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2009 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

2008 Season 2010 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 432 games, 6 teams, approx. 144 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 2009 Japan Pacific League

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Shohei Tateyama	28	YKU	Fgn	16	6	.727	3.39	3.68	27	27	5	2	0	188.1	195	77	71	20	45	2	126	11	0	2	798	1.274	9.3	1.0	2.2	6.0	2.80
2	Kazuki Yoshimi	24	CNI	Fgn	16	7	.696	2.00	2.47	27	25	5	4	0	189.1	166	52	42	10	33	2	147	3	1	6	750	1.051	7.9	0.5	1.6	7.0	4.45
3	Dicky Gonzalez	30	YOM	Fgn	15	2	.882	2.11	2.33	23	23	2	0	0	162.0	134	42	38	11	25	0	113	7	1	2	643	0.981	7.4	0.6	1.4	6.3	4.52
4	Seth Greisinger	33	YOM	Fgn	13	6	.684	3.47	4.30	25	25	1	1	0	161.0	173	77	62	11	26	0	91	5	3	4	675	1.236	9.7	0.6	1.5	5.1	3.50
5	Masanori Ishikawa*	29	YKU	Fgn	13	7	.650	3.54	3.68	29	29	3	0	0	198.1	203	81	78	25	28	3	84	6	0	4	810	1.165	9.2	1.1	1.3	3.8	3.00
6	Atsushi Nohmi*	30	HAN	Fgn	13	9	.591	2.62	3.33	28	25	1	1	0	165.0	142	61	48	11	44	1	154	5	1	3	675	1.127	7.7	0.6	2.4	8.4	3.50
7	Yudai Kawai*	29	CNI	Fgn	11	5	.688	3.78	4.16	20	20	1	1	0	119.0	126	55	50	10	31	0	57	2	1	4	508	1.319	9.5	0.8	2.3	4.3	1.84
8	Colby Lewis	29	HIR	Fgn	11	9	.550	2.96	3.47	29	28	3	1	0	176.1	156	68	58	13	19	0	186	14	0	3	715	0.992	8.0	0.7	1.0	9.5	9.79
9	Daisuke Miura	35	YKO	Fgn	11	11	.500	3.32	3.78	28	28	6	1	0	195.1	175	82	72	28	37	1	138	4	0	2	799	1.085	8.1	1.3	1.7	6.4	3.73
10	Kenta Asakura	28	CNI	Fgn	10	8	.556	4.04	4.64	24	24	0	0	0	151.1	159	78	68	14	45	2	83	9	0	7	655	1.348	9.5	0.8	2.7	4.9	1.84
11	Kan Otake	26	HIR	Fgn	10	8	.556	2.81	3.49	29	29	5	3	0	185.2	177	72	58	10	60	3	127	4	1	10	781	1.276	8.6	0.5	2.9	6.2	2.12
12	Hisanori Takahashi*	34	YOM	Fgn	10	6	.625	2.94	3.63	25	25	1	0	0	144.0	147	58	47	16	36	1	126	6	2	0	610	1.271	9.2	1.0	2.3	7.9	3.50
13	Yasutomo Kubo	28	HAN	Fgn	9	8	.529	3.75	3.93	26	24	1	1	0	151.1	140	66	63	14	50	0	113	16	0	9	646	1.256	8.3	0.8	3.0	6.7	2.26
14	Yuki Saito*	22	HIR	Fgn	9	11	.450	3.99	4.67	27	25	0	0	0	133.0	140	69	59	14	48	1	71	3	0	4	582	1.414	9.5	0.9	3.2	4.8	1.48
15	Tetsuya Utsumi*	27	YOM	Fgn	9	11	.450	2.96	3.31	27	27	5	1	0	179.2	161	66	59	23	36	0	115	4	0	3	730	1.096	8.1	1.2	1.8	5.8	3.19
16	Tetsuya Yamaguchi*	25	YOM	Fgn	9	1	.900	1.27	1.38	73	0	0	0	4	78.0	53	12	11	1	14	1	62	5	0	3	292	0.859	6.1	0.1	1.6	7.2	4.43
17	Yuya Ando	31	HAN	Fgn	8	12	.400	3.90	4.39	28	28	2	0	0	164.0	180	80	71	18	51	6	97	6	1	5	714	1.409	9.9	1.0	2.8	5.3	1.90
18	Wei-Yin Chen*	23	CNI	Fgn	8	4	.667	1.54	1.76	24	23	5	4	0	164.0	113	32	28	10	40	0	146	3	0	2	644	0.933	6.2	0.5	2.2	8.0	3.65
19	Kenta Maeda	21	HIR	Fgn	8	14	.364	3.36	3.82	29	29	3	1	0	193.0	194	82	72	22	29	1	147	3	0	2	795	1.155	9.0	1.0	1.4	6.9	5.07
20	Daisuke Ochi	26	YOM	Fgn	8	3	.727	3.30	3.55	66	0	0	0	10	71.0	63	28	26	6	22	2	70	2	0	5	294	1.197	8.0	0.8	2.8	8.9	3.18
21	Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi*	41	HAN	Fgn	8	8	.500	3.62	4.30	22	22	1	1	0	119.1	127	57	48	10	42	1	64	8	0	2	524	1.416	9.6	0.8	3.2	4.8	1.52
22	Shun Tono	22	YOM	Fgn	8	8	.500	3.17	3.58	27	26	1	1	0	153.1	133	61	54	18	57	1	133	13	0	6	652	1.239	7.8	1.1	3.3	7.8	2.33
23	Takuya Asao	24	CNI	Fgn	7	9	.438	3.49	3.73	67	7	0	0	6	113.1	108	47	44	6	24	2	96	6	0	4	464	1.165	8.6	0.5	1.9	7.6	4.00
24	Minoru Iwata*	25	HAN	Fgn	7	5	.583	2.68	3.25	16	16	4	2	0	110.2	99	40	33	3	27	1	103	8	0	4	455	1.139	8.1	0.2	2.2	8.4	3.81
25	Takashi Ogasawara*	32	CNI	Fgn	7	2	.778	3.13	3.58	21	19	0	0	0	118.0	104	47	41	10	34	1	86	2	1	4	487	1.169	7.9	0.8	2.6	6.6	2.53
26	Kenichi Matsuoka	27	YKU	Fgn	6	4	.600	4.72	4.88	52	0	0	0	0	55.1	66	30	29	5	14	1	53	1	0	2	243	1.446	10.7	0.8	2.3	8.6	3.79
27	Wirfin Obispo	24	YOM	Fgn	6	1	.857	2.45	2.45	14	7	1	0	0	58.2	44	16	16	7	11	0	48	4	0	0	233	0.938	6.8	1.1	1.7	7.4	4.36
28	Scott Atchison	33	HAN	Fgn	5	3	.625	1.70	2.00	75	0	0	0	0	90.0	60	20	17	3	20	1	81	1	1	0	338	0.889	6.0	0.3	2.0	8.1	4.05
29	Kyuji Fujikawa	28	HAN	Fgn	5	3	.625	1.25	1.40	49	0	0	0	25	57.2	32	9	8	4	15	2	86	1	0	0	217	0.815	5.0	0.6	2.3	13.4	5.73
30	Ryo Kawashima	27	YKU	Fgn	5	6	.455	4.81	5.42	14	14	0	0	0	73.0	72	44	39	11	25	1	48	3	0	3	315	1.329	8.9	1.4	3.1	5.9	1.92
31	Takeshi Komatsu	22	HIR	Fgn	5	3	.625	5.25	5.55	25	7	0	0	0	60.0	75	37	35	9	19	2	41	4	0	3	271	1.567	11.3	1.4	2.9	6.2	2.16
32	Chang-Yong Lim	33	YKU	Fgn	5	4	.556	2.05	2.37	57	0	0	0	28	57.0	40	15	13	4	19	4	52	2	0	2	229	1.035	6.3	0.6	3.0	8.2	2.74
33	Kenichi Nakata	27	CNI	Fgn	5	4	.556	3.44	3.78	13	0	1	1	0	81.0	77	34	31	5	25	0	73	5	0	4	342	1.259	8.6	0.6	2.8	8.1	2.92
34	Steve Randolph*	35	YKO	Fgn	5	2	.714	1.96	1.96	8	7	1	1	0	55.0	33	12	12	2	34	0	59	4	1	0	232	1.218	5.4	0.3	5.6	9.7	1.74
35	Hiroki Sanada	25	YKO	Fgn	5	4	.556	2.98	3.26	68	0	0	0	0	66.1	66	24	22	9	23	3	36	4	1	0	280	1.342	9.0	1.2	3.1	4.9	1.57
36	Yoshinori Satoh	19	YKU	Fgn	5	10	.333	3.50	4.54	22	21	0	0	0	121.0	109	61	47	9	57	0	91	5	0	5	520	1.372	8.1	0.7	4.2	6.8	1.60
37	Mike Schultz	29	HIR	Fgn	5	3	.625	2.28	2.28	73	0	0	0	1	75.0	57	19	19	0	22	0	72	0	0	2	298	1.053	6.8	0.0	2.6	8.6	3.27
38	Yuki Tanaka	30	YKU	Fgn	5	6	.455	3.40	3.67	19	19	1	0	0	100.2	104	41	38	8	36	2	77	7	0	3	435	1.391	9.3	0.7	3.2	6.9	2.14
39	Les Walrond*	32	YKO	Fgn	5	10	.333	4.80	5.12	21	21	1	0	0	110.2	128	63	59	10	50	3	85	4	1	4	505	1.608	10.4	0.8	4.1	6.9	1.70
40	Shun Yamaguchi	21	YKO	Fgn	5	4	.556	3.27	3.60	51	0	0	0	18	55.0	44	22	20	7	17	0	68	4	0	5	223	1.109	7.2	1.1	2.8	11.1	4.00
41	Hirotaka Egusa*	28	HAN	Fgn	4	5	.444	2.71	3.00	62	0	0	0	0	63.0	50	21	19	3	40	0	65	2	2	5	274	1.429	7.1	0.4	5.7	9.3	1.63
42	Hiromitsu Takagi	25	YKU	Fgn	4	0	1.000	1.64	1.64	12	5	1	1	0	44.0	34	8	8	3	11	1	19	2	0	0	174	1.023	7.0	0.6	2.3	3.9	1.73
43	Kentaro Takasaki	24	YKO	Fgn	4	0	1.000	4.01	4.38	56	0	0	0	1	74.0	81	36	33	5	16	3	59	1	0	2	312	1.311	9.9	0.6	1.9	7.2	3.69
44	Shinobu Fukuhara	32	HAN	Fgn	3	10	.231	4.84	5.69	14	14	1	1	0	74.1	77	47	40	9	27	0	45	3	1	1	328	1.399	9.3	1.1	3.3	5.4	1.67
45	Ryan Glynn	34	YKO	Fgn	3	15	.167	5.11	5.57	23	23	0	0	0	118.0	135	73	67	17	35	1	69	4	3	5	521	1.441	10.3	1.3	2.7	5.3	1.97
46	Masayuki Hasegawa	31	HIR	Fgn	3	1	.750	3.94	4.22	10	4	0	0	0	32.0	35	15	14	4	17	0	24	0	0	3	146	1.625	9.8	1.1	4.8	6.8	1.41
47	Ryota Igarashi	30	YKU	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.19	3.19	56	0	0	0	3	53.2	42	19	19	3	20	1	44	3	0	1	221	1.155	7.0	0.5	3.4	7.4	2.20
48	Junichi Kawahara	36	CNI	Fgn	3	0	1.000	1.85	1.85	44	0	0	0	0	34.0	24	7	7	2	10	2	18	2	0	0	136	1.000	6.4	0.5	2.6	4.8	1.80
49	Masao Kida	40	YKU	Fgn	3	4	.429	5.55	5.92	30	4	0	0	0	48.2	58	32	30	6	17	1	31	5	0	0	223	1.541	10.7	1.1	3.1	5.7	1.82
50	Atsushi Kizuka	31	YKO	Fgn	3	2	.600	4.83	5.12	43	0	0	0	1	31.2	35	18	17	5	7	2	20	3	0	0	133	1.326	9.9	1.4	2.0	5.7	2.86
51	Masato Kobayashi*	28	CNI	Fgn	3	1	.750	0.84	0.84	32	0	0	0	0	21.1	15	2	2	1	7	0	19	1	0	1	82	1.031	6.3	0.4	3.0	8.0	2.71
52	Katsuhiro Nagakawa	28	HIR	Fgn	3	6	.333	2.73	3.21	56	0	0	0	36	56.0	53	20	17	3	21	3	48	1	0	4	241	1.321	8.5	0.5	3.4	7.7	2.29
53	Ryuji Yokoyama	33	HIR	Fgn	3	8	.273	3.52	3.80	69	0	0	0	0	64.0	57	27	25	5	26	1	56	2	0	2	270	1.297	8.0	0.7	3.7	7.9	2.15
54	Yuji Yoshimi*	31	YKO	Fgn	3	4	.429	4.28	4.69	27	13	0	0	0	88.1	93	46	42	11	28	1	73	4	0	3	383	1.370	9.5	1.1	2.9	7.4	2.61
55	Takahiro Aoki*	27	HIR	Fgn	2	3	.400	4.74	4.86	29	10	0	0	0	74.0	76	40	39	10	16	2	50	2	0	0	307	1.243	9.2	1.2	1.9	6.1	3.13
56	Satoshi Fukuda	25	YOM	Fgn	2	0	1.000	3.48	4.91	9	6	0	0	0	44.0	41	24	17	6	17	2	31	3	0	1	185	1.318	8.4	1.2	3.5	6.3	1.82
57	Hitoki Iwase*	34	CNI	Fgn	2	3	.400	2.12	2.12	54	0	0	0	41	46.2	41	11	11	2	13	2	34	2	0	2	196	1.157	7.9	0.4	2.5	6.6	2.62
58	Kimiyasu Kudo*	46	YKO	Fgn	2	3	.400	6.51	7.23	46	1	0	0	0	37.1	53	30	27	11	14	1	24	0	1	2	172	1.795	12.8	2.7	3.4	5.8	1.71
59	Kentaro Nishimura	24	YOM	Fgn	2	0	1.000	4.97	6.39	11	0	0	0	0	12.2	15	9	7	1	5	1	10	1	0	1	59	1.579	10.7	0.7	3.6	7.1	2.00
60	Takehiko Oshimoto	26	YKU	Fgn	2	6	.250	2.67	2.67	51	2	0	0	1	64.0	50	19	19	8	19	0	45	1	0	3	252	1.078	7.0	1.1	2.7	6.3	2.37
61	Nelson Payano*	26	CNI	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.08	2.67	34	0	0	0	0	30.1	17	9	7	3	17	0	39	1	1	0	126	1.121	5.0	0.9	5.0	11.6	2.29
62	Shinsuke Saito	27	CNI	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.00	4.50	18	0	0	0	0	12.0	10	6	4	2	9	0	13	1	0	1	55	1.583	7.5	1.5	6.8	9.8	1.44
63	Jumpei Shinoda*	24	HIR	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.82	1.82	13	4	1	1	0	39.2	29	8	8	3	8	0	29	0	0	0	153	0.933	6.6	0.7	1.8	6.6	3.63
64	Akifumi Takahashi*	26	CNI	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.08	3.08	49	0	0	0	0	49.2	38	17	17	6	14	2	53	2	0	3	201	1.047	6.9	1.1	2.5	9.6	3.79
65	Hayato Terahara	25	YKO	Fgn	2	7	.222	3.90	4.66	13	13	2	0	0	83.0	89	43	36	8	23	1	77	1	1	4	362	1.349	9.7	0.9	2.5	8.3	3.35
66	Kiyoshi Toyoda	38	YOM	Fgn	2	2	.500	1.99	2.88	46	0	0	0	5	40.2	35	13	9	3	15	5	32	1	0	1	172	1.230	7.7	0.7	3.3	7.1	2.13
67	Tomohiro Umetsu	26	HIR	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.82	2.19	26	0	0	0	0	24.2	17	6	5	1	4	1	16	0	0	0	94	0.851	6.2	0.4	1.5	5.8	4.00
68	Kai Wen Cheng	20	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	5.46	5.74	13	3	0	0	0	31.1	39	20	19	4	6	0	18	0	0	1	137	1.436	11.2	1.1	1.7	5.2	3.00
69	Soichi Fujita*	36	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.08	2.60	19	0	0	0	0	17.1	20	5	4	1	1	0	10	0	0	0	72	1.212	10.4	0.5	0.5	5.2	10.00
70	Jun Hagiwara	35	YKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.81	4.81	34	0	0	0	0	39.1	50	21	21	3	14	1	36	4	1	1	175	1.627	11.4	0.7	3.2	8.2	2.57
71	Yasuhiro Ichiba	26	YKU	Fgn	1	5	.167	7.88	8.60	9	7	0	0	0	37.2	48	36	33	10	16	0	27	4	0	2	174	1.699	11.5	2.4	3.8	6.5	1.69
72	Keisuke Imai	22	HIR	Fgn	1	3	.250	3.74	3.94	9	8	0	0	0	45.2	38	20	19	4	15	1	28	1	0	1	186	1.161	7.5	0.8	3.0	5.5	1.87
73	Satoru Kanemura	33	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.76	3.31	22	2	0	0	0	32.2	34	12	10	3	8	1	23	0	0	1	135	1.286	9.4	0.8	2.2	6.3	2.88
74	Norihito Kaneto*	25	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.60	3.60	6	0	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	0	1	0	3	1	0	0	20	1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	5.4	3.00
75	Kosuke Kato*	30	YKO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.68	3.99	31	0	0	0	0	29.1	21	13	12	5	18	1	37	2	0	1	127	1.330	6.4	1.5	5.5	11.4	2.06
76	Futoshi Kobayashi	26	YKO	Fgn	1	8	.111	4.48	5.56	12	12	1	0	0	66.1	69	41	33	5	24	1	37	4	2	4	295	1.402	9.4	0.7	3.3	5.0	1.54
77	Marc Kroon	36	YOM	Fgn	1	3	.250	1.26	1.80	46	0	0	0	27	50.0	36	10	7	1	19	0	57	2	0	4	206	1.100	6.5	0.2	3.4	10.3	3.00
78	Yuya Kubo	29	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.29	3.29	7	4	0	0	0	27.1	24	10	10	3	10	0	25	1	0	3	116	1.244	7.9	1.0	3.3	8.2	2.50
79	Hei Chun Lee*	30	YKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.65	3.65	42	1	0	0	1	37.0	42	15	15	3	14	2	27	2	0	1	164	1.514	10.2	0.7	3.4	6.6	1.93
80	Tom Mastny	28	YKO	Fgn	1	5	.167	5.69	6.57	15	12	0	0	0	61.2	79	45	39	8	25	0	43	11	0	6	296	1.686	11.5	1.2	3.6	6.3	1.72
81	Choji Mori	27	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	16.20	27.00	3	0	0	0	0	1.2	6	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	12	3.600	32.4	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Kyohei Muranaka*	21	YKU	Fgn	1	6	.143	7.12	7.12	9	9	0	0	0	43.0	49	34	34	5	25	0	35	3	0	4	202	1.721	10.3	1.0	5.2	7.3	1.40
83	Shoji Nagamine*	24	CNI	Fgn	1	2	.333	7.71	7.71	6	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	4	4	0	3	1	5	0	0	0	21	1.500	7.7	0.0	5.8	9.6	1.67
84	Micheal Nakamura	32	YOM	Fgn	1	2	.333	6.18	6.18	29	0	0	0	0	27.2	34	19	19	5	9	1	28	3	0	0	126	1.554	11.1	1.6	2.9	9.1	3.11
85	Maximo Nelson	27	CNI	Fgn	1	3	.250	3.58	4.29	26	1	0	0	1	50.1	48	24	20	6	16	0	49	1	0	4	215	1.272	8.6	1.1	2.9	8.8	3.06
86	Kazuya Tsutsui*	27	HAN	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.71	4.22	45	2	0	0	0	53.1	45	25	22	5	22	0	45	4	0	1	232	1.256	7.6	0.8	3.7	7.6	2.05
87	Ryo Watanabe	27	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.40	3.59	46	0	0	0	0	47.2	44	19	18	5	17	1	34	1	0	2	201	1.280	8.3	0.9	3.2	6.4	2.00
88	Jeff Williams*	37	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.58	3.58	31	0	0	0	0	27.2	19	11	11	2	20	1	35	3	0	1	121	1.410	6.2	0.7	6.5	11.4	1.75
89	Masahiro Yamamoto*	43	CNI	Fgn	1	4	.200	10.67	11.33	6	6	0	0	0	27.0	45	34	32	5	12	1	14	0	0	1	137	2.111	15.0	1.7	4.0	4.7	1.17
90	Kenta Abe	24	HAN	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.27	3.55	19	3	0	0	0	33.0	39	13	12	2	13	2	24	1	0	1	147	1.576	10.6	0.5	3.5	6.5	1.85
91	Katsuki Akagawa*	18	YKU	Fgn	0	0		inf	inf	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	4						0.00
92	Hayato Aoki	32	HIR	Fgn	0	0		3.80	3.80	29	0	0	0	0	23.2	25	10	10	3	4	2	10	1	0	0	99	1.225	9.5	1.1	1.5	3.8	2.50
93	Ricky Barrett*	28	YKU	Fgn	0	1	.000	7.15	7.94	7	1	0	0	0	11.1	16	10	9	1	10	1	5	2	0	0	61	2.294	12.7	0.8	7.9	4.0	0.50
94	Scott Dohmann	31	HIR	Fgn	0	0		17.28	17.28	9	0	0	0	0	8.1	14	16	16	1	7	0	4	3	1	3	47	2.520	15.1	1.1	7.6	4.3	0.57
95	Hitoshi Fujie	23	YKO	Fgn	0	4	.000	6.51	7.47	9	7	0	0	0	37.1	54	31	27	8	10	1	24	1	0	3	178	1.714	13.0	1.9	2.4	5.8	2.40
96	Taiyo Fujita	29	HAN	Fgn	0	0		6.75	6.75	2	0	0	0	0	1.1	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	3.750	27.0	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
97	Takuya Fukata*	26	YOM	Fgn	0	0		9.00	9.00	8	0	0	0	0	4.0	4	4	4	1	1	0	4	1	0	0	17	1.250	9.0	2.3	2.3	9.0	4.00
98	Yuki Furukawa*	24	YOM	Fgn	0	0		4.50	4.50	6	0	0	0	0	4.0	5	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	18	1.750	11.3	0.0	4.5	0.0	0.00
99	Masato Hanada	31	YKU	Fgn	0	0		7.71	7.71	3	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	2	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	1.286	11.6	3.9	0.0	11.6
100	Yoshitaka Hashimoto	29	YKU	Fgn	0	0		1.35	2.70	13	0	0	0	0	20.0	12	6	3	3	6	1	12	0	0	0	76	0.900	5.4	1.4	2.7	5.4	2.00