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1957 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

1956 Season 1958 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 390 games, 6 teams, approx. 130 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1957 Japan Pacific League

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Masaichi Kaneda*	23	KKU	Fgn	28	16	.636	1.63	2.24	61	35	25	25	5	353.0	256	88	64	17	93	9	306	2	0	1	1378	0.989	6.5	0.4	2.4	7.8	3.29
2	Noboru Akiyama	23	TYO	Fgn	24	27	.471	2.50	3.06	65	40	20	27	3	406.0	319	138	113	21	116	13	312	9	1	2	1631	1.071	7.1	0.5	2.6	6.9	2.69
3	Ryohei Hasegawa	27	HIR	Fgn	21	23	.477	2.51	3.04	59	33	22	22	6	340.1	289	115	95	13	97	5	167	8	0	1	1374	1.134	7.6	0.3	2.6	4.4	1.72
4	Yoshio Bizen	23	HIR	Fgn	20	13	.606	2.51	3.31	51	34	10	11	2	258.2	225	95	72	9	61	4	128	4	0	0	1044	1.106	7.8	0.3	2.1	4.5	2.10
5	Toshitake Nakayama*	21	CNI	Fgn	20	15	.571	1.82	2.15	53	37	12	20	8	326.0	238	78	66	16	84	0	274	5	0	5	1292	0.988	6.6	0.4	2.3	7.6	3.26
6	Mitsuo Osaki	25	OSA	Fgn	20	13	.606	2.09	2.57	48	35	10	14	5	279.2	220	80	65	20	28	1	116	4	0	2	1072	0.887	7.1	0.6	0.9	3.7	4.14
7	Motoshi Fujita	25	YOM	Fgn	17	13	.567	2.48	3.28	60	18	35	4	0	235.2	190	86	65	10	80	2	156	5	0	7	964	1.146	7.3	0.4	3.1	6.0	1.95
8	Yoshinori Kido	20	YOM	Fgn	17	7	.708	2.36	3.16	44	22	14	5	0	202.0	155	71	53	16	50	3	134	6	0	3	808	1.015	6.9	0.7	2.2	6.0	2.68
9	Shozo Watanabe	24	OSA	Fgn	17	9	.654	1.88	2.62	43	29	7	11	4	230.0	217	67	48	8	46	2	66	4	0	1	920	1.143	8.5	0.3	1.8	2.6	1.43
10	Masaaki Koyama	22	OSA	Fgn	15	17	.469	2.38	2.74	52	26	25	14	5	250.0	192	76	66	9	37	4	201	7	0	0	968	0.916	6.9	0.3	1.3	7.2	5.43
11	Zenjiro Tadokoro	22	KKU	Fgn	15	21	.417	2.42	2.78	56	34	13	15	4	301.1	221	93	81	15	77	11	162	4	0	2	1172	0.989	6.6	0.4	2.3	4.8	2.10
12	Takehiko Bessho	34	YOM	Fgn	14	11	.560	2.50	3.32	40	31	5	13	4	219.2	205	81	61	9	45	0	100	8	0	5	885	1.138	8.4	0.4	1.8	4.1	2.22
13	Yoshiteru Ishikawa	20	OSA	Fgn	13	7	.650	2.38	2.83	53	20	16	6	3	219.2	193	69	58	15	40	3	130	6	0	2	875	1.061	7.9	0.6	1.6	5.3	3.25
14	Masatoshi Gondo*	23	TYO	Fgn	12	17	.414	2.74	3.86	40	32	7	10	5	217.0	157	93	66	14	103	2	184	9	1	3	901	1.198	6.5	0.6	4.3	7.6	1.79
15	Sho Horiuchi	21	YOM	Fgn	12	10	.545	1.71	2.13	41	23	10	8	3	215.2	139	51	41	13	72	2	165	0	1	6	836	0.978	5.8	0.5	3.0	6.9	2.29
16	Tsutomu Ina*	22	CNI	Fgn	12	12	.500	2.67	2.88	36	19	12	8	2	175.0	158	56	52	7	61	3	109	5	1	3	732	1.251	8.1	0.4	3.1	5.6	1.79
17	Masahiko Oishi	21	TYO	Fgn	12	11	.522	2.65	3.03	40	29	7	10	2	234.2	196	79	69	21	41	1	121	3	0	0	921	1.010	7.5	0.8	1.6	4.6	2.95
18	Hiroomi Oyane	21	CNI	Fgn	12	7	.632	2.29	2.35	29	18	8	10	4	161.0	123	42	41	6	42	3	96	4	0	0	639	1.025	6.9	0.3	2.3	5.4	2.29
19	Yasushi Kodama	21	CNI	Fgn	10	12	.455	2.84	3.33	38	31	4	9	3	200.0	155	74	63	8	83	3	143	4	0	6	823	1.190	7.0	0.4	3.7	6.4	1.72
20	Shigeru Sugishita	31	CNI	Fgn	10	7	.588	1.75	2.29	41	12	21	6	1	169.1	108	43	33	11	32	1	122	1	0	4	639	0.827	5.7	0.6	1.7	6.5	3.81
21	Taketoshi Yoshiwara*	19	YOM	Fgn	7	3	.700	1.47	1.71	26	15	5	3	1	110.1	75	21	18	7	25	1	59	2	0	1	423	0.906	6.1	0.6	2.0	4.8	2.36
22	Masahiko Hirose	23	HIR	Fgn	6	9	.400	3.31	3.89	39	12	13	4	0	125.0	110	54	46	13	28	2	64	3	0	1	505	1.104	7.9	0.9	2.0	4.6	2.29
23	Yoshitomo Miyaji	25	KKU	Fgn	5	6	.455	3.87	4.92	31	16	6	1	1	111.2	129	61	48	8	28	2	41	2	0	2	474	1.406	10.4	0.6	2.3	3.3	1.46
24	Takumi Otomo	32	YOM	Fgn	5	4	.556	3.89	4.33	21	10	6	3	2	81.0	78	39	35	10	13	1	46	3	0	0	327	1.123	8.7	1.1	1.4	5.1	3.54
25	Teruo Owaki	27	KKU	Fgn	5	12	.294	3.25	3.76	38	26	3	3	1	158.0	147	66	57	18	48	6	57	3	0	2	664	1.234	8.4	1.0	2.7	3.2	1.19
26	Tokuzo Kawamoto*	22	HIR	Fgn	4	9	.308	3.06	3.53	40	20	8	2	0	155.2	125	61	53	10	60	0	61	1	0	0	631	1.188	7.2	0.6	3.5	3.5	1.02
27	Takeo Matsui	20	TYO	Fgn	4	9	.308	3.63	4.16	37	13	15	1	1	134.0	138	62	54	8	28	3	53	2	0	0	560	1.239	9.3	0.5	1.9	3.6	1.89
28	Masayuki Umemoto	20	OSA	Fgn	4	4	.500	2.65	3.00	9	8	0	2	1	51.0	39	17	15	6	13	0	28	2	0	2	206	1.020	6.9	1.1	2.3	4.9	2.15
29	Kazuomi Nakamura	21	OSA	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.41	3.07	18	5	8	1	1	41.0	23	14	11	0	12	0	41	0	0	2	155	0.854	5.0	0.0	2.6	9.0	3.42
30	Terukatsu Tashiro	23	KKU	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.82	3.64	18	9	5	0	0	54.1	45	22	17	7	15	0	34	1	1	0	221	1.104	7.5	1.2	2.5	5.6	2.27
31	Osamu Goto*	23	YOM	Fgn	2	3	.400	3.02	3.25	26	8	10	1	0	80.1	67	29	27	12	27	2	61	2	1	0	329	1.170	7.5	1.3	3.0	6.8	2.26
32	Totaro Tahara	21	CNI	Fgn	2	0	1.000	0.30	1.19	11	1	4	0	0	30.1	16	4	1	1	5	0	18	1	0	1	110	0.692	4.7	0.3	1.5	5.3	3.60
33	Takao Fujimura	36	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.83	3.40	15	4	2	0	0	47.2	41	18	15	4	19	1	18	0	0	0	197	1.259	7.7	0.8	3.6	3.4	0.95
34	Takakane Hashimoto	20	HIR	Fgn	1	9	.100	2.99	3.70	38	11	15	2	0	114.1	106	47	38	7	37	1	60	1	0	4	471	1.251	8.3	0.6	2.9	4.7	1.62
35	Yoshiaki Inoue	24	KKU	Fgn	1	3	.250	4.58	4.84	18	1	5	0	0	35.1	34	19	18	3	12	1	15	4	0	0	155	1.302	8.7	0.8	3.1	3.8	1.25
36	Katsuhiko Ishikawa	23	CNI	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.95	2.93	9	5	1	1	0	27.2	19	9	6	1	12	0	5	1	0	0	115	1.120	6.2	0.3	3.9	1.6	0.42
37	Midori Ishikawa	23	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.54	3.86	13	1	4	0	0	28.0	26	12	11	4	6	0	9	2	0	1	119	1.143	8.4	1.3	1.9	2.9	1.50
38	Toshio Kitabatake	24	KKU	Fgn	1	3	.250	4.58	4.58	27	3	7	0	0	57.0	73	29	29	3	13	0	25	0	0	1	243	1.509	11.5	0.5	2.1	3.9	1.92
39	Shigetaka Nishio*	23	OSA	Fgn	1	2	.333	4.70	5.63	15	3	6	1	0	38.1	45	24	20	4	10	0	19	0	0	0	167	1.435	10.6	0.9	2.3	4.5	1.90
40	Shunichi Sakaguchi	18	CNI	Fgn	1	1	.500	1.72	1.72	8	1	4	0	0	15.2	13	3	3	0	7	0	9	1	0	0	63	1.277	7.5	0.0	4.0	5.2	1.29
41	Kikuo Tokunaga	25	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.66	3.94	12	3	2	0	0	32.0	25	14	13	5	9	0	13	0	0	0	124	1.063	7.0	1.4	2.5	3.7	1.44
42	Kiyoshi Yamada	21	HIR	Fgn	1	6	.143	2.73	3.08	28	8	8	0	0	79.0	66	27	24	5	19	2	39	2	0	2	313	1.076	7.5	0.6	2.2	4.4	2.05
43	Shohei Baba	19	YOM	Fgn	0	1	.000	1.29	1.29	3	1	2	0	0	7.0	5	1	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	26	0.714	6.4	0.0	0.0	3.9
44	Takashi Eda	34	TYO	Fgn	0	1	.000	5.14	6.43	4	2	2	0	0	7.0	10	5	4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	33	1.571	12.9	1.3	1.3	1.3	1.00
45	Kiyomitsu Hamashima	20	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.55	4.97	5	1	2	0	0	12.2	10	7	5	1	3	0	6	0	0	0	51	1.026	7.1	0.7	2.1	4.3	2.00
46	Shigetsugu Hattori	22	TYO	Fgn	0	0		3.86	3.86	3	0	2	0	0	2.1	1	1	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	11	1.714	3.9	0.0	11.6	3.9	0.33
47	Hideaki Homoto*	22	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.09	4.09	6	1	2	0	0	11.0	9	5	5	0	8	0	3	0	0	0	49	1.545	7.4	0.0	6.5	2.5	0.38
48	Katsutoshi Kamidoi	18	HIR	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	4	0	4	0	0	10.1	3	0	0	0	3	0	6	0	1	0	34	0.581	2.6	0.0	2.6	5.2	2.00
49	Masao Kanda	23	TYO	Fgn	0	0		3.00	3.33	10	0	6	0	0	27.0	30	10	9	3	2	0	9	0	0	0	110	1.185	10.0	1.0	0.7	3.0	4.50
50	Tsuneo Kobayashi*	31	TYO	Fgn	0	7	.000	4.71	5.86	24	12	6	0	0	70.2	75	46	37	6	21	0	18	1	0	2	300	1.358	9.6	0.8	2.7	2.3	0.86
51	Toshio Koya	18	KKU	Fgn	0	0		3.60	3.60	3	0	2	0	0	5.0	3	2	2	1	3	0	5	0	0	0	20	1.200	5.4	1.8	5.4	9.0	1.67
52	Hiroshi Kuroiwa	23	KKU	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.16	3.86	17	3	9	0	0	25.2	22	11	9	2	2	0	13	0	0	0	101	0.935	7.7	0.7	0.7	4.6	6.50
53	Kinya Maeoka*	19	OSA	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.54	4.54	14	3	7	0	0	35.2	25	18	18	5	21	0	23	0	0	2	150	1.290	6.3	1.3	5.3	5.8	1.10
54	Michio Matsuura	20	OSA	Fgn	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	9	2.500	18.0	4.5	4.5	0.0	0.00
55	Noboru Matsuyama	24	HIR	Fgn	0	5	.000	4.19	4.19	18	8	7	0	0	38.2	48	18	18	3	11	0	6	3	0	0	162	1.526	11.2	0.7	2.6	1.4	0.55
56	Seiji Mitsubayashi	21	KKU	Fgn	0	4	.000	3.48	4.01	21	3	6	0	0	51.2	43	23	20	4	9	0	29	3	0	0	210	1.006	7.5	0.7	1.6	5.1	3.22
57	Genichi Murata	19	KKU	Fgn	0	0		18.00	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.000	18.0	9.0	0.0	0.0
58	Minoru Nakamura	18	YOM	Fgn	0	0		18.00	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	27.0
59	Hiroshi Nakao*	37	YOM	Fgn	0	0		2.84	2.84	3	1	1	0	0	6.1	7	2	2	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	26	1.105	9.9	1.4	0.0	7.1
60	Hiromitsu Negoro	20	KKU	Fgn	0	0		4.50	5.40	3	0	3	0	0	10.0	10	6	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	39	1.100	9.0	1.8	0.9	0.9	1.00
61	Kazunori Nishimura	21	OSA	Fgn	0	0		3.00	4.50	5	1	2	0	0	18.0	17	9	6	0	6	0	12	0	0	0	73	1.278	8.5	0.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
62	Hirosato Nogami	20	HIR	Fgn	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
63	Yoshio Saito*	18	KKU	Fgn	0	0		27.00	27.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
64	Ichiro Sekiguchi*	22	TYO	Fgn	0	1	.000	7.16	8.46	15	1	8	0	0	27.2	38	26	22	6	13	0	13	0	0	1	134	1.843	12.4	2.0	4.2	4.2	1.00
65	Masami Sekiguchi	21	TYO	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	9.0	1.00
66	Tokito Soejima	20	YOM	Fgn	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	6	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
67	Shigeru Suzuki*	20	TYO	Fgn	0	0		12.27	12.27	3	0	1	0	0	3.2	6	5	5	0	3	0	2	1	0	0	21	2.455	14.7	0.0	7.4	4.9	0.67
68	Masakatsu Takahashi*	19	YOM	Fgn	0	1	.000	1.50	6.00	3	1	2	0	0	6.0	3	4	1	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	26	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	1.5	0.33
69	Minoru Toyoda	19	TYO	Fgn	0	1	.000	6.07	6.37	13	1	7	0	0	29.2	39	21	20	4	8	0	11	0	0	0	129	1.584	11.8	1.2	2.4	3.3	1.38
70	Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	21	YOM	Fgn	0	0		5.87	5.87	5	0	2	0	0	7.2	11	5	5	0	3	0	1	0	0	0	36	1.826	12.9	0.0	3.5	1.2	0.33