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2010 Japan Western League Pitching Leaders

2009 Season 2011 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 260 games, 5 teams, approx. 104 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	Shinji Iwata	23	CHU	Fgn	7	3	.700	2.86	3.04	18	2	0	0	103.2	85	35	33	8	27	1	61	4	2	3	415	1.080	7.4	0.7	2.3	5.3	2.26
2	Tatsuya Kajimoto	23	ORX	Fgn	7	3	.700	3.22	3.99	17	0	0	0	58.2	41	26	21	2	32	1	37	2	0	5	248	1.244	6.3	0.3	4.9	5.7	1.16
3	Masataka Yamazaki	21	ORX	Fgn	6	2	.750	3.45	3.91	19	1	1	0	78.1	78	34	30	6	30	0	53	2	0	7	335	1.379	9.0	0.7	3.4	6.1	1.77
4	Toshiaki Aizawa*	22	HIR	Fgn	5	6	.455	3.32	4.58	21	1	0	0	78.2	72	40	29	7	38	3	43	2	1	1	344	1.398	8.2	0.8	4.3	4.9	1.13
5	Kenta Asakura	29	CHU	Fgn	5	3	.625	3.23	4.00	13	1	0	0	69.2	70	31	25	3	16	1	41	4	0	3	291	1.234	9.0	0.4	2.1	5.3	2.56
6	J.D. Durbin	28	SFT	Fgn	5	0	1.000	3.86	4.41	10	0	0	0	49.0	48	24	21	1	20	0	38	4	3	4	217	1.388	8.8	0.2	3.7	7.0	1.90
7	Yi Chieh Hsiao	24	HAN	Fgn	5	2	.714	3.13	3.73	16	0	0	0	60.1	64	25	21	6	27	1	37	2	0	3	269	1.508	9.5	0.9	4.0	5.5	1.37
8	Shinya Nakayama*	28	ORX	Fgn	5	8	.385	3.69	4.47	17	0	0	0	92.2	82	46	38	9	46	0	96	6	0	4	400	1.381	8.0	0.9	4.5	9.3	2.09
9	Shota Oba	25	SFT	Fgn	5	3	.625	2.99	3.74	23	2	2	4	84.1	61	35	28	5	14	0	73	3	2	4	327	0.889	6.5	0.5	1.5	7.8	5.21
10	Hiroki Yamada*	21	SFT	Fgn	5	0	1.000	2.76	3.12	8	1	1	0	49.0	47	17	15	3	19	0	35	2	0	4	211	1.347	8.6	0.6	3.5	6.4	1.84
11	Toru Anan*	25	ORX	Fgn	4	1	.800	3.86	4.63	17	0	0	0	23.1	24	12	10	3	7	0	19	0	0	2	101	1.329	9.3	1.2	2.7	7.3	2.71
12	Takeru Imamura	19	HIR	Fgn	4	4	.500	4.81	5.37	13	0	0	0	63.2	77	38	34	9	38	1	43	1	0	0	296	1.806	10.9	1.3	5.4	6.1	1.13
13	Shunsuke Ishikawa	24	HAN	Fgn	4	6	.400	6.65	7.66	32	0	0	10	44.2	59	38	33	6	14	1	22	3	0	2	205	1.634	11.9	1.2	2.8	4.4	1.57
14	Takashi Kamoshida	26	ORX	Fgn	4	2	.667	4.12	4.35	7	0	0	0	39.1	41	19	18	3	7	0	27	1	0	1	161	1.220	9.4	0.7	1.6	6.2	3.86
15	Mu-Young Kim	24	SFT	Fgn	4	0	1.000	1.54	1.80	31	0	0	0	35.0	26	7	6	0	13	0	31	3	1	1	142	1.114	6.7	0.0	3.3	8.0	2.38
16	Tatsuya Kojima*	24	HAN	Fgn	4	7	.364	4.38	5.48	16	2	1	0	90.1	93	55	44	7	32	0	75	3	0	4	389	1.384	9.3	0.7	3.2	7.5	2.34
17	Randy Messenger	28	HAN	Fgn	4	1	.800	2.92	3.16	11	0	0	0	37.0	41	13	12	0	7	0	30	0	1	2	155	1.297	10.0	0.0	1.7	7.3	4.29
18	Atsuhiro Mitsuhara	29	ORX	Fgn	4	1	.800	3.49	4.59	33	0	0	0	49.0	53	25	19	3	24	0	31	2	0	3	226	1.571	9.7	0.6	4.4	5.7	1.29
19	Naohisa Sugiyama	29	HAN	Fgn	4	4	.500	4.06	4.52	17	0	0	0	77.2	84	39	35	7	24	1	50	5	0	7	337	1.391	9.7	0.8	2.8	5.8	2.08
20	Kento Yachi	22	CHU	Fgn	4	1	.800	4.60	4.81	44	0	0	0	43.0	56	23	22	1	17	0	22	4	0	0	200	1.698	11.7	0.2	3.6	4.6	1.29
21	Daisuke Yamai	32	CHU	Fgn	4	1	.800	2.53	2.53	5	0	0	0	32.0	27	9	9	1	10	0	27	1	0	0	131	1.156	7.6	0.3	2.8	7.6	2.70
22	Ryunosuke Yokoyama	21	HAN	Fgn	4	2	.667	2.51	2.89	50	0	0	1	46.2	41	15	13	2	13	0	29	5	0	4	195	1.157	7.9	0.4	2.5	5.6	2.23
23	Carlos Alvarado	32	HIR	Fgn	3	1	.750	3.82	4.58	6	0	0	0	35.1	34	18	15	4	14	0	38	0	1	4	153	1.358	8.7	1.0	3.6	9.7	2.71
24	Nagisa Arakaki	30	SFT	Fgn	3	5	.375	4.50	6.19	10	0	0	0	48.0	52	33	24	0	30	0	35	6	0	7	225	1.708	9.8	0.0	5.6	6.6	1.17
25	Kai Wen Cheng	21	HAN	Fgn	3	2	.600	5.20	5.60	38	0	0	2	45.0	49	28	26	5	8	0	31	4	0	3	193	1.267	9.8	1.0	1.6	6.2	3.88
26	Masayuki Hasegawa	32	ORX,HIR	Fgn	3	3	.500	1.87	2.38	11	0	0	0	53.0	40	14	11	0	16	0	40	0	0	2	213	1.057	6.8	0.0	2.7	6.8	2.50
27	Masaki Ihara*	23	ORX	Fgn	3	6	.333	4.13	4.36	17	0	0	0	76.1	80	37	35	7	46	0	46	2	0	0	344	1.651	9.4	0.8	5.4	5.4	1.00
28	Sho Iwasaki	20	SFT	Fgn	3	4	.429	3.27	3.73	18	2	0	0	99.0	80	41	36	10	22	0	81	4	0	2	403	1.030	7.3	0.9	2.0	7.4	3.68
29	Hiroki Kongo	31	CHU	Fgn	3	4	.429	2.60	3.20	43	0	0	12	45.0	48	16	13	3	12	2	46	1	1	0	193	1.333	9.6	0.6	2.4	9.2	3.83
30	Koji Mise*	34	CHU,SFT	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.68	5.52	33	0	0	0	29.1	30	18	12	2	20	4	26	2	0	1	141	1.705	9.2	0.6	6.1	8.0	1.30
31	Masahiko Morifuku*	23	SFT	Fgn	3	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	14	0	0	1	12.0	7	2	2	0	1	0	11	2	1	0	45	0.667	5.3	0.0	0.8	8.3	11.00
32	Shoji Nagamine*	25	CHU	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.17	3.67	19	1	0	1	54.0	49	22	19	8	12	1	39	1	0	0	226	1.130	8.2	1.3	2.0	6.5	3.25
33	Dionis Soriano*	27	HIR	Fgn	3	4	.429	3.35	3.92	15	0	0	0	78.0	67	34	29	8	40	1	36	2	1	6	333	1.372	7.7	0.9	4.6	4.2	0.90
34	Nobuyoshi Yamada*	18	ORX	Fgn	3	3	.500	3.33	3.83	13	0	0	0	54.0	52	23	20	4	15	0	27	1	1	1	225	1.241	8.7	0.7	2.5	4.5	1.80
35	Soma Yamauchi	24	CHU	Fgn	3	3	.500	2.94	3.49	9	0	0	0	49.0	47	19	16	1	17	1	27	1	0	1	210	1.306	8.6	0.2	3.1	5.0	1.59
36	Yao Hsun Yang*	27	SFT	Fgn	3	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	19	1	1	3	42.0	28	7	7	1	10	0	39	0	1	1	163	0.905	6.0	0.2	2.1	8.4	3.90
37	Takumi Akiyama	19	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.15	3.38	12	0	0	0	58.2	47	22	14	5	20	2	40	1	0	2	242	1.142	7.2	0.8	3.1	6.1	2.00
38	Yuya Ando	32	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.35	2.03	6	0	0	0	40.0	35	9	6	0	6	0	29	3	0	1	157	1.025	7.9	0.0	1.4	6.5	4.83
39	Reo Chikada*	20	SFT	Fgn	2	4	.333	5.92	6.27	14	0	0	0	51.2	59	36	34	4	31	0	36	2	1	4	237	1.742	10.3	0.7	5.4	6.3	1.16
40	Hirotaka Egusa*	29	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.96	2.96	19	0	0	0	24.1	21	8	8	2	9	0	25	0	1	1	100	1.233	7.8	0.7	3.3	9.2	2.78
41	Shinobu Fukuhara	33	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.95	2.95	20	0	0	6	36.2	38	12	12	6	6	0	32	1	1	4	152	1.200	9.3	1.5	1.5	7.9	5.33
42	Wilfreiser Guerrero	23	HIR	Fgn	2	3	.400	3.35	3.98	14	0	0	0	43.0	41	19	16	3	28	0	24	3	0	2	195	1.605	8.6	0.6	5.9	5.0	0.86
43	Satoru Kanemura	34	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	3.03	3.53	37	0	0	0	35.2	29	14	12	2	10	0	22	3	0	1	141	1.093	7.3	0.5	2.5	5.6	2.20
44	Daisuke Kato	29	ORX	Fgn	2	3	.400	2.86	3.63	32	0	0	7	34.2	39	14	11	3	6	0	37	0	0	0	146	1.298	10.1	0.8	1.6	9.6	6.17
45	Hiroyuki Kawahara*	18	SFT	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.52	2.52	8	0	0	0	25.0	17	7	7	5	10	0	27	1	0	0	99	1.080	6.1	1.8	3.6	9.7	2.70
46	Takeshi Komatsu	23	HIR	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.43	3.43	7	0	0	0	21.0	19	8	8	2	10	0	12	2	0	0	90	1.381	8.1	0.9	4.3	5.1	1.20
47	Michito Miyazaki	31	HIR	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.76	6.53	32	0	0	0	51.0	61	37	27	4	27	0	36	3	1	7	241	1.725	10.8	0.7	4.8	6.4	1.33
48	Choji Mori	28	HIR	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.45	2.45	15	0	0	0	14.2	15	4	4	0	6	0	6	0	0	1	63	1.432	9.2	0.0	3.7	3.7	1.00
49	Akira Niho	20	SFT	Fgn	2	3	.400	8.01	9.61	12	0	0	0	39.1	48	42	35	2	27	0	16	2	4	6	192	1.907	11.0	0.5	6.2	3.7	0.59
50	Yuki Shimooki	18	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	5.84	5.84	11	0	0	1	24.2	33	16	16	0	17	0	11	2	0	1	122	2.027	12.0	0.0	6.2	4.0	0.65
51	Hisashi Takeuchi	22	HIR	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.93	5.36	40	0	0	17	42.0	37	25	23	4	27	4	31	2	0	5	190	1.524	7.9	0.9	5.8	6.6	1.15
52	Naoto Tsuru	23	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.83	4.63	6	0	0	0	35.0	34	18	11	5	7	0	25	1	1	4	145	1.171	8.7	1.3	1.8	6.4	3.57
53	Keiji Uezono	26	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	5.09	5.09	4	0	0	0	23.0	30	13	13	0	9	1	13	1	0	0	107	1.696	11.7	0.0	3.5	5.1	1.44
54	Teruaki Yoshikawa	28	SFT	Fgn	2	4	.333	4.50	5.58	16	0	0	1	50.0	60	31	25	4	23	1	24	3	1	3	228	1.660	10.8	0.7	4.1	4.3	1.04
55	Kenta Abe	25	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.01	4.01	19	0	0	0	24.2	24	11	11	3	11	1	22	0	0	1	106	1.419	8.8	1.1	4.0	8.0	2.00
56	Kazuyuki Akasaka	20	CHU	Fgn	1	1	.500	5.93	7.02	14	0	0	0	41.0	51	32	27	6	22	0	28	3	0	6	193	1.780	11.2	1.3	4.8	6.1	1.27
57	Takahiro Aoki*	28	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.96	2.35	5	0	0	1	23.0	19	6	5	0	4	0	21	0	0	2	94	1.000	7.4	0.0	1.6	8.2	5.25
58	Casey Fossum*	32	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.10	3.10	18	0	0	0	29.0	25	10	10	3	11	0	18	2	0	1	121	1.241	7.8	0.9	3.4	5.6	1.64
59	Masaki Hayashi	30	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.24	3.78	21	0	0	0	16.2	19	7	6	0	9	1	14	1	0	1	81	1.680	10.3	0.0	4.9	7.6	1.56
60	Motoki Higa	27	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.25	2.25	4	0	0	0	4.0	7	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	17	1.750	15.8	0.0	0.0	6.8
61	Koji Hiroike*	36	HIR	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.13	4.26	34	0	0	1	31.2	27	15	11	1	10	0	13	3	0	0	134	1.168	7.7	0.3	2.8	3.7	1.30
62	Yuichi Hisamoto*	31	CHU	Fgn	1	5	.167	5.90	6.13	36	0	0	1	39.2	43	27	26	1	20	1	41	1	0	0	182	1.588	9.8	0.2	4.5	9.3	2.05
63	Keisuke Imai	23	HIR	Fgn	1	3	.250	4.18	5.43	13	0	0	0	64.2	70	39	30	10	33	1	50	1	0	3	295	1.593	9.7	1.4	4.6	7.0	1.52
64	Kota Ito*	18	HIR	Fgn	1	8	.111	3.84	5.31	18	0	0	0	79.2	72	47	34	12	47	0	55	3	5	5	355	1.494	8.1	1.4	5.3	6.2	1.17
65	Yasushi Kamiuchi*	26	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.79	4.66	20	0	0	2	19.1	16	10	6	1	7	0	21	0	0	1	80	1.190	7.4	0.5	3.3	9.8	3.00
66	Takehito Kanazawa	31	ORX,SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.00	3.00	16	0	0	1	18.0	15	6	6	2	7	0	19	0	0	1	76	1.222	7.5	1.0	3.5	9.5	2.71
67	Taketo Kawaguchi*	24	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.38	3.38	25	0	0	0	26.2	23	10	10	3	12	1	14	2	0	0	113	1.313	7.8	1.0	4.1	4.7	1.17
68	Yudai Kawai*	30	CHU	Fgn	1	4	.200	3.79	3.91	14	0	0	0	71.1	83	31	30	2	17	1	40	0	1	2	299	1.402	10.5	0.3	2.1	5.0	2.35
69	Hideki Kishimoto	27	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.45	2.45	9	0	0	1	7.1	7	2	2	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	30	1.091	8.6	0.0	1.2	4.9	4.00
70	Daiki Kiyohara	21	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.73	5.74	14	0	0	0	26.2	37	17	14	1	12	1	31	2	0	0	130	1.838	12.5	0.3	4.1	10.5	2.58
71	Satoshi Komatsu	28	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.0	3	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0	17	1.200	5.4	0.0	5.4	5.4	1.00
72	Kazuki Kondoh	26	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.29	1.29	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	0	3	0	8	3	0	0	31	1.143	6.4	0.0	3.9	10.3	2.67
73	Yuki Kume	24	SFT	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.16	1.93	24	0	0	1	23.1	16	5	3	0	5	0	17	1	0	0	93	0.900	6.2	0.0	1.9	6.6	3.40
74	Jon Leicester	31	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.06	4.08	17	0	0	2	17.2	17	8	6	0	6	0	22	1	0	1	78	1.302	8.7	0.0	3.1	11.2	3.67
75	Akio Mizuta	36	SFT	Fgn	1	2	.333	5.63	6.19	16	0	0	0	16.0	17	11	10	2	4	0	14	0	0	1	68	1.313	9.6	1.1	2.3	7.9	3.50
76	Kazuya Motoyanagi	33	ORX	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.47	3.96	34	0	0	0	36.1	35	16	14	4	15	0	31	0	0	0	148	1.376	8.7	1.0	3.7	7.7	2.07
77	Katsuhiro Nagakawa	29	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	13.50	2	0	0	0	2.0	2	3	0	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	9	1.000	9.0	4.5	0.0	18.0
78	Kenichi Nakata	28	CHU	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.94	4.50	4	0	0	0	16.0	15	8	7	3	6	0	15	2	0	1	71	1.313	8.4	1.7	3.4	8.4	2.50
79	Maximo Nelson	28	CHU	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.18	5.29	4	0	0	0	17.0	16	10	6	2	5	0	11	0	0	0	70	1.235	8.5	1.1	2.6	5.8	2.20
80	Yuki Nishi	19	ORX	Fgn	1	3	.250	2.61	3.48	13	0	0	0	72.1	71	28	21	5	19	0	60	4	1	1	305	1.244	8.8	0.6	2.4	7.5	3.16
81	Masato Nishikawa	28	ORX	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.08	2.08	26	0	0	0	26.0	24	6	6	1	6	0	28	1	0	1	111	1.154	8.3	0.3	2.1	9.7	4.67
82	Atsushi Nohmi*	31	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	0.00	1.08	2	0	0	0	8.1	3	1	0	0	1	0	13	0	0	1	29	0.480	3.2	0.0	1.1	14.0	13.00
83	Takashi Ogasawara*	33	CHU	Fgn	1	4	.200	5.74	6.08	12	0	0	0	53.1	69	36	34	9	12	1	26	1	2	1	232	1.519	11.6	1.5	2.0	4.4	2.17
84	Shinsuke Ogura*	29	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.91	5.40	3	0	0	0	18.1	12	11	10	1	12	0	11	2	0	1	81	1.309	5.9	0.5	5.9	5.4	0.92
85	Michael Olmsted	23	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.60	7.20	3	0	0	0	5.0	6	4	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	23	1.600	10.8	0.0	3.6	7.2	2.00
86	Takayuki Oshima*	26	HIR	Fgn	1	2	.333	6.75	8.31	6	0	0	0	17.1	21	16	13	0	11	0	13	1	0	1	83	1.846	10.9	0.0	5.7	6.8	1.18
87	Kenji Otonari*	25	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.16	2.52	4	0	0	0	25.0	24	7	6	1	9	0	20	0	0	1	108	1.320	8.6	0.4	3.2	7.2	2.22
88	Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi*	42	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	2	0	0	1	6.0	3	1	1	1	2	0	6	0	0	0	22	0.833	4.5	1.5	3.0	9.0	3.00
89	Jumpei Shinoda*	25	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.50	4.00	3	0	0	0	18.0	14	8	7	3	4	0	12	0	0	0	74	1.000	7.0	1.5	2.0	6.0	3.00
90	Hirokazu Shiranita	24	HAN	Fgn	1	4	.200	5.73	6.95	10	0	0	0	44.0	62	34	28	6	17	0	27	3	0	0	206	1.795	12.7	1.2	3.5	5.5	1.59
91	Eric Stults*	30	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.75	0.75	2	0	0	0	12.0	8	1	1	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	45	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	3.8	1.25
92	Yoshihiro Suzuki	27	CHU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	8	0	0	0	9.2	3	0	0	0	2	0	8	0	0	0	35	0.517	2.8	0.0	1.9	7.4	4.00
93	Toru Takahashi	23	SFT	Fgn	1	4	.200	4.97	5.90	27	0	0	3	29.0	33	19	16	0	15	0	17	0	0	4	139	1.655	10.2	0.0	4.7	5.3	1.13
94	Shohei Takashima	19	CHU	Fgn	1	4	.200	3.49	4.41	35	0	0	1	49.0	50	24	19	3	23	1	36	1	0	1	219	1.490	9.2	0.6	4.2	6.6	1.57
95	Shingo Tatsumi	23	SFT	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.15	5.54	3	0	0	0	13.0	14	8	6	1	9	0	8	0	0	0	62	1.769	9.7	0.7	6.2	5.5	0.89
96	Kazuya Tsutsui*	28	HAN	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.52	2.78	33	0	0	7	35.2	28	11	10	2	16	0	41	0	0	4	152	1.234	7.1	0.5	4.0	10.3	2.56
97	Hirofumi Ueno	29	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.96	1.96	15	0	0	1	18.1	14	4	4	0	7	1	16	0	0	1	76	1.145	6.9	0.0	3.4	7.9	2.29
98	Tomohiro Umetsu	27	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.70	2.70	9	0	0	0	6.2	6	2	2	0	1	0	2	2	0	0	27	1.050	8.1	0.0	1.4	2.7	2.00
99	Edward Valdez	30	CHU	Fgn	1	3	.250	4.56	4.75	15	0	0	1	47.1	51	25	24	7	12	1	33	7	1	2	206	1.331	9.7	1.3	2.3	6.3	2.75
100	Ryuji Wakatake	22	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	4.70	5.28	10	0	0	0	30.2	38	18	16	3	7	0	24	2	1	0	139	1.467	11.2	0.9	2.1	7.0	3.43