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2024 Japan Western League Pitching Leaders

2023 Season 2025 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 365 games, 6 teams, approx. 121 games in season

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Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Jun Maeda*	24	SFT	Fgn	10	4	.714	1.95	2.03	19	2	1	0	106.1	84	24	23	3	30	0	74	0	0	6	427	1.072	7.1	0.3	2.5	6.3	2.47
2	Yuta Matsukihira	21	CHU	Fgn	10	3	.769	1.76	1.84	16	3	2	0	107.2	90	22	21	2	24	0	71	0	0	6	422	1.059	7.5	0.2	2.0	5.9	2.96
3	Hidetoshi Ibaragi	20	HAN	Fgn	7	4	.636	3.64	3.79	22	1	0	0	118.2	103	50	48	6	50	0	74	5	0	10	496	1.289	7.8	0.5	3.8	5.6	1.48
4	Yuya Yanagi	30	CHU	Fgn	7	1	.875	3.35	3.35	8	1	1	0	51.0	55	19	19	1	11	0	24	0	0	3	212	1.294	9.7	0.2	1.9	4.2	2.18
5	Anthony Martínez	24	HAN	Fgn	6	1	.857	3.93	4.91	17	0	0	0	55.0	63	30	24	4	28	0	38	5	0	5	250	1.655	10.3	0.7	4.6	6.2	1.36
6	Koyo Aoyagi	30	HAN	Fgn	5	3	.625	2.21	2.21	11	0	0	1	53.0	44	13	13	1	18	0	43	3	0	1	216	1.170	7.5	0.2	3.1	7.3	2.39
7	Atsushi Endoh	25	HIR	Fgn	5	2	.714	1.74	2.43	21	0	0	0	77.2	58	21	15	3	25	0	51	2	1	2	310	1.069	6.7	0.3	2.9	5.9	2.04
8	Thomas Hatch	29	HIR	Fgn	5	4	.556	2.36	3.24	15	0	0	0	72.1	59	26	19	2	13	0	46	2	4	7	284	0.995	7.3	0.2	1.6	5.7	3.54
9	Takuya Kuwahara	28	SFT	Fgn	5	2	.714	2.55	3.19	35	0	0	2	42.1	41	15	12	2	18	1	33	3	0	2	191	1.394	8.7	0.4	3.8	7.0	1.83
10	Ryota Muranishi	27	ORX	Fgn	5	5	.500	3.65	4.56	19	0	0	0	79.0	84	40	32	1	40	0	41	9	0	1	361	1.570	9.6	0.1	4.6	4.7	1.03
11	Isaki Ninomiya	25	KUF	Fgn	5	5	.500	3.18	4.00	23	2	1	0	110.1	101	49	39	7	42	0	83	3	1	5	471	1.296	8.2	0.6	3.4	6.8	1.98
12	Junya Nishi	22	HAN	Fgn	5	6	.455	3.23	3.55	17	0	0	1	83.2	91	33	30	5	31	0	74	6	0	4	365	1.458	9.8	0.5	3.3	8.0	2.39
13	Kanata Okuda?	--	KUF	Fgn	5	7	.417	4.93	5.35	24	0	0	1	107.2	139	64	59	6	33	0	29	2	2	10	465	1.598	11.6	0.5	2.8	2.4	0.88
14	Koji Fukutani	33	CHU	Fgn	4	2	.667	2.44	2.44	15	1	1	0	66.1	62	18	18	3	13	0	57	1	0	3	265	1.131	8.4	0.4	1.8	7.7	4.38
15	Daiki Hayakawa	24	KUF	Fgn	4	7	.364	3.22	4.07	25	1	0	0	95.0	89	43	34	3	32	0	73	2	0	3	402	1.274	8.4	0.3	3.0	6.9	2.28
16	Yuya Ishiguro	23	HAN	Fgn	4	4	.500	3.50	5.00	40	0	0	10	36.0	37	20	14	3	14	1	39	1	0	4	161	1.417	9.3	0.8	3.5	9.8	2.79
17	Yuito Mae	22	ORX	Fgn	4	2	.667	1.98	2.23	36	0	0	0	36.1	31	9	8	2	13	0	30	1	0	0	149	1.211	7.7	0.5	3.2	7.4	2.31
18	Yugo Maeda*	18	SFT	Fgn	4	1	.800	1.94	2.22	12	0	0	1	65.0	54	16	14	1	8	0	58	0	0	0	249	0.954	7.5	0.1	1.1	8.0	7.25
19	Takahiro Matsuba*	33	CHU	Fgn	4	1	.800	1.82	1.82	6	0	0	0	34.2	24	7	7	1	9	0	14	2	0	1	132	0.952	6.2	0.3	2.3	3.6	1.56
20	Keito Mombetsu*	19	HAN	Fgn	4	5	.444	3.96	4.77	15	0	0	0	77.1	75	41	34	10	20	0	52	4	0	3	323	1.228	8.7	1.2	2.3	6.1	2.60
21	Shohei Mori*	26	HIR	Fgn	4	6	.400	2.44	3.47	17	0	0	1	96.0	99	37	26	6	17	0	88	2	0	9	403	1.208	9.3	0.6	1.6	8.3	5.18
22	Ryota Nakamura	26	SFT	Fgn	4	1	.800	2.36	2.36	32	0	0	5	53.1	39	14	14	2	9	0	46	2	0	1	205	0.900	6.6	0.3	1.5	7.8	5.11
23	Akira Neo	24	CHU	Fgn	4	5	.444	2.63	3.07	16	0	0	0	82.0	74	28	24	2	35	0	75	4	0	7	344	1.329	8.1	0.2	3.8	8.2	2.14
24	Yuusei Nishihama	21	KUF	Fgn	4	8	.333	3.47	3.96	21	0	0	0	109.0	97	48	42	4	43	0	69	7	1	6	467	1.284	8.0	0.3	3.6	5.7	1.60
25	Yusuke Nomura	35	HIR	Fgn	4	3	.571	3.33	3.58	16	0	0	0	70.1	64	28	26	4	24	0	37	0	0	0	293	1.251	8.2	0.5	3.1	4.7	1.54
26	Yudai Ohno*	35	CHU	Fgn	4	2	.667	3.07	3.38	11	0	0	0	58.2	45	22	20	3	13	0	27	1	0	0	231	0.989	6.9	0.5	2.0	4.1	2.08
27	Masaki Oyokawa*	23	HAN	Fgn	4	1	.800	2.41	2.65	9	1	0	0	37.1	28	11	10	3	13	0	43	0	0	1	151	1.098	6.8	0.7	3.1	10.4	3.31
28	Kyosuke Saito	19	ORX	Fgn	4	2	.667	3.07	3.07	13	0	0	0	58.2	50	20	20	2	27	0	51	2	0	9	249	1.313	7.7	0.3	4.1	7.8	1.89
29	Kazuma Satoh*	23	ORX	Fgn	4	7	.364	1.92	2.53	17	0	0	0	89.0	70	25	19	4	30	0	72	1	1	5	358	1.124	7.1	0.4	3.0	7.3	2.40
30	Shogo Tamamura*	23	HIR	Fgn	4	3	.571	2.29	2.47	8	0	0	0	51.0	43	14	13	3	11	0	24	1	0	1	202	1.059	7.6	0.5	1.9	4.2	2.18
31	Takumi Akiyama	33	HAN	Fgn	3	6	.333	4.62	4.62	19	1	0	0	78.0	105	40	40	9	8	0	38	3	0	2	338	1.449	12.1	1.0	0.9	4.4	4.75
32	Yugo Bandoh	28	SFT	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.88	4.15	14	0	0	0	65.0	73	30	28	4	6	0	27	2	1	1	272	1.215	10.1	0.6	0.8	3.7	4.50
33	Jeremy Beasley	28	HAN	Fgn	3	0	1.000	0.51	0.51	8	0	0	0	35.0	15	2	2	0	11	0	33	0	0	0	125	0.743	3.9	0.0	2.8	8.5	3.00
34	Kaito Iriyama	24	ORX	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.18	3.86	39	0	0	8	39.2	37	17	14	0	25	0	35	0	0	7	179	1.563	8.4	0.0	5.7	7.9	1.40
35	Hikaru Kimura	23	SFT	Fgn	3	2	.600	4.32	5.04	9	0	0	0	25.0	28	14	12	0	9	2	18	1	0	3	111	1.480	10.1	0.0	3.2	6.5	2.00
36	Ren Kondo*	25	CHU	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.09	2.51	46	0	0	0	43.0	29	12	10	2	17	0	36	2	0	8	173	1.070	6.1	0.4	3.6	7.5	2.12
37	Mizuki Miura*	24	SFT	Fgn	3	3	.500	1.60	1.69	15	0	0	0	95.2	73	18	17	2	24	0	59	5	0	2	379	1.014	6.9	0.2	2.3	5.6	2.46
38	Ren Mukunoki	24	ORX	Fgn	3	2	.600	1.58	1.89	21	0	0	1	57.0	37	12	10	0	12	0	45	1	0	1	212	0.860	5.8	0.0	1.9	7.1	3.75
39	Kenichi Murata	22	SFT	Fgn	3	5	.375	4.38	5.08	12	0	0	0	51.1	50	29	25	5	16	0	22	1	0	0	219	1.286	8.8	0.9	2.8	3.9	1.38
40	Reia Nakachi	23	CHU	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.12	3.67	9	0	0	0	49.0	49	20	17	0	12	0	50	0	0	5	203	1.245	9.0	0.0	2.2	9.2	4.17
41	Yuito Nakata	22	ORX	Fgn	3	3	.500	5.40	5.62	34	0	0	0	41.2	51	26	25	4	16	1	29	0	0	2	187	1.608	11.0	0.9	3.5	6.3	1.81
42	Ryo Ohyama	22	SFT	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.24	4.32	10	0	0	0	50.0	48	24	18	3	16	0	40	4	0	3	210	1.280	8.6	0.5	2.9	7.2	2.50
43	Toshiya Okada*	32	CHU	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.12	1.68	14	0	0	1	48.1	34	9	6	1	3	0	31	1	0	3	181	0.766	6.3	0.2	0.6	5.8	10.33
44	Shinji Tajima	34	CHU	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.88	3.14	31	0	0	2	28.2	22	10	6	1	11	2	20	1	0	2	122	1.151	6.9	0.3	3.5	6.3	1.82
45	Hiroto Takahashi	21	CHU	Fgn	3	1	.750	0.93	2.48	4	1	1	0	29.0	18	8	3	0	8	0	22	1	0	0	112	0.897	5.6	0.0	2.5	6.8	2.75
46	Kouya Takahashi*	25	HIR	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.19	4.35	32	0	0	0	31.0	39	15	11	0	16	1	27	2	0	6	147	1.774	11.3	0.0	4.6	7.8	1.69
47	Taito Takashima	24	ORX	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.40	1.63	8	0	0	0	38.2	33	7	6	2	6	0	24	2	0	1	156	1.009	7.7	0.5	1.4	5.6	4.00
48	Tsuyoshi Wada*	43	SFT	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.30	2.63	7	0	0	1	27.1	29	8	7	1	1	0	30	0	0	0	111	1.098	9.5	0.3	0.3	9.9	30.00
49	Shunpeita Yamashita	21	ORX	Fgn	3	2	.600	0.96	0.96	10	0	0	0	37.2	20	4	4	0	9	0	43	2	0	1	142	0.770	4.8	0.0	2.2	10.3	4.78
50	Alexander Armenta*	20	SFT	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.13	1.13	2	0	0	0	8.0	7	1	1	0	3	0	9	0	0	0	33	1.250	7.9	0.0	3.4	10.1	3.00
51	Robert Corniel	29	HIR	Fgn	2	1	.667	0.55	1.10	17	0	0	6	16.1	4	2	1	0	5	0	24	0	0	0	59	0.551	2.2	0.0	2.8	13.2	4.80
52	Michael Feliz	31	CHU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	0.77	1.93	24	0	0	5	23.1	14	5	2	0	5	0	24	0	0	9	89	0.814	5.4	0.0	1.9	9.3	4.80
53	Sohta Fujimoto?	--	KUF	Fgn	2	4	.333	6.12	6.75	40	0	0	0	42.2	38	32	29	0	46	0	23	8	0	6	208	1.969	8.0	0.0	9.7	4.9	0.50
54	Hiroto Fuku*	32	CHU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	3.48	3.92	26	0	0	0	20.2	22	9	8	1	7	0	19	1	0	0	95	1.403	9.6	0.4	3.0	8.3	2.71
55	Konosuke Fukuda*	18	CHU	Fgn	2	3	.400	3.13	3.86	10	0	0	0	37.1	27	16	13	0	25	0	29	2	0	2	165	1.393	6.5	0.0	6.0	7.0	1.16
56	Yuri Furukawa	28	SFT	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.35	4.40	24	0	0	3	30.2	28	15	8	0	16	0	25	3	0	0	140	1.435	8.2	0.0	4.7	7.3	1.56
57	Ryusei Gonda	24	ORX	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.21	3.54	31	0	0	0	56.0	60	22	20	3	17	0	32	1	0	1	239	1.375	9.6	0.5	2.7	5.1	1.88
58	Ginji Hasebe*	25	HIR	Fgn	2	2	.500	1.17	1.57	25	0	0	2	23.0	21	4	3	0	9	0	22	1	0	2	97	1.304	8.2	0.0	3.5	8.6	2.44
59	Atsumi Hidaka	19	HIR	Fgn	2	5	.286	5.29	6.02	14	0	0	0	49.1	54	33	29	6	27	0	20	5	0	1	231	1.642	9.9	1.1	4.9	3.6	0.74
60	Nao Higashihama	34	SFT	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.76	3.12	11	0	0	1	49.0	49	17	15	1	10	0	42	2	0	2	207	1.204	9.0	0.2	1.8	7.7	4.20
61	Rintaro Hirama	30	KUF	Fgn	2	7	.222	3.82	4.52	34	0	0	2	63.2	69	32	27	1	30	0	30	3	1	6	283	1.555	9.8	0.1	4.2	4.2	1.00
62	Sota Ikeya*	24	KUF	Fgn	2	5	.286	5.83	6.70	23	0	0	0	41.2	55	31	27	1	25	0	16	0	0	2	196	1.920	11.9	0.2	5.4	3.5	0.64
63	Sho Ishikawa	24	CHU	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.00	4.20	17	0	0	0	15.0	8	7	5	1	11	0	13	1	0	2	61	1.267	4.8	0.6	6.6	7.8	1.18
64	Shuta Ishikawa	32	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.35	2.35	6	0	0	0	30.2	25	8	8	1	8	0	27	2	0	0	121	1.076	7.3	0.3	2.3	7.9	3.38
65	Masashi Itoh*	28	HAN	Fgn	2	3	.400	2.32	2.32	7	0	0	0	42.2	47	11	11	1	8	0	29	2	0	2	175	1.289	9.9	0.2	1.7	6.1	3.63
66	Shunsuke Iwai	22	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.80	1.80	21	0	0	5	25.0	18	5	5	0	3	0	31	1	0	3	98	0.840	6.5	0.0	1.1	11.2	10.33
67	Ren Kajiya	32	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	0.68	1.03	29	0	0	2	26.1	19	3	2	0	7	0	26	0	0	2	99	0.987	6.5	0.0	2.4	8.9	3.71
68	Shunsuke Kasaya*	27	SFT	Fgn	2	3	.400	2.82	3.63	24	0	0	1	67.0	62	27	21	1	38	0	60	3	1	6	291	1.493	8.3	0.1	5.1	8.1	1.58
69	Riku Kawahara*	23	HAN	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.62	1.80	50	0	0	1	50.0	42	10	9	2	20	0	38	0	0	2	203	1.240	7.6	0.4	3.6	6.8	1.90
70	Makoto Kemna	29	HIR	Fgn	2	2	.500	1.32	2.63	12	0	0	0	13.2	13	4	2	0	6	0	5	2	0	2	62	1.390	8.6	0.0	4.0	3.3	0.83
71	Taisei Kimura*	20	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.19	2.19	4	0	0	0	12.1	12	3	3	0	6	0	6	1	0	2	55	1.459	8.8	0.0	4.4	4.4	1.00
72	Motoya Kinoshita	22	KUF	Fgn	2	2	.500	1.29	1.93	8	1	1	0	42.0	38	9	6	0	7	0	29	3	0	2	167	1.071	8.1	0.0	1.5	6.2	4.14
73	Haru Matsumoto*	23	SFT	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.09	1.09	5	0	0	0	24.2	14	3	3	0	3	0	17	2	1	0	88	0.689	5.1	0.0	1.1	6.2	5.67
74	Yuwa Miyasato	22	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	4.86	7.56	17	0	0	1	16.2	18	14	9	2	9	0	18	2	0	1	76	1.620	9.7	1.1	4.9	9.7	2.00
75	Hiroto Mori	26	CHU	Fgn	2	4	.333	2.16	2.88	24	0	0	0	25.0	15	8	6	0	12	0	14	1	0	0	101	1.080	5.4	0.0	4.3	5.0	1.17
76	Kaito Ohe*	24	ORX	Fgn	2	0	1.000	6.10	8.27	19	0	0	0	20.2	31	19	14	0	11	0	21	0	0	2	103	2.032	13.5	0.0	4.8	9.1	1.91
77	Kazuo Ohno*	19	SFT	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.93	3.38	5	0	0	0	18.2	17	7	4	1	7	0	11	3	0	2	77	1.286	8.2	0.5	3.4	5.3	1.57
78	Kaito Saiki	24	ORX	Fgn	2	3	.400	4.58	6.03	13	0	0	1	37.1	48	25	19	1	17	0	31	2	0	1	175	1.741	11.6	0.2	4.1	7.5	1.82
79	Hiroki Satoh*	25	SFT	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.74	2.61	3	0	0	0	10.1	9	3	2	0	4	0	8	0	0	0	43	1.258	7.8	0.0	3.5	7.0	2.00
80	Ren Satoh	26	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.03	2.22	49	0	0	3	48.2	39	12	11	0	26	0	51	7	1	6	219	1.336	7.2	0.0	4.8	9.4	1.96
81	Takeru Sugita	22	HIR	Fgn	2	5	.286	3.12	3.63	18	0	0	0	69.1	60	28	24	4	22	0	46	7	0	4	290	1.183	7.8	0.5	2.9	6.0	2.09
82	Hiroshi Suzuki	27	ORX	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.70	3.30	8	0	0	0	30.0	29	11	9	1	8	0	15	1	0	1	119	1.233	8.7	0.3	2.4	4.5	1.88
83	Taichi Taka*	22	HIR	Fgn	2	5	.286	4.88	6.10	14	0	0	0	51.2	69	35	28	2	11	0	25	2	0	3	231	1.548	12.0	0.3	1.9	4.4	2.27
84	Ren Tomida*	22	HAN	Fgn	2	3	.400	2.12	3.34	5	0	0	0	29.2	26	11	7	0	9	0	17	2	0	0	120	1.180	7.9	0.0	2.7	5.2	1.89
85	Ryoga Tomiyama*	27	ORX	Fgn	2	1	.667	1.13	1.13	11	0	0	0	16.0	14	2	2	1	3	0	14	0	0	0	62	1.063	7.9	0.6	1.7	7.9	4.67
86	Junya Tsuda	22	HAN	Fgn	2	5	.286	5.26	7.64	17	0	0	0	53.0	75	45	31	5	15	0	34	2	0	3	246	1.698	12.7	0.8	2.5	5.8	2.27
87	Hayato Tsunehiro	22	HIR	Fgn	2	6	.250	3.96	4.95	12	1	1	0	63.2	71	35	28	6	24	0	46	4	1	4	284	1.492	10.0	0.8	3.4	6.5	1.92
88	Yuki Udagawa	25	ORX	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.63	3.63	18	0	0	0	17.1	14	7	7	0	10	0	17	1	0	2	73	1.385	7.3	0.0	5.2	8.8	1.70
89	Kotaro Ueda*	21	CHU	Fgn	2	4	.333	4.81	5.95	9	0	0	0	39.1	43	26	21	1	18	0	25	2	0	0	175	1.551	9.8	0.2	4.1	5.7	1.39
90	Yugo Umeno	25	CHU	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.16	2.16	26	0	0	5	25.0	21	6	6	0	6	0	20	0	0	0	99	1.080	7.6	0.0	2.2	7.2	3.33
91	Kodai Umetsu	27	CHU	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.00	2.00	4	0	0	0	27.0	27	6	6	0	2	0	20	1	0	2	108	1.074	9.0	0.0	0.7	6.7	10.00
92	Yuki Watanabe*	28	SFT	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.01	2.30	31	0	0	4	31.1	25	8	7	5	15	1	22	7	0	1	135	1.277	7.2	1.4	4.3	6.3	1.47
93	Atsuki Yuasa	24	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	7.48	7.48	25	0	0	5	21.2	25	18	18	1	14	0	12	1	0	1	102	1.800	10.4	0.4	5.8	5.0	0.86
94	Shota Abe	31	ORX	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.92	2.92	26	0	0	5	24.2	22	8	8	2	6	1	12	0	0	4	99	1.135	8.0	0.7	2.2	4.4	2.00
95	Makoto Aduwa	25	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	5.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	17	0.400	1.8	0.0	1.8	5.4	3.00
96	Kento Akatsuka	22	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.46	3.46	13	0	0	0	13.0	10	5	5	1	11	0	10	1	0	0	60	1.615	6.9	0.7	7.6	6.9	0.91
97	Taketo Ashida	24	ORX	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.66	4.08	18	0	0	0	64.0	75	29	26	1	18	0	44	5	1	2	276	1.453	10.5	0.1	2.5	6.2	2.44
98	Kohei Azuma	24	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.63	2.63	3	0	0	0	13.2	11	4	4	0	4	0	9	2	0	0	55	1.098	7.2	0.0	2.6	5.9	2.25
99	Jose Betances	24	HAN	Fgn	1	2	.333	4.18	6.46	25	0	0	0	23.2	23	17	11	1	18	0	27	2	1	3	111	1.732	8.7	0.4	6.8	10.3	1.50
100	Anderson Espinoza	26	ORX	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	1	0	0	0	6.0	4	1	1	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	26	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00