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2024 Japan Western League Pitching Leaders

2023 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 153 games, 6 teams, approx. 51 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	Yuta Matsukihira	21	CHU	Fgn	5	3	.625	2.00	2.13	10	2	1	0	67.2	57	16	15	1	19	0	46	0	0	4	267	1.123	7.6	0.1	2.5	6.1	2.42
2	Jun Maeda*	24	SFT	Fgn	4	1	.800	1.07	1.07	7	1	1	0	42.0	34	5	5	0	8	0	28	0	0	4	164	1.000	7.3	0.0	1.7	6.0	3.50
3	Masaki Oyokawa*	23	HAN	Fgn	4	1	.800	2.45	2.76	6	1	0	0	29.1	21	9	8	3	11	0	35	0	0	1	118	1.091	6.4	0.9	3.4	10.7	3.18
4	Shogo Tamamura*	23	HIR	Fgn	4	2	.667	1.60	1.80	7	0	0	0	45.0	31	9	8	2	9	0	23	1	0	1	170	0.889	6.2	0.4	1.8	4.6	2.56
5	Jeremy Beasley	28	HAN	Fgn	3	0	1.000	0.55	0.55	7	0	0	0	33.0	13	2	2	0	11	0	31	0	0	0	118	0.727	3.5	0.0	3.0	8.5	2.82
6	Daiki Hayakawa?	--	KUF	Fgn	3	3	.500	3.51	4.25	8	1	0	0	48.2	45	23	19	2	19	0	35	1	0	2	210	1.315	8.3	0.4	3.5	6.5	1.84
7	Takahiro Matsuba*	33	CHU	Fgn	3	0	1.000	0.41	0.41	4	0	0	0	22.0	10	1	1	0	6	0	8	1	0	1	78	0.727	4.1	0.0	2.5	3.3	1.33
8	Kenichi Murata	22	SFT	Fgn	3	2	.600	1.53	1.53	6	0	0	0	35.1	20	6	6	0	10	0	15	1	0	0	134	0.849	5.1	0.0	2.5	3.8	1.50
9	Reia Nakachi	23	CHU	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.23	3.80	8	0	0	0	47.1	48	20	17	0	11	0	49	0	0	5	197	1.246	9.1	0.0	2.1	9.3	4.45
10	Isaki Ninomiya?	--	KUF	Fgn	3	4	.429	3.51	4.27	10	2	1	0	59.0	49	28	23	3	24	0	40	2	0	2	252	1.237	7.5	0.5	3.7	6.1	1.67
11	Junya Nishi	22	HAN	Fgn	3	4	.429	2.76	2.91	10	0	0	1	58.2	58	19	18	5	18	0	53	4	0	3	247	1.295	8.9	0.8	2.8	8.1	2.94
12	Yusuke Nomura	35	HIR	Fgn	3	3	.500	2.27	2.27	8	0	0	0	35.2	26	9	9	1	16	0	21	0	0	0	146	1.178	6.6	0.3	4.0	5.3	1.31
13	Ryo Ohyama	22	SFT	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.00	4.15	7	0	0	0	39.0	33	18	13	1	14	0	29	3	0	3	161	1.205	7.6	0.2	3.2	6.7	2.07
14	Kanata Okuda?	--	KUF	Fgn	3	4	.429	6.97	7.84	12	0	0	0	51.2	83	45	40	5	16	0	12	1	1	6	239	1.916	14.5	0.9	2.8	2.1	0.75
15	Kazuma Satoh*	23	ORX	Fgn	3	2	.600	2.22	2.62	8	0	0	0	44.2	31	13	11	0	17	0	31	0	0	3	178	1.075	6.2	0.0	3.4	6.2	1.82
16	Shinji Tajima	34	CHU	Fgn	3	0	1.000	1.20	1.80	15	0	0	0	15.0	7	3	2	0	7	1	11	1	0	2	62	0.933	4.2	0.0	4.2	6.6	1.57
17	Hiroto Takahashi	21	CHU	Fgn	3	1	.750	0.93	2.48	4	1	1	0	29.0	18	8	3	0	8	0	22	1	0	0	112	0.897	5.6	0.0	2.5	6.8	2.75
18	Takumi Akiyama	33	HAN	Fgn	2	3	.400	6.58	6.58	7	0	0	0	26.0	39	19	19	5	3	0	16	1	0	0	118	1.615	13.5	1.7	1.0	5.5	5.33
19	Alexander Armenta*	20	SFT	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.13	1.13	2	0	0	0	8.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	33	1.250	7.9	0.0	3.4	10.1	3.00
20	Robert Corniel	29	HIR	Fgn	2	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	11	0	0	3	11.0	2	0	0	0	3	0	17	0	0	0	39	0.455	1.6	0.0	2.5	13.9	5.67
21	Sohta Fujimoto?	--	KUF	Fgn	2	2	.500	7.40	7.84	19	0	0	0	20.2	23	18	17	0	27	0	11	3	0	3	109	2.419	10.0	0.0	11.8	4.8	0.41
22	Hiroto Fuku*	32	CHU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	3.97	3.97	15	0	0	0	11.1	11	5	5	0	2	0	11	0	0	0	49	1.147	8.7	0.0	1.6	8.7	5.50
23	Koji Fukutani	33	CHU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.61	1.61	6	0	0	0	22.1	22	4	4	0	2	0	22	1	0	0	89	1.075	8.9	0.0	0.8	8.9	11.00
24	Hidetoshi Ibaragi	20	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.65	3.65	8	0	0	0	37.0	30	15	15	1	22	0	24	3	0	5	162	1.405	7.3	0.2	5.4	5.8	1.09
25	Shunsuke Kasaya*	27	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.95	2.43	9	0	0	1	37.0	31	10	8	0	16	0	32	0	1	2	152	1.270	7.5	0.0	3.9	7.8	2.00
26	Hikaru Kimura	23	SFT	Fgn	2	2	.500	5.06	5.91	5	0	0	0	21.1	25	14	12	0	7	0	13	1	0	2	95	1.500	10.5	0.0	3.0	5.5	1.86
27	Yuito Mae	22	ORX	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.33	2.79	18	0	0	0	19.1	15	6	5	1	5	0	18	1	0	0	77	1.034	7.0	0.5	2.3	8.4	3.60
28	Ren Mukunoki	24	ORX	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.45	2.73	8	0	0	0	33.0	30	10	9	0	5	0	27	0	0	1	128	1.061	8.2	0.0	1.4	7.4	5.40
29	Ryota Muranishi	27	ORX	Fgn	2	4	.333	4.61	5.49	9	0	0	0	41.0	49	25	21	1	14	0	23	5	0	0	186	1.537	10.8	0.2	3.1	5.0	1.64
30	Akira Neo	24	CHU	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.99	4.60	6	0	0	0	29.1	34	15	13	1	11	0	25	2	0	1	129	1.534	10.4	0.3	3.4	7.7	2.27
31	Yusei Nishihama	21	KUF	Fgn	2	4	.333	4.09	4.09	9	0	0	0	50.2	44	23	23	3	20	0	36	3	0	4	219	1.263	7.8	0.5	3.6	6.4	1.80
32	Kyosuke Saito	19	ORX	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.16	3.16	6	0	0	0	25.2	23	9	9	0	16	0	25	1	0	3	116	1.519	8.1	0.0	5.6	8.8	1.56
33	Hiroki Satoh*	25	SFT	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.74	2.61	3	0	0	0	10.1	9	3	2	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	43	1.258	7.8	0.0	3.5	7.0	2.00
34	Hiroshi Suzuki	27	ORX	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.00	3.67	7	0	0	0	27.0	26	11	9	1	8	0	14	1	0	1	108	1.259	8.7	0.3	2.7	4.7	1.75
35	Ren Tomida*	22	HAN	Fgn	2	3	.400	2.12	3.34	5	0	0	0	29.2	26	11	7	0	9	0	17	2	0	0	120	1.180	7.9	0.0	2.7	5.2	1.89
36	Ryoga Tomiyama*	27	ORX	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.64	1.64	6	0	0	0	11.0	10	2	2	1	2	0	8	0	0	0	43	1.091	8.2	0.8	1.6	6.5	4.00
37	Tsuyoshi Wada*	43	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.26	3.72	4	0	0	0	19.1	23	8	7	1	1	0	25	0	0	0	82	1.241	10.7	0.5	0.5	11.6	25.00
38	Koyo Aoyagi	30	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	1	6.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	6	0	0	0	19	0.333	0.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
39	Kohei Azuma	24	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.63	2.63	3	0	0	0	13.2	11	4	4	0	4	0	9	2	0	0	55	1.098	7.2	0.0	2.6	5.9	2.25
40	Yugo Bandoh	28	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.81	2.81	3	0	0	0	16.0	18	5	5	0	1	0	8	1	1	0	65	1.188	10.1	0.0	0.6	4.5	8.00
41	Jose Betances	24	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	7.88	9.00	9	0	0	0	8.0	7	8	7	1	7	0	7	2	1	1	37	1.750	7.9	1.1	7.9	7.9	1.00
42	Atsushi Endoh	25	HIR	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.66	2.88	9	0	0	0	40.2	29	13	12	2	16	0	28	2	1	2	166	1.107	6.4	0.4	3.5	6.2	1.75
43	Anderson Espinoza	26	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	1	0	0	0	6.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	26	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
44	Kouya Fujii	27	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	12	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	12.0	4.00
45	Yuri Furukawa	28	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.81	6.19	11	0	0	0	16.0	18	11	5	0	10	0	12	2	0	0	81	1.750	10.1	0.0	5.6	6.8	1.20
46	Ginji Hasebe*	25	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.75	12	0	0	0	12.0	8	1	0	0	5	0	9	0	0	1	48	1.083	6.0	0.0	3.8	6.8	1.80
47	Thomas Hatch	29	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	0.79	1.19	5	0	0	0	22.2	15	3	2	0	2	0	14	0	0	0	79	0.750	6.0	0.0	0.8	5.6	7.00
48	Motoki Higa	41	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	5	0	0	0	4.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	16	0.692	4.2	0.0	2.1	8.3	4.00
49	Sota Ikeya*	24	KUF	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.60	4.50	9	0	0	0	10.0	8	5	4	0	11	0	2	0	0	1	46	1.900	7.2	0.0	9.9	1.8	0.18
50	Kaito Iriyama	24	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.00	2.50	18	0	0	6	18.0	16	5	4	0	9	0	17	0	0	4	78	1.389	8.0	0.0	4.5	8.5	1.89
51	Shuta Ishikawa	32	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	1	0	0	18	0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	10.8	6.00
52	Masashi Itoh*	28	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.69	0.69	2	0	0	0	13.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	43	0.615	3.5	0.0	2.1	2.8	1.33
53	Shunsuke Iwai	22	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	5.19	5.19	8	0	0	2	8.2	12	5	5	0	1	0	9	1	0	2	41	1.500	12.5	0.0	1.0	9.3	9.00
54	Sho Iwasaki	34	CHU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.80	2.40	16	0	0	2	15.0	13	4	3	0	6	0	12	0	0	4	65	1.267	7.8	0.0	3.6	7.2	2.00
55	Ren Kajiya	32	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.00	3.00	6	0	0	1	6.0	7	2	2	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	29	1.667	10.5	0.0	4.5	12.0	2.67
56	Kenshin Kakigoshi*	24	CHU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	11.57	15.43	3	0	0	0	2.1	5	4	3	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	15	3.429	19.3	0.0	11.6	7.7	0.67
57	Kei Kawano	22	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	8	0	0	3	7.1	2	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	26	0.409	2.5	0.0	1.2	7.4	6.00
58	Makoto Kemna	29	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	5	0	0	0	7.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	29	1.143	7.7	0.0	2.6	3.9	1.50
59	Jui Kobayashi	23	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	7.20	7.20	1	0	0	0	5.0	8	4	4	0	2	0	1	0	0	1	24	2.000	14.4	0.0	3.6	1.8	0.50
60	Takumi Kurohara*	24	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	20	0.800	3.6	0.0	3.6	7.2	2.00
61	Anthony Martínez	24	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.57	2.57	4	0	0	0	7.0	7	2	2	2	2	0	5	0	0	0	29	1.286	9.0	2.6	2.6	6.4	2.50
62	Humberto Mejía	27	CHU	Fgn	1	1	.500	0.69	0.69	2	0	0	0	13.0	9	1	1	0	2	0	8	1	0	0	49	0.846	6.2	0.0	1.4	5.5	4.00
63	Mizuki Miura*	24	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.22	1.42	7	0	0	0	44.1	31	7	6	1	10	0	28	2	0	0	172	0.925	6.3	0.2	2.0	5.7	2.80
64	Hiroya Miyagi*	22	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	16	0.400	3.6	0.0	0.0	12.6
65	Keito Mombetsu*	19	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.06	1.85	6	0	0	0	34.0	27	7	4	2	9	0	23	0	0	0	131	1.059	7.1	0.5	2.4	6.1	2.56
66	Shohei Mori*	26	HIR	Fgn	1	3	.250	3.40	4.60	8	0	0	1	45.0	52	23	17	4	9	0	38	1	0	4	195	1.356	10.4	0.8	1.8	7.6	4.22
67	Yuito Nakata	22	ORX	Fgn	1	1	.500	7.71	7.71	8	0	0	0	9.1	18	8	8	2	3	0	10	0	0	1	47	2.250	17.4	1.9	2.9	9.6	3.33
68	Yuki Nishi	33	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.12	4.15	2	0	0	0	8.2	11	4	3	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	38	1.269	11.4	0.0	0.0	7.3
69	Yudai Ohno*	35	CHU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.99	2.38	4	0	0	0	22.2	20	6	5	0	4	0	11	0	0	0	91	1.059	7.9	0.0	1.6	4.4	2.75
70	Shinno Ohshiro*	21	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.00	3.00	10	0	0	0	12.0	9	4	4	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	44	1.000	6.8	0.8	2.3	6.0	2.67
71	Toshiya Okada*	32	CHU	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.15	1.72	5	0	0	1	15.2	14	3	2	0	0	0	11	0	0	2	62	0.894	8.0	0.0	0.0	6.3
72	Ryuhei Sotani*	23	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	7.2	4	0	0	0	0	0	9	0	0	0	27	0.522	4.7	0.0	0.0	10.6
73	Taito Takashima	24	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	2	0	0	0	6.0	7	1	1	0	1	0	8	0	0	1	26	1.333	10.5	0.0	1.5	12.0	8.00
74	Kazuki Takita*	22	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.63	2.63	7	0	0	0	13.2	12	4	4	0	10	0	10	0	0	0	59	1.610	7.9	0.0	6.6	6.6	1.00
75	Junya Tsuda	22	HAN	Fgn	1	3	.250	6.43	7.39	7	0	0	0	28.0	38	23	20	4	7	0	18	1	0	1	126	1.607	12.2	1.3	2.3	5.8	2.57
76	Takuma Uchima	25	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.38	3.38	11	0	0	0	10.2	11	4	4	1	4	0	11	1	0	0	47	1.406	9.3	0.8	3.4	9.3	2.75
77	Yuki Udagawa	25	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	6	0	0	0	6.0	4	1	1	0	2	0	9	1	0	0	24	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	13.5	4.50
78	Kotaro Ueda*	21	CHU	Fgn	1	4	.200	4.91	6.44	7	0	0	0	29.1	35	21	16	0	13	0	23	2	0	0	135	1.636	10.7	0.0	4.0	7.1	1.77
79	Yugo Umeno	25	CHU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	2	0	0	1	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
80	Hideaki Wakui	38	CHU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	0	18	0.800	5.4	0.0	1.8	9.0	5.00
81	Shunpeita Yamashita	21	ORX	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.23	1.23	3	0	0	0	14.2	10	2	2	0	6	0	14	1	0	0	59	1.091	6.1	0.0	3.7	8.6	2.33
82	Soichiro Yamazaki	26	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	16	0	0	0	16.0	12	4	4	1	6	0	18	1	0	0	67	1.125	6.8	0.6	3.4	10.1	3.00
83	Shota Abe	31	ORX	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	6	0	0	1	5.1	3	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	1	21	1.125	5.1	0.0	5.1	5.1	1.00
84	Frank Alvarez	25	CHU	Fgn	0	1	.000	5.79	7.07	12	0	0	0	14.0	16	11	9	1	7	0	11	2	0	1	66	1.643	10.3	0.6	4.5	7.1	1.57
85	Taketo Ashida	24	ORX	Fgn	0	0		2.77	2.77	6	0	0	0	13.0	14	4	4	0	1	0	2	4	1	0	53	1.154	9.7	0.0	0.7	1.4	2.00
86	Mailon Felix	24	SFT	Fgn	0	0		3.00	4.50	11	0	0	1	12.0	7	6	4	0	11	0	7	0	0	4	51	1.500	5.3	0.0	8.3	5.3	0.64
87	Michael Feliz	31	CHU	Fgn	0	0		0.00	2.03	15	0	0	4	13.1	8	3	0	0	4	0	13	0	0	4	52	0.900	5.4	0.0	2.7	8.8	3.25
88	Reira Fujii	24	HIR	Fgn	0	0		9.00	10.50	5	0	0	0	6.0	5	7	6	1	2	0	5	1	0	2	27	1.167	7.5	1.5	3.0	7.5	2.50
89	Yoshiaki Fujioka?	--	KUF	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	6	0	0	0	5.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	20	0.750	5.1	0.0	1.7	10.1	6.00
90	Kento Fujishima	26	CHU	Fgn	0	0		6.00	6.00	3	0	0	0	3.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	3	0	0	0	13	1.333	9.0	6.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
91	Shota Fukushima*	21	CHU	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.24	5.29	16	0	0	1	17.0	18	10	8	0	15	1	13	3	0	1	83	1.941	9.5	0.0	7.9	6.9	0.87
92	Ryusei Gonda	24	ORX	Fgn	0	0		3.38	3.86	17	0	0	0	18.2	18	8	7	1	7	0	8	1	0	0	81	1.339	8.7	0.5	3.4	3.9	1.14
93	Shohta Habu	23	CHU	Fgn	0	0		2.25	2.25	4	0	0	0	4.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	16	1.250	11.3	0.0	0.0	6.8
94	Masumi Hamachi	26	HAN	Fgn	0	0		3.00	3.00	4	0	0	0	3.0	4	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	15	2.000	12.0	3.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
95	Takehiro Hasegawa*	24	SFT	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
96	Taylor Hearn*	29	HIR	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	10	0	0	3	9.2	6	0	0	0	3	0	9	0	0	1	37	0.931	5.6	0.0	2.8	8.4	3.00
97	Darwinzon Hernández*	27	SFT	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	0	0	0	3.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	11	0.333	3.0	0.0	0.0	15.0
98	Atsumi Hidaka	19	HIR	Fgn	0	2	.000	6.30	8.10	4	0	0	0	10.0	12	9	7	4	5	0	7	1	0	0	50	1.700	10.8	3.6	4.5	6.3	1.40
99	Nao Higashihama	34	SFT	Fgn	0	0		2.57	2.57	2	0	0	0	7.0	10	2	2	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	31	1.571	12.9	0.0	1.3	7.7	6.00
100	Rintaro Hirama	30	KUF	Fgn	0	1	.000	0.73	1.46	19	0	0	1	24.2	20	4	2	0	9	0	14	1	0	3	104	1.176	7.3	0.0	3.3	5.1	1.56