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1960 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

1959 Season 1961 Season

Classification: Foreign

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

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1960 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	Ritsuo Horimoto	25	YOM	Fgn	29	18	.617	2.00	2.27	69	35	31	26	3	364.2	278	92	81	22	89	3	210	8	1	3	1416	1.006	6.9	0.5	2.2	5.2	2.36
2	Kiyoshi Oishi	20	HIR	Fgn	26	13	.667	2.56	2.85	60	39	13	16	3	341.0	265	108	97	18	107	19	215	11	1	2	1380	1.091	7.0	0.5	2.8	5.7	2.01
3	Masaaki Koyama	25	OSA	Fgn	25	19	.568	2.36	2.64	60	42	14	23	7	362.0	287	106	95	20	63	2	273	11	0	2	1423	0.967	7.1	0.5	1.6	6.8	4.33
4	Noboru Akiyama	26	TYO	Fgn	21	10	.677	1.75	2.23	59	26	20	8	4	262.1	189	65	51	11	86	10	183	12	0	2	1055	1.048	6.5	0.4	3.0	6.3	2.13
5	Masaichi Kaneda*	26	KKU	Fgn	20	22	.476	2.58	2.73	57	31	22	22	4	320.1	238	97	92	27	94	16	284	1	1	3	1253	1.036	6.7	0.8	2.6	8.0	3.02
6	Gentaro Shimada	20	TYO	Fgn	19	10	.655	2.29	2.58	50	41	6	14	8	247.1	152	71	63	16	62	4	203	8	0	3	951	0.865	5.5	0.6	2.3	7.4	3.27
7	Genichi Murata	22	KKU	Fgn	18	16	.529	2.53	3.07	58	40	5	14	2	295.2	263	101	83	18	38	6	152	2	0	3	1163	1.018	8.0	0.5	1.2	4.6	4.00
8	Mamoru Hiroshima	22	CNI	Fgn	15	11	.577	2.25	2.55	57	27	13	6	3	236.1	167	67	59	15	59	2	172	6	0	0	928	0.956	6.4	0.6	2.2	6.6	2.92
9	Hiroomi Oyane	24	CNI	Fgn	15	13	.536	2.87	3.24	45	28	10	13	3	216.2	190	78	69	15	54	4	85	2	0	0	880	1.126	7.9	0.6	2.2	3.5	1.57
10	Ryohei Hasegawa	30	HIR	Fgn	13	15	.464	2.19	2.70	46	15	25	8	2	193.1	158	58	47	8	62	8	90	2	0	0	790	1.138	7.4	0.4	2.9	4.2	1.45
11	Masaru Honma	21	OSA	Fgn	13	8	.619	2.79	3.22	47	23	15	4	1	190.1	155	68	59	16	63	5	102	4	0	2	765	1.145	7.3	0.8	3.0	4.8	1.62
12	Midori Ishikawa	26	CNI	Fgn	13	12	.520	2.37	2.65	61	22	20	6	2	197.1	163	58	52	16	32	3	103	3	0	2	778	0.988	7.4	0.7	1.5	4.7	3.22
13	Masatoshi Gondo*	26	TYO	Fgn	12	5	.706	1.42	1.99	49	13	19	4	4	158.0	111	35	25	5	56	8	140	2	0	3	629	1.057	6.3	0.3	3.2	8.0	2.50
14	Eiji Bando	20	CNI	Fgn	10	11	.476	2.63	2.94	44	20	12	6	0	174.2	145	57	51	17	35	4	126	1	0	0	703	1.031	7.5	0.9	1.8	6.5	3.60
15	Yoshiaki Ito*	26	YOM	Fgn	10	9	.526	3.21	3.64	53	26	5	5	1	187.2	150	76	67	20	58	5	157	1	0	4	747	1.108	7.2	1.0	2.8	7.5	2.71
16	Takehiko Bessho	37	YOM	Fgn	9	4	.692	3.06	3.62	35	16	10	3	1	129.1	117	52	44	11	37	0	72	7	0	1	536	1.191	8.1	0.8	2.6	5.0	1.95
17	Masahiko Oishi	24	TYO	Fgn	9	9	.500	2.00	2.41	51	13	14	2	1	153.0	121	41	34	8	24	4	82	2	1	3	595	0.948	7.1	0.5	1.4	4.8	3.42
18	Minoru Murayama	23	OSA	Fgn	8	15	.348	2.52	3.33	36	18	13	7	1	167.2	116	62	47	12	48	7	153	3	0	2	665	0.978	6.2	0.6	2.6	8.2	3.19
19	Hajimu Tatsumi*	24	KKU	Fgn	8	13	.381	3.62	4.30	55	23	13	3	2	199.0	188	95	80	18	68	2	172	0	0	9	830	1.286	8.5	0.8	3.1	7.8	2.53
20	Shozo Watanabe	27	OSA	Fgn	8	6	.571	2.54	2.84	46	8	13	2	1	152.1	124	48	43	8	17	3	40	6	0	1	581	0.926	7.3	0.5	1.0	2.4	2.35
21	Yoshio Bizen	26	HIR	Fgn	7	8	.467	1.56	2.13	33	17	9	2	1	127.0	106	30	22	7	40	7	45	1	0	0	509	1.150	7.5	0.5	2.8	3.2	1.13
22	Motoshi Fujita	28	YOM	Fgn	7	12	.368	3.06	3.83	36	17	9	4	2	141.0	128	60	48	12	53	2	70	1	0	4	592	1.284	8.2	0.8	3.4	4.5	1.32
23	Hiroaki Aoki	23	YOM	Fgn	6	2	.750	3.76	4.45	23	10	0	1	0	64.2	62	32	27	4	19	0	33	4	0	0	277	1.253	8.6	0.6	2.6	4.6	1.74
24	Michio Ukari	23	HIR	Fgn	6	10	.375	3.77	4.06	50	24	8	4	2	155.0	160	70	65	10	41	6	67	2	0	2	642	1.297	9.3	0.6	2.4	3.9	1.63
25	Takashi Suzuki*	26	TYO	Fgn	5	11	.313	2.92	3.20	46	18	9	1	1	160.1	141	57	52	14	53	7	112	2	0	4	662	1.210	7.9	0.8	3.0	6.3	2.11
26	Yoshiteru Ishikawa	23	OSA	Fgn	4	8	.333	2.97	3.96	37	18	10	4	1	127.1	117	56	42	13	26	0	56	2	0	2	521	1.123	8.3	0.9	1.8	4.0	2.15
27	Hisafumi Kawamura	26	HIR	Fgn	4	5	.444	2.75	3.27	25	15	6	2	1	104.2	105	38	32	4	35	1	58	2	0	3	443	1.338	9.0	0.3	3.0	5.0	1.66
28	Yoshio Kitagawa	27	KKU	Fgn	4	7	.364	2.63	3.30	37	17	7	2	0	133.2	123	49	39	9	31	4	55	2	0	1	539	1.152	8.3	0.6	2.1	3.7	1.77
29	Shigetaka Nishio*	26	OSA	Fgn	4	4	.500	2.30	2.70	32	15	4	2	1	90.0	69	27	23	6	29	2	50	1	0	1	362	1.089	6.9	0.6	2.9	5.0	1.72
30	Masahiko Hirose	26	HIR	Fgn	3	8	.273	3.54	4.03	46	12	8	0	0	109.1	103	49	43	11	32	4	61	1	0	0	442	1.235	8.5	0.9	2.6	5.0	1.91
31	Yasushi Kodama	24	CNI	Fgn	3	9	.250	4.56	5.44	22	13	5	1	0	81.0	84	49	41	7	38	1	42	0	0	5	358	1.506	9.3	0.8	4.2	4.7	1.11
32	Toshitake Nakayama*	24	CNI	Fgn	3	4	.429	3.82	4.08	39	9	11	2	0	103.2	99	47	44	11	38	1	84	1	0	0	437	1.322	8.6	1.0	3.3	7.3	2.21
33	Zenjiro Tadokoro	25	KKU	Fgn	3	4	.429	4.48	5.07	35	9	7	0	0	76.1	80	43	38	11	38	1	42	3	0	1	336	1.546	9.4	1.3	4.5	5.0	1.11
34	Norio Haito	25	HIR	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.18	3.77	20	6	9	0	0	45.1	38	19	16	3	17	2	20	7	1	0	194	1.213	7.5	0.6	3.4	4.0	1.18
35	Tsutomu Ina*	25	CNI	Fgn	2	5	.286	5.19	6.10	29	8	6	0	0	59.0	69	40	34	9	22	2	25	3	2	0	264	1.542	10.5	1.4	3.4	3.8	1.14
36	Masaru Koda	21	TYO	Fgn	2	4	.333	3.00	3.43	23	3	10	0	0	42.0	35	16	14	0	20	0	40	2	0	0	179	1.310	7.5	0.0	4.3	8.6	2.00
37	Minoru Nakamura	21	YOM	Fgn	2	4	.333	5.16	5.31	35	5	9	0	0	61.0	69	36	35	5	16	0	38	1	0	1	264	1.393	10.2	0.7	2.4	5.6	2.38
38	Taketoshi Yoshiwara*	22	YOM	Fgn	2	6	.250	2.39	2.75	27	8	5	2	0	75.1	69	23	20	4	16	2	34	3	0	0	298	1.128	8.2	0.5	1.9	4.1	2.13
39	Jiro Hayama	19	TYO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.50	1.50	1	1	0	0	0	6.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	4	0	1	0	22	0.500	3.0	0.0	1.5	6.0	4.00
40	Hiroo I	23	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	6.52	6.52	5	0	4	0	0	9.2	16	7	7	1	0	0	6	0	0	0	43	1.655	14.9	0.9	0.0	5.6
41	Yasuhiko Kawamura	19	CNI	Fgn	1	2	.333	4.30	5.37	40	3	9	0	0	67.0	74	40	32	3	31	1	38	4	0	4	306	1.567	9.9	0.4	4.2	5.1	1.23
42	Kuniyasu Mine	19	TYO	Fgn	1	2	.333	3.86	4.79	27	4	12	0	0	67.2	65	36	29	6	30	0	44	3	0	0	296	1.404	8.6	0.8	4.0	5.9	1.47
43	Hisanobu Mizutani	19	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	5.91	7.59	7	0	4	0	0	10.2	11	9	7	2	5	0	6	0	0	0	47	1.500	9.3	1.7	4.2	5.1	1.20
44	Yoshimi Moritaki	22	KKU	Fgn	1	8	.111	4.75	5.62	32	8	10	1	1	83.1	90	52	44	7	23	0	28	7	0	0	362	1.356	9.7	0.8	2.5	3.0	1.22
45	Kazuomi Nakamura	24	OSA	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.99	2.78	13	2	4	0	0	22.2	28	7	5	2	4	0	14	1	0	0	96	1.412	11.1	0.8	1.6	5.6	3.50
46	Tsunetoshi Nakamura	23	YOM	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.86	3.86	7	2	1	0	0	14.0	8	6	6	1	8	0	9	0	0	0	58	1.143	5.1	0.6	5.1	5.8	1.13
47	Masayuki Umemoto	23	OSA	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.89	5.11	20	3	9	0	0	37.0	42	21	16	0	17	0	22	0	0	2	166	1.595	10.2	0.0	4.1	5.4	1.29
48	Takao Aoki	25	HIR	Fgn	0	0		6.75	6.75	1	0	1	0	0	4.0	6	3	3	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	21	2.000	13.5	2.3	4.5	6.8	1.50
49	Kensaku Fujimoto	19	YOM	Fgn	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	2	0	0	0	8	1.500	9.0	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
50	Toru Harada	25	CNI	Fgn	0	0		5.40	5.40	2	0	1	0	0	3.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	13	0.900	8.1	0.0	0.0	10.8
51	Sho Horiuchi	24	YOM	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.44	3.97	16	4	8	0	0	34.0	30	15	13	4	11	0	20	0	0	1	139	1.206	7.9	1.1	2.9	5.3	1.82
52	Tetsuo Kaneko	18	OSA	Fgn	0	0		inf	inf	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3
53	Masaaki Kangaki	24	HIR	Fgn	0	0				1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2						0.00
54	Kenji Kataoka	23	CNI	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2.1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	10	1.286	11.6	0.0	0.0	3.9
55	Rikio Kato	22	CNI	Fgn	0	0		1.50	3.00	5	0	5	0	0	6.0	5	2	1	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	26	1.500	7.5	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
56	Yoshinori Kido	23	YOM	Fgn	0	0		6.00	6.00	8	3	0	0	0	18.0	18	12	12	5	6	0	10	0	1	0	76	1.333	9.0	2.5	3.0	5.0	1.67
57	Toshihiro Komatsu*	20	YOM	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.50	5.50	10	1	2	0	0	18.0	14	11	9	1	10	0	14	0	0	0	76	1.333	7.0	0.5	5.0	7.0	1.40
58	Takamasa Kondo	18	YOM	Fgn	0	0		13.50	13.50	3	1	0	0	0	4.0	8	6	6	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	22	2.500	18.0	2.3	4.5	2.3	0.50
59	Toshio Koya	21	KKU	Fgn	0	0		11.25	15.75	3	0	1	0	0	4.0	9	7	5	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	23	2.500	20.3	0.0	2.3	9.0	4.00
60	Yoshihiro Kuroda	20	YOM	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	4.5
61	Kinya Maeoka*	22	OSA	Fgn	0	1	.000	6.23	6.23	6	1	4	0	0	8.2	13	6	6	1	6	0	6	0	0	0	42	2.192	13.5	1.0	6.2	6.2	1.00
62	Kazuyoshi Miyamoto	23	TYO	Fgn	0	4	.000	3.90	4.87	27	10	10	0	0	64.2	61	35	28	4	22	1	25	5	0	1	278	1.284	8.5	0.6	3.1	3.5	1.14
63	Tadayuki Motegi*	21	KKU	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	9.0
64	Kyoji Nishihara	22	HIR	Fgn	0	0		1.13	2.25	9	0	2	0	0	16.0	11	4	2	0	7	1	10	1	0	1	63	1.125	6.2	0.0	3.9	5.6	1.43
65	Susumu Oba*	19	HIR	Fgn	0	1	.000	2.40	2.55	28	2	13	0	0	60.0	44	17	16	2	22	2	37	0	0	0	232	1.100	6.6	0.3	3.3	5.6	1.68
66	Takashi Onogi	20	KKU	Fgn	0	0		3.60	3.60	3	0	2	0	0	5.0	3	2	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	17	0.800	5.4	3.6	1.8	3.6	2.00
67	Yoshio Saito*	21	KKU	Fgn	0	0		11.57	11.57	8	0	7	0	0	7.0	6	9	9	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	30	1.429	7.7	0.0	5.1	0.0	0.00
68	Shunichi Sakaguchi	21	CNI	Fgn	0	0		27.00	27.00	2	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	3	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	5.000	18.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
69	Isao Shimatani	21	KKU	Fgn	0	2	.000	1.41	1.69	21	2	13	0	0	32.0	27	6	5	2	14	0	16	0	0	0	134	1.281	7.6	0.6	3.9	4.5	1.14
70	Tokito Soejima	23	YOM	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.00	3.86	10	1	4	0	0	21.0	20	9	7	1	6	0	12	1	0	1	89	1.238	8.6	0.4	2.6	5.1	2.00
71	Takaaki Takahashi	20	OSA	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	1.2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0.600	5.4	0.0	0.0	5.4
72	Yoshiharu Uranishi*	19	CNI	Fgn	0	0		inf	inf	2	0	0	0	0	0.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	4						0.00
73	Terumoto Wako	23	TYO	Fgn	0	1	.000	9.00	9.00	2	1	1	0	0	4.0	7	4	4	2	4	0	3	0	0	0	21	2.750	15.8	4.5	9.0	6.8	0.75
74	Tatsuyoshi Yasuhara	24	YOM	Fgn	0	1	.000	8.37	10.65	12	1	5	0	0	23.2	35	28	22	8	8	0	10	3	0	0	114	1.817	13.3	3.0	3.0	3.8	1.25