2012 Japan Pacific League

2012 > Class Foreign > League History
Overall: 432 games, 6 teams, approx. 144 games in season
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Other Years: 2011 / 2013
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League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2011 / 2013

League Standings

Regular Season

Tm	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	74	59	11	.556	--
Saitama Seibu Lions	72	63	9	.533	3
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks	67	65	12	.508	6.5
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	67	67	10	.500	7.5
Chiba Lotte Marines	62	67	15	.481	10
Orix Buffaloes	57	77	10	.425	17.5

League Batting

Tm	BatAge	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
Saitama Seibu Lions	27.9	3.58	144	5299	4648	516	1168	186	27	78	483	94	52	404	876	.251	.316	.353	.670	1642	102	55	157	35	6
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	29.3	3.54	144	5361	4758	510	1220	195	20	90	485	82	42	371	879	.256	.315	.363	.677	1725	68	45	161	26	12
Chiba Lotte Marines	30.0	3.47	144	5369	4732	499	1215	208	20	64	477	64	42	404	851	.257	.320	.350	.670	1655	91	56	142	35	10
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	29.3	3.41	144	5323	4739	491	1192	175	24	52	463	119	52	346	782	.252	.307	.332	.639	1571	75	53	144	41	8
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks	28.6	3.14	144	5256	4734	452	1195	185	32	70	439	144	48	327	962	.252	.304	.349	.653	1654	69	38	123	34	19
Orix Buffaloes	29.2	3.08	144	5323	4740	443	1142	199	19	73	424	49	32	364	964	.241	.301	.337	.638	1598	88	56	129	34	11
League Totals	29.0	3.37	864	31931	28351	2911	7132	1148	142	427	2771	552	268	2216	5314	.252	.311	.347	.658	9845	493	303	856	205	66

League Pitching

Tm	PitchAge	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks	27.6	2.98	67	65	.508	2.56	144	144	128	16	20	41	1275.1	1045	429	363	58	423	6	983	49	1	37	5238	1.151	7.4	0.4	3.0	6.9	2.32
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	28.2	3.13	74	59	.556	2.89	144	144	131	13	17	40	1279.2	1176	450	411	73	382	15	868	31	8	27	5289	1.218	8.3	0.5	2.7	6.1	2.27
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	26.7	3.24	67	67	.500	2.99	144	144	129	15	16	29	1278.0	1217	467	425	69	346	2	915	60	6	56	5361	1.223	8.6	0.5	2.4	6.4	2.64
Chiba Lotte Marines	28.8	3.49	62	67	.481	3.13	144	144	131	13	8	31	1272.2	1221	502	443	84	336	17	762	45	10	21	5340	1.223	8.6	0.6	2.4	5.4	2.27
Saitama Seibu Lions	29.1	3.60	72	63	.533	3.24	144	144	135	9	10	42	1274.2	1244	518	459	79	396	16	816	64	4	47	5415	1.287	8.8	0.6	2.8	5.8	2.06
Orix Buffaloes	28.4	3.65	57	77	.425	3.34	144	144	133	11	15	28	1278.0	1266	525	474	70	388	11	887	47	5	46	5417	1.294	8.9	0.5	2.7	6.2	2.29
League Totals	28.1	3.35	399	398	.501	3.03	864	864	787	77	86	211	7658.1	7169	2891	2575	433	2271	67	5231	296	34	234	32060	1.233	8.4	0.5	2.7	6.1	2.30

League Fielding

Tm	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	144	3839	1610	72	120	.987	7	Hideki Kuriyama
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	144	3834	1616	79	113	.986	4	Senichi Hoshino
Fukuoka Softbank Hawks	144	3826	1554	74	97	.986	8	Koji Akiyama
Chiba Lotte Marines	144	3818	1472	83	87	.985	3	Norifumi Nishimura
Orix Buffaloes	144	3834	1628	81	107	.985	5	Akinobu Okada
Saitama Seibu Lions	144	3824	1472	101	102	.981	6	Hisanobu Watanabe
League Totals	864	22975	9352	490	626	.985	33

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