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2008 Japan Western League Batting Leaders

2007 Season 2009 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 220 games, 5 teams, approx. 88 games in season

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League Player Batting

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Minimum 88 AB's to appear on leaderboard

League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Yusuke Kosai	25	SFT	Fgn	55	210	185	27	68	12	2	5	31	0	0	14	18	.368	.420	.535	.955	99	3	5	3	3	0
2	Ryota Arai	24	CHU	Fgn	57	233	196	26	65	19	0	9	41	3	2	26	37	.332	.418	.566	.984	111	2	6	1	4	2
3	Makoto Moriyama	26	SUR	Fgn	30	104	89	9	28	0	3	0	14	12	4	10	7	.315	.384	.382	.766	34	2	0	5	0	0
4	Hiroyuki Oze	22	SUR	Fgn	38	140	130	11	41	5	2	0	9	3	3	3	20	.315	.331	.385	.715	50	1	0	7	0	0
5	Toshiya Tsuji	28	SUR	Fgn	41	98	89	6	28	12	0	2	17	0	0	7	10	.315	.365	.517	.882	46	5	0	2	0	0
6	Hisao Arakane	29	SFT	Fgn	30	111	90	12	28	5	0	4	23	1	1	14	13	.311	.407	.500	.907	45	0	2	3	2	0
7	Atsushi Fujii	27	CHU	Fgn	42	165	145	32	45	9	3	6	20	9	4	13	27	.310	.384	.538	.922	78	6	5	1	1	0
8	Tsubasa Nakatani	23	HIR	Fgn	64	147	133	21	41	8	2	0	13	1	1	8	16	.308	.357	.399	.755	53	2	2	4	0	0
9	Shuta Tanaka	31	HAN	Fgn	55	152	134	19	41	6	0	3	15	3	2	16	13	.306	.380	.418	.798	56	3	0	2	0	1
10	Tetsuya Tani	22	CHU	Fgn	65	184	154	25	47	11	1	4	16	3	1	14	29	.305	.361	.468	.828	72	4	1	12	3	0
11	Jun Hirose	29	HIR	Fgn	50	177	149	19	45	8	3	0	19	7	1	14	10	.302	.385	.396	.781	59	1	8	3	3	0
12	Takamitsu Io	27	HIR	Fgn	54	117	100	15	30	2	2	4	17	0	1	10	23	.300	.369	.480	.849	48	3	1	6	0	0
13	Hiroaki Takaya	26	SFT	Fgn	33	111	100	16	30	0	1	1	5	4	0	7	12	.300	.346	.350	.696	35	3	0	4	0	2
14	Michael Restovich	29	SFT	Fgn	39	165	144	24	42	17	0	6	27	0	0	19	46	.292	.382	.535	.917	77	4	2	0	0	0
15	Katsuhiko Saka	22	HAN	Fgn	58	261	240	41	70	12	6	2	21	7	1	19	27	.292	.346	.417	.763	100	2	1	1	0	0
16	Kenta Nakanishi	22	SFT	Fgn	41	141	124	19	36	6	1	4	12	3	1	8	30	.290	.346	.452	.797	56	4	3	5	1	0
17	Takahiro Shoda*	28	HAN	Fgn	78	284	248	33	72	13	2	3	34	1	3	29	30	.290	.371	.395	.766	98	8	4	1	2	1
18	Yoshihiro Maru	19	HIR	Fgn	46	138	118	17	34	5	5	1	18	2	1	13	26	.288	.360	.441	.801	52	1	2	2	3	0
19	Kenji Akashi	22	SFT	Fgn	46	175	156	22	44	2	8	0	12	10	1	12	29	.282	.337	.397	.735	62	3	1	6	0	0
20	Akira Tanaka	25	HIR,SUR	Fgn	58	162	150	12	42	6	0	0	11	0	1	8	31	.280	.325	.320	.645	48	5	2	2	0	0
21	Katsuaki Furuki	27	SUR	Fgn	56	204	172	26	48	11	1	7	29	1	0	29	39	.279	.382	.477	.859	82	3	1	0	2	0
22	Takaaki Matsumoto	24	HIR	Fgn	81	310	260	39	72	10	6	0	30	22	8	32	31	.277	.351	.362	.713	94	2	0	14	4	0
23	Ryuhei Matsuyama	22	HIR	Fgn	77	299	272	24	75	17	2	6	50	2	3	19	28	.276	.331	.419	.750	114	7	5	0	3	0
24	Kuniyuki Kimoto	29	SUR	Fgn	62	246	222	14	61	12	1	1	23	0	0	17	42	.275	.331	.351	.682	78	7	2	4	1	1
25	Ikki Shimamura	26	SUR	Fgn	43	167	150	22	41	14	0	2	22	1	0	12	21	.273	.331	.407	.738	61	5	2	1	2	0
26	Koji Nakamura	27	CHU	Fgn	43	146	126	18	34	7	1	10	28	2	1	9	27	.270	.338	.579	.917	73	8	5	4	2	1
27	Kodai Sakurai	24	HAN	Fgn	58	234	193	30	52	15	1	3	18	3	0	36	34	.269	.393	.404	.797	78	7	4	0	1	0
28	Masafumi Suenaga*	27	HIR	Fgn	71	218	193	21	52	13	0	1	23	22	7	19	55	.269	.338	.352	.690	68	1	1	5	0	0
29	Shintaro Yoshida*	26	SUR	Fgn	68	201	160	28	43	5	1	1	16	7	2	33	36	.269	.395	.331	.726	53	2	3	1	4	0
30	Ryosuke Morioka	23	CHU	Fgn	56	147	127	17	34	10	0	2	14	0	0	16	30	.268	.352	.394	.745	50	2	1	2	1	2
31	Tadaatsu Nakazawa	25	SFT	Fgn	36	135	123	15	33	7	1	0	6	4	2	9	14	.268	.321	.342	.662	42	0	1	1	1	0
32	Takehiro Donoue	23	CHU	Fgn	82	302	273	36	73	18	2	3	27	1	2	26	43	.267	.331	.381	.712	104	7	1	0	2	1
33	Ryuma Kidokoro	22	SFT	Fgn	56	235	206	30	55	8	6	4	25	9	3	19	42	.267	.335	.422	.757	87	0	3	5	2	1
34	Akira Nishikawa	24	CHU	Fgn	46	119	102	15	27	2	1	3	9	6	1	13	23	.265	.356	.392	.748	40	1	2	1	1	0
35	Toru Fujiwara	29	HAN	Fgn	64	211	180	18	47	8	2	3	16	0	1	14	22	.261	.342	.378	.719	68	4	9	6	2	0
36	Daisuke Tanaka	23	CHU	Fgn	53	174	148	15	38	6	0	1	13	1	1	21	20	.257	.353	.318	.671	47	5	1	4	0	3
37	Yoshihiko Yamamoto	24	HIR	Fgn	70	202	183	21	47	8	2	6	28	2	1	5	27	.257	.279	.421	.700	77	3	1	12	1	0
38	Koji Yamasaki	27	HIR,SUR	Fgn	44	125	106	13	27	3	2	0	12	4	3	10	11	.255	.316	.321	.637	34	2	0	8	1	0
39	Ryota Aikawa	31	SUR	Fgn	69	267	245	38	62	14	0	11	37	1	2	21	47	.253	.312	.445	.757	109	6	0	1	0	0
40	Issei Nakamura	26	CHU	Fgn	66	188	166	20	42	4	6	3	13	5	2	15	36	.253	.315	.404	.719	67	4	1	4	2	0
41	Masashi Nohara	20	HAN	Fgn	87	316	285	29	72	14	2	1	31	2	2	12	33	.253	.291	.326	.618	93	8	4	14	1	1
42	Akira Nakamura*	18	SFT	Fgn	60	120	108	10	27	6	0	0	9	3	1	9	13	.250	.305	.306	.611	33	3	0	2	1	0
43	Motohiro Yoshikawa	28	SFT	Fgn	66	205	184	21	46	8	2	9	29	1	0	18	34	.250	.324	.462	.786	85	4	2	1	0	1
44	Ryosuke Hirata	20	CHU	Fgn	41	167	147	18	36	10	0	4	25	1	2	16	35	.245	.323	.395	.718	58	4	2	0	2	1
45	Michihisa Sawai	29	CHU	Fgn	59	226	200	26	49	11	0	1	9	4	4	21	25	.245	.323	.315	.638	63	3	2	3	0	1
46	Naomichi Donoue	19	CHU	Fgn	65	220	201	20	49	16	2	5	36	1	0	18	45	.244	.305	.418	.722	84	9	0	0	1	0
47	Lew Ford	31	HAN	Fgn	35	129	115	11	28	8	0	2	18	0	0	9	23	.244	.318	.365	.683	42	7	4	0	1	0
48	Keisuke Kaneko	22	SFT	Fgn	52	190	161	24	39	2	0	0	13	10	4	19	21	.242	.341	.255	.595	41	3	5	5	0	0
49	Ryosuke Shibata*	20	SUR	Fgn	67	198	175	26	42	7	0	1	7	4	3	13	34	.240	.300	.297	.597	52	4	2	8	0	0
50	Takashi Shimizu	24	HAN	Fgn	54	132	121	9	29	4	1	3	23	1	0	2	24	.240	.256	.364	.620	44	3	1	7	1	0
51	Shigeo Yanagida	26	CHU	Fgn	71	234	200	24	48	13	1	0	17	3	2	18	32	.240	.320	.315	.635	63	4	6	9	1	0
52	Shuhei Fukuda	19	SFT	Fgn	43	129	117	18	28	8	1	2	9	4	1	8	32	.239	.294	.376	.670	44	4	1	3	0	0
53	Tomoya Sayashi	28	HIR	Fgn	63	136	122	12	29	12	1	1	17	2	4	10	29	.238	.296	.377	.673	46	1	0	4	0	0
54	Tadatoki Maeda	30	HAN	Fgn	67	153	135	11	32	5	1	0	7	1	1	5	16	.237	.268	.289	.557	39	4	1	11	1	0
55	Masamitsu Suzuki	21	HIR	Fgn	59	152	137	15	32	6	0	0	7	9	1	5	23	.234	.274	.277	.551	38	6	3	6	1	0
56	Tatsuro Iwasaki	23	CHU	Fgn	55	189	168	23	38	6	2	2	9	11	3	12	30	.226	.278	.321	.599	54	4	0	9	0	0
57	Yamato Maeda	20	HAN	Fgn	71	267	230	22	52	11	1	1	29	14	2	11	25	.226	.266	.296	.562	68	2	3	19	4	0
58	Yoshinori Ogata	29	HIR	Fgn	49	115	103	6	23	4	1	1	12	1	0	10	8	.223	.292	.311	.603	32	1	0	2	0	0
59	Shinsuke Yamada	29	HAN	Fgn	60	185	162	17	36	2	3	1	14	5	3	12	30	.222	.281	.290	.571	47	5	2	7	2	0
60	Toshinori Kira*	22	SUR	Fgn	61	137	123	9	27	5	0	0	8	1	3	9	15	.220	.287	.260	.547	32	3	3	1	1	0
61	Ryo Yoshimoto	28	SFT	Fgn	82	288	243	25	53	11	0	2	22	1	2	32	56	.218	.306	.288	.594	70	11	0	10	3	0
62	Yuichiro Mukae	26	SUR	Fgn	56	197	180	20	39	11	2	5	18	4	0	15	25	.217	.281	.383	.664	69	8	1	1	0	2
63	Takahiro Okada*	20	SUR	Fgn	83	301	264	35	57	19	1	5	28	2	3	32	71	.216	.302	.352	.655	93	3	2	0	3	0
64	Kazuhiro Uemura	25	HIR	Fgn	71	213	167	27	36	3	2	1	22	5	2	22	36	.216	.350	.275	.625	46	0	13	10	1	1
65	Yuji Oshiro	22	HAN	Fgn	50	106	95	13	19	1	1	0	4	2	4	8	20	.200	.276	.232	.508	22	0	2	1	0	0
66	Tomoaki Egawa	21	SFT	Fgn	80	250	228	26	44	8	3	6	30	5	1	19	69	.193	.257	.333	.590	76	3	1	1	1	1
67	Tu-Hsuan Lee	20	SFT	Fgn	53	107	95	8	18	3	0	3	15	1	1	8	19	.190	.260	.316	.575	30	1	1	3	0	0
68	Koji Hirashita	30	SUR	Fgn	45	110	95	7	16	3	1	1	6	2	1	9	18	.168	.234	.253	.486	24	3	0	3	3	0