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2021 Japan Western League Batting Leaders

2020 Season 2022 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 266 games, 5 teams, approx. 106 games in season

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League Player Batting

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Minimum 106 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	Kairi Shimada	25	HAN	Fgn	63	228	195	37	67	7	6	3	29	21	7	25	28	.344	.419	.487	.906	95	4	1	6	1	0
2	Dan Onodera	23	HAN	Fgn	75	303	267	36	84	12	3	6	44	9	2	33	39	.315	.391	.449	.840	120	6	1	1	1	0
3	Minoru Ohmori	24	HIR	Fgn	34	146	136	12	41	3	4	0	5	7	4	6	32	.302	.329	.382	.711	52	0	0	3	1	0
4	Masaki Mimori	22	SFT	Fgn	37	153	137	21	41	4	4	0	15	7	1	15	20	.299	.373	.387	.759	53	2	1	0	0	1
5	Seiji Uebayashi	25	SFT	Fgn	50	203	177	32	52	20	1	6	26	5	3	21	32	.294	.374	.520	.894	92	3	3	0	2	0
6	Tatsuru Yanagimachi	24	SFT	Fgn	95	350	299	40	88	14	5	1	28	0	3	42	52	.294	.384	.385	.768	115	7	2	6	1	0
7	Yuya Shozui	25	HIR	Fgn	70	270	249	33	73	11	1	11	40	4	0	19	51	.293	.344	.478	.822	119	7	1	0	1	0
8	Ryutaro Hatsuki	21	HIR	Fgn	40	176	138	22	40	3	3	0	11	20	7	35	25	.290	.437	.355	.792	49	1	1	2	0	0
9	Shota Dohbayashi	29	HIR	Fgn	44	174	159	19	46	13	0	7	25	2	4	11	38	.289	.339	.503	.842	80	4	2	0	2	0
10	Hayato Mizowaki	27	CHU	Fgn	44	131	122	11	35	1	4	0	12	2	1	8	12	.287	.328	.361	.689	44	0	0	0	1	0
11	Ryuhei Obata	20	HAN	Fgn	65	277	244	35	70	11	1	0	18	14	5	26	42	.287	.357	.340	.697	83	3	1	5	1	0
12	Ryota Ishioka*	29	CHU	Fgn	88	266	249	33	71	15	5	5	29	11	3	11	59	.285	.322	.446	.768	111	4	3	2	1	0
13	Kosuke Itoh	21	CHU	Fgn	68	237	187	34	52	10	5	1	26	8	6	40	45	.278	.399	.401	.800	75	0	1	4	5	0
14	Hikaru Kawase	23	SFT	Fgn	58	209	174	17	48	11	7	0	16	1	4	22	22	.276	.360	.420	.780	73	1	1	12	0	0
15	Shun Mizutani	20	SFT	Fgn	69	199	174	30	48	9	2	4	29	8	1	14	42	.276	.342	.420	.761	73	2	6	0	5	0
16	Naomasa Yohkawa	29	HAN	Fgn	46	181	155	24	42	10	2	5	28	4	0	23	45	.271	.359	.458	.817	71	4	0	0	3	0
17	Alejandro Mejia	28	HIR	Fgn	69	226	211	27	57	10	0	9	31	1	0	13	39	.270	.310	.446	.755	94	7	0	0	2	1
18	Kouta Inoue	19	HAN	Fgn	68	275	255	35	68	19	2	9	50	2	0	15	95	.267	.309	.463	.772	118	4	2	0	3	0
19	Yutaro Itayama	27	HAN	Fgn	64	244	215	28	57	9	7	5	33	12	4	26	34	.265	.342	.442	.784	95	5	0	1	2	0
20	Yuki Okabayashi	19	CHU	Fgn	62	223	197	22	52	8	3	0	18	17	9	21	33	.264	.339	.335	.674	66	2	2	2	1	0
21	Daiju Nomura	20	SFT	Fgn	79	242	217	22	57	10	1	2	27	2	1	18	36	.263	.326	.346	.672	75	6	3	3	1	0
22	Atsushi Fujii	40	CHU	Fgn	57	132	122	8	32	10	1	0	14	0	1	8	26	.262	.311	.361	.671	44	3	1	0	1	0
23	Ryo Nishimura	25	ORX	Fgn	59	171	147	12	38	10	2	1	19	6	1	23	18	.259	.363	.374	.737	55	5	1	0	0	0
24	Yuki Sakaeda	23	HAN	Fgn	47	129	109	17	28	5	3	1	18	2	1	14	23	.257	.352	.385	.737	42	2	2	4	0	1
25	Kota Hayashi	20	HIR	Fgn	38	144	137	19	35	6	0	6	18	0	1	6	25	.256	.285	.431	.715	59	2	0	0	1	0
26	Ryoto Kita	18	ORX	Fgn	89	336	321	33	82	16	4	2	26	5	6	13	89	.256	.286	.349	.635	112	3	1	0	1	0
27	Koki Ugusa	24	HIR	Fgn	53	217	199	24	51	8	5	6	26	5	5	12	42	.256	.315	.437	.752	87	4	5	1	0	0
28	Yuya Nirasawa	20	HIR	Fgn	74	278	255	23	65	13	1	4	17	1	0	14	35	.255	.293	.361	.654	92	8	1	5	3	0
29	Kenta Tanigawara	24	SFT	Fgn	47	135	114	26	29	8	1	3	15	3	3	16	25	.254	.351	.421	.772	48	0	2	1	2	0
30	Ayatsugu Yamashita	28	CHU	Fgn	72	173	159	19	40	12	0	6	23	0	1	13	36	.252	.312	.440	.752	70	3	1	0	0	0
31	Taiga Egoshi	28	HAN	Fgn	47	201	179	30	45	7	2	7	19	7	3	15	79	.251	.330	.430	.760	77	2	6	1	0	1
32	Naoki Satoh	22	SFT	Fgn	48	154	141	18	35	7	3	3	18	15	5	7	43	.248	.293	.404	.698	57	1	2	4	0	0
33	Kodai Sano	24	ORX	Fgn	43	166	150	12	37	6	1	0	9	14	9	14	34	.247	.313	.300	.613	45	2	1	0	1	0
34	Tomoya Inoue	18	SFT	Fgn	45	133	122	17	30	9	0	3	11	0	0	9	38	.246	.308	.393	.702	48	4	2	0	0	0
35	Kevin Cron	28	HIR	Fgn	53	177	159	18	39	3	0	9	18	0	0	15	55	.245	.316	.434	.750	69	3	2	0	1	0
36	Seiichiro Ohshita	23	ORX	Fgn	72	239	193	26	47	14	1	2	15	1	0	27	27	.244	.354	.358	.711	69	2	7	10	2	1
37	Tsubasa Tashiro	22	ORX	Fgn	71	230	218	15	53	3	4	0	12	8	6	5	28	.243	.266	.294	.559	64	2	2	4	1	0
38	Issei Endoh	32	CHU	Fgn	71	207	182	28	44	7	2	3	12	4	1	22	26	.242	.333	.352	.685	64	6	3	0	0	0
39	Tatsuki Kuwahara	24	HIR	Fgn	62	145	128	13	31	5	4	0	9	0	0	15	24	.242	.322	.344	.666	44	5	0	2	0	0
40	Motohide Kinoshita*	19	HIR	Fgn	89	292	278	29	67	15	3	2	22	2	1	10	39	.241	.274	.338	.612	94	7	3	0	1	0
41	Ryuku Tsuchida	18	CHU	Fgn	89	231	204	21	49	10	4	1	22	9	2	21	60	.240	.310	.343	.653	70	4	0	5	1	0
42	Jui Kobayashi	20	SFT	Fgn	58	128	117	18	28	8	0	2	11	2	0	3	37	.239	.262	.359	.621	42	1	1	6	1	0
43	Takaya Ishikawa	20	CHU	Fgn	33	136	122	10	29	11	1	3	19	0	2	10	34	.238	.302	.418	.720	51	1	2	0	2	0
44	Masahiro Nakatani	28	HAN,SFT	Fgn	94	324	291	26	69	11	3	8	33	5	1	30	58	.237	.312	.378	.690	110	4	2	0	1	0
45	Jo Endo	19	HAN	Fgn	86	267	230	25	54	5	3	0	21	3	2	18	57	.235	.298	.283	.581	65	4	4	12	3	0
46	Shu Masuda	22	SFT	Fgn	97	295	253	31	59	10	1	5	28	5	3	28	50	.233	.331	.340	.671	86	7	9	5	0	0
47	Masami Ishigaki	22	CHU	Fgn	79	280	252	34	57	11	2	9	31	0	0	23	102	.226	.300	.393	.693	99	3	4	0	1	1
48	Taiki Mochimaru	19	HIR	Fgn	54	139	124	5	28	7	0	1	10	0	0	10	38	.226	.292	.307	.599	38	2	2	2	1	0
49	Richard Sunagawa	22	SFT	Fgn	76	314	283	29	64	17	0	12	49	0	2	23	94	.226	.299	.413	.713	117	2	7	0	1	0
50	Sho Gibo	20	ORX	Fgn	63	234	209	24	47	8	1	0	14	2	5	18	50	.225	.290	.273	.563	57	5	2	3	2	0
51	Yuya Gunji	23	CHU	Fgn	66	174	142	19	32	6	0	2	17	0	1	31	34	.225	.368	.310	.678	44	5	1	0	0	0
52	Masahiro Nishino	30	ORX	Fgn	53	176	152	10	34	5	0	0	13	2	3	22	8	.224	.326	.257	.582	39	4	1	1	0	0
53	Shosei Nakamura	22	HIR	Fgn	47	189	175	21	39	11	1	4	18	5	0	13	35	.223	.275	.366	.641	64	4	0	0	1	0
54	Masaru Watanabe	27	CHU	Fgn	60	188	157	23	35	5	1	3	19	10	4	29	36	.223	.340	.325	.665	51	2	0	0	2	0
55	Shoichi Futamata	18	HIR	Fgn	46	141	133	15	29	5	1	4	14	0	0	3	28	.218	.248	.361	.609	48	4	3	0	2	0
56	Shoki Katsumata	23	ORX	Fgn	70	214	197	15	43	8	3	1	17	0	2	14	52	.218	.272	.305	.577	60	4	1	1	1	0
57	Go Kamamoto	27	SFT	Fgn	77	204	164	32	35	7	5	2	20	12	1	27	47	.213	.328	.354	.682	58	3	3	6	4	0
58	Kenya Nagasaka	27	HAN	Fgn	66	193	165	13	35	6	0	0	11	3	2	21	45	.212	.311	.249	.559	41	4	3	3	1	0
59	Hironori Miyoshi*	23	CHU	Fgn	89	236	216	24	45	9	2	3	16	10	5	12	56	.208	.268	.310	.578	67	2	6	1	1	0
60	Masaya Yano	22	HIR	Fgn	69	237	197	21	41	3	3	1	16	9	6	28	50	.208	.310	.269	.579	53	5	2	8	2	0
61	Yukikazu Sano	22	ORX	Fgn	91	290	245	19	50	7	0	3	20	5	9	34	62	.204	.307	.269	.577	66	3	3	7	1	0
62	Takashi Umino	23	SFT	Fgn	45	129	108	14	22	9	1	3	15	1	2	15	27	.204	.304	.389	.693	42	1	1	4	1	0
63	Shun Takayama	28	HAN	Fgn	95	350	321	28	65	11	3	3	23	8	6	24	45	.203	.262	.284	.545	91	7	2	2	1	0
64	Ryo Ohta	20	ORX	Fgn	52	191	174	13	33	9	2	3	9	1	1	15	38	.190	.257	.316	.573	55	5	1	0	1	0
65	Felipe Kisu	21	ORX	Fgn	59	135	115	8	21	7	0	0	8	0	0	12	42	.183	.264	.244	.507	28	0	1	6	1	1
66	Hiroki Takahashi	27	HIR	Fgn	61	147	130	10	23	7	0	3	19	0	0	16	23	.177	.272	.300	.572	39	3	1	0	0	0
67	Daisuke Okazaki	22	ORX	Fgn	62	124	114	10	20	1	1	1	17	0	1	7	22	.175	.223	.228	.451	26	4	0	3	0	0
68	Shinya Hirosawa	21	ORX	Fgn	81	170	154	10	26	8	0	0	15	7	2	10	42	.169	.224	.221	.445	34	1	1	5	0	0
69	Nozomu Takatera	18	HAN	Fgn	58	157	136	16	22	5	2	1	10	2	1	17	28	.162	.260	.250	.510	34	3	1	3	0	0
70	Akira Neo	21	CHU	Fgn	34	128	108	6	17	2	0	1	7	4	2	17	41	.157	.281	.204	.485	22	2	2	0	1	0
71	Takuto Nakagami	21	HIR	Fgn	53	116	108	6	16	2	1	1	8	0	0	4	34	.148	.177	.213	.390	23	2	0	3	1	0
72	Kendai Gen	19	ORX	Fgn	111	371	334	20	46	13	0	4	30	2	3	33	119	.138	.215	.213	.427	71	8	0	3	1	0