2012 Japan Central League

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

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 2011 / 2013

League Standings

Regular Season

Tm	W	L	Ties	W-L%	GB
Yomiuri Giants	86	43	15	.667	--
Chunichi Dragons	75	53	16	.586	10.5
Yakult Swallows	68	65	11	.511	20
Hiroshima Carp	61	71	12	.462	26.5
Hanshin Tigers	55	75	14	.423	31.5
Yokohama Bay Stars	46	85	13	.351	41

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
Yomiuri Giants	29.7	3.71	144	5419	4742	534	1216	207	18	94	505	102	33	455	952	.256	.326	.367	.693	1741	99	52	134	36	31
Yakult Swallows	28.8	3.47	144	5359	4693	499	1218	168	18	90	471	63	31	421	805	.260	.325	.361	.686	1692	116	47	171	27	20
Hiroshima Carp	28.1	2.97	144	5246	4614	427	1077	192	13	76	402	79	39	374	912	.233	.297	.330	.627	1523	86	57	175	26	22
Chunichi Dragons	32.0	2.94	144	5320	4714	423	1156	185	11	70	400	59	33	416	904	.245	.311	.334	.645	1573	105	45	120	25	15
Yokohama Bay Stars	29.5	2.93	144	5226	4640	422	1083	164	21	66	400	61	43	380	931	.233	.298	.320	.618	1487	98	56	124	26	12
Hanshin Tigers	31.0	2.85	144	5305	4717	411	1115	169	17	58	392	65	36	415	957	.236	.302	.316	.618	1492	97	36	115	22	15
League Totals	29.9	3.14	864	31875	28120	2716	6865	1085	98	454	2570	429	215	2461	5461	.244	.310	.338	.648	9508	601	293	839	162	115

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
Yomiuri Giants	27.4	2.46	86	43	.667	2.16	144	144	135	9	20	48	1285.2	1043	354	309	64	358	12	1021	48	1	37	5180	1.090	7.3	0.4	2.5	7.1	2.85
Chunichi Dragons	30.1	2.81	75	53	.586	2.58	144	144	136	8	29	53	1285.1	1078	405	369	65	324	20	877	48	2	28	5173	1.091	7.5	0.5	2.3	6.1	2.71
Hanshin Tigers	30.3	3.04	55	75	.423	2.65	144	144	136	8	18	29	1272.1	1141	438	374	73	384	23	985	50	3	38	5278	1.199	8.1	0.5	2.7	7.0	2.57
Hiroshima Carp	26.7	3.15	61	71	.462	2.72	144	144	138	6	21	35	1272.1	1122	454	384	64	419	13	955	48	4	30	5328	1.211	7.9	0.5	3.0	6.8	2.28
Yakult Swallows	27.3	3.57	68	65	.511	3.35	144	144	132	12	15	35	1269.2	1234	514	472	85	441	15	843	52	4	37	5387	1.319	8.7	0.6	3.1	6.0	1.91
Yokohama Bay Stars	28.6	3.97	46	85	.351	3.76	144	144	133	11	6	24	1258.0	1210	571	525	97	480	31	863	54	4	37	5404	1.343	8.7	0.7	3.4	6.2	1.80
League Totals	28.4	3.17	391	392	.499	2.86	864	864	810	54	109	224	7643.1	6828	2736	2433	448	2406	114	5544	300	18	207	31750	1.208	8.0	0.5	2.8	6.5	2.30

League Fielding

Tm	G	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	PB	Managers
Chunichi Dragons	144	3856	1634	55	137	.990	11	Morimichi Takagi
Hanshin Tigers	144	3817	1578	69	101	.987	5	Yutaka Wada
Yakult Swallows	144	3809	1646	72	134	.987	3	Junji Ogawa
Yomiuri Giants	144	3857	1649	77	124	.986	2	Tatsunori Hara
Yokohama Bay Stars	144	3774	1577	80	108	.985	10	Kiyoshi Nakahata
Hiroshima Carp	144	3817	1636	113	113	.980	7	Kenjiro Nomura
League Totals	864	22930	9720	466	717	.986	38

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