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2021 Japan Central League Batting Leaders

2020 Season 2022 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 429 games, 6 teams, approx. 143 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 2021 Japan Pacific League

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League Player Batting

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Minimum 143 AB's to appear on leaderboard

League Player Batting
Rk	Name	Age	Tm	Lev	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1	Seiya Suzuki	26	HIR	Fgn	132	533	435	77	138	26	0	38	88	9	4	87	88	.317	.433	.639	1.073	278	7	6	0	5	11
2	Shogo Sakakura	23	HIR	Fgn	132	484	422	58	133	24	2	12	68	4	3	51	60	.315	.390	.467	.857	197	9	4	2	5	1
3	Shugo Maki	23	YKO	Fgn	137	523	487	73	153	35	3	22	71	2	1	27	85	.314	.356	.534	.890	260	16	6	1	2	1
4	Koji Chikamoto*	26	HAN	Fgn	140	612	569	91	178	33	5	10	50	24	7	33	58	.313	.354	.441	.795	251	6	4	4	2	0
5	Masayuki Kuwahara	27	YKO	Fgn	135	571	519	84	161	39	2	14	43	12	7	44	75	.310	.369	.474	.843	246	12	4	4	0	1
6	Tyler Austin	29	YKO	Fgn	107	439	373	60	113	25	1	28	74	1	0	60	111	.303	.406	.601	1.006	224	9	5	0	1	2
7	Keita Sano	26	YKO	Fgn	143	615	545	73	165	34	2	17	72	0	1	61	73	.303	.376	.466	.842	254	14	5	0	4	1
8	Toshiro Miyazaki	32	YKO	Fgn	141	569	519	61	156	32	0	16	73	0	0	41	53	.301	.353	.455	.808	236	15	4	0	5	3
9	Kaito Kozono	21	HIR	Fgn	113	481	449	65	134	18	6	5	35	4	4	13	57	.298	.320	.399	.719	179	7	3	12	4	1
10	Yohei Ohshima*	35	CNI	Fgn	141	596	548	54	160	19	5	1	34	16	8	42	60	.292	.345	.350	.695	192	4	3	1	2	5
11	Koki Ugusa	24	HIR	Fgn	43	158	148	18	43	7	1	4	14	6	5	6	42	.291	.331	.432	.764	64	1	3	1	0	0
12	Domingo Santana	28	YKU	Fgn	116	418	372	39	108	23	1	19	62	2	0	42	103	.290	.366	.511	.877	190	12	3	0	1	2
13	Zelous Wheeler	34	YOM	Fgn	121	427	384	44	111	28	0	15	56	3	1	34	78	.289	.358	.479	.838	184	16	8	0	1	3
14	Kento Itohara	28	HAN	Fgn	125	488	441	34	126	17	3	2	30	6	5	41	61	.286	.347	.352	.699	155	9	2	1	3	0
15	Ryoma Nishikawa	26	HIR	Fgn	137	551	504	57	144	19	1	12	60	3	3	37	70	.286	.335	.399	.733	201	14	2	4	4	1
16	Takayuki Kajitani	32	YOM	Fgn	61	246	227	31	64	10	1	4	23	11	8	15	40	.282	.333	.388	.721	88	2	3	0	1	0
17	Yuhei Nakamura	31	YKU	Fgn	123	445	377	47	105	24	0	2	36	0	3	46	66	.279	.360	.358	.718	135	10	4	14	4	0
18	Yasutaka Shiomi	28	YKU	Fgn	140	534	474	80	132	21	7	14	59	21	5	48	156	.279	.357	.441	.798	209	1	10	2	0	1
19	Munetaka Murakami	21	YKU	Fgn	143	615	500	82	139	27	0	39	112	12	7	106	133	.278	.408	.566	.974	283	12	6	0	3	6
20	Ryosuke Kikuchi	31	HIR	Fgn	132	542	494	64	137	23	2	16	60	1	5	42	86	.277	.333	.429	.762	212	8	1	2	3	2
21	Dayán Viciedo	32	CNI	Fgn	130	526	480	44	132	23	1	17	70	1	2	35	56	.275	.333	.433	.766	208	15	8	0	3	9
22	Seiya Matsubara	26	YOM	Fgn	135	477	431	69	118	20	4	12	37	15	7	38	100	.274	.333	.422	.756	182	4	2	3	3	0
23	Takumu Nakano	25	HAN	Fgn	135	525	466	45	127	15	4	1	36	30	2	29	81	.273	.321	.328	.649	153	6	6	20	4	5
24	Takayoshi Noma	28	HIR	Fgn	74	270	250	27	68	7	2	2	12	9	1	17	29	.272	.323	.340	.663	85	3	2	1	0	0
25	Tetsuto Yamada	28	YKU	Fgn	137	581	493	84	134	18	0	34	101	4	3	76	100	.272	.370	.515	.885	254	10	5	0	7	0
26	Naoki Yoshikawa	26	YOM	Fgn	108	329	305	35	83	13	1	5	25	7	0	17	48	.272	.313	.371	.683	113	4	2	3	2	2
27	Hiroyuki Nakajima	38	YOM	Fgn	81	195	181	11	49	10	0	6	26	0	0	9	35	.271	.314	.425	.740	77	9	3	1	1	1
28	Hayato Sakamoto	32	YOM	Fgn	117	487	424	53	115	26	0	19	46	2	3	58	90	.271	.359	.467	.826	198	4	1	2	2	4
29	Takuya Kinoshita	29	CNI	Fgn	123	393	352	33	95	17	0	11	43	1	1	35	58	.270	.336	.412	.748	145	11	1	3	2	4
30	Kota Hayashi	20	HIR	Fgn	102	376	357	26	95	15	0	10	40	0	1	16	93	.266	.301	.392	.693	140	9	2	0	1	3
31	Yoshihiro Maru	32	YOM	Fgn	118	457	392	58	104	21	0	23	55	5	3	63	120	.265	.365	.495	.860	194	5	0	0	2	0
32	Kazuma Okamoto	25	YOM	Fgn	143	592	521	71	138	19	1	39	113	1	1	57	108	.265	.341	.530	.871	276	16	7	0	7	4
33	Ryuhei Matsuyama	35	HIR	Fgn	85	194	175	9	46	10	0	2	29	0	0	17	22	.263	.325	.354	.679	62	4	0	0	2	0
34	Yusuke Ohyama	26	HAN	Fgn	129	512	466	55	121	23	2	21	71	2	1	37	89	.260	.313	.453	.765	211	15	2	0	7	1
35	Shuhei Takahashi	27	CNI	Fgn	137	520	475	40	123	27	0	5	39	1	0	40	79	.259	.315	.347	.663	165	21	1	0	4	4
36	Nori Aoki	39	YKU	Fgn	122	501	446	57	115	29	0	9	56	0	0	43	44	.258	.335	.383	.719	171	10	10	0	2	1
37	Jefry Marte	30	HAN	Fgn	128	526	446	55	115	18	1	22	71	0	0	74	72	.258	.367	.451	.818	201	16	4	0	2	3
38	José Osuna	28	YKU	Fgn	120	495	469	42	121	24	2	13	60	3	0	22	80	.258	.293	.401	.694	188	18	2	0	2	2
39	Yota Kyoda	27	CNI	Fgn	113	448	409	41	105	7	4	3	24	6	5	21	75	.257	.302	.315	.618	129	5	7	8	3	0
40	Tsubasa Aizawa	33	HIR	Fgn	70	204	180	18	46	10	0	3	22	0	0	16	33	.256	.325	.361	.686	65	8	4	1	3	2
41	Hiyu Motoyama	22	YKU	Fgn	97	235	208	20	53	1	3	3	17	2	1	17	42	.255	.322	.332	.653	69	7	4	5	1	3
42	Tomohiro Abe	32	HIR	Fgn	85	170	151	8	38	5	0	1	12	2	1	15	47	.252	.320	.305	.624	46	2	1	1	2	2
43	Yamato Maeda	33	YKO	Fgn	106	294	270	18	68	13	0	2	26	1	2	19	44	.252	.300	.322	.622	87	7	0	4	1	3
44	Jerry Sands	33	HAN	Fgn	120	461	408	47	101	21	1	20	65	1	1	49	89	.248	.328	.451	.779	184	11	1	0	3	5
45	Kotaro Yamasaki*	27	YKU	Fgn	114	245	215	41	53	10	3	1	12	8	2	19	53	.247	.311	.335	.646	72	0	1	10	0	0
46	Nobumasa Fukuda	32	CNI	Fgn	110	305	279	21	68	21	2	8	28	1	2	22	49	.244	.305	.419	.724	117	6	3	0	1	0
47	Akihiro Wakabayashi	27	YOM	Fgn	96	242	213	25	51	11	0	5	16	1	3	22	46	.239	.314	.362	.675	77	1	2	3	2	0
48	Teruaki Sato	22	HAN	Fgn	126	455	425	56	101	25	0	24	64	6	2	25	173	.238	.284	.466	.749	198	2	3	0	2	4
49	Tatsuhiro Shibata	27	YKO	Fgn	85	266	222	21	52	15	0	2	15	1	1	26	39	.234	.314	.329	.642	73	1	1	14	3	1
50	Neftali Soto	32	YKO	Fgn	123	451	410	42	96	18	1	21	62	0	1	35	116	.234	.302	.437	.738	179	12	5	0	1	4
51	Takumi Ohshiro	28	YOM	Fgn	125	386	347	36	80	12	0	11	37	0	0	33	80	.231	.300	.360	.661	125	11	2	3	1	4
52	Ryutaro Umeno	30	HAN	Fgn	130	458	404	33	91	15	3	3	33	8	4	41	107	.225	.303	.300	.603	121	14	5	6	2	3
53	Naomichi Nishiura	30	YKU	Fgn	92	276	242	27	54	9	0	5	24	1	1	24	60	.223	.298	.322	.620	78	8	3	4	3	3
54	Naomichi Donoue	32	CNI	Fgn	75	234	219	15	48	10	0	5	25	1	0	9	42	.219	.248	.333	.581	73	12	0	4	2	0
55	Kosuke Fukudome	44	CNI	Fgn	91	216	193	17	42	12	0	4	18	0	0	23	56	.218	.301	.342	.643	66	5	0	0	0	1
56	Mel Rojas	31	HAN	Fgn	60	206	189	18	41	7	0	8	21	1	3	15	58	.217	.282	.381	.663	72	3	2	0	0	0
57	Yoshiyuki Kamei	38	YOM	Fgn	92	206	186	15	40	12	1	3	17	1	1	13	47	.215	.270	.339	.608	63	3	2	2	3	1
58	Hikaru Itoh	32	YKO	Fgn	53	192	160	14	34	6	0	2	13	1	1	17	43	.213	.294	.288	.582	46	3	2	12	1	0
59	Toshiki Abe	31	CNI	Fgn	66	240	215	18	45	10	0	5	16	0	1	19	36	.209	.271	.326	.597	70	8	0	4	2	0
60	Akira Neo	21	CNI	Fgn	72	188	169	12	30	4	1	1	16	0	3	15	53	.178	.251	.231	.482	39	2	2	1	1	0