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2021 Japan Western League Pitching Leaders

2020 Season 2022 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 266 games, 5 teams, approx. 106 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	Shoki Murakami	23	HAN	Fgn	10	1	.909	2.23	2.55	17	0	0	0	84.2	73	24	21	9	23	0	75	0	1	3	334	1.134	7.8	1.0	2.4	8.0	3.26
2	Koutaro Ohtake*	26	SFT	Fgn	8	3	.727	3.28	3.97	20	1	0	1	90.2	98	40	33	4	17	0	79	2	0	3	382	1.268	9.7	0.4	1.7	7.8	4.65
3	Daisuke Yamai	43	CHU	Fgn	7	5	.583	3.94	4.50	19	0	0	0	80.0	82	40	35	10	25	0	45	4	1	3	339	1.338	9.2	1.1	2.8	5.1	1.80
4	Shunsuke Kasaya*	24	SFT	Fgn	6	2	.750	1.50	1.50	9	2	2	0	48.0	28	8	8	2	11	0	57	3	0	3	180	0.813	5.3	0.4	2.1	10.7	5.18
5	Yuta Nakamura	25	HIR	Fgn	6	5	.545	2.85	3.06	16	0	0	0	85.1	76	29	27	8	19	0	61	2	2	1	345	1.113	8.0	0.8	2.0	6.4	3.21
6	Junya Nishi	19	HAN	Fgn	6	3	.667	4.11	4.64	17	0	0	0	85.1	79	44	39	12	46	1	75	3	0	4	372	1.465	8.3	1.3	4.9	7.9	1.63
7	Tomohisa Ohzeki*	23	SFT	Fgn	6	1	.857	1.17	1.34	26	1	1	3	53.2	30	8	7	1	14	0	54	1	0	1	205	0.820	5.0	0.2	2.3	9.1	3.86
8	Carter Stewart	21	SFT	Fgn	6	1	.857	1.84	3.02	12	0	0	0	53.2	40	18	11	2	26	0	55	0	0	4	225	1.230	6.7	0.3	4.4	9.2	2.12
9	Kohei Azuma	21	ORX	Fgn	5	9	.357	3.97	4.89	18	0	0	1	88.1	98	48	39	4	33	0	80	2	0	4	387	1.483	10.0	0.4	3.4	8.2	2.42
10	Yuichiro Okano	27	CHU	Fgn	5	6	.455	3.14	3.44	19	0	0	1	91.2	87	35	32	10	12	0	66	4	0	2	360	1.080	8.5	1.0	1.2	6.5	5.50
11	Kazuki Sugiyama	23	SFT	Fgn	5	2	.714	1.40	1.82	15	1	1	0	64.1	46	13	10	2	18	0	64	4	0	2	259	0.995	6.4	0.3	2.5	9.0	3.56
12	Yaku Cho	27	ORX	Fgn	4	5	.444	2.96	3.49	31	0	0	6	67.0	68	26	22	2	21	0	60	2	0	4	287	1.328	9.1	0.3	2.8	8.1	2.86
13	Minoru Iwata*	37	HAN	Fgn	4	1	.800	1.97	3.09	17	0	0	0	32.0	24	11	7	3	10	0	19	4	0	1	128	1.063	6.8	0.8	2.8	5.3	1.90
14	Shotaro Kasahara*	26	CHU	Fgn	4	4	.500	3.99	4.63	15	1	0	1	70.0	68	36	31	8	21	0	51	2	0	3	295	1.271	8.7	1.0	2.7	6.6	2.43
15	Hirotoshi Masui	37	ORX	Fgn	4	3	.571	4.25	4.50	8	0	0	0	36.0	36	18	17	3	9	0	34	1	0	0	148	1.250	9.0	0.8	2.3	8.5	3.78
16	Takahiro Matsuba*	30	CHU	Fgn	4	1	.800	3.63	3.63	10	0	0	0	52.0	57	21	21	5	15	0	26	1	1	1	221	1.385	9.9	0.9	2.6	4.5	1.73
17	Takuya Mitsuma	28	CHU	Fgn	4	0	1.000	4.05	4.39	29	0	0	5	26.2	20	13	12	1	6	0	14	2	0	1	103	0.975	6.8	0.3	2.0	4.7	2.33
18	Kenichi Nakata	39	HAN	Fgn	4	3	.571	5.81	6.75	13	0	0	0	48.0	61	36	31	6	17	0	26	2	0	4	221	1.625	11.4	1.1	3.2	4.9	1.53
19	Shota Nakazaki	28	HIR	Fgn	4	6	.400	3.00	4.09	34	0	0	4	33.0	34	15	11	3	11	0	27	1	0	2	145	1.364	9.3	0.8	3.0	7.4	2.45
20	Akira Niho	31	SFT,HAN	Fgn	4	2	.667	3.04	3.04	15	1	0	0	77.0	72	26	26	4	16	0	59	0	0	6	309	1.143	8.4	0.5	1.9	6.9	3.69
21	Yusuke Nomura	32	HIR	Fgn	4	3	.571	2.77	2.91	12	0	0	0	65.0	65	21	20	2	19	0	43	2	0	1	268	1.292	9.0	0.3	2.6	6.0	2.26
22	Masato Okumura	28	SFT	Fgn	4	2	.667	2.31	3.21	36	0	0	4	70.0	53	25	18	2	29	0	76	3	0	3	290	1.171	6.8	0.3	3.7	9.8	2.62
23	Tsubasa Sakakibara	22	ORX	Fgn	4	1	.800	6.27	6.46	14	0	0	0	47.1	45	34	33	3	21	0	31	0	0	3	206	1.394	8.6	0.6	4.0	5.9	1.48
24	Tatsuya Shimizu	21	CHU	Fgn	4	3	.571	2.77	3.21	15	0	0	1	61.2	52	22	19	3	19	0	46	2	0	5	249	1.151	7.6	0.4	2.8	6.7	2.42
25	Atsushi Endoh	22	HIR	Fgn	3	4	.429	6.16	6.75	20	0	0	0	61.1	74	46	42	5	21	0	66	1	2	3	277	1.549	10.9	0.7	3.1	9.7	3.14
26	Masumi Hamachi	23	HAN	Fgn	3	1	.750	3.40	3.40	37	0	0	8	45.0	45	17	17	2	11	0	44	0	0	3	185	1.244	9.0	0.4	2.2	8.8	4.00
27	Hiroyuki Kawahara*	29	SFT	Fgn	3	1	.750	5.10	6.00	29	0	0	4	30.0	29	20	17	3	17	0	17	1	0	5	136	1.533	8.7	0.9	5.1	5.1	1.00
28	Johichiro Maki	21	HAN	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.31	3.86	17	0	0	0	49.0	49	21	18	4	17	0	29	3	0	1	203	1.347	9.0	0.7	3.1	5.3	1.71
29	Shuto Ogata	22	SFT	Fgn	3	5	.375	2.61	2.79	20	0	0	1	51.2	41	16	15	1	19	0	34	1	0	3	209	1.161	7.1	0.2	3.3	5.9	1.79
30	Yuya Onaka	26	HAN	Fgn	3	0	1.000	1.37	1.37	25	0	0	0	26.1	15	4	4	2	7	0	32	0	0	0	98	0.835	5.1	0.7	2.4	10.9	4.57
31	Taiki Ono	27	HAN	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.38	1.73	25	0	0	2	26.0	16	5	4	0	15	0	27	1	1	1	104	1.192	5.5	0.0	5.2	9.3	1.80
32	Ren Satoh	23	HAN	Fgn	3	1	.750	5.71	6.23	16	0	0	0	34.2	27	24	22	4	27	0	35	6	0	3	153	1.558	7.0	1.0	7.0	9.1	1.30
33	Shota Suzuki	26	HAN	Fgn	3	2	.600	1.73	2.77	20	0	0	1	26.0	14	8	5	2	16	0	22	3	0	2	108	1.154	4.8	0.7	5.5	7.6	1.38
34	Kouya Takahashi*	22	HIR	Fgn	3	0	1.000	3.27	3.68	5	0	0	0	22.0	21	9	8	2	3	0	18	1	1	1	90	1.091	8.6	0.8	1.2	7.4	6.00
35	Rei Takahashi	25	SFT	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.87	3.58	21	0	0	0	37.2	27	15	12	0	23	0	27	1	0	0	154	1.327	6.5	0.0	5.5	6.5	1.17
36	Raúl Alcántara	28	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	6	0	0	0	14.0	7	0	0	0	4	0	10	0	0	0	52	0.786	4.5	0.0	2.6	6.4	2.50
37	Wei-Yin Chen*	35	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	1.76	2.05	6	0	0	0	30.2	26	7	6	0	2	0	21	1	0	0	120	0.913	7.6	0.0	0.6	6.2	10.50
38	Shintaro Fujinami	27	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.97	4.12	8	0	0	0	39.1	37	18	13	1	21	0	48	2	0	4	168	1.475	8.5	0.2	4.8	11.0	2.29
39	Nao Higashihama	31	SFT	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.05	3.76	8	0	0	0	38.1	31	16	13	6	8	0	39	2	0	1	155	1.017	7.3	1.4	1.9	9.2	4.88
40	Hitomi Honda	21	ORX	Fgn	2	10	.167	5.06	5.46	18	1	1	0	90.2	87	55	51	9	30	0	92	2	0	5	389	1.290	8.6	0.9	3.0	9.1	3.07
41	Takeru Imamura	30	HIR	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.78	3.53	36	0	0	0	35.2	38	14	11	0	17	0	33	0	0	4	159	1.542	9.6	0.0	4.3	8.3	1.94
42	KentoMarc Ishida	25	CHU	Fgn	2	4	.333	3.66	4.35	42	0	0	5	39.1	33	19	16	4	16	0	35	0	0	4	167	1.246	7.6	0.9	3.7	8.0	2.19
43	Masaki Ishii*	25	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	3.48	3.92	29	0	0	0	20.2	17	9	8	0	18	0	14	4	0	7	100	1.694	7.4	0.0	7.8	6.1	0.78
44	Sho Ishikawa	21	CHU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.08	1.08	13	0	0	0	16.2	8	2	2	0	9	0	17	3	0	1	69	1.020	4.3	0.0	4.9	9.2	1.89
45	Masaki Iwata*	23	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.70	2.70	8	0	0	0	6.2	2	2	2	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	28	1.200	2.7	1.4	8.1	8.1	1.00
46	Keisuke Izumi	24	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.92	4.38	24	0	0	1	24.2	30	12	8	1	14	0	24	0	0	2	115	1.784	10.9	0.4	5.1	8.8	1.71
47	Kenshin Kakigoshi*	21	CHU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.69	2.36	23	0	0	0	26.2	16	7	5	1	8	0	15	2	0	0	105	0.900	5.4	0.3	2.7	5.1	1.88
48	Kazuyuki Kaneda	30	ORX	Fgn	2	3	.400	2.83	5.34	29	0	0	0	28.2	30	17	9	1	15	1	30	0	0	4	131	1.570	9.4	0.3	4.7	9.4	2.00
49	Masayuki Matsuyama	20	ORX	Fgn	2	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	7	0	0	0	8.0	4	0	0	0	4	0	3	1	0	0	30	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	3.4	0.75
50	Hiroto Mori	23	CHU	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.20	2.41	25	0	0	0	41.0	33	11	10	1	10	0	37	3	0	0	160	1.049	7.2	0.2	2.2	8.1	3.70
51	Hayate Nakagawa	22	ORX	Fgn	2	2	.500	1.13	2.25	41	0	0	1	40.0	23	10	5	2	9	1	48	1	1	0	153	0.800	5.2	0.5	2.0	10.8	5.33
52	Haruki Ohmichi	22	HIR	Fgn	2	1	.667	6.92	9.69	7	0	0	0	13.0	16	14	10	4	5	0	11	1	0	2	61	1.615	11.1	2.8	3.5	7.6	2.20
53	Yariel Rodríguez	24	CHU	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.64	2.18	7	1	1	0	33.0	19	8	6	2	11	0	40	2	0	2	129	0.909	5.2	0.5	3.0	10.9	3.64
54	Yukiya Saito	26	HAN	Fgn	2	3	.400	2.72	2.93	14	0	0	2	43.0	29	14	13	1	17	0	35	4	0	2	173	1.070	6.1	0.2	3.6	7.3	2.06
55	Tayler Scott	29	HIR	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.96	3.52	7	0	0	0	23.0	15	9	5	0	6	0	22	1	0	0	91	0.913	5.9	0.0	2.3	8.6	3.67
56	Tomoaki Shigeta	25	SFT	Fgn	2	4	.333	3.38	3.60	9	2	1	0	40.0	33	16	15	2	15	0	31	4	1	1	167	1.200	7.4	0.5	3.4	7.0	2.07
57	Haruto Takahashi*	25	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	0.52	0.52	6	0	0	0	17.1	5	1	1	1	3	0	12	0	0	0	59	0.462	2.6	0.5	1.6	6.2	4.00
58	Shota Takeda	28	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.58	3.86	7	0	0	0	32.2	28	14	13	2	14	0	21	1	0	0	136	1.286	7.7	0.6	3.9	5.8	1.50
59	Shogo Tamamura*	20	HIR	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.12	2.12	3	0	0	0	17.0	13	4	4	0	3	0	17	1	0	0	64	0.941	6.9	0.0	1.6	9.0	5.67
60	Kodai Umetsu	24	CHU	Fgn	2	3	.400	1.35	1.62	9	0	0	0	33.1	26	6	5	0	11	0	35	3	0	3	135	1.110	7.0	0.0	3.0	9.5	3.18
61	Takumi Yamamoto	21	CHU	Fgn	2	5	.286	4.20	5.01	16	0	0	0	55.2	72	31	26	4	14	0	34	3	0	2	251	1.545	11.6	0.6	2.3	5.5	2.43
62	Sachiya Yamasaki*	28	ORX	Fgn	2	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	4	0	0	0	24.0	22	8	8	0	4	0	17	0	0	1	97	1.083	8.3	0.0	1.5	6.4	4.25
63	Shunpeita Yamashita	18	ORX	Fgn	2	9	.182	5.48	7.26	18	0	0	0	65.2	79	53	40	6	45	0	48	2	3	6	317	1.888	10.8	0.8	6.2	6.6	1.07
64	Takuya Yasaki	26	HIR	Fgn	2	6	.250	2.92	3.27	14	0	0	0	77.0	53	28	25	5	42	0	60	0	0	6	318	1.234	6.2	0.6	4.9	7.0	1.43
65	Atsuki Yuasa	21	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.66	2.66	18	0	0	4	20.1	11	6	6	1	5	0	13	0	0	2	76	0.787	4.9	0.4	2.2	5.8	2.60
66	Shota Abe	28	ORX	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.40	4.20	10	0	0	0	15.0	17	7	4	2	3	0	16	1	0	2	65	1.333	10.2	1.2	1.8	9.6	5.33
67	Kosuke Baba	26	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	8	0	0	1	12.0	6	2	2	1	0	0	6	1	0	1	41	0.500	4.5	0.8	0.0	4.5
68	Yugo Bandoh	25	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.60	3.60	10	0	0	0	15.0	14	6	6	0	3	0	15	1	0	1	63	1.133	8.4	0.0	1.8	9.0	5.00
69	Reira Fujii	21	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.80	3.80	23	0	0	2	23.2	16	10	10	0	11	0	23	1	0	3	96	1.141	6.1	0.0	4.2	8.7	2.09
70	Yuto Furuya*	22	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.55	3.55	10	0	0	1	12.2	8	5	5	1	7	0	13	0	0	0	49	1.184	5.7	0.7	5.0	9.2	1.86
71	Ryuji Ichioka	30	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.51	3.51	40	0	0	4	41.0	38	16	16	2	16	0	27	0	0	2	171	1.317	8.3	0.4	3.5	5.9	1.69
72	Kazuo Itoh	31	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.54	2.54	29	0	0	2	28.1	16	8	8	2	13	1	30	1	0	1	114	1.024	5.1	0.6	4.1	9.5	2.31
73	Sho Iwasaki	31	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
74	Tomoyuki Kaida*	33	ORX	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.95	4.64	27	0	0	0	21.1	24	11	7	1	5	0	15	0	0	0	94	1.359	10.1	0.4	2.1	6.3	3.00
75	Hiroshi Kaino	24	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.46	4.15	13	0	0	1	13.0	13	6	5	2	5	0	15	1	0	0	53	1.385	9.0	1.4	3.5	10.4	3.00
76	Ren Kajiya	29	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	5.60	5.93	29	0	0	1	27.1	29	18	17	3	12	0	24	1	0	3	121	1.500	9.5	1.0	4.0	7.9	2.00
77	Yasunori Kikuchi	31	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.61	2.61	12	0	0	1	10.1	12	3	3	1	2	2	15	0	0	0	42	1.355	10.5	0.9	1.7	13.1	7.50
78	Keisuke Kobayashi	28	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.64	1.64	11	0	0	4	11.0	9	2	2	1	5	0	15	0	0	2	45	1.273	7.4	0.8	4.1	12.3	3.00
79	Ren Kondo*	22	CHU	Fgn	1	3	.250	7.71	8.06	29	0	0	2	25.2	34	23	22	1	15	0	12	1	0	0	121	1.909	11.9	0.4	5.3	4.2	0.80
80	Yuta Kuroki	26	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	6.19	6.19	17	0	0	2	16.0	22	11	11	1	6	0	15	1	0	2	79	1.750	12.4	0.6	3.4	8.4	2.50
81	Nick Martinez	30	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.00	2.00	2	0	0	0	9.0	7	2	2	0	1	0	8	0	0	0	35	0.889	7.0	0.0	1.0	8.0	8.00
82	Liván Moinelo*	25	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	5	0	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	10	0	0	1	17	0.400	1.8	0.0	1.8	18.0	10.00
83	Kouki Moriya	27	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	4.73	4.73	32	0	0	0	32.1	36	17	17	4	9	0	40	2	0	3	141	1.392	10.0	1.1	2.5	11.1	4.44
84	Ryota Muranishi	24	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	16	0	0	0	16.0	2	0	0	0	8	0	12	1	0	0	56	0.625	1.1	0.0	4.5	6.8	1.50
85	Ren Nakata	30	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.30	2.87	16	0	0	4	15.2	10	5	4	2	10	0	14	1	0	0	68	1.277	5.7	1.1	5.7	8.0	1.40
86	Dovydas Neverauskas	28	HIR	Fgn	1	4	.200	5.35	6.15	14	0	0	0	33.2	29	23	20	3	26	0	28	0	0	5	151	1.634	7.8	0.8	7.0	7.5	1.08
87	Ippei Ogawa	24	HAN	Fgn	1	2	.333	4.50	5.70	11	0	0	0	30.0	36	19	15	0	9	0	32	2	0	2	138	1.500	10.8	0.0	2.7	9.6	3.56
88	Yudai Ohno*	32	CHU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	17	0.400	3.6	0.0	0.0	7.2
89	Masaki Oyokawa*	20	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.72	2.97	8	0	0	0	36.1	30	12	11	4	10	0	29	0	0	4	147	1.101	7.4	1.0	2.5	7.2	2.90
90	Randy Rosario*	27	CHU	Fgn	1	2	.333	6.08	8.78	15	0	0	0	13.1	17	13	9	2	16	0	15	0	0	3	73	2.475	11.5	1.4	10.8	10.1	0.94
91	Kohki Saitoh*	24	ORX	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.48	1.48	49	0	0	1	42.2	25	7	7	3	11	0	57	3	0	2	159	0.844	5.3	0.6	2.3	12.0	5.18
92	Yu Satoh	28	CHU	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.35	2.03	27	0	0	2	26.2	19	6	4	0	5	0	18	1	0	0	101	0.900	6.4	0.0	1.7	6.1	3.60
93	Arata Shiino	25	SFT	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.11	3.50	45	0	0	9	46.1	42	18	16	1	12	0	47	1	0	6	191	1.165	8.2	0.2	2.3	9.1	3.92
94	Shinji Tajima	31	CHU	Fgn	1	1	.500	0.98	1.47	19	0	0	1	18.1	11	3	2	0	3	0	14	0	0	1	69	0.764	5.4	0.0	1.5	6.9	4.67
95	Mikiya Takahashi*	24	HIR	Fgn	1	2	.333	4.80	5.40	15	0	0	1	15.0	14	9	8	2	2	0	14	0	0	1	63	1.067	8.4	1.2	1.2	8.4	7.00
96	Daichi Takeyasu	26	ORX	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.05	3.86	9	0	0	0	44.1	52	19	15	3	17	0	29	2	0	2	196	1.556	10.6	0.6	3.5	5.9	1.71
97	Hiroki Tokoda*	26	HIR	Fgn	1	4	.200	5.04	5.69	10	0	0	0	55.1	61	35	31	6	11	0	30	1	0	4	237	1.301	9.9	1.0	1.8	4.9	2.73
98	Kotaro Ueda*	18	CHU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.79	0.79	12	0	0	0	11.1	6	1	1	0	2	0	7	1	0	0	42	0.706	4.8	0.0	1.6	5.6	3.50
99	Andy Valdés	22	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	4	0	0	0	4.0	4	1	1	0	3	0	4	1	0	0	18	1.750	9.0	0.0	6.8	9.0	1.33
100	Tsuyoshi Wada*	40	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.80	1.80	1	1	0	0	5.0	6	1	1	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	20	1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	14.4