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2008 Japan Central League

2008 > Class Foreign > League History
Overall: 432 games, 6 teams, approx. 144 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 2007 / 2009
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League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2007 / 2009

League Standings

Regular Season

144 games
Tm W L Ties W-L% GB
Yomiuri Giants 84 57 3 .596 --
Hanshin Tigers 82 59 3 .582 2
Chunichi Dragons 71 68 5 .511 12
Hiroshima Carp 69 70 5 .496 14
Yakult Swallows 66 74 4 .471 17.5
Yokohama Bay Stars 48 94 2 .338 36.5

League Batting

Tm Aff 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
Yomiuri Giants 30.0 4.38 144 5391 4850 631 1289 234 12 177 610 78 38 346 996 .266 .322 .428 .750 2078 93 62 113 20 33
Yakult Swallows 28.2 4.05 144 5442 4756 583 1264 201 32 83 542 148 51 397 895 .266 .331 .374 .705 1778 107 83 168 38 20
Hanshin Tigers 31.6 4.01 144 5510 4802 578 1285 199 29 83 550 62 29 462 974 .268 .335 .373 .707 1791 103 44 156 46 19
Yokohama Bay Stars 28.9 3.83 144 5364 4839 552 1285 213 16 145 529 37 30 314 969 .266 .316 .406 .722 1965 89 49 141 21 17
Hiroshima Carp 28.9 3.73 144 5432 4904 537 1330 193 9 100 506 69 49 332 841 .271 .322 .375 .698 1841 96 49 121 26 11
Chunichi Dragons 32.2 3.72 144 5362 4767 535 1207 215 13 140 514 51 22 427 989 .253 .316 .392 .708 1868 111 24 119 25 22
League Totals 30.0 3.95 864 32501 28918 3416 7660 1255 111 728 3251 445 219 2278 5664 .265 .323 .391 .715 11321 599 311 818 176 122

League Pitching

Tm Aff 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
Hanshin Tigers 29.2 3.62 82 59 .582 3.29 144 144 138 6 10 43 1283.1 1261 521 469 85 386 16 994 59 5 46 5411 1.283 8.8 0.6 2.7 7.0 2.58
Yomiuri Giants 29.3 3.69 84 57 .596 3.37 144 144 138 6 13 44 1279.2 1210 532 479 115 351 10 1115 56 6 61 5357 1.220 8.5 0.8 2.5 7.8 3.18
Chunichi Dragons 28.5 3.86 71 68 .511 3.53 144 144 134 10 11 39 1276.1 1307 556 501 114 336 24 989 57 3 24 5415 1.287 9.2 0.8 2.4 7.0 2.94
Yakult Swallows 27.2 3.95 66 74 .471 3.75 144 144 140 4 11 37 1273.1 1260 569 530 140 374 16 880 57 2 48 5394 1.283 8.9 1.0 2.6 6.2 2.35
Hiroshima Carp 27.5 4.13 69 70 .496 3.78 144 144 136 8 10 44 1281.2 1286 594 538 121 443 36 897 43 10 36 5489 1.349 9.0 0.8 3.1 6.3 2.02
Yokohama Bay Stars 27.5 4.90 48 94 .338 4.74 144 144 137 7 3 27 1253.0 1366 706 660 168 412 15 858 80 5 38 5483 1.419 9.8 1.2 3.0 6.2 2.08
League Totals 28.2 4.03 420 422 .499 3.74 864 864 823 41 58 234 7647.1 7690 3478 3177 743 2302 117 5733 352 31 253 32549 1.307 9.1 0.9 2.7 6.7 2.49

League Fielding

Tm Aff G CG PO A E DP Fld% PB SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Attendance Managers
Hanshin Tigers 144 3850 1676 62 139 .989 8 Akinobu Mayumi and Akinobu Okada
Yokohama Bay Stars 144 3759 1615 61 133 .989 8 Akihiko Oya
Yakult Swallows 144 3820 1631 69 114 .988 10 Shigeru Takada
Chunichi Dragons 144 3829 1604 75 114 .986 5 Hiromitsu Ochiai
Yomiuri Giants 144 3839 1522 83 109 .985 6 Tatsunori Hara
Hiroshima Carp 144 3845 1686 87 125 .985 6 Marty Brown
League Totals 864 22942 9734 437 734 .987 43