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1951 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

1950 Season 1952 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 386 games, 7 teams, approx. 110 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1951 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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1	Shigeru Sugishita	25	NAG	Fgn	28	13	.683	2.36	3.60	58	24	30	15	4	290.1	274	116	76	18	90	147	5	0	4	1243	1.254	8.5	0.6	2.8	4.6	1.63
2	Kiyoshi Matsuda*	20	YOM	Fgn	23	3	.885	2.02	2.41	34	28	4	15	4	227.2	186	61	51	5	64	93	5	2	3	896	1.098	7.4	0.2	2.5	3.7	1.45
3	Masaichi Kaneda*	17	KKU	Fgn	22	21	.512	2.83	4.09	56	44	10	25	4	350.0	257	159	110	22	190	233	8	3	3	1488	1.277	6.6	0.6	4.9	6.0	1.23
4	Takehiko Bessho	28	YOM	Fgn	21	9	.700	2.45	3.35	47	30	15	25	4	301.1	252	112	82	15	88	131	1	0	3	1222	1.128	7.5	0.4	2.6	3.9	1.49
5	Tsuneo Kobayashi*	25	SHO	Fgn	18	15	.545	4.85	5.50	55	35	15	14	3	293.0	307	179	158	25	120	108	8	2	10	1285	1.457	9.4	0.8	3.7	3.3	0.90
6	Ryohei Hasegawa	21	HIR	Fgn	17	14	.548	3.49	4.37	41	22	18	17	1	263.1	266	128	102	15	108	115	7	1	4	1150	1.420	9.1	0.5	3.7	3.9	1.06
7	Takao Fujimura	30	OSA	Fgn	16	16	.500	2.63	3.45	49	26	16	18	3	253.0	222	97	74	14	77	74	5	3	8	1029	1.182	7.9	0.5	2.7	2.6	0.96
8	Naoaki Hayashi	27	TYO	Fgn	16	11	.593	3.01	3.80	36	25	8	17	3	227.1	227	96	76	10	36	35	0	0	0	936	1.157	9.0	0.4	1.4	1.4	0.97
9	Hideo Fujimoto	33	YOM	Fgn	15	7	.682	3.14	3.88	31	25	4	16	3	206.1	189	89	72	7	41	88	3	1	1	822	1.115	8.2	0.3	1.8	3.8	2.15
10	Nobuo Oshima*	29	SHO	Fgn	15	13	.536	2.74	3.95	36	19	16	13	2	216.2	211	95	66	13	57	61	1	1	2	905	1.237	8.8	0.5	2.4	2.5	1.07
11	Tadayoshi Kajioka	30	OSA	Fgn	13	7	.650	3.44	4.39	35	23	9	10	1	180.1	200	88	69	17	53	62	6	0	2	775	1.403	10.0	0.8	2.6	3.1	1.17
12	Tsuneo Mitomi*	30	NAG	Fgn	12	7	.632	3.09	3.83	25	23	2	11	0	169.0	154	72	58	12	60	39	6	0	0	719	1.266	8.2	0.6	3.2	2.1	0.65
13	Keiji Komada	25	OSA	Fgn	11	13	.458	3.24	4.19	45	28	13	10	1	227.2	217	106	82	14	72	86	1	0	2	955	1.269	8.6	0.6	2.8	3.4	1.19
14	Takumi Otomo	26	YOM	Fgn	11	4	.733	2.42	2.88	29	14	8	3	0	137.2	114	44	37	11	43	51	3	3	1	556	1.140	7.5	0.7	2.8	3.3	1.19
15	Hiroyoshi Takano	27	TYO	Fgn	11	15	.423	4.60	5.24	41	28	11	17	0	250.2	295	146	128	27	79	80	10	0	3	1110	1.492	10.6	1.0	2.8	2.9	1.01
16	Jiro Hoshida	31	NAG	Fgn	10	7	.588	3.38	4.76	22	19	0	7	0	130.1	115	69	49	10	44	39	1	1	0	545	1.220	7.9	0.7	3.0	2.7	0.89
17	Akira Takahashi*	19	KKU	Fgn	10	11	.476	4.08	4.68	36	24	7	6	2	163.1	130	85	74	14	112	124	3	1	8	727	1.482	7.2	0.8	6.2	6.8	1.11
18	Kiyoshi Uchiyama	24	OSA	Fgn	10	5	.667	3.34	3.74	42	13	11	3	0	159.0	153	66	59	18	43	33	5	0	0	656	1.233	8.7	1.0	2.4	1.9	0.77
19	Hiroshi Nakao*	31	YOM	Fgn	9	6	.600	3.04	3.87	29	16	9	4	0	130.1	124	56	44	8	37	60	0	2	0	541	1.235	8.6	0.6	2.6	4.1	1.62
20	Juzo Sanada	28	SHO	Fgn	7	6	.538	5.32	5.89	24	12	10	1	1	94.2	110	62	56	15	25	33	0	0	0	418	1.426	10.5	1.4	2.4	3.1	1.32
21	Norio Furuya	29	KKU	Fgn	6	7	.462	3.83	4.82	45	4	28	0	0	145.2	168	78	62	10	46	39	1	0	2	627	1.469	10.4	0.6	2.8	2.4	0.85
22	Takashi Ogihara	20	TYO	Fgn	6	9	.400	4.68	5.24	35	11	15	2	0	159.2	188	93	83	14	49	41	3	2	0	681	1.484	10.6	0.8	2.8	2.3	0.84
23	Ryutaro Sugiura	27	HIR	Fgn	6	14	.300	3.86	4.89	34	26	6	14	0	191.1	198	104	82	12	63	31	0	0	0	818	1.364	9.3	0.6	3.0	1.5	0.49
24	Shigeru Hayashi	27	SHO	Fgn	5	4	.556	6.41	7.59	19	11	1	1	0	53.1	59	45	38	4	46	26	1	1	1	264	1.969	10.0	0.7	7.8	4.4	0.57
25	Minoru Kasamatsu	35	HIR	Fgn	5	15	.250	4.50	5.30	36	25	7	9	0	180.0	218	106	90	6	41	39	2	0	1	796	1.439	10.9	0.3	2.1	2.0	0.95
26	Nobuaki Miyashita	26	NAG	Fgn	5	9	.357	4.19	5.20	27	17	4	7	2	133.1	146	77	62	9	49	43	1	2	5	584	1.463	9.9	0.6	3.3	2.9	0.88
27	Takashi Eda	28	SHO	Fgn	4	8	.333	3.38	4.51	28	14	13	5	1	151.2	155	76	57	13	38	29	3	5	0	639	1.273	9.2	0.8	2.3	1.7	0.76
28	Kazuo Hoshiba	27	OSA	Fgn	4	6	.400	4.54	4.87	27	9	9	2	0	81.1	83	44	41	15	32	14	3	0	0	350	1.414	9.2	1.7	3.5	1.5	0.44
29	Nobukazu Iwamoto*	30	SHO	Fgn	4	5	.444	5.89	6.30	15	11	1	4	0	65.2	76	46	43	6	30	14	1	0	2	290	1.614	10.4	0.8	4.1	1.9	0.47
30	Osamu Nishimura*	19	OSA	Fgn	4	3	.571	2.37	3.16	14	9	1	3	1	68.1	52	24	18	1	30	19	1	0	2	274	1.200	6.8	0.1	4.0	2.5	0.63
31	Mototoshi Tahara	22	KKU	Fgn	4	12	.250	3.86	4.86	31	26	2	3	0	161.0	158	87	69	12	79	53	3	0	0	708	1.472	8.8	0.7	4.4	3.0	0.67
32	Hiroshi Katayama*	27	TYO	Fgn	3	13	.188	5.51	7.27	29	14	10	1	0	117.2	162	95	72	14	47	40	5	0	2	545	1.776	12.4	1.1	3.6	3.1	0.85
33	Kikuo Tokunaga	19	NAG	Fgn	3	2	.600	4.09	4.97	13	7	2	2	0	50.2	46	28	23	6	17	19	1	0	0	212	1.243	8.2	1.1	3.0	3.4	1.12
34	Tsuguhiro Hattori	31	NAG	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.04	4.79	5	5	0	2	1	35.2	39	19	16	1	11	9	0	0	0	156	1.402	9.8	0.3	2.8	2.3	0.82
35	Rentaro Imanishi	26	TYO	Fgn	2	7	.222	7.23	9.28	24	14	5	1	0	74.2	100	77	60	11	42	17	1	1	0	363	1.902	12.1	1.3	5.1	2.0	0.40
36	Yoshiaki Inoue	18	KKU	Fgn	2	2	.500	4.75	5.64	11	1	4	0	0	30.1	28	19	16	2	21	17	4	0	5	142	1.615	8.3	0.6	6.2	5.0	0.81
37	Akiro Kato	20	NAG	Fgn	2	1	.667	3.08	3.67	15	6	5	1	0	61.1	62	25	21	3	20	8	2	0	0	264	1.337	9.1	0.4	2.9	1.2	0.40
38	Hajime Asada*	20	KKU	Fgn	1	2	.333	9.90	10.80	8	3	2	1	0	20.0	31	24	22	2	9	3	0	0	1	98	2.000	14.0	0.9	4.1	1.4	0.33
39	Fumio Fujimura	34	OSA	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	1	1	0	0	0	4.0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	13	0.250	0.0	0.0	2.3	2.3	1.00
40	Tamotsu Hagimoto	22	HIR	Fgn	1	7	.125	6.60	9.05	16	11	3	1	0	58.2	71	59	43	7	54	19	0	1	3	301	2.131	10.9	1.1	8.3	2.9	0.35
41	Tetsukazu Honma	21	TYO	Fgn	1	2	.333	4.43	5.64	6	4	1	0	0	22.1	28	14	11	1	16	2	1	2	0	106	1.970	11.3	0.4	6.4	0.8	0.13
42	Natsuo Ichida	33	HIR	Fgn	1	2	.333	8.59	10.23	8	4	4	0	0	22.0	27	25	21	2	14	4	2	0	1	107	1.864	11.0	0.8	5.7	1.6	0.29
43	Yoshio Ikeda	20	OSA	Fgn	1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	4	2	2	0	0	11.0	12	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	45	1.091	9.8	0.0	0.0	0.8
44	Fumio Kawa	26	OSA	Fgn	1	1	.500	5.27	5.60	11	4	2	1	0	27.1	27	17	16	1	12	3	3	0	0	122	1.427	8.9	0.3	4.0	1.0	0.25
45	Kozo Naito*	35	HIR	Fgn	1	4	.200	6.30	7.65	5	5	0	1	0	20.0	27	17	14	1	11	3	1	1	1	99	1.900	12.2	0.5	5.0	1.4	0.27
46	Keiji Narita	32	KKU	Fgn	1	1	.500	5.03	5.95	9	1	6	0	0	19.2	22	13	11	3	7	9	0	0	0	89	1.475	10.1	1.4	3.2	4.1	1.29
47	Seitaro Watanabe	29	TYO	Fgn	1	0	1.000	5.25	6.75	9	0	5	0	0	24.0	28	18	14	3	16	5	0	0	1	114	1.833	10.5	1.1	6.0	1.9	0.31
48	Masahiro Yoshiwaka	20	HIR	Fgn	1	1	.500	9.41	10.64	8	1	2	0	0	22.0	41	26	23	3	13	4	0	0	0	116	2.455	16.8	1.2	5.3	1.6	0.31
49	Yasusaburo Bamei	28	KKU	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	1	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	6	3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	9.0	0.33
50	Jun Hakota	19	KKU	Fgn	0	1	.000	8.84	11.29	9	1	5	0	0	18.1	21	23	18	0	15	8	0	0	1	95	1.964	10.3	0.0	7.4	3.9	0.53
51	Itsuro Honda*	20	NAG	Fgn	0	0		7.23	7.65	17	1	10	0	0	42.1	57	36	34	6	19	16	0	0	1	193	1.795	12.1	1.3	4.0	3.4	0.84
52	Tadashi Ishiguro	20	HIR	Fgn	0	0		11.25	11.25	1	0	1	0	0	4.0	7	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	21	2.500	15.8	0.0	6.8	2.3	0.33
53	Kiyoitsu Ishikawa	24	HIR	Fgn	0	7	.000	5.89	7.15	24	5	13	1	0	107.0	135	85	70	10	39	21	1	0	0	480	1.626	11.4	0.8	3.3	1.8	0.54
54	Shiro Ito	18	NAG	Fgn	0	0		2.25	6.75	3	0	0	0	0	4.0	1	3	1	0	4	0	1	0	0	16	1.250	2.3	0.0	9.0	0.0	0.00
55	Kenichi Izutsu	31	SHO	Fgn	0	3	.000	4.90	5.46	27	10	10	2	0	112.0	124	68	61	16	37	27	2	3	1	489	1.438	10.0	1.3	3.0	2.2	0.73
56	Hiroshi Kaneyoshi*	18	YOM	Fgn	0	0		3.86	4.50	12	0	10	0	0	28.0	22	14	12	1	18	12	1	0	0	120	1.429	7.1	0.3	5.8	3.9	0.67
57	Yoshihiro Kawaguchi	20	TYO	Fgn	0	1	.000	8.47	10.59	9	5	1	0	0	17.0	23	20	16	1	19	6	1	0	0	90	2.471	12.2	0.5	10.1	3.2	0.32
58	Riichi Kodama	32	NAG	Fgn	0	1	.000	3.18	9.53	4	1	1	0	0	5.2	6	6	2	0	2	1	0	1	0	27	1.412	9.5	0.0	3.2	1.6	0.50
59	Teiji Kojima*	24	NAG	Fgn	0	0		12.15	16.20	4	0	2	0	0	6.2	12	12	9	2	4	4	0	0	0	35	2.400	16.2	2.7	5.4	5.4	1.00
60	Sadao Kondo	25	NAG	Fgn	0	4	.000	3.74	5.37	13	8	3	3	0	55.1	64	33	23	2	22	10	0	0	0	243	1.554	10.4	0.3	3.6	1.6	0.45
61	Teizo Kondo*	21	NAG	Fgn	0	0		8.00	10.00	5	0	4	0	0	9.0	15	10	8	0	2	2	1	0	0	45	1.889	15.0	0.0	2.0	2.0	1.00
62	Fumio Maruyama*	26	TYO	Fgn	0	1	.000	8.44	11.81	4	0	2	0	0	5.1	10	7	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	28	2.625	16.9	1.7	6.8	0.0	0.00
63	Takao Misono	35	OSA	Fgn	0	0		7.36	14.73	3	0	2	0	0	7.1	12	12	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	40	1.773	14.7	1.2	1.2	1.2	1.00
64	Shojiro Muramatsu	23	KKU	Fgn	0	0		8.76	12.41	5	0	4	0	0	12.1	21	17	12	1	13	3	0	0	0	72	2.757	15.3	0.7	9.5	2.2	0.23
65	Midori Nakagawa	26	KKU	Fgn	0	2	.000	8.25	10.50	8	2	3	0	0	24.0	39	28	22	2	12	8	1	0	3	120	2.125	14.6	0.8	4.5	3.0	0.67
66	Yoshiyuki Nakanishi*	19	NAG	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.76	5.81	9	2	2	0	0	26.1	20	17	11	1	20	14	1	0	1	124	1.519	6.8	0.3	6.8	4.8	0.70
67	Shozo Nakatsu*	24	TYO	Fgn	0	0		inf	inf	1	0	0	0	0	0.0	3	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	5						0.00
68	Takehisa Sakai	20	TYO	Fgn	0	0		9.00	18.00	2	0	1	0	0	2.0	2	4	2	1	3	1	0	0	1	11	2.500	9.0	4.5	13.5	4.5	0.33
69	Kazuo Shimamoto	20	SHO	Fgn	0	3	.000	5.56	7.15	14	3	9	0	0	34.0	39	27	21	4	20	9	1	0	0	159	1.735	10.3	1.1	5.3	2.4	0.45
70	Fukuzo Tada	29	YOM	Fgn	0	0		11.57	19.29	3	1	1	0	0	2.1	5	5	3	0	4	1	1	0	0	17	3.857	19.3	0.0	15.4	3.9	0.25
71	Katsuo Takemoto	24	OSA	Fgn	0	0		6.75	6.75	1	0	1	0	0	2.2	4	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	13	1.875	13.5	0.0	3.4	0.0	0.00
72	Kenjiro Tamiya*	23	OSA	Fgn	0	1	.000	6.10	7.84	5	1	3	0	0	10.1	20	9	7	0	3	0	0	1	0	54	2.226	17.4	0.0	2.6	0.0	0.00
73	Hiroshi Taneda	19	TYO	Fgn	0	4	.000	7.30	9.12	11	4	6	0	0	24.2	32	25	20	3	14	8	0	2	0	124	1.865	11.7	1.1	5.1	2.9	0.57
74	Ko Terashima	29	TYO	Fgn	0	1	.000	8.35	10.31	11	3	5	0	0	18.1	33	21	17	2	12	4	0	0	1	96	2.455	16.2	1.0	5.9	2.0	0.33
75	Nobuyoshi Watanabe	21	HIR	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	2	0	0	7.0	6	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	27	0.857	7.7	0.0	0.0	3.9