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2007 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

2006 Season 2008 Season

Classification: Foreign

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

Attendance: n/a

See also: 2007 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	Seth Greisinger	31	YKU	Fgn	16	8	.667	2.84	3.01	30	30	3	2	0	209.0	185	70	66	14	31	2	159	4	1	7	835	1.033	8.0	0.6	1.3	6.8	5.13
2	Kenichi Nakata	25	CNI	Fgn	14	8	.636	3.59	3.86	28	26	3	0	0	170.1	158	73	68	14	81	2	177	6	0	13	741	1.403	8.3	0.7	4.3	9.4	2.19
3	Hisanori Takahashi*	32	YOM	Fgn	14	4	.778	2.75	3.04	28	27	2	2	0	186.2	168	63	57	21	50	4	141	2	0	1	764	1.168	8.1	1.0	2.4	6.8	2.82
4	Tetsuya Utsumi*	25	YOM	Fgn	14	7	.667	3.02	3.17	28	28	2	1	0	187.2	183	66	63	16	48	2	180	11	0	5	780	1.231	8.8	0.8	2.3	8.6	3.75
5	Kenta Asakura	26	CNI	Fgn	12	7	.632	3.36	3.51	29	26	3	0	0	171.2	173	67	64	9	50	4	105	4	0	5	717	1.299	9.1	0.5	2.6	5.5	2.10
6	Kenshin Kawakami	32	CNI	Fgn	12	8	.600	3.55	3.87	26	26	0	0	0	167.1	175	72	66	18	23	2	145	6	0	1	696	1.183	9.4	1.0	1.2	7.8	6.30
7	Hiroshi Kisanuki	27	YOM	Fgn	12	9	.571	3.09	3.63	26	25	0	0	0	148.2	144	60	51	17	35	3	131	0	0	1	613	1.204	8.7	1.0	2.1	7.9	3.74
8	Hiroki Kuroda	32	HIR	Fgn	12	8	.600	3.56	3.91	26	26	7	1	0	179.2	176	78	71	20	42	3	123	5	0	1	738	1.213	8.8	1.0	2.1	6.2	2.93
9	Hayato Terahara	23	YKO	Fgn	12	12	.500	3.36	3.80	27	27	4	2	0	184.2	171	78	69	20	46	0	163	4	0	7	762	1.175	8.3	1.0	2.2	7.9	3.54
10	Daisuke Miura	33	YKO	Fgn	11	13	.458	3.06	3.59	28	28	4	3	0	185.1	184	74	63	15	51	3	159	7	0	5	793	1.268	8.9	0.7	2.5	7.7	3.12
11	Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi*	39	HAN	Fgn	10	8	.556	4.11	4.73	25	25	0	0	0	129.1	145	68	59	11	52	4	74	3	0	5	582	1.523	10.1	0.8	3.6	5.1	1.42
12	Kazuhisa Ishii*	33	YKU	Fgn	9	10	.474	4.16	4.86	28	27	2	1	0	166.2	156	90	77	21	49	5	163	13	0	8	714	1.230	8.4	1.1	2.6	8.8	3.33
13	Tomoyuki Kubota	26	HAN	Fgn	9	3	.750	1.75	2.17	90	0	0	0	0	108.0	97	26	21	6	32	2	101	0	0	4	448	1.194	8.1	0.5	2.7	8.4	3.16
14	Kan Otake	24	HIR	Fgn	9	10	.474	3.77	4.45	27	24	3	1	0	145.2	137	72	61	15	59	2	104	6	0	11	623	1.346	8.5	0.9	3.6	6.4	1.76
15	Takeharu Kato	29	YKO	Fgn	8	4	.667	4.50	4.72	52	9	0	0	1	82.0	88	43	41	10	29	2	87	3	0	0	366	1.427	9.7	1.1	3.2	9.5	3.00
16	Keiji Uezono	23	HAN	Fgn	8	5	.615	2.42	2.94	17	16	1	0	0	85.2	70	28	23	9	32	2	83	1	0	4	348	1.191	7.4	0.9	3.4	8.7	2.59
17	Yoshihiro Doi*	30	YKO	Fgn	7	8	.467	4.47	4.95	18	17	0	0	0	92.2	104	51	46	15	23	0	43	7	1	0	398	1.371	10.1	1.5	2.2	4.2	1.87
18	Shugo Fujii*	30	YKU	Fgn	7	10	.412	5.05	5.20	25	23	0	0	0	123.0	123	71	69	18	53	6	96	3	0	2	539	1.431	9.0	1.3	3.9	7.0	1.81
19	Norihito Kaneto*	23	YOM	Fgn	7	6	.538	3.55	3.99	22	20	1	0	0	121.2	116	54	48	20	33	2	76	5	0	6	509	1.225	8.6	1.5	2.4	5.6	2.30
20	Kimiyasu Kudo*	44	YKO	Fgn	7	6	.538	3.91	3.99	19	18	0	0	0	103.2	118	46	45	6	28	1	73	4	0	2	442	1.408	10.2	0.5	2.4	6.3	2.61
21	Ryan Vogelsong	29	HAN	Fgn	7	6	.538	4.13	4.39	20	20	0	0	0	106.2	113	52	49	17	41	0	91	6	1	1	464	1.444	9.5	1.4	3.5	7.7	2.22
22	Takashi Ogasawara*	30	CNI	Fgn	6	6	.500	2.99	2.99	21	20	0	0	0	120.1	110	40	40	10	33	5	97	4	0	3	494	1.188	8.2	0.7	2.5	7.3	2.94
23	Daisuke Yamai	29	CNI	Fgn	6	4	.600	3.36	3.90	14	13	1	0	0	83.0	75	36	31	6	32	3	56	1	0	1	353	1.289	8.1	0.7	3.5	6.1	1.75
24	Esteban Yan	32	HAN	Fgn	6	5	.545	4.66	4.83	21	21	0	0	0	104.1	110	56	54	9	31	3	52	8	12	4	453	1.351	9.5	0.8	2.7	4.5	1.68
25	Takahiro Aoki*	25	HIR	Fgn	5	11	.313	4.77	4.91	29	24	0	0	0	128.1	144	70	68	21	28	5	89	3	1	2	549	1.340	10.1	1.5	2.0	6.2	3.18
26	Hirotaka Egusa*	26	HAN	Fgn	5	0	1.000	1.95	2.40	50	0	0	0	0	60.0	57	16	13	4	33	3	82	4	0	1	269	1.500	8.6	0.6	5.0	12.3	2.48
27	Kyuji Fujikawa	26	HAN	Fgn	5	5	.500	1.63	1.63	71	0	0	0	46	83.0	50	15	15	2	18	4	115	1	0	2	313	0.819	5.4	0.2	2.0	12.5	6.39
28	Satoshi Fukuda	23	YOM	Fgn	5	5	.500	5.28	5.43	15	11	0	0	0	59.2	77	36	35	3	25	1	46	3	0	3	276	1.709	11.6	0.5	3.8	6.9	1.84
29	Masayuki Hasegawa	29	HIR	Fgn	5	5	.500	2.95	3.37	26	19	0	0	0	128.1	125	48	42	15	35	4	83	2	2	7	538	1.247	8.8	1.1	2.5	5.8	2.37
30	Shinya Okamoto	32	CNI	Fgn	5	2	.714	2.89	2.89	62	0	0	0	0	56.0	43	18	18	3	21	2	44	1	0	2	225	1.143	6.9	0.5	3.4	7.1	2.10
31	Ken Takahashi*	38	HIR	Fgn	5	4	.556	3.70	4.34	22	20	0	0	0	112.0	116	54	46	18	36	1	74	5	0	3	481	1.357	9.3	1.4	2.9	5.9	2.06
32	Takuya Asao	22	CNI	Fgn	4	1	.800	3.53	3.71	19	5	0	0	0	51.0	51	21	20	5	20	1	40	0	0	2	224	1.392	9.0	0.9	3.5	7.1	2.00
33	Masafumi Hirai	32	CNI	Fgn	4	2	.667	3.29	3.95	45	0	0	0	0	41.0	35	18	15	5	10	0	30	1	0	1	162	1.098	7.7	1.1	2.2	6.6	3.00
34	Masanori Ishikawa*	27	YKU	Fgn	4	7	.364	4.38	4.75	26	15	3	2	0	96.2	104	51	47	15	16	2	50	5	0	2	405	1.241	9.7	1.4	1.5	4.7	3.13
35	Ryo Kawashima	25	YKU	Fgn	4	3	.571	3.43	3.56	11	11	0	0	0	65.2	58	26	25	9	15	1	35	2	0	0	265	1.112	7.9	1.2	2.1	4.8	2.33
36	Kenichi Matsuoka	25	YKU	Fgn	4	2	.667	5.69	5.88	11	10	0	0	0	49.0	69	32	31	8	9	1	35	2	0	1	219	1.592	12.7	1.5	1.7	6.4	3.89
37	Katsuhiro Nagakawa	26	HIR	Fgn	4	7	.364	3.06	4.09	61	0	0	0	31	61.2	51	28	21	5	33	1	74	2	0	11	270	1.362	7.4	0.7	4.8	10.8	2.24
38	Takumi Nasuno*	24	YKO	Fgn	4	5	.444	3.79	4.23	63	1	0	0	1	61.2	68	29	26	6	26	1	43	1	0	5	276	1.524	9.9	0.9	3.8	6.3	1.65
39	Atsushi Nohmi*	28	HAN	Fgn	4	4	.500	4.38	4.74	23	12	1	1	0	74.0	79	39	36	7	30	1	51	4	0	2	330	1.473	9.6	0.9	3.6	6.2	1.70
40	Takahiko Nomaguchi	24	YOM	Fgn	4	0	1.000	1.80	1.80	7	2	1	0	0	25.0	21	5	5	0	2	0	16	1	0	0	98	0.920	7.6	0.0	0.7	5.8	8.00
41	Naohisa Sugiyama	26	HAN	Fgn	4	5	.444	4.61	4.82	20	15	1	1	0	84.0	101	45	43	4	19	3	51	10	0	3	371	1.429	10.8	0.4	2.0	5.5	2.68
42	Koji Uehara	32	YOM	Fgn	4	3	.571	1.74	1.74	55	0	0	0	32	62.0	47	12	12	4	4	1	66	1	0	1	237	0.823	6.8	0.6	0.6	9.6	16.50
43	Yushi Aida	23	YOM	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.03	3.03	34	0	0	0	0	35.2	33	12	12	3	9	2	16	3	0	1	145	1.178	8.3	0.8	2.3	4.0	1.78
44	Jose Díaz	27	YKO	Fgn	3	4	.429	4.59	5.27	45	1	0	0	2	66.2	47	39	34	9	58	4	61	6	0	2	306	1.575	6.3	1.2	7.8	8.2	1.05
45	Jared Fernández	35	HIR	Fgn	3	8	.273	6.04	6.63	30	11	0	0	0	92.1	117	68	62	16	34	1	33	1	2	0	410	1.635	11.4	1.6	3.3	3.2	0.97
46	Frank Gracesqui*	27	CNI	Fgn	3	0	1.000	2.35	2.35	17	0	0	0	0	23.0	12	6	6	0	18	1	13	0	0	2	93	1.304	4.7	0.0	7.0	5.1	0.72
47	Kentaro Hashimoto	27	HAN	Fgn	3	2	.600	4.74	5.66	46	0	0	0	0	49.1	52	31	26	7	28	4	61	2	0	6	228	1.622	9.5	1.3	5.1	11.1	2.18
48	Masaki Hayashi	27	HIR	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.54	3.54	57	0	0	0	0	48.1	48	19	19	4	19	1	28	2	0	0	204	1.386	8.9	0.7	3.5	5.2	1.47
49	Takeo Kawamura	35	YKO	Fgn	3	1	.750	3.60	3.60	35	5	0	0	0	55.0	55	22	22	3	23	0	53	2	0	1	238	1.418	9.0	0.5	3.8	8.7	2.30
50	Atsushi Kizuka	29	YKO	Fgn	3	1	.750	3.06	3.31	76	0	0	0	0	35.1	32	13	12	1	10	2	25	5	0	0	147	1.189	8.2	0.3	2.5	6.4	2.50
51	Marc Kroon	34	YKO	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.76	2.98	43	0	0	0	31	42.1	35	14	13	3	15	0	65	2	0	5	178	1.181	7.4	0.6	3.2	13.8	4.33
52	Yuya Kubo	27	YOM	Fgn	3	5	.375	4.33	4.33	13	9	1	1	0	60.1	67	29	29	13	12	2	46	6	0	0	260	1.309	10.0	1.9	1.8	6.9	3.83
53	Michito Miyazaki	28	HIR	Fgn	3	5	.375	4.83	5.08	31	7	0	0	0	72.2	74	41	39	11	26	3	45	5	0	1	314	1.376	9.2	1.4	3.2	5.6	1.73
54	Yuhei Takai*	23	YKU	Fgn	3	6	.333	5.19	5.40	52	0	0	0	1	43.1	39	26	25	3	24	3	30	0	0	3	188	1.454	8.1	0.6	5.0	6.2	1.25
55	Shohei Tateyama	26	YKU	Fgn	3	12	.200	3.17	4.02	45	15	2	0	5	127.2	129	57	45	14	39	6	115	10	0	5	558	1.316	9.1	1.0	2.7	8.1	2.95
56	Ryuji Yokoyama	31	HIR	Fgn	3	3	.500	2.63	3.63	60	0	0	0	0	72.0	53	29	21	10	28	2	57	4	0	2	295	1.125	6.6	1.3	3.5	7.1	2.04
57	Yuji Yoshimi*	29	YKO	Fgn	3	4	.429	4.27	4.45	38	12	1	1	0	97.0	118	48	46	9	34	0	62	9	1	3	440	1.567	10.9	0.8	3.2	5.8	1.82
58	Yuya Ando	29	HAN	Fgn	2	3	.400	4.36	4.64	8	6	0	0	0	33.0	30	17	16	4	14	2	17	1	0	1	141	1.333	8.2	1.1	3.8	4.6	1.21
59	Chien-Ming Chiang	22	YOM	Fgn	2	4	.333	5.18	5.83	17	5	0	0	0	41.2	45	27	24	6	13	0	30	0	0	1	182	1.392	9.7	1.3	2.8	6.5	2.31
60	Darwin Cubillán	34	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.36	3.65	35	2	0	0	0	61.2	60	25	23	3	20	1	34	1	0	4	260	1.297	8.8	0.4	2.9	5.0	1.70
61	Masataka Endo	34	YKU	Fgn	2	5	.286	4.09	4.30	38	0	0	0	2	44.0	42	21	20	5	20	1	28	6	0	1	197	1.409	8.6	1.0	4.1	5.7	1.40
62	Shinobu Fukuhara	30	HAN	Fgn	2	8	.200	6.53	6.66	19	14	0	0	0	71.2	101	53	52	5	19	0	42	3	0	4	329	1.674	12.7	0.6	2.4	5.3	2.21
63	Masato Hanada	29	YKU	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.80	5.15	41	0	0	0	2	50.2	49	29	27	6	17	3	43	0	0	1	217	1.303	8.7	1.1	3.0	7.6	2.53
64	Masanori Hayashi*	23	YOM	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.29	3.29	41	0	0	0	3	38.1	34	14	14	6	9	3	42	0	0	1	157	1.122	8.0	1.4	2.1	9.9	4.67
65	Koji Hiroike*	33	HIR	Fgn	2	2	.500	6.26	7.24	32	0	0	0	0	27.1	40	22	19	6	10	1	19	1	0	0	131	1.829	13.2	2.0	3.3	6.3	1.90
66	Yuichi Hisamoto*	28	CNI	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.38	3.57	36	1	0	0	0	45.1	37	18	17	2	20	2	31	3	0	2	193	1.257	7.3	0.4	4.0	6.2	1.55
67	Yuya Ishii*	25	CNI	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.95	2.95	16	0	0	0	0	18.1	13	6	6	1	11	0	14	0	0	0	74	1.309	6.4	0.5	5.4	6.9	1.27
68	Hitoki Iwase*	32	CNI	Fgn	2	4	.333	2.44	2.75	61	0	0	0	43	59.0	53	18	16	3	9	3	50	0	0	0	233	1.051	8.1	0.5	1.4	7.6	5.56
69	Tatsuya Kojima*	21	HAN	Fgn	2	3	.400	3.96	3.96	5	5	0	0	0	25.0	28	11	11	2	10	0	15	2	0	1	110	1.520	10.1	0.7	3.6	5.4	1.50
70	Naoki Mitsuhashi	26	YKO	Fgn	2	4	.333	4.04	4.59	15	9	0	0	0	49.0	51	25	22	6	16	0	28	3	0	2	215	1.367	9.4	1.1	2.9	5.1	1.75
71	Yasuhiro Nakamura*	28	HAN	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.07	3.68	15	3	0	0	0	29.1	22	12	10	1	12	0	37	2	0	0	120	1.159	6.8	0.3	3.7	11.4	3.08
72	Shinji Sasaoka	39	HIR	Fgn	2	7	.222	6.50	6.70	12	10	0	0	0	45.2	75	34	33	9	5	0	21	4	0	0	215	1.752	14.8	1.8	1.0	4.1	4.20
73	Kentaro Takasaki	22	YKO	Fgn	2	1	.667	5.40	7.20	9	4	0	0	0	30.0	35	24	18	3	14	0	23	2	0	1	140	1.633	10.5	0.9	4.2	6.9	1.64
74	Kiyoshi Toyoda	36	YOM	Fgn	2	5	.286	3.38	3.38	47	0	0	0	4	48.0	46	18	18	2	8	5	56	2	0	1	195	1.125	8.6	0.4	1.5	10.5	7.00
75	Tomohiro Umetsu	24	HIR	Fgn	2	3	.400	5.28	5.48	47	0	0	0	0	44.1	39	27	26	5	20	1	36	1	0	1	193	1.331	7.9	1.0	4.1	7.3	1.80
76	Shigeki Ushida	25	YKO	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.61	2.61	9	0	0	0	0	10.1	11	3	3	1	3	0	10	0	0	0	44	1.355	9.6	0.9	2.6	8.7	3.33
77	Tetsuya Yamaguchi*	23	YOM	Fgn	2	0	1.000	3.91	4.97	32	0	0	0	0	25.1	24	14	11	2	15	2	21	2	1	3	114	1.539	8.5	0.7	5.3	7.5	1.40
78	Masahiro Yamamoto*	41	CNI	Fgn	2	10	.167	5.07	5.65	19	18	1	1	0	108.1	124	68	61	13	27	1	71	4	0	0	469	1.394	10.3	1.1	2.2	5.9	2.63
79	Masahiro Yoshikawa	29	YKU	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.61	3.61	43	0	0	0	0	42.1	37	17	17	5	8	2	25	4	0	1	171	1.063	7.9	1.1	1.7	5.3	3.13
80	Shintaro Yoshitake	32	YOM	Fgn	2	0	1.000	1.89	1.89	16	0	0	0	0	19.0	12	4	4	1	5	1	11	0	1	0	71	0.895	5.7	0.5	2.4	5.2	2.20
81	Hayato Aoki	30	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.00	3.00	43	0	0	0	0	36.0	29	12	12	4	4	1	17	0	0	1	138	0.917	7.3	1.0	1.0	4.3	4.25
82	Rafael Cruz	30	CNI	Fgn	1	3	.250	2.66	3.10	17	0	0	0	0	20.1	13	7	6	2	6	1	18	1	0	1	81	0.934	5.8	0.9	2.7	8.0	3.00
83	Geremi González	32	YOM	Fgn	1	2	.333	6.52	7.91	5	4	0	0	0	19.1	22	17	14	4	6	0	17	1	0	0	86	1.448	10.2	1.9	2.8	7.9	2.83
84	Yuji Hata	24	YKO	Fgn	1	2	.333	5.55	7.32	14	6	0	0	0	35.2	46	29	22	6	25	1	21	1	0	2	180	1.991	11.6	1.5	6.3	5.3	0.84
85	Ken Kadokura	33	YOM	Fgn	1	5	.167	5.97	5.97	12	5	0	0	0	31.2	36	21	21	7	14	2	26	0	1	2	144	1.579	10.2	2.0	4.0	7.4	1.86
86	Masao Kida	38	YKU	Fgn	1	3	.250	3.14	3.88	50	0	0	0	2	48.2	51	21	17	4	19	2	44	6	2	1	221	1.438	9.4	0.7	3.5	8.1	2.32
87	Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi	19	YKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.30	4.60	6	5	0	0	0	29.1	27	15	14	6	11	0	21	3	0	2	125	1.295	8.3	1.8	3.4	6.4	1.91
88	Kosuke Matsui	28	YKU	Fgn	1	3	.250	5.76	6.35	18	5	0	0	0	45.1	59	32	29	7	15	5	26	2	1	2	207	1.632	11.7	1.4	3.0	5.2	1.73
89	Kentaro Nishimura	22	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	4.36	4.77	57	1	0	0	1	66.0	68	35	32	5	24	1	28	6	0	2	292	1.394	9.3	0.7	3.3	3.8	1.17
90	Shigeki Noguchi*	33	YOM	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.30	4.60	31	0	0	0	0	29.1	34	15	14	4	20	2	28	3	0	0	144	1.841	10.4	1.2	6.1	8.6	1.40
91	Santiago Ramírez	28	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	5.47	5.47	27	0	0	0	0	26.1	27	16	16	3	12	1	11	0	0	0	115	1.481	9.2	1.0	4.1	3.8	0.92
92	Masashi Sajikihara	24	HAN	Fgn	1	0	1.000	4.58	5.60	17	0	0	0	0	17.2	23	11	9	1	3	0	20	2	0	1	79	1.472	11.7	0.5	1.5	10.2	6.67
93	Brian Sikorski	32	YKU	Fgn	1	2	.333	2.29	2.97	29	0	0	0	1	39.1	30	13	10	2	12	0	38	2	1	2	159	1.068	6.9	0.5	2.7	8.7	3.17
94	Yoshihiro Suzuki	24	CNI	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.52	3.52	30	0	0	0	0	30.2	19	12	12	3	14	0	31	2	0	0	123	1.076	5.6	0.9	4.1	9.1	2.21
95	Akifumi Takahashi*	24	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	4.23	4.55	25	0	0	0	0	27.2	29	14	13	4	10	2	27	3	0	1	124	1.410	9.4	1.3	3.3	8.8	2.70
96	Hirofumi Ueno	26	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.50	5.14	31	0	0	0	0	28.0	34	16	14	3	15	0	21	3	1	1	132	1.750	10.9	1.0	4.8	6.8	1.40
97	Ryo Watanabe	25	HAN	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.47	2.93	53	0	0	0	0	58.1	53	19	16	2	23	1	52	4	0	3	246	1.303	8.2	0.3	3.5	8.0	2.26
98	Jeff Williams*	35	HAN	Fgn	1	2	.333	0.96	1.24	60	0	0	0	0	65.1	42	9	7	2	16	1	66	0	0	0	247	0.888	5.8	0.3	2.2	9.1	4.13
99	Takashi Aiki	29	HAN	Fgn	0	0		6.00	6.00	4	0	0	0	0	3.0	5	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	14	2.000	15.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
100	Esmailin Caridad	23	HIR	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0.2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	4.500	27.0	0.0	13.5	0.0	0.00