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2008 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

2007 Season 2009 Season

Classification: Foreign

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

Attendance: n/a

See also: 2008 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	32	YOM	Fgn	17	9	.654	3.06	3.28	31	31	0	0	0	206.0	201	75	70	20	31	0	167	9	0	3	842	1.126	8.8	0.9	1.4	7.3	5.39
2	Colby Lewis	28	HIR	Fgn	15	8	.652	2.68	2.83	26	26	3	2	0	178.0	151	56	53	12	27	4	183	6	3	1	702	1.000	7.6	0.6	1.4	9.3	6.78
3	Yuya Ando	30	HAN	Fgn	13	9	.591	3.20	3.32	25	25	2	0	0	154.2	158	57	55	8	41	2	111	8	1	2	656	1.287	9.2	0.5	2.4	6.5	2.71
4	Masanori Ishikawa*	28	YKU	Fgn	12	10	.545	2.68	2.72	30	29	3	1	0	195.0	180	59	58	21	41	2	112	4	0	2	792	1.133	8.3	1.0	1.9	5.2	2.73
5	Shohei Tateyama	27	YKU	Fgn	12	3	.800	2.99	3.17	24	24	0	0	0	153.1	137	54	51	13	31	1	99	7	0	5	628	1.096	8.0	0.8	1.8	5.8	3.19
6	Tetsuya Utsumi*	26	YOM	Fgn	12	8	.600	2.73	3.47	29	29	2	1	0	184.1	166	71	56	7	68	3	154	7	0	3	772	1.269	8.1	0.3	3.3	7.5	2.26
7	Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi*	40	HAN	Fgn	11	6	.647	2.99	3.33	27	27	1	0	0	162.1	154	60	54	9	41	1	89	9	0	2	668	1.201	8.5	0.5	2.3	4.9	2.17
8	Tetsuya Yamaguchi*	24	YOM	Fgn	11	2	.846	2.32	2.44	67	0	0	0	2	73.2	61	20	19	3	12	1	69	3	0	4	293	0.991	7.5	0.4	1.5	8.4	5.75
9	Masahiro Yamamoto*	42	CNI	Fgn	11	7	.611	3.16	3.64	23	22	2	0	0	133.2	127	54	47	15	26	2	84	2	0	1	544	1.145	8.6	1.0	1.8	5.7	3.23
10	Minoru Iwata*	24	HAN	Fgn	10	10	.500	3.28	3.62	27	27	2	0	0	159.1	168	64	58	5	50	3	101	11	0	7	678	1.368	9.5	0.3	2.8	5.7	2.02
11	Kazuki Yoshimi	23	CNI	Fgn	10	3	.769	3.23	3.62	35	14	3	2	0	114.1	118	46	41	11	25	0	82	4	0	1	476	1.251	9.3	0.9	2.0	6.5	3.28
12	Kenshin Kawakami	33	CNI	Fgn	9	5	.643	2.30	2.53	20	16	1	0	0	117.1	99	33	30	11	25	3	112	5	0	1	473	1.057	7.6	0.8	1.9	8.6	4.48
13	Kenta Maeda	20	HIR	Fgn	9	2	.818	3.20	3.53	19	18	1	1	0	109.2	103	43	39	10	35	1	55	3	1	0	462	1.258	8.5	0.8	2.9	4.5	1.57
14	Kan Otake	25	HIR	Fgn	9	13	.409	3.84	4.68	28	27	3	1	0	171.0	189	89	73	19	67	1	99	5	1	6	752	1.497	9.9	1.0	3.5	5.2	1.48
15	Kyuji Fujikawa	27	HAN	Fgn	8	1	.889	0.67	0.80	63	0	0	0	38	67.2	34	6	5	2	13	3	90	3	0	3	249	0.695	4.5	0.3	1.7	12.0	6.92
16	Takashi Ogasawara*	31	CNI	Fgn	8	11	.421	4.70	4.84	26	22	0	0	0	132.0	147	71	69	20	42	3	89	5	2	2	575	1.432	10.0	1.4	2.9	6.1	2.12
17	Hisanori Takahashi*	33	YOM	Fgn	8	5	.615	4.13	4.65	23	22	0	0	0	122.0	127	63	56	16	30	0	94	5	0	2	518	1.287	9.4	1.2	2.2	6.9	3.13
18	Ken Takahashi*	39	HIR	Fgn	8	5	.615	3.50	3.89	21	20	1	1	0	115.2	124	50	45	11	42	2	71	5	0	1	503	1.435	9.6	0.9	3.3	5.5	1.69
19	Scott Atchison	32	HAN	Fgn	7	6	.538	3.70	4.30	42	12	0	0	0	104.2	104	50	43	9	26	1	85	2	3	1	436	1.242	8.9	0.8	2.2	7.3	3.27
20	Wei-Yin Chen*	22	CNI	Fgn	7	6	.538	2.90	3.14	39	14	1	1	0	114.2	101	40	37	7	33	0	107	5	0	5	474	1.169	7.9	0.5	2.6	8.4	3.24
21	Ryo Kawashima	26	YKU	Fgn	7	9	.438	4.70	5.24	20	20	0	0	0	115.0	115	67	60	19	44	0	83	2	0	2	497	1.383	9.0	1.5	3.4	6.5	1.89
22	Daisuke Miura	34	YKO	Fgn	7	10	.412	3.56	3.94	21	21	4	1	0	144.0	137	63	57	22	29	0	111	4	0	4	589	1.153	8.6	1.4	1.8	6.9	3.83
23	Kenichi Nakata	26	CNI	Fgn	7	9	.438	4.65	5.48	23	21	1	1	0	129.2	148	79	67	13	46	1	126	11	0	5	582	1.496	10.3	0.9	3.2	8.7	2.74
24	Hiroshi Kisanuki	28	YOM	Fgn	6	5	.545	4.14	4.38	14	14	1	0	0	74.0	87	36	34	15	19	0	53	1	0	3	318	1.432	10.6	1.8	2.3	6.4	2.79
25	Futoshi Kobayashi	25	YKO	Fgn	6	5	.545	4.41	4.41	31	22	1	1	1	128.2	136	63	63	19	43	0	69	11	0	0	561	1.391	9.5	1.3	3.0	4.8	1.60
26	Tomoyuki Kubota	27	HAN	Fgn	6	3	.667	3.16	3.59	69	0	0	0	0	85.1	87	34	30	8	34	2	75	2	0	8	373	1.418	9.2	0.8	3.6	7.9	2.21
27	Kyohei Muranaka*	20	YKU	Fgn	6	11	.353	4.34	4.41	21	21	0	0	0	122.1	107	60	59	13	59	4	105	7	0	12	530	1.357	7.9	1.0	4.3	7.7	1.78
28	Kentaro Nishimura	23	YOM	Fgn	6	2	.750	3.00	3.20	43	0	0	0	0	45.0	41	16	15	0	16	1	26	3	1	4	193	1.267	8.2	0.0	3.2	5.2	1.63
29	Koji Uehara	33	YOM	Fgn	6	5	.545	3.81	4.32	26	12	2	0	1	89.2	90	43	38	11	16	1	72	0	0	0	370	1.182	9.0	1.1	1.6	7.2	4.50
30	Adrian Burnside*	31	YOM	Fgn	5	3	.625	3.48	3.96	15	15	0	0	0	75.0	67	33	29	7	18	0	47	9	5	2	312	1.133	8.0	0.8	2.2	5.6	2.61
31	Kenichi Matsuoka	26	YKU	Fgn	5	3	.625	1.39	1.51	65	0	0	0	0	71.1	51	12	11	4	17	0	54	3	0	2	280	0.953	6.4	0.5	2.1	6.8	3.18
32	Takumi Nasuno*	25	YKO	Fgn	5	12	.294	6.47	6.81	22	17	0	0	0	80.2	98	61	58	16	33	0	55	4	0	5	369	1.624	10.9	1.8	3.7	6.1	1.67
33	Takehiko Oshimoto	25	YKU	Fgn	5	6	.455	3.34	3.84	67	0	0	0	1	72.2	74	31	27	8	14	1	46	1	0	0	302	1.211	9.2	1.0	1.7	5.7	3.29
34	Ryo Watanabe	26	HAN	Fgn	5	2	.714	2.67	3.21	66	0	0	0	0	67.1	52	24	20	2	28	1	60	1	0	2	282	1.188	7.0	0.3	3.7	8.0	2.14
35	Jeff Williams*	36	HAN	Fgn	5	4	.556	3.09	3.42	55	0	0	0	5	55.1	54	21	19	3	15	0	65	2	0	1	236	1.247	8.8	0.5	2.4	10.6	4.33
36	Ryuji Yokoyama	32	HIR	Fgn	5	1	.833	1.50	1.93	38	0	0	0	3	42.0	27	9	7	3	14	3	34	2	0	1	165	0.976	5.8	0.6	3.0	7.3	2.43
37	Katsuhiro Nagakawa	27	HIR	Fgn	4	1	.800	1.77	1.77	56	0	0	0	38	61.0	33	12	12	3	24	2	64	1	0	3	239	0.934	4.9	0.4	3.5	9.4	2.67
38	Keiji Uezono	24	HAN	Fgn	4	0	1.000	3.14	4.19	9	9	0	0	0	43.0	47	20	15	2	11	0	38	3	0	2	185	1.349	9.8	0.4	2.3	8.0	3.45
39	Kenta Asakura	27	CNI	Fgn	3	4	.429	3.36	4.31	12	9	1	0	0	56.1	67	27	21	5	20	0	30	1	0	2	255	1.544	10.7	0.8	3.2	4.8	1.50
40	Takuya Asao	23	CNI	Fgn	3	1	.750	1.79	1.97	44	0	0	0	1	50.1	43	11	10	0	9	2	35	3	0	0	199	1.033	7.7	0.0	1.6	6.3	3.89
41	Hirotaka Egusa*	27	HAN	Fgn	3	1	.750	2.78	2.78	55	0	0	0	0	58.1	55	18	18	3	29	1	54	1	0	3	251	1.440	8.5	0.5	4.5	8.3	1.86
42	Shinobu Fukuhara	31	HAN	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.44	3.44	8	6	1	1	0	34.0	38	13	13	4	12	0	17	0	0	3	145	1.471	10.1	1.1	3.2	4.5	1.42
43	Masayuki Hasegawa	30	HIR	Fgn	3	6	.333	6.94	7.09	14	11	0	0	0	59.2	80	47	46	14	22	1	28	0	0	4	272	1.709	12.1	2.1	3.3	4.2	1.27
44	Ryota Igarashi	29	YKU	Fgn	3	2	.600	2.47	2.68	44	0	0	0	3	43.2	35	13	12	3	6	0	42	2	0	3	171	0.939	7.2	0.6	1.2	8.7	7.00
45	Hitoki Iwase*	33	CNI	Fgn	3	3	.500	2.94	2.94	51	0	0	0	36	49.0	55	16	16	2	10	4	41	0	0	0	212	1.327	10.1	0.4	1.8	7.5	4.10
46	Kentaro Kuwahara	22	YKO	Fgn	3	6	.333	4.74	5.21	30	10	1	1	0	76.0	85	44	40	8	33	1	52	7	0	2	345	1.553	10.1	0.9	3.9	6.2	1.58
47	Tatsuyoshi Masubuchi	20	YKU	Fgn	3	3	.500	4.23	4.39	12	11	0	0	0	55.1	54	27	26	8	22	0	25	6	0	1	242	1.373	8.8	1.3	3.6	4.1	1.14
48	Daisuke Ochi	25	YOM	Fgn	3	3	.500	2.40	2.40	68	0	0	0	0	71.1	54	19	19	4	29	2	101	5	0	15	297	1.164	6.8	0.5	3.7	12.7	3.48
49	Yasuhiro Oyamada	31	YKO	Fgn	3	4	.429	3.80	4.18	39	3	0	0	0	47.1	48	22	20	2	20	0	25	3	0	2	205	1.437	9.1	0.4	3.8	4.8	1.25
50	Yuki Saito*	21	HIR	Fgn	3	1	.750	3.34	3.62	6	6	0	0	0	32.1	21	13	12	4	16	0	26	1	0	1	134	1.144	5.8	1.1	4.5	7.2	1.63
51	Mike Schultz	28	HIR	Fgn	3	4	.429	3.23	3.40	55	0	0	0	0	53.0	47	20	19	1	20	2	43	0	0	2	222	1.264	8.0	0.2	3.4	7.3	2.15
52	Jumpei Shinoda*	23	HIR	Fgn	3	4	.429	4.31	4.59	15	12	0	0	0	64.2	71	33	31	5	20	2	41	1	0	0	279	1.407	9.9	0.7	2.8	5.7	2.05
53	Hayato Terahara	24	YKO	Fgn	3	9	.250	3.30	3.30	41	4	0	0	22	71.0	57	26	26	4	12	0	66	2	0	4	282	0.972	7.2	0.5	1.5	8.4	5.50
54	Kiyoshi Toyoda	37	YOM	Fgn	3	2	.600	3.30	3.30	50	0	0	0	0	46.1	45	17	17	4	5	1	49	1	0	2	186	1.079	8.7	0.8	1.0	9.5	9.80
55	Ryan Vogelsong	30	HAN	Fgn	3	4	.429	3.99	4.27	12	12	0	0	0	65.1	65	31	29	3	19	0	50	6	0	1	271	1.286	9.0	0.4	2.6	6.9	2.63
56	Mike Wood	28	YKO	Fgn	3	12	.200	4.69	5.02	26	26	0	0	0	136.1	159	76	71	15	45	3	57	11	2	5	595	1.496	10.5	1.0	3.0	3.8	1.27
57	Yukiya Yokoyama	31	YKO	Fgn	3	5	.375	3.22	3.84	51	0	0	0	0	58.2	55	25	21	8	22	3	61	4	1	2	254	1.313	8.4	1.2	3.4	9.4	2.77
58	Yuji Yoshimi*	30	YKO	Fgn	3	6	.333	5.30	5.30	41	10	1	0	0	86.2	96	51	51	15	28	3	56	6	0	2	380	1.431	10.0	1.6	2.9	5.8	2.00
59	Sean Douglass	29	YKU	Fgn	2	2	.500	3.94	4.22	6	6	1	0	0	32.0	30	15	14	3	11	0	16	2	0	1	133	1.281	8.4	0.8	3.1	4.5	1.45
60	Yuya Ishii*	26	YKO	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.38	2.38	35	1	0	0	0	45.1	28	12	12	3	16	2	40	2	0	0	177	0.971	5.6	0.6	3.2	7.9	2.50
61	Shunsuke Ishikawa	22	HAN	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.16	2.16	7	4	0	0	0	25.0	22	6	6	1	7	0	16	0	0	0	99	1.160	7.9	0.4	2.5	5.8	2.29
62	Masao Kida	39	YKU	Fgn	2	0	1.000	3.05	3.05	19	0	0	0	0	20.2	13	7	7	4	8	0	12	3	0	2	81	1.016	5.7	1.7	3.5	5.2	1.50
63	Hideki Kishimoto	25	HIR	Fgn	2	2	.500	5.35	6.37	37	0	0	0	0	35.1	37	25	21	2	18	0	27	3	0	4	163	1.557	9.4	0.5	4.6	6.9	1.50
64	Ben Kozlowski*	27	HIR	Fgn	2	1	.667	4.74	4.97	26	4	0	0	2	38.0	41	21	20	4	17	1	31	2	4	3	170	1.526	9.7	0.9	4.0	7.3	1.82
65	Yuya Kubo	28	YOM	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.04	2.55	6	2	0	0	0	17.2	17	5	4	0	4	0	14	0	0	2	74	1.189	8.7	0.0	2.0	7.1	3.50
66	Shoji Nagamine*	23	CNI	Fgn	2	1	.667	5.65	5.86	33	1	0	0	0	43.0	63	28	27	1	10	1	30	3	0	1	198	1.698	13.2	0.2	2.1	6.3	3.00
67	Takahiko Nomaguchi	25	YOM	Fgn	2	3	.400	4.96	5.13	17	9	0	0	0	52.2	58	30	29	8	11	0	39	4	0	1	226	1.310	9.9	1.4	1.9	6.7	3.55
68	Danny Rios	35	YKU	Fgn	2	7	.222	5.46	6.72	11	11	0	0	0	64.1	80	48	39	7	26	0	37	5	2	2	300	1.648	11.2	1.0	3.6	5.2	1.42
69	Hiroki Sanada	24	YKO	Fgn	2	4	.333	4.91	5.26	26	5	0	0	0	51.1	64	30	28	3	16	0	25	1	1	1	226	1.558	11.2	0.5	2.8	4.4	1.56
70	Yoshinori Satoh	18	YKU	Fgn	2	1	.667	4.55	4.85	6	5	0	0	0	29.2	21	16	15	4	8	0	28	2	0	3	118	0.978	6.4	1.2	2.4	8.5	3.50
71	Akinobu Shimizu	24	CNI	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.45	2.86	15	4	1	0	0	44.0	34	14	12	2	17	0	33	5	1	0	183	1.159	7.0	0.4	3.5	6.8	1.94
72	Naohisa Sugiyama	27	HAN	Fgn	2	3	.400	5.82	6.02	9	8	0	0	0	43.1	54	29	28	5	16	0	24	3	0	4	198	1.615	11.2	1.0	3.3	5.0	1.50
73	Akifumi Takahashi*	25	CNI	Fgn	2	1	.667	2.33	2.67	54	0	0	0	1	54.0	47	16	14	4	10	2	48	4	0	0	222	1.056	7.8	0.7	1.7	8.0	4.80
74	Shun Tono	21	YOM	Fgn	2	0	1.000	2.83	2.83	28	2	1	0	0	54.0	35	17	17	7	16	1	53	3	0	3	213	0.944	5.8	1.2	2.7	8.8	3.31
75	Hirofumi Ueno	27	HIR	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.81	5.18	42	0	0	0	0	48.2	59	28	26	5	19	4	29	1	0	1	220	1.603	10.9	0.9	3.5	5.4	1.53
76	David Williams*	29	YKO	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.26	5.33	7	7	0	0	0	25.1	41	15	12	3	4	0	8	2	1	1	124	1.776	14.6	1.1	1.4	2.8	2.00
77	Dicky Gonzalez	29	YKU	Fgn	1	5	.167	4.30	5.11	8	8	0	0	0	44.0	58	25	21	4	9	0	36	1	0	3	193	1.523	11.9	0.8	1.8	7.4	4.00
78	Jun Hagiwara	34	YKU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	5.63	6.47	25	0	0	0	0	32.0	44	23	20	5	9	0	16	0	0	2	144	1.656	12.4	1.4	2.5	4.5	1.78
79	Masafumi Hirai	33	CNI	Fgn	1	1	.500	5.14	5.14	37	0	0	0	0	28.0	36	16	16	3	6	1	23	3	0	1	128	1.500	11.6	1.0	1.9	7.4	3.83
80	Travis Hughes	30	YKO	Fgn	1	1	.500	4.91	4.91	21	0	0	0	1	22.0	23	12	12	3	11	1	18	1	0	0	100	1.545	9.4	1.2	4.5	7.4	1.64
81	Yudai Kawai*	28	CNI	Fgn	1	5	.167	3.97	4.92	14	10	0	0	0	56.2	69	31	25	3	11	2	37	0	0	1	243	1.412	11.0	0.5	1.7	5.9	3.36
82	Takeo Kawamura	36	YKO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	4.26	4.26	9	1	0	0	1	6.1	6	3	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	26	1.105	8.5	0.0	1.4	5.7	4.00
83	Atsushi Kizuka	30	YKO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	7.50	7.50	16	0	0	0	0	6.0	7	5	5	0	1	0	8	1	0	0	27	1.333	10.5	0.0	1.5	12.0	8.00
84	Marc Kroon	35	YOM	Fgn	1	4	.200	2.21	2.66	61	0	0	0	41	61.0	34	18	15	1	27	0	91	3	0	13	248	1.000	5.0	0.1	4.0	13.4	3.37
85	Chang-Yong Lim	32	YKU	Fgn	1	5	.167	3.00	3.18	54	0	0	0	33	51.0	55	18	17	6	9	3	50	2	0	1	214	1.255	9.7	1.1	1.6	8.8	5.56
86	Kosuke Matsui	29	YKU	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.27	3.48	27	3	0	0	0	41.1	41	16	15	2	17	1	33	2	0	0	183	1.403	8.9	0.4	3.7	7.2	1.94
87	Michito Miyazaki	29	HIR	Fgn	1	6	.143	6.89	7.28	12	9	0	0	0	47.0	55	38	36	4	25	4	21	6	0	2	222	1.702	10.5	0.8	4.8	4.0	0.84
88	Shinsuke Saito	26	CNI	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.00	3.00	17	0	0	0	0	15.0	10	5	5	2	6	0	10	0	0	0	61	1.067	6.0	1.2	3.6	6.0	1.67
89	Masaru Sato*	26	YKU	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.24	3.24	24	0	0	0	0	16.2	19	6	6	0	7	1	14	1	0	2	73	1.560	10.3	0.0	3.8	7.6	2.00
90	Mitsuru Sato	30	CNI	Fgn	1	4	.200	4.43	4.43	8	7	0	0	0	40.2	47	20	20	4	7	0	23	0	0	1	169	1.328	10.4	0.9	1.5	5.1	3.29
91	Kazuya Takamiya*	26	YKO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	11.12	11.12	10	0	0	0	0	5.2	9	7	7	0	2	0	2	1	0	0	28	1.941	14.3	0.0	3.2	3.2	1.00
92	Matt White*	30	YKO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	4.50	4.50	15	0	0	0	2	14.0	16	7	7	0	3	0	12	0	0	0	58	1.357	10.3	0.0	1.9	7.7	4.00
93	Shun Yamaguchi	20	YKO	Fgn	1	1	.500	0.76	0.76	16	0	0	0	0	23.2	10	2	2	1	16	0	28	1	0	2	96	1.099	3.8	0.4	6.1	10.6	1.75
94	Kenta Abe	23	HAN	Fgn	0	1	.000	2.96	2.96	32	0	0	0	0	51.2	37	17	17	8	9	1	34	4	0	0	200	0.890	6.4	1.4	1.6	5.9	3.78
95	Yushi Aida	24	YOM	Fgn	0	0		1.80	3.60	3	0	0	0	0	5.0	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	21	1.200	10.8	0.0	0.0	1.8
96	Kazuyuki Akasaka	18	CNI	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
97	Hayato Aoki	31	HIR	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.27	3.27	11	0	0	0	0	11.0	17	4	4	1	2	0	6	2	0	0	53	1.727	13.9	0.8	1.6	4.9	3.00
98	Takahiro Aoki*	26	HIR	Fgn	0	3	.000	4.72	5.20	24	7	0	0	0	55.1	69	32	29	8	12	2	28	1	1	0	242	1.464	11.2	1.3	2.0	4.6	2.33
99	Jim Brower	35	HIR	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.98	3.98	21	0	0	0	0	20.1	26	9	9	0	8	1	13	0	0	4	90	1.672	11.5	0.0	3.5	5.8	1.63
100	Yoshihiro Doi*	31	YKO	Fgn	0	4	.000	7.48	7.48	8	5	0	0	0	27.2	41	23	23	6	6	0	16	1	0	0	127	1.699	13.3	2.0	2.0	5.2	2.67