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1979 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

1978 Season 1980 Season

Classification: Foreign

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

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1979 Japan Pacific League

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Shigeru Kobayashi	26	HAN	Fgn	22	9	.710	2.89	3.32	37	36	1	17	5	1	273.2	227	101	88	23	75	7	200	15	0	4	1129	1.104	7.5	0.8	2.5	6.6	2.67
2	Manabu Kitabeppu	21	HIR	Fgn	17	11	.607	3.59	3.84	36	33	1	12	3	0	215.2	218	92	86	23	39	2	155	15	0	1	905	1.192	9.1	1.0	1.6	6.5	3.97
3	Hisao Niura*	28	YOM	Fgn	15	11	.577	3.43	3.58	45	28	16	12	3	5	236.1	211	94	90	24	68	7	223	6	0	1	961	1.181	8.0	0.9	2.6	8.5	3.28
4	Kimiya Fujisawa	27	CNI	Fgn	13	5	.722	2.82	3.11	33	28	1	3	2	0	185.1	158	64	58	15	69	2	129	4	1	2	766	1.225	7.7	0.7	3.4	6.3	1.87
5	Masaji Hiramatsu	31	YKO	Fgn	13	7	.650	2.39	2.66	30	25	4	11	3	1	196.0	155	58	52	20	50	4	138	6	0	4	784	1.046	7.1	0.9	2.3	6.3	2.76
6	Jun Misawa	26	CNI	Fgn	13	11	.542	3.72	4.21	45	28	3	7	4	0	203.0	226	95	84	28	53	3	97	9	0	2	864	1.374	10.0	1.2	2.3	4.3	1.83
7	Takenori Emoto	31	HAN	Fgn	12	12	.500	4.38	4.68	47	24	20	5	3	6	178.2	181	93	87	21	67	4	141	16	2	5	784	1.388	9.1	1.1	3.4	7.1	2.10
8	Kazuhiko Endo	24	YKO	Fgn	12	12	.500	3.81	3.94	47	24	18	8	1	8	203.1	198	89	86	29	54	3	165	1	0	2	840	1.239	8.8	1.3	2.4	7.3	3.06
9	Kojiro Ikegaya	27	HIR	Fgn	12	8	.600	4.88	4.98	32	29	1	7	2	0	168.0	165	93	91	38	52	0	124	1	0	1	709	1.292	8.8	2.0	2.8	6.6	2.38
10	Akio Saito	24	YKO	Fgn	11	6	.647	4.03	4.31	37	27	4	10	2	0	196.1	198	94	88	25	56	5	138	3	1	1	826	1.294	9.1	1.1	2.6	6.3	2.46
11	Senichi Hoshino	32	CNI	Fgn	10	7	.588	4.67	5.25	28	25	1	4	1	0	154.1	168	90	80	29	51	3	85	7	0	1	665	1.419	9.8	1.7	3.0	5.0	1.67
12	Kenichi Kajima*	26	YKU	Fgn	10	12	.455	5.09	5.79	43	21	6	1	0	0	141.1	137	91	80	27	60	4	116	10	0	2	623	1.394	8.7	1.7	3.8	7.4	1.93
13	Suguru Egawa	24	YOM	Fgn	9	10	.474	2.80	3.19	27	23	0	7	2	0	161.0	132	57	50	22	50	3	138	0	1	0	653	1.130	7.4	1.2	2.8	7.7	2.76
14	Yutaka Enatsu*	31	HIR	Fgn	9	5	.643	2.67	2.67	55	0	50	0	0	22	104.2	77	31	31	10	36	2	117	1	0	3	420	1.080	6.6	0.9	3.1	10.1	3.25
15	Hiromu Matsuoka	31	YKU	Fgn	9	11	.450	3.96	4.56	50	17	26	4	1	13	181.2	182	92	80	21	52	2	139	6	1	1	762	1.288	9.0	1.0	2.6	6.9	2.67
16	Takashi Nishimoto	23	YOM	Fgn	8	4	.667	2.76	3.18	44	17	13	5	1	6	153.0	143	54	47	13	38	5	85	6	0	4	631	1.183	8.4	0.8	2.2	5.0	2.24
17	Yasujiro Suzuki	30	YKU	Fgn	8	11	.421	4.27	4.61	37	30	4	4	1	0	185.2	198	95	88	20	45	7	68	8	0	1	772	1.309	9.6	1.0	2.2	3.3	1.51
18	Kazuyuki Yamamoto*	30	HAN	Fgn	8	7	.533	5.43	5.80	49	14	11	2	0	2	121.0	128	78	73	27	44	7	83	5	1	2	536	1.421	9.5	2.0	3.3	6.2	1.89
19	Kazuo Yamane	23	HIR	Fgn	8	4	.667	2.90	3.31	27	14	8	5	2	0	130.1	129	48	42	12	23	6	83	2	0	2	537	1.166	8.9	0.8	1.6	5.7	3.61
20	Hiroaki Fukushi	28	HIR	Fgn	7	9	.438	3.57	4.29	37	25	3	4	1	1	163.2	156	78	65	24	44	1	109	3	0	1	674	1.222	8.6	1.3	2.4	6.0	2.48
21	Hajime Kato	29	YOM	Fgn	7	10	.412	3.99	4.31	36	22	7	1	0	2	142.0	124	68	63	23	57	2	98	1	0	1	596	1.275	7.9	1.5	3.6	6.2	1.72
22	Kazuhiko Kudo	23	HAN	Fgn	7	8	.467	4.08	4.76	31	18	3	2	0	0	119.0	109	63	54	17	35	5	83	2	0	2	493	1.210	8.2	1.3	2.6	6.3	2.37
23	Osamu Nomura	32	YKO	Fgn	7	9	.438	5.62	6.21	35	18	6	1	1	0	121.2	141	84	76	25	31	0	76	5	0	2	533	1.414	10.4	1.8	2.3	5.6	2.45
24	Shigeyuki Takahashi	34	YKO	Fgn	7	4	.636	4.09	4.58	33	17	5	1	0	0	92.1	99	47	42	8	54	1	52	6	0	3	426	1.657	9.6	0.8	5.3	5.1	0.96
25	Shinichiro Ihara	27	YKU	Fgn	6	4	.600	4.39	4.73	35	1	23	0	0	4	80.0	72	42	39	16	32	4	55	2	0	3	339	1.300	8.1	1.8	3.6	6.2	1.72
26	Toshio Kanbe*	36	YKU	Fgn	6	8	.429	4.32	4.61	25	24	0	3	1	0	125.0	146	64	60	21	49	5	65	2	0	1	557	1.560	10.5	1.5	3.5	4.7	1.33
27	Tatsuo Komatsu	20	CNI	Fgn	6	9	.400	2.68	2.77	54	0	47	0	0	16	97.1	90	30	29	6	37	4	86	5	0	1	410	1.305	8.3	0.6	3.4	8.0	2.32
28	Yutaka Ikeuchi	27	HAN	Fgn	5	5	.500	3.67	3.74	54	9	34	0	0	13	130.0	110	54	53	17	37	4	81	5	0	1	531	1.131	7.6	1.2	2.6	5.6	2.19
29	Yutaka Ono*	23	HIR	Fgn	5	5	.500	3.84	4.70	58	4	6	0	0	2	105.1	106	55	45	14	37	2	64	7	0	1	459	1.358	9.1	1.2	3.2	5.5	1.73
30	Michitake Takahashi	22	CNI	Fgn	5	4	.556	4.15	4.59	43	6	17	0	0	2	102.0	94	52	47	15	37	1	60	0	0	3	425	1.284	8.3	1.3	3.3	5.3	1.62
31	Yoshio Tanaka	23	YKO	Fgn	5	6	.455	4.20	4.65	45	13	6	0	0	1	141.1	125	73	66	18	80	5	95	1	0	1	621	1.450	8.0	1.1	5.1	6.0	1.19
32	Kazuaki Fujishiro	23	YOM	Fgn	4	7	.364	3.99	4.93	27	12	5	1	1	0	76.2	68	42	34	13	33	1	59	3	0	1	328	1.317	8.0	1.5	3.9	6.9	1.79
33	Tsutomu Hasegawa	28	HAN	Fgn	4	7	.364	4.47	5.11	33	15	3	1	0	0	98.2	107	56	49	13	46	3	46	3	0	5	441	1.551	9.8	1.2	4.2	4.2	1.00
34	Tsuneo Horiuchi	31	YOM	Fgn	4	7	.364	6.67	7.09	24	14	5	1	0	0	86.1	111	68	64	16	35	5	59	2	0	1	400	1.691	11.6	1.7	3.6	6.2	1.69
35	Tomehiro Kaneda	32	HIR	Fgn	4	1	.800	2.96	3.15	16	6	3	1	1	0	45.2	37	16	15	3	18	0	25	4	0	1	196	1.204	7.3	0.6	3.5	4.9	1.39
36	Takao Obana	21	YKU	Fgn	4	9	.308	4.93	5.52	36	22	5	2	1	0	137.0	163	84	75	15	49	4	75	7	0	1	615	1.547	10.7	1.0	3.2	4.9	1.53
37	Yoshitaka Katori	22	YOM	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.36	3.66	38	0	10	0	0	2	59.0	45	24	22	5	25	2	29	5	1	0	244	1.186	6.9	0.8	3.8	4.4	1.16
38	Hiroaki Mizutani*	25	CNI	Fgn	3	2	.600	5.23	5.79	47	2	4	0	0	0	65.1	65	42	38	16	33	2	55	4	0	0	293	1.500	9.0	2.2	4.5	7.6	1.67
39	Tetsuo Nishii	27	YKU	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.60	4.24	43	0	8	0	0	0	70.0	74	33	28	14	20	5	39	2	0	0	295	1.343	9.5	1.8	2.6	5.0	1.95
40	Satoshi Takahashi	31	HIR	Fgn	3	5	.375	5.59	5.97	27	18	3	0	0	0	95.0	115	63	59	19	25	2	56	1	0	0	412	1.474	10.9	1.8	2.4	5.3	2.24
41	Keishi Asano	30	YOM	Fgn	2	3	.400	6.02	6.20	21	5	5	0	0	0	49.1	60	34	33	8	27	2	33	1	0	2	229	1.764	10.9	1.5	4.9	6.0	1.22
42	Shigeo Ishii	40	YOM	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.69	4.62	15	5	4	0	0	0	39.0	40	20	16	7	10	0	21	2	0	0	169	1.282	9.2	1.6	2.3	4.8	2.10
43	Rick Kreuger*	30	YOM	Fgn	2	1	.667	4.66	5.28	18	1	7	0	0	0	29.0	26	17	15	4	12	0	16	2	1	1	122	1.310	8.1	1.2	3.7	5.0	1.33
44	Yukitsura Matsumoto*	32	CNI	Fgn	2	3	.400	4.88	5.20	22	8	7	0	0	0	55.1	70	32	30	8	13	1	11	1	0	1	245	1.500	11.4	1.3	2.1	1.8	0.85
45	Yujiro Miyako*	20	CNI	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.50	3.40	25	2	6	0	0	3	50.1	38	19	14	3	18	1	37	0	0	0	201	1.113	6.8	0.5	3.2	6.6	2.06
46	Michiro Sato	32	YKO	Fgn	2	5	.286	4.48	4.90	43	0	24	0	0	4	64.1	72	35	32	8	28	3	38	4	0	0	288	1.554	10.1	1.1	3.9	5.3	1.36
47	Mitsuo Sumi*	23	YOM	Fgn	2	5	.286	3.99	5.37	45	1	19	0	0	6	65.1	52	39	29	3	39	2	61	2	0	3	288	1.393	7.2	0.4	5.4	8.4	1.56
48	Hiroaki Takeuchi	25	YKO	Fgn	2	3	.400	4.75	5.19	30	3	14	0	0	3	60.2	59	35	32	12	25	0	20	1	0	0	256	1.385	8.8	1.8	3.7	3.0	0.80
49	Yoshinori Toda	33	CNI	Fgn	2	3	.400	3.23	3.57	16	8	3	1	0	0	53.0	49	21	19	6	14	0	24	0	0	0	213	1.189	8.3	1.0	2.4	4.1	1.71
50	Masakatsu Tsuchiya	22	CNI	Fgn	2	6	.250	4.76	5.37	31	17	4	1	0	1	104.0	117	62	55	21	44	1	43	2	0	3	459	1.548	10.1	1.8	3.8	3.7	0.98
51	Hidetake Watanabe	37	HIR	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.22	2.34	47	1	14	0	0	2	73.0	66	19	18	3	18	3	35	2	0	3	295	1.151	8.1	0.4	2.2	4.3	1.94
52	Fumitaka Ito	25	HAN	Fgn	1	3	.250	4.89	5.91	23	4	6	0	0	1	53.1	68	35	29	4	18	1	29	2	0	3	247	1.613	11.5	0.7	3.0	4.9	1.61
53	Makoto Kurata	33	YKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.83	4.20	36	0	16	0	0	0	49.1	39	23	21	5	23	4	47	0	0	2	208	1.257	7.1	0.9	4.2	8.6	2.04
54	Seikyoku Masuyama*	24	HAN	Fgn	1	5	.167	4.73	5.88	34	9	2	0	0	1	78.0	75	51	41	18	38	3	51	0	0	0	333	1.449	8.7	2.1	4.4	5.9	1.34
55	Takamasa Suzuki	24	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.02	3.63	24	0	14	0	0	9	44.2	40	18	15	7	14	1	33	1	0	2	182	1.209	8.1	1.4	2.8	6.6	2.36
56	Tomohiro Tanimura	31	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	9.31	11.17	8	0	4	0	0	1	9.2	23	12	10	4	2	0	4	0	0	0	53	2.586	21.4	3.7	1.9	3.7	2.00
57	Takeshi Yasuda*	32	YKU	Fgn	1	4	.200	6.22	6.22	19	10	4	0	0	0	46.1	69	32	32	8	21	3	19	1	0	1	221	1.942	13.4	1.6	4.1	3.7	0.90
58	Teruo Aida	32	YKU	Fgn	0	2	.000	9.45	11.48	8	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	23	17	14	5	7	1	6	0	0	0	71	2.250	15.5	3.4	4.7	4.1	0.86
59	Kenyu Akamine	21	YOM	Fgn	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	11	3.000	9.0	0.0	18.0	0.0	0.00
60	Sohachi Aniya	34	HAN	Fgn	0	2	.000	5.00	6.00	12	0	4	0	0	0	18.0	20	12	10	3	8	2	7	1	0	0	82	1.556	10.0	1.5	4.0	3.5	0.88
61	Hisato Aoyama	22	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	6.28	6.91	8	2	2	0	0	0	14.1	20	11	10	4	5	0	11	1	0	2	66	1.744	12.6	2.5	3.1	6.9	2.20
62	Masashi Doi	23	HIR	Fgn	0	0		27.00	27.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.0	5	6	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	13	3.500	22.5	4.5	9.0	4.5	0.50
63	Terashi Donoue	28	CNI	Fgn	0	4	.000	8.14	8.14	14	4	4	0	0	0	21.0	32	19	19	5	8	0	8	0	0	0	100	1.905	13.7	2.1	3.4	3.4	1.00
64	Yoshio Fukazawa	24	HAN	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.72	4.03	24	1	6	0	0	1	29.0	28	13	12	1	14	2	24	4	0	2	129	1.448	8.7	0.3	4.3	7.4	1.71
65	Sueki Harada*	23	YKU	Fgn	0	0		3.60	3.60	4	0	2	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	3	0	0	0	20	1.600	7.2	1.8	7.2	5.4	0.75
66	Fumiaki Kadota	23	YKO	Fgn	0	0		0.00	27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	6.000	0.0	0.0	54.0	0.0	0.00
67	Hidemi Kato*	27	YKO	Fgn	0	0		7.45	8.38	10	0	3	0	0	0	9.2	14	9	8	2	7	0	4	0	0	1	48	2.172	13.0	1.9	6.5	3.7	0.57
68	Kunio Kobayashi*	28	YKU	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.50	4.50	13	0	3	0	0	0	10.0	15	5	5	2	5	0	6	0	0	0	49	2.000	13.5	1.8	4.5	5.4	1.20
69	Yukio Kurosaka*	23	YKU	Fgn	0	0		4.55	4.55	19	0	9	0	0	0	31.2	34	16	16	6	13	2	26	0	0	0	137	1.484	9.7	1.7	3.7	7.4	2.00
70	Hiroshi Masumoto	22	YKO	Fgn	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3.000	27.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
71	Masaki Miura	29	YKU	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.38	3.38	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	5	2	2	0	3	0	6	1	0	0	24	1.500	8.4	0.0	5.1	10.1	2.00
72	Michio Miura*	24	YKO	Fgn	0	0		6.00	6.00	2	0	2	0	0	0	3.0	1	2	2	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	11	1.000	3.0	3.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
73	Satoru Miwa	33	HIR	Fgn	0	0		3.41	3.98	26	0	7	0	0	0	31.2	25	14	12	2	11	0	17	0	0	0	128	1.137	7.1	0.6	3.1	4.8	1.55
74	Shiro Miyamoto*	27	YKO	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.83	4.25	40	1	11	0	0	3	42.1	41	20	18	5	11	0	33	0	0	0	176	1.228	8.7	1.1	2.3	7.0	3.00
75	Norikazu Miyata	24	HAN	Fgn	0	0		5.56	7.94	7	0	2	0	0	0	11.1	16	10	7	4	4	1	13	3	0	0	57	1.765	12.7	3.2	3.2	10.3	3.25
76	Muneo Nakada	22	CNI	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	0.500	4.5	0.0	0.0	9.0
77	Satoshi Niimi	26	HIR	Fgn	0	1	.000	0.00	2.45	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	16	1.364	9.8	0.0	2.5	2.5	1.00
78	Hiroshi Okawa*	22	YKO	Fgn	0	0		7.88	7.88	19	1	2	0	0	0	16.0	15	14	14	3	15	2	11	2	0	1	79	1.875	8.4	1.7	8.4	6.2	0.73
79	Susumu Omata*	27	YOM	Fgn	0	0		5.59	5.90	21	1	10	0	0	1	29.0	29	19	18	4	18	0	16	1	0	1	129	1.621	9.0	1.2	5.6	5.0	0.89
80	Shoji Sadaoka	22	YOM	Fgn	0	0		5.79	7.71	7	1	1	0	0	0	14.0	20	12	9	3	7	0	11	1	0	0	66	1.929	12.9	1.9	4.5	7.1	1.57
81	Keiichi Sakai	21	YKU	Fgn	0	3	.000	6.65	8.66	24	3	7	0	0	0	44.2	51	43	33	10	24	1	31	1	0	0	203	1.679	10.3	2.0	4.8	6.2	1.29
82	Masao Sato*	28	CNI	Fgn	0	0		49.50	49.50	5	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	12	11	11	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	19	7.000	54.0	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50
83	Yoshiro Sotokoba	34	HIR	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
84	Masafumi Takeda*	28	HAN	Fgn	0	1	.000	15.19	18.56	7	0	2	0	0	0	5.1	12	11	9	2	6	1	3	1	0	1	34	3.375	20.3	3.4	10.1	5.1	0.50
85	Koji Torihara	24	YKU	Fgn	0	0		4.50	4.50	6	0	2	0	0	0	10.0	10	5	5	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	42	1.500	9.0	1.8	4.5	0.9	0.20
86	Jiro Ueda	31	HAN	Fgn	0	0		4.12	5.95	15	0	5	0	0	0	19.2	22	13	9	3	8	0	8	3	0	0	88	1.525	10.1	1.4	3.7	3.7	1.00
87	Hiroki Watanabe*	31	HIR	Fgn	0	0		7.00	7.00	9	0	2	0	0	0	9.0	13	7	7	2	4	0	4	1	0	0	40	1.889	13.0	2.0	4.0	4.0	1.00