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1962 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

1961 Season 1963 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 401 games, 6 teams, approx. 133 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1962 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	Hiroshi Gondo	23	CNI	Fgn	30	17	.638	2.33	2.68	61	39	18	23	6	362.1	307	108	94	26	69	2	212	3	0	5	1421	1.038	7.6	0.6	1.7	5.3	3.07
2	Masaaki Koyama	27	HAN	Fgn	27	11	.711	1.66	1.97	47	40	6	26	13	352.2	268	77	65	19	59	9	270	7	0	1	1354	0.927	6.8	0.5	1.5	6.9	4.58
3	Noboru Akiyama	28	TYO	Fgn	26	12	.684	1.92	2.26	72	17	32	8	5	290.2	213	73	62	16	79	7	199	7	0	1	1139	1.005	6.6	0.5	2.4	6.2	2.52
4	Minoru Murayama	25	HAN	Fgn	25	14	.641	1.20	1.52	57	38	18	23	6	366.1	261	62	49	17	55	8	265	5	0	1	1386	0.863	6.4	0.4	1.4	6.5	4.82
5	Kunio Jonouchi	22	YOM	Fgn	24	12	.667	2.21	2.50	56	31	13	14	5	280.2	207	78	69	11	62	5	173	8	0	3	1091	0.958	6.6	0.4	2.0	5.5	2.79
6	Masaichi Kaneda*	28	KKU	Fgn	22	17	.564	1.73	2.04	48	30	17	24	1	343.1	265	78	66	25	80	10	262	8	0	5	1342	1.005	6.9	0.7	2.1	6.9	3.28
7	Minoru Kakimoto	26	CNI	Fgn	20	17	.541	2.06	2.52	60	40	13	16	3	318.1	263	89	73	16	33	5	157	15	1	0	1240	0.930	7.4	0.5	0.9	4.4	4.76
8	Kiyoshi Oishi	22	HIR	Fgn	20	18	.526	2.69	2.82	58	37	13	21	3	331.1	265	104	99	30	100	7	209	13	0	3	1343	1.102	7.2	0.8	2.7	5.7	2.09
9	Hidetoshi Ikeda	25	HIR	Fgn	16	16	.500	2.44	2.78	57	27	21	12	6	236.0	197	73	64	12	63	1	152	3	0	4	939	1.102	7.5	0.5	2.4	5.8	2.41
10	Takashi Suzuki*	28	TYO	Fgn	14	8	.636	2.54	3.25	56	31	8	7	5	191.1	151	69	54	14	45	1	157	9	0	0	769	1.024	7.1	0.7	2.1	7.4	3.49
11	Motoshi Fujita	30	YOM	Fgn	13	11	.542	2.03	2.48	42	25	13	6	2	199.2	165	55	45	9	58	1	103	4	0	5	805	1.117	7.4	0.4	2.6	4.6	1.78
12	Makoto Inagawa	25	TYO	Fgn	12	7	.632	1.98	2.31	55	26	13	4	2	191.0	126	49	42	13	77	0	150	5	0	4	762	1.063	5.9	0.6	3.6	7.1	1.95
13	Genichi Murata	24	KKU	Fgn	12	16	.429	2.37	3.04	40	28	6	12	3	216.1	199	73	57	14	28	5	102	1	0	0	855	1.049	8.3	0.6	1.2	4.2	3.64
14	Nobuyuki Kadooka	18	CNI	Fgn	10	10	.500	3.01	3.36	53	23	9	5	3	203.1	170	76	68	12	33	2	80	2	1	0	802	0.998	7.5	0.5	1.5	3.5	2.42
15	Shozo Watanabe	29	HAN	Fgn	10	5	.667	2.83	3.60	38	5	16	0	0	105.0	96	42	33	10	25	4	39	0	0	1	426	1.152	8.2	0.9	2.1	3.3	1.56
16	Yoshio Kitagawa	29	KKU	Fgn	9	10	.474	2.21	2.62	37	25	2	9	5	175.0	153	51	43	7	41	1	74	4	0	2	708	1.109	7.9	0.4	2.1	3.8	1.80
17	Minoru Nakamura	23	YOM	Fgn	9	12	.429	2.29	2.50	52	16	21	6	2	212.1	150	59	54	14	54	4	133	7	0	0	819	0.961	6.4	0.6	2.3	5.6	2.46
18	Masatoshi Gondo*	28	TYO	Fgn	8	6	.571	2.58	3.04	68	18	17	2	0	195.2	166	66	56	5	72	1	180	7	1	9	814	1.216	7.6	0.2	3.3	8.3	2.50
19	Ritsuo Horimoto	27	YOM	Fgn	7	6	.538	2.81	3.30	26	19	3	2	2	109.0	102	40	34	11	34	0	58	0	0	0	452	1.248	8.4	0.9	2.8	4.8	1.71
20	Ryohei Hasegawa	32	HIR	Fgn	6	7	.462	3.47	3.89	32	11	11	1	0	106.1	103	46	41	11	34	3	54	2	0	0	445	1.288	8.7	0.9	2.9	4.6	1.59
21	Sho Horiuchi	26	YOM	Fgn	6	8	.429	1.68	2.32	35	6	20	1	0	112.2	74	29	21	5	27	1	83	1	0	2	430	0.896	5.9	0.4	2.2	6.6	3.07
22	Seiji Shibutani*	23	KKU	Fgn	6	8	.429	3.05	3.45	42	17	13	4	3	133.0	111	51	45	20	43	0	75	6	0	2	536	1.158	7.5	1.4	2.9	5.1	1.74
23	Gentaro Shimada	22	TYO	Fgn	6	13	.316	3.80	4.59	47	23	9	2	0	147.0	146	75	62	11	49	3	128	8	0	1	630	1.327	8.9	0.7	3.0	7.8	2.61
24	Midori Ishikawa	28	HAN	Fgn	5	4	.556	2.33	2.89	35	19	5	5	1	127.2	111	41	33	6	28	6	74	4	1	1	509	1.089	7.8	0.4	2.0	5.2	2.64
25	Susumu Oba*	21	HIR	Fgn	5	5	.500	4.23	4.86	49	12	5	0	0	100.0	119	54	47	10	26	0	42	0	0	1	445	1.450	10.7	0.9	2.3	3.8	1.62
26	Yoshiaki Ito*	28	YOM	Fgn	4	5	.444	2.71	3.22	39	16	2	3	1	123.0	108	44	37	9	55	4	96	2	1	5	520	1.325	7.9	0.7	4.0	7.0	1.75
27	Yasuhiko Kawamura	21	CNI	Fgn	4	5	.444	3.02	3.32	35	11	4	4	3	122.0	101	45	41	9	35	4	66	3	0	6	494	1.115	7.5	0.7	2.6	4.9	1.89
28	Katsuhiko Maki	19	HAN	Fgn	4	7	.364	3.63	3.76	30	8	9	0	0	69.1	59	29	28	9	21	1	64	0	0	3	284	1.154	7.7	1.2	2.7	8.3	3.05
29	Kenichi Ryu	25	HIR	Fgn	4	9	.308	3.29	3.53	60	9	19	1	1	153.0	142	60	56	16	39	2	61	3	0	1	622	1.183	8.4	0.9	2.3	3.6	1.56
30	Tsutomu Ina*	27	HAN	Fgn	3	2	.600	2.47	2.78	21	11	2	0	0	58.1	50	18	16	1	26	0	35	2	0	4	241	1.303	7.7	0.2	4.0	5.4	1.35
31	Shigetaka Nishio*	28	CNI	Fgn	3	1	.750	3.00	3.00	22	3	5	0	0	39.0	34	13	13	3	8	0	18	1	0	0	156	1.077	7.8	0.7	1.8	4.2	2.25
32	Eiji Bando	22	CNI	Fgn	2	9	.182	4.26	4.47	28	13	8	2	1	88.2	85	44	42	10	25	1	56	3	0	3	364	1.241	8.6	1.0	2.5	5.7	2.24
33	Al Grunwald*	32	TYO	Fgn	2	8	.200	4.54	5.40	26	11	8	2	0	83.1	69	50	42	7	50	1	43	0	1	5	349	1.428	7.5	0.8	5.4	4.6	0.86
34	Masahiko Hirose	28	HIR	Fgn	2	6	.250	4.20	4.95	35	14	9	0	0	83.2	93	46	39	13	27	1	38	1	1	0	361	1.434	10.0	1.4	2.9	4.1	1.41
35	Yukinori Miyata	22	YOM	Fgn	2	3	.400	2.53	3.13	28	4	7	1	0	74.2	65	26	21	6	11	0	46	0	0	1	295	1.018	7.8	0.7	1.3	5.5	4.18
36	Hiromoto Murase	20	YOM	Fgn	2	2	.500	2.72	3.36	19	9	4	1	1	56.1	40	21	17	5	10	0	23	6	0	0	218	0.888	6.4	0.8	1.6	3.7	2.30
37	Yoshio Bizen	28	HIR	Fgn	1	3	.250	5.19	6.06	23	6	4	1	0	52.0	69	35	30	1	5	0	24	2	0	0	229	1.423	11.9	0.2	0.9	4.2	4.80
38	Takao Iio	28	HAN	Fgn	1	3	.250	2.57	3.09	15	3	2	0	0	35.0	31	12	10	2	7	3	17	1	1	0	141	1.086	8.0	0.5	1.8	4.4	2.43
39	Masaaki Kangaki	26	HIR	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.00	6.00	2	0	1	0	0	3.0	2	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	13	1.333	6.0	0.0	6.0	0.0	0.00
40	Hisanobu Mizutani	21	CNI	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	4	1	2	0	0	8.1	3	0	0	0	1	0	9	0	0	0	29	0.480	3.2	0.0	1.1	9.7	9.00
41	Masahiko Oishi	26	TYO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.46	2.19	11	1	4	0	0	12.1	10	3	2	0	6	1	6	1	0	0	50	1.297	7.3	0.0	4.4	4.4	1.00
42	Koichiro Sasaki	18	TYO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	5.23	5.23	4	0	0	0	0	10.1	9	6	6	1	1	0	6	1	0	0	42	0.968	7.8	0.9	0.9	5.2	6.00
43	Sohei Shinoda*	20	TYO	Fgn	1	1	.500	3.83	4.25	26	2	12	0	0	42.1	41	20	18	6	10	0	20	1	0	0	175	1.205	8.7	1.3	2.1	4.3	2.00
44	Kiyotake Suzuki	21	KKU	Fgn	1	6	.143	3.88	4.07	41	5	12	0	0	97.1	79	44	42	4	37	2	69	6	0	3	406	1.192	7.3	0.4	3.4	6.4	1.86
45	Hajimu Tatsumi*	26	KKU	Fgn	1	10	.091	3.83	4.29	34	14	7	0	0	98.2	102	47	42	9	23	0	77	5	0	3	421	1.267	9.3	0.8	2.1	7.0	3.35
46	Michio Ukari	25	HIR	Fgn	1	5	.167	4.13	4.72	23	7	4	1	0	61.0	68	32	28	9	16	0	16	0	0	0	257	1.377	10.0	1.3	2.4	2.4	1.00
47	Iwao Arakawa	20	KKU	Fgn	0	0		8.59	11.05	4	0	3	0	0	7.1	10	9	7	2	2	0	3	0	0	0	34	1.636	12.3	2.5	2.5	3.7	1.50
48	Gene Bacque	24	HAN	Fgn	0	3	.000	4.70	4.70	8	4	2	0	0	23.0	23	12	12	1	10	1	16	0	0	1	100	1.435	9.0	0.4	3.9	6.3	1.60
49	Toshiaki Fukita	25	KKU	Fgn	0	0		9.00	18.00	1	0	1	0	0	1.0	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	Jiro Hayama	21	TYO	Fgn	0	0		8.31	10.38	2	0	0	0	0	4.1	9	5	4	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	22	2.077	18.7	4.2	0.0	6.2
51	Masaru Honma	23	HAN	Fgn	0	2	.000	4.19	4.66	12	2	3	0	0	19.1	20	10	9	2	7	0	17	2	0	0	85	1.397	9.3	0.9	3.3	7.9	2.43
52	Hiroaki Inagaki	26	KKU	Fgn	0	0		12.00	12.00	2	0	2	0	0	3.0	5	4	4	2	1	0	2	0	0	0	13	2.000	15.0	6.0	3.0	6.0	2.00
53	Shiroku Ishido	21	KKU	Fgn	0	0		3.86	3.86	3	0	1	0	0	2.1	3	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	10	1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	3.9	1.00
54	Yoshiteru Ishikawa	25	HAN	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.86	5.26	16	2	9	0	0	25.2	32	15	11	0	6	0	7	0	0	0	110	1.481	11.2	0.0	2.1	2.5	1.17
55	Yasuhide Iwamoto*	19	TYO	Fgn	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	1	0	0	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	8	1.000	9.0	4.5	0.0	9.0
56	Toshiharu Kamai	20	CNI	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	8	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	4.5	1.00
57	Hisafumi Kawamura	28	HIR	Fgn	0	4	.000	4.69	5.36	14	11	0	0	0	40.1	40	24	21	4	13	1	24	1	0	1	176	1.314	8.9	0.9	2.9	5.4	1.85
58	Masaru Koda	23	TYO	Fgn	0	0		0.00	18.00	2	0	1	0	0	1.0	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	4.000	36.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
59	Akio Masuda*	24	YOM	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	3	1	2	0	0	6.0	6	0	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	25	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	4.5	1.50
60	Sakan Morita	27	TYO	Fgn	0	0				1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1						0.00
61	Yoshimi Moritaki	24	KKU	Fgn	0	7	.000	3.43	3.86	24	9	7	0	0	63.0	59	27	24	3	15	0	28	1	0	1	256	1.175	8.4	0.4	2.1	4.0	1.87
62	Toshiyoshi Murakami*	20	HAN	Fgn	0	0				1	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1						0.00
63	Hiroki Nakajima	20	HAN	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	1	0	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	7	1.000	0.0	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
64	Fujio Nakamoto	24	HIR	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.86	3.86	8	0	0	0	0	11.2	11	5	5	0	4	0	4	0	0	0	49	1.286	8.5	0.0	3.1	3.1	1.00
65	Toshitake Nakayama*	26	CNI	Fgn	0	0		2.89	3.21	28	1	13	0	0	28.0	26	10	9	1	6	0	27	0	0	1	112	1.143	8.4	0.3	1.9	8.7	4.50
66	Don Newcombe	36	CNI	Fgn	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	4	0	0	0	16	1.000	4.5	0.0	4.5	9.0	2.00
67	Shigekazu Nishimura	23	HAN	Fgn	0	0		1.80	1.80	3	0	2	0	0	5.0	5	1	1	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	22	1.400	9.0	0.0	3.6	5.4	1.50
68	Takao Osaki	20	TYO	Fgn	0	0		9.00	9.00	6	2	0	0	0	6.0	13	6	6	0	5	0	3	0	0	0	35	3.000	19.5	0.0	7.5	4.5	0.60
69	Koichi Ota*	21	HAN	Fgn	0	2	.000	2.23	3.06	23	1	4	0	0	32.1	24	11	8	1	4	0	18	2	0	0	125	0.866	6.7	0.3	1.1	5.0	4.50
70	Yoshiro Sasaki	22	TYO	Fgn	0	4	.000	2.27	2.27	7	3	2	1	0	31.2	23	8	8	4	5	0	18	0	0	0	118	0.884	6.5	1.1	1.4	5.1	3.60
71	Isao Shibata	18	YOM	Fgn	0	2	.000	9.82	9.82	6	3	3	0	0	11.0	16	12	12	5	4	0	9	1	0	0	53	1.818	13.1	4.1	3.3	7.4	2.25
72	Isao Shimatani	23	KKU	Fgn	0	0		0.00	3.60	3	0	2	0	0	5.0	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	20	1.000	7.2	0.0	1.8	1.8	1.00
73	Kikuo Sugimoto*	19	HIR	Fgn	0	0		3.86	3.86	7	0	4	0	0	9.1	7	4	4	1	5	0	1	0	0	0	40	1.286	6.8	1.0	4.8	1.0	0.20
74	Zenjiro Tadokoro	27	KKU	Fgn	0	5	.000	2.67	3.56	34	6	10	2	0	81.0	64	32	24	5	18	2	43	1	0	3	323	1.012	7.1	0.6	2.0	4.8	2.39
75	Akira Takahashi	20	YOM	Fgn	0	2	.000	5.70	6.46	11	1	5	0	0	23.2	28	17	15	1	4	0	12	1	0	1	102	1.352	10.6	0.4	1.5	4.6	3.00
76	Eiichiro Takahashi	26	YOM	Fgn	0	0		8.00	8.00	7	3	3	0	0	9.0	14	8	8	3	8	0	8	1	0	0	50	2.444	14.0	3.0	8.0	8.0	1.00
77	Jun Takenaka	22	CNI	Fgn	0	0		5.56	5.56	7	0	3	0	0	11.1	12	7	7	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	50	1.147	9.5	0.8	0.8	1.6	2.00
78	Saburo Takeya*	20	CNI	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
79	Shuhei Takimura	21	HIR	Fgn	0	0		9.00	9.00	2	0	1	0	0	2.0	2	2	2	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	9	2.000	9.0	0.0	9.0	4.5	0.50
80	Sumiki Tamura*	20	HIR	Fgn	0	0		9.00	9.00	1	0	1	0	0	3.0	5	3	3	0	2	0	2	0	0	1	15	2.333	15.0	0.0	6.0	6.0	1.00
81	Terumoto Wako	25	TYO	Fgn	0	0		10.38	10.38	5	0	1	0	0	4.1	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	1.615	14.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
82	Hyogo Yamamoto	23	HIR	Fgn	0	0		1.08	3.24	6	0	4	0	0	8.1	8	3	1	1	2	0	6	1	0	0	36	1.200	8.6	1.1	2.2	6.5	3.00
83	Tatsumi Yamanaka	18	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.37	5.16	14	1	7	0	0	22.2	23	13	11	3	4	0	13	1	0	0	96	1.191	9.1	1.2	1.6	5.2	3.25
84	Masayuki Yamazaki	24	YOM	Fgn	0	0		3.06	3.06	11	0	4	0	0	17.2	18	6	6	1	6	0	7	0	0	0	73	1.358	9.2	0.5	3.1	3.6	1.17