.159	8.8	0.5	1.7	5.5	3.33
4	Kohei Arihara	30	FKA	Fgn	10	5	.667	2.31	2.98	17	1	1	0	120.2	105	40	31	13	25	1	74	7	0	1	490	1.077	7.8	1.0	1.9	5.5	2.96
5	Tatsuya Imai	25	SEI	Fgn	10	5	.667	2.30	2.57	19	2	1	0	133.0	87	38	34	11	61	0	130	8	0	4	533	1.113	5.9	0.7	4.1	8.8	2.13
6	Hiroya Miyagi*	21	ORX	Fgn	10	4	.714	2.27	2.33	22	3	3	0	146.2	107	38	37	7	31	1	122	5	0	1	575	0.941	6.6	0.4	1.9	7.5	3.94
7	Kazuya Ojima*	26	LOT	Fgn	10	6	.625	3.47	3.64	25	0	0	0	158.1	143	64	61	14	57	0	114	6	0	2	657	1.263	8.1	0.8	3.2	6.5	2.00
8	Kona Takahashi	26	SEI	Fgn	10	8	.556	2.21	2.73	23	4	2	0	155.0	123	47	38	8	47	1	120	7	0	7	626	1.097	7.1	0.5	2.7	7.0	2.55
9	Atsuki Taneichi	24	LOT	Fgn	10	7	.588	3.42	3.69	23	0	0	0	136.2	124	56	52	12	45	1	157	7	0	3	571	1.237	8.2	0.8	3.0	10.3	3.49
10	Takayuki Kishi	38	TOH	Fgn	9	5	.643	3.07	3.29	20	1	1	0	120.1	123	44	41	10	20	0	76	3	0	2	506	1.188	9.2	0.7	1.5	5.7	3.80
11	Chihiro Sumida*	23	SEI	Fgn	9	10	.474	3.44	3.57	22	2	1	0	131.0	123	52	50	11	41	0	128	7	0	2	554	1.252	8.5	0.8	2.8	8.8	3.12
12	Naoyuki Uwasawa	29	NPN	Fgn	9	9	.500	2.96	3.49	24	2	2	0	170.0	152	66	56	14	41	0	124	5	1	5	696	1.135	8.0	0.7	2.2	6.6	3.02
13	Shunpeita Yamashita	20	ORX	Fgn	9	3	.750	1.61	1.99	16	0	0	0	95.0	71	21	17	2	30	0	101	4	1	4	383	1.063	6.7	0.2	2.8	9.6	3.37
14	Yuji Nishino	32	LOT	Fgn	8	5	.615	2.69	3.00	18	1	0	0	117.0	109	39	35	4	23	0	92	4	0	1	464	1.128	8.4	0.3	1.8	7.1	4.00
15	Takahiro Norimoto	32	TOH	Fgn	8	8	.500	2.61	3.31	24	0	0	0	155.0	134	57	45	7	44	0	111	1	0	5	636	1.148	7.8	0.4	2.6	6.4	2.52
16	Tsuyoshi Wada*	42	FKA	Fgn	8	6	.571	3.24	3.51	21	0	0	0	100.0	89	39	36	10	29	0	85	3	0	0	414	1.180	8.0	0.9	2.6	7.7	2.93
17	Shota Watanabe	22	TOH	Fgn	8	3	.727	2.40	2.77	51	0	0	1	48.2	30	15	13	1	20	3	41	2	0	3	197	1.027	5.5	0.2	3.7	7.6	2.05
18	Hiromi Itoh	25	NPN	Fgn	7	10	.412	3.46	3.76	24	3	1	0	153.1	147	64	59	11	41	0	134	8	0	2	649	1.226	8.6	0.6	2.4	7.9	3.27
19	Takayuki Katoh*	31	NPN	Fgn	7	9	.438	2.87	3.25	24	3	1	0	163.1	162	59	52	14	16	2	83	1	1	2	648	1.090	8.9	0.8	0.9	4.6	5.19
20	Roki Sasaki	21	LOT	Fgn	7	4	.636	1.78	1.88	15	0	0	0	91.0	51	19	18	1	17	0	135	5	0	12	345	0.747	5.0	0.1	1.7	13.4	7.94
21	Masahiro Tanaka	34	TOH	Fgn	7	11	.389	4.91	5.10	24	0	0	0	139.1	156	79	76	15	38	0	81	5	0	5	600	1.392	10.1	1.0	2.5	5.2	2.13
22	Kohei Azuma	23	ORX	Fgn	6	0	1.000	2.06	2.41	10	0	0	0	52.1	45	14	12	2	9	0	40	5	0	1	209	1.032	7.7	0.3	1.5	6.9	4.44
23	Takahisa Hayakawa*	24	TOH	Fgn	6	7	.462	3.44	3.91	17	0	0	0	96.2	102	42	37	13	27	0	78	2	0	0	413	1.334	9.5	1.2	2.5	7.3	2.89
24	Nao Higashihama	33	FKA	Fgn	6	7	.462	4.52	4.52	17	0	0	0	99.2	114	50	50	6	24	0	73	0	0	1	428	1.385	10.3	0.5	2.2	6.6	3.04
25	Koki Kitayama	24	NPN	Fgn	6	5	.545	3.41	3.55	14	0	0	0	66.0	49	26	25	9	34	1	58	0	2	1	273	1.258	6.7	1.2	4.6	7.9	1.71
26	Wataru Matsumoto	26	SEI	Fgn	6	8	.429	3.47	3.70	20	1	0	0	116.2	102	48	45	14	48	1	89	5	1	3	496	1.286	7.9	1.1	3.7	6.9	1.85
27	Kenya Suzuki	25	NPN	Fgn	6	4	.600	2.63	3.32	24	0	0	0	65.0	59	24	19	3	21	0	23	3	0	0	273	1.231	8.2	0.4	2.9	3.2	1.10
28	Daiki Tajima*	26	ORX	Fgn	6	4	.600	3.09	3.42	13	0	0	0	81.2	73	31	28	9	18	0	64	2	0	2	338	1.114	8.0	1.0	2.0	7.1	3.56
29	Yugo Bandoh	27	FKA	Fgn	5	4	.556	3.04	3.47	30	0	0	0	83.0	73	32	28	5	34	0	58	3	0	1	349	1.289	7.9	0.5	3.7	6.3	1.71
30	Kouya Fujii	26	FKA	Fgn	5	3	.625	2.33	2.71	34	0	0	0	69.2	46	21	18	3	33	1	84	7	0	1	288	1.134	5.9	0.4	4.3	10.9	2.55
31	Tomohisa Ohzeki*	25	FKA	Fgn	5	7	.417	2.92	3.10	17	2	1	0	104.2	86	36	34	11	35	0	76	6	0	1	427	1.156	7.4	0.9	3.0	6.5	2.17
32	Tomohito Sakai	30	TOH	Fgn	5	3	.625	2.98	3.61	47	0	0	1	42.1	36	17	14	1	25	2	30	0	0	1	184	1.441	7.7	0.2	5.3	6.4	1.20
33	Kosei Shoji	22	TOH	Fgn	5	3	.625	3.36	3.53	19	0	0	0	109.2	90	43	41	6	48	0	93	5	0	3	460	1.258	7.4	0.5	3.9	7.6	1.94
34	Cristopher Crisostomo*	29	LOT	Fgn	4	8	.333	3.33	3.56	22	0	0	1	116.1	111	46	43	8	36	0	58	2	0	3	483	1.264	8.6	0.6	2.8	4.5	1.61
35	Katsunori Hirai	31	SEI	Fgn	4	3	.571	2.55	2.55	54	0	0	0	53.0	46	15	15	3	22	3	29	1	0	1	222	1.283	7.8	0.5	3.7	4.9	1.32
36	Shuta Ishikawa	31	FKA	Fgn	4	8	.333	4.15	4.51	23	1	1	0	125.2	108	63	58	15	61	2	119	8	0	3	550	1.345	7.7	1.1	4.4	8.5	1.95
37	Atsuya Kogita	24	ORX	Fgn	4	0	1.000	2.19	2.92	38	0	0	0	49.1	37	16	12	4	13	0	37	0	0	1	193	1.014	6.8	0.7	2.4	6.8	2.85
38	Tatsushi Masuda	35	SEI	Fgn	4	4	.500	5.45	5.68	40	0	0	19	38.0	44	24	23	5	7	0	27	2	0	0	169	1.342	10.4	1.2	1.7	6.4	3.86
39	Takahiro Nishimura	30	LOT	Fgn	4	0	1.000	1.25	1.45	44	0	0	0	43.1	28	7	6	2	16	0	41	1	0	3	174	1.015	5.8	0.4	3.3	8.5	2.56
40	Cody Ponce	29	NPN	Fgn	4	5	.444	3.66	4.70	10	0	0	0	51.2	59	27	21	3	17	0	43	3	0	2	237	1.471	10.3	0.5	3.0	7.5	2.53
41	Hirokazu Sawamura	35	LOT	Fgn	4	3	.571	4.91	4.91	34	0	0	3	33.0	33	18	18	6	18	2	24	1	1	0	148	1.545	9.0	1.6	4.9	6.5	1.33
42	Yuki Tsumori	25	FKA	Fgn	4	4	.500	3.51	3.70	56	0	0	0	48.2	37	20	19	4	21	2	44	3	0	0	202	1.192	6.8	0.7	3.9	8.1	2.10
43	Seiryu Uchi	21	TOH	Fgn	4	2	.667	2.28	2.77	53	0	0	0	55.1	38	17	14	5	17	2	35	1	1	1	222	0.994	6.2	0.8	2.8	5.7	2.06
44	Yuki Udagawa	24	ORX	Fgn	4	0	1.000	1.77	1.77	46	0	0	2	45.2	22	9	9	3	30	1	52	2	0	4	192	1.139	4.3	0.6	5.9	10.2	1.73
45	Kenta Uehara*	29	NPN	Fgn	4	7	.364	2.75	3.55	19	0	0	0	101.1	101	40	31	7	22	1	74	4	0	0	424	1.214	9.0	0.6	2.0	6.6	3.36
46	Jacob Waguespack	29	ORX	Fgn	4	7	.364	5.77	6.18	31	0	0	2	43.2	44	30	28	4	26	0	67	1	0	2	201	1.603	9.1	0.8	5.4	13.8	2.58
47	Shota Abe	30	ORX	Fgn	3	5	.375	2.70	3.28	49	0	0	1	46.2	37	17	14	4	12	1	42	5	0	1	193	1.050	7.1	0.8	2.3	8.1	3.50
48	Tomohiro Anraku	26	TOH	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.04	3.04	57	0	0	0	47.1	48	16	16	2	18	1	32	8	0	4	214	1.394	9.1	0.4	3.4	6.1	1.78
49	Luis Castillo	28	LOT	Fgn	3	3	.500	3.12	3.31	12	0	0	0	49.0	52	18	17	2	3	0	34	2	0	1	200	1.122	9.6	0.4	0.6	6.2	11.33
50	Masaru Fujii*	26	TOH	Fgn	3	0	1.000	2.29	3.06	10	0	0	0	35.1	28	12	9	1	18	0	24	0	0	1	148	1.302	7.1	0.3	4.6	6.1	1.33
51	Yoshihisa Hirano	39	ORX	Fgn	3	2	.600	1.13	1.13	42	0	0	29	40.0	36	5	5	1	13	0	24	0	0	1	167	1.225	8.1	0.2	2.9	5.4	1.85
52	Hiroshi Kaino	26	FKA	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.53	2.53	46	0	0	2	42.2	33	12	12	2	13	0	39	2	0	0	172	1.078	7.0	0.4	2.7	8.2	3.00
53	Manabu Mima	36	LOT	Fgn	3	9	.250	4.76	5.03	18	0	0	0	98.1	106	55	52	13	32	1	67	3	0	1	429	1.403	9.7	1.2	2.9	6.1	2.09
54	Liván Moinelo*	27	FKA	Fgn	3	0	1.000	0.98	0.98	27	0	0	5	27.2	11	3	3	0	5	2	37	0	0	0	97	0.578	3.6	0.0	1.6	12.0	7.40
55	Shunsuke Nakamori	21	LOT	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.54	3.54	13	0	0	0	20.1	17	8	8	2	8	2	10	3	0	1	86	1.230	7.5	0.9	3.5	4.4	1.25
56	Toshiya Nakamura*	26	LOT	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.31	2.31	17	0	0	0	23.1	22	6	6	0	6	0	19	1	0	1	99	1.200	8.5	0.0	2.3	7.3	3.17
57	Haruka Nemoto*	20	NPN	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.88	2.88	5	0	0	0	25.0	12	8	8	2	14	0	23	3	0	0	105	1.040	4.3	0.7	5.0	8.3	1.64
58	Roberto Osuna	28	FKA	Fgn	3	2	.600	0.92	0.92	49	0	0	26	49.0	28	5	5	3	6	1	42	0	0	0	170	0.694	5.1	0.6	1.1	7.7	7.00
59	Carter Stewart	23	FKA	Fgn	3	6	.333	3.38	3.61	14	0	0	0	77.1	70	31	29	7	42	1	67	1	0	3	344	1.448	8.1	0.8	4.9	7.8	1.60
60	Shoma Fujihira	24	TOH	Fgn	2	4	.333	4.44	5.33	11	0	0	0	50.2	50	30	25	5	27	0	42	1	0	5	231	1.520	8.9	0.9	4.8	7.5	1.56
61	Motoki Higa	40	ORX	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	31	0	0	0	20.0	21	5	5	3	2	0	10	2	0	0	83	1.150	9.5	1.4	0.9	4.5	5.00
62	Hitomi Honda	23	ORX	Fgn	2	1	.667	6.34	6.34	28	0	0	0	32.2	36	23	23	5	12	2	34	0	0	2	145	1.469	9.9	1.4	3.3	9.4	2.83
63	Shoma Kanemura	22	NPN	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.80	2.52	4	0	0	0	25.0	18	7	5	0	5	0	23	0	0	2	97	0.920	6.5	0.0	1.8	8.3	4.60
64	James Marvel	29	NPN	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.49	3.74	8	0	0	0	21.2	21	9	6	1	9	0	12	1	0	0	93	1.385	8.7	0.4	3.7	5.0	1.33
65	Naoya Masuda	33	LOT	Fgn	2	5	.286	3.71	3.88	58	0	0	36	53.1	49	23	22	9	14	1	54	1	0	4	222	1.181	8.3	1.5	2.4	9.1	3.86
66	Katsuki Matayoshi	32	FKA	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.25	2.25	32	0	0	0	28.0	21	7	7	2	10	0	15	2	0	1	113	1.107	6.8	0.6	3.2	4.8	1.50
67	Yuki Matsui*	27	TOH	Fgn	2	3	.400	1.57	2.20	59	0	0	39	57.1	38	14	10	3	13	2	72	0	0	2	222	0.890	6.0	0.5	2.0	11.3	5.54
68	Yuki Matsumoto	27	FKA	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.68	3.06	53	0	0	0	47.0	32	16	14	5	17	1	60	0	0	1	189	1.043	6.1	1.0	3.3	11.5	3.53
69	Yuito Mori	31	FKA	Fgn	2	3	.400	4.60	4.60	6	0	0	0	29.1	28	15	15	2	9	0	27	0	0	0	126	1.261	8.6	0.6	2.8	8.3	3.00
70	Ryosuke Moriwaki	30	SEI	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.95	2.60	31	0	0	3	27.2	22	8	6	1	15	0	26	0	0	1	117	1.337	7.2	0.3	4.9	8.5	1.73
71	Ryosuke Ohtsu	24	FKA	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.43	3.10	46	0	0	0	40.2	34	14	11	5	11	1	21	2	0	1	164	1.107	7.5	1.1	2.4	4.6	1.91
72	Keisuke Sawada	29	LOT	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.08	1.08	17	0	0	2	16.2	11	2	2	1	6	0	18	0	0	0	63	1.020	5.9	0.5	3.2	9.7	3.00
73	Chia-Hao Sung	30	TOH	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.89	3.09	49	0	0	0	46.2	41	16	15	5	11	0	35	0	0	3	188	1.114	7.9	1.0	2.1	6.8	3.18
74	Ryota Takinaka	28	TOH	Fgn	2	4	.333	3.83	4.25	8	0	0	0	42.1	45	20	18	3	11	0	18	1	0	4	179	1.323	9.6	0.6	2.3	3.8	1.64
75	Ichiro Tamura	28	SEI	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.52	1.52	24	0	0	1	23.2	14	4	4	1	8	0	20	0	0	4	93	0.930	5.3	0.4	3.0	7.6	2.50
76	Seigi Tanaka	28	NPN	Fgn	2	3	.400	3.50	3.50	47	0	0	25	46.1	43	18	18	6	13	0	46	0	0	0	194	1.209	8.4	1.2	2.5	8.9	3.54
77	Fumimaru Taura*	23	FKA	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.38	2.38	45	0	0	0	34.0	31	9	9	1	12	1	28	7	0	3	150	1.265	8.2	0.3	3.2	7.4	2.33
78	Taisuke Yamaoka	27	ORX	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.30	2.49	31	0	0	3	94.0	75	26	24	4	33	2	97	3	0	7	390	1.149	7.2	0.4	3.2	9.3	2.94
79	Rikuto Yokoyama	21	LOT	Fgn	2	3	.400	5.26	5.72	38	0	0	1	39.1	41	25	23	3	18	2	42	1	0	3	172	1.500	9.4	0.7	4.1	9.6	2.33
80	Kaito Yoza	27	SEI	Fgn	2	6	.250	3.69	4.12	15	1	1	0	83.0	72	38	34	9	21	0	39	5	0	1	340	1.120	7.8	1.0	2.3	4.2	1.86
81	Jharel Cotton	31	ORX	Fgn	1	1	.500	5.89	6.38	7	0	0	0	18.1	24	13	12	4	4	0	22	1	0	2	84	1.527	11.8	2.0	2.0	10.8	5.50
82	Dietrich Enns*	32	SEI	Fgn	1	10	.091	5.17	6.17	12	0	0	0	54.0	53	37	31	6	23	0	30	5	0	1	236	1.407	8.8	1.0	3.8	5.0	1.30
83	Suguru Fukuda*	26	NPN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	29	0	0	0	26.1	11	0	0	0	10	0	19	2	0	4	100	0.797	3.8	0.0	3.4	6.5	1.90
84	Atsuya Hirohata	25	LOT	Fgn	1	1	.500	5.73	5.73	8	0	0	0	11.0	14	7	7	1	5	1	11	0	0	0	50	1.727	11.5	0.8	4.1	9.0	2.20
85	Mizuki Hori*	25	NPN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	9.00	9.00	5	0	0	0	4.0	9	4	4	3	1	0	3	0	0	0	21	2.500	20.3	6.8	2.3	6.8	3.00
86	Takahide Ikeda	28	NPN	Fgn	1	5	.167	2.86	3.22	51	0	0	0	50.1	33	18	16	5	12	0	45	2	0	1	195	0.894	5.9	0.9	2.1	8.0	3.75
87	Mao Itoh	22	TOH	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.27	4.50	25	0	0	0	22.0	18	11	8	1	14	0	9	3	0	2	98	1.455	7.4	0.4	5.7	3.7	0.64
88	Daiki Iwashita	26	LOT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.93	3.23	27	0	0	0	30.2	25	11	10	2	14	3	28	1	0	3	130	1.272	7.3	0.6	4.1	8.2	2.00
89	Wataru Karashima*	32	TOH	Fgn	1	5	.167	4.56	4.73	10	0	0	0	51.1	57	27	26	7	16	0	24	1	0	1	224	1.422	10.0	1.2	2.8	4.2	1.50
90	Ryusei Kawano*	25	NPN	Fgn	1	4	.200	1.70	1.91	50	0	0	0	42.1	30	9	8	1	9	0	35	3	0	0	164	0.921	6.4	0.2	1.9	7.4	3.89
91	Shinya Kayama*	33	FKA	Fgn	1	0	1.000	5.25	5.25	23	0	0	0	12.0	16	7	7	1	6	0	7	1	0	0	56	1.833	12.0	0.8	4.5	5.3	1.17
92	Katsuhiko Kumon*	31	SEI	Fgn	1	1	.500	9.64	9.64	7	0	0	0	4.2	7	5	5	0	5	0	1	0	0	0	25	2.571	13.5	0.0	9.6	1.9	0.20
93	Yuta Kuroki	28	ORX	Fgn	1	5	.167	6.58	6.92	12	0	0	0	26.0	33	20	19	2	16	0	20	1	0	1	122	1.885	11.4	0.7	5.5	6.9	1.25
94	Tomotaka Matsui	23	TOH	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.86	4.34	6	0	0	0	18.2	15	9	8	0	8	1	13	0	0	1	78	1.232	7.2	0.0	3.9	6.3	1.63
95	Tetsu Miyagawa	27	SEI	Fgn	1	2	.333	7.16	7.16	4	0	0	0	16.1	23	13	13	3	13	0	9	2	0	1	83	2.204	12.7	1.7	7.2	5.0	0.69
96	Naoki Miyanishi*	38	NPN	Fgn	1	3	.250	2.66	2.66	31	0	0	1	23.2	29	7	7	3	10	3	24	3	0	1	111	1.648	11.0	1.1	3.8	9.1	2.40
97	Haruki Miyauchi	27	NPN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	6.48	6.48	15	0	0	0	16.2	23	12	12	1	5	1	18	0	0	0	78	1.680	12.4	0.5	2.7	9.7	3.60
98	Ryotaro Mori	24	LOT	Fgn	1	4	.200	6.00	6.27	7	0	0	0	33.0	41	23	22	3	10	0	29	2	0	0	153	1.545	11.2	0.8	2.7	7.9	2.90
99	Luis Perdomo	30	LOT	Fgn	1	3	.250	2.13	2.66	53	0	0	1	50.2	49	15	12	1	15	0	41	0	0	1	209	1.263	8.7	0.2	2.7	7.3	2.73
100	Bryan Rodriguez	31	NPN	Fgn	1	7	.125	5.09	5.35	37	0	0	0	35.1	42	21	20	5	20	3	20	0	0	1	163	1.755	10.7	1.3	5.1	5.1	1.00