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1953 Japan Central League Pitching Leaders

1952 Season 1954 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 385 games, 6 teams, approx. 128 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 1953 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	Takumi Otomo	28	YOM	Fgn	27	6	.818	1.86	2.08	43	29	11	22	3	281.1	199	65	58	13	63	173	1	1	1	1076	0.931	6.4	0.4	2.0	5.5	2.75
2	Masaichi Kaneda*	19	KKU	Fgn	23	13	.639	2.37	2.67	47	33	11	24	6	303.2	222	90	80	10	135	229	8	0	1	1233	1.176	6.6	0.3	4.0	6.8	1.70
3	Shigeru Sugishita	27	CNI	Fgn	23	9	.719	2.84	3.31	45	27	15	13	1	266.2	230	98	84	16	91	156	9	0	4	1114	1.204	7.8	0.5	3.1	5.3	1.71
4	Takao Fujimura	32	OSA	Fgn	21	11	.656	2.74	3.39	49	27	14	12	0	249.1	218	94	76	15	71	83	7	1	2	1008	1.159	7.9	0.5	2.6	3.0	1.17
5	Ryohei Hasegawa	23	HIR	Fgn	20	10	.667	2.66	3.44	45	24	19	18	3	253.2	217	97	75	11	58	99	5	0	3	1024	1.084	7.7	0.4	2.1	3.5	1.71
6	Katsuhiko Ishikawa	19	CNI	Fgn	18	4	.818	2.31	2.95	38	24	11	12	2	198.1	169	65	51	5	59	88	5	0	3	807	1.150	7.7	0.2	2.7	4.0	1.49
7	Hideo Fujimoto	35	YOM	Fgn	17	6	.739	2.08	2.72	29	25	4	13	3	198.2	166	60	46	9	30	73	1	0	0	777	0.987	7.5	0.4	1.4	3.3	2.43
8	Takehiko Bessho	30	YOM	Fgn	16	8	.667	2.63	3.29	32	23	8	16	4	191.1	179	70	56	10	43	75	5	0	3	781	1.160	8.4	0.5	2.0	3.5	1.74
9	Tadayoshi Kajioka	32	OSA	Fgn	16	13	.552	3.02	3.42	40	33	6	18	3	250.1	220	95	84	19	70	80	6	0	0	1007	1.158	7.9	0.7	2.5	2.9	1.14
10	Masatoshi Gondo*	19	TYO	Fgn	15	12	.556	2.77	3.92	35	26	7	13	1	220.2	179	96	68	12	105	170	11	3	6	940	1.287	7.3	0.5	4.3	6.9	1.62
11	Hiroshi Nakao*	33	YOM	Fgn	14	8	.636	2.72	3.77	34	20	9	6	2	181.2	157	76	55	5	40	68	2	0	0	734	1.084	7.8	0.2	2.0	3.4	1.70
12	Yoshio Bizen	19	HIR	Fgn	13	20	.394	3.80	4.70	49	26	13	3	1	249.0	282	130	105	9	62	82	6	1	2	1066	1.382	10.2	0.3	2.2	3.0	1.32
13	Nobuo Oshima*	31	CNI	Fgn	12	9	.571	3.84	4.41	37	15	12	4	1	159.1	174	78	68	8	44	48	2	1	1	686	1.368	9.8	0.5	2.5	2.7	1.09
14	Hiroyoshi Takano	29	TYO	Fgn	12	9	.571	3.98	4.58	25	24	0	14	3	196.2	195	100	87	19	56	69	12	0	1	845	1.276	8.9	0.9	2.6	3.2	1.23
15	Masanori Iritani	24	YOM	Fgn	11	7	.611	2.37	3.15	29	19	4	10	2	174.1	159	61	46	14	44	63	1	1	0	716	1.164	8.2	0.7	2.3	3.3	1.43
16	Shozo Watanabe	20	OSA	Fgn	10	11	.476	2.86	3.23	54	12	30	1	1	192.0	168	69	61	11	59	43	4	1	2	775	1.182	7.9	0.5	2.8	2.0	0.73
17	Yoshiaki Inoue	20	KKU	Fgn	9	26	.257	4.22	5.55	44	25	9	3	0	202.2	184	125	95	13	98	78	12	1	3	888	1.391	8.2	0.6	4.4	3.5	0.80
18	Kikuo Tokunaga	21	CNI	Fgn	9	10	.474	2.62	3.52	48	17	16	5	2	189.0	166	74	55	8	45	36	7	0	0	775	1.116	7.9	0.4	2.1	1.7	0.80
19	Juzo Sanada	30	OSA	Fgn	8	6	.571	3.23	3.86	22	19	3	7	1	128.1	124	55	46	6	21	28	3	0	0	516	1.130	8.7	0.4	1.5	2.0	1.33
20	Takashi Eda	30	TYO	Fgn	7	15	.318	4.07	4.52	32	21	10	9	2	159.1	162	80	72	14	34	33	0	1	1	653	1.230	9.2	0.8	1.9	1.9	0.97
21	Tokuzo Kawamoto*	18	HIR	Fgn	7	11	.389	3.88	4.51	31	20	7	6	0	157.2	161	79	68	7	76	41	2	0	1	689	1.503	9.2	0.4	4.3	2.3	0.54
22	Hiroshi Katayama*	29	HIR	Fgn	6	9	.400	4.47	5.59	29	17	5	7	0	145.0	195	90	72	7	24	34	2	0	0	648	1.510	12.1	0.4	1.5	2.1	1.42
23	Masatoshi Mifune	21	OSA	Fgn	6	4	.600	3.00	3.58	33	12	4	2	0	108.0	108	43	36	12	36	34	1	0	1	439	1.333	9.0	1.0	3.0	2.8	0.94
24	Yoshiyuki Nakanishi*	21	CNI	Fgn	6	9	.400	3.47	4.40	31	21	6	6	4	135.0	114	66	52	5	75	62	4	2	1	590	1.400	7.6	0.3	5.0	4.1	0.83
25	Ienari Arimura*	38	TYO	Fgn	5	8	.385	3.92	4.65	20	18	0	3	0	110.1	109	57	48	6	56	34	1	0	2	485	1.495	8.9	0.5	4.6	2.8	0.61
26	Keiji Komada	27	OSA	Fgn	5	5	.500	3.07	4.02	32	8	10	4	3	85.0	88	38	29	5	15	29	1	1	1	348	1.212	9.3	0.5	1.6	3.1	1.93
27	Masaaki Koyama	18	OSA	Fgn	5	1	.833	3.41	3.56	16	10	3	3	1	60.2	60	24	23	4	17	22	0	0	0	253	1.269	8.9	0.6	2.5	3.3	1.29
28	Hideo Shimizu*	34	TYO	Fgn	5	3	.625	3.25	3.59	15	14	1	2	1	80.1	76	32	29	9	29	27	1	0	0	342	1.307	8.5	1.0	3.2	3.0	0.93
29	Nobuyoshi Watanabe	23	HIR	Fgn	4	6	.400	5.51	7.56	32	11	11	1	0	83.1	112	70	51	9	28	17	0	0	0	393	1.680	12.1	1.0	3.0	1.8	0.61
30	Jun Hakota	21	KKU	Fgn	3	8	.273	3.80	4.85	30	10	12	3	1	120.2	118	65	51	13	48	39	4	0	4	522	1.376	8.8	1.0	3.6	2.9	0.81
31	Toshio Kitabatake	20	KKU	Fgn	3	1	.750	3.41	3.69	19	9	6	0	0	63.1	61	26	24	5	24	23	1	0	1	274	1.342	8.7	0.7	3.4	3.3	0.96
32	Yoshitomo Miyaji	21	KKU	Fgn	3	13	.188	3.67	5.19	33	17	11	2	0	112.2	115	65	46	8	51	51	2	0	3	493	1.473	9.2	0.6	4.1	4.1	1.00
33	Kikuo Sugikawa	22	TYO	Fgn	3	5	.375	3.62	4.54	35	2	18	0	0	107.0	108	54	43	5	36	43	5	0	1	454	1.346	9.1	0.4	3.0	3.6	1.19
34	Katsuyoshi Kamamoto	18	TYO	Fgn	2	6	.250	4.37	4.82	22	6	12	2	0	80.1	86	43	39	5	27	32	6	0	1	347	1.407	9.6	0.6	3.0	3.6	1.19
35	Teruo Owaki	23	KKU	Fgn	2	9	.182	3.27	4.79	18	13	4	1	1	77.0	78	41	28	4	29	30	0	0	1	332	1.390	9.1	0.5	3.4	3.5	1.03
36	Ryutaro Sugiura	29	HIR	Fgn	2	7	.222	4.38	5.27	29	15	10	1	0	111.0	159	65	54	8	16	26	0	0	0	496	1.577	12.9	0.6	1.3	2.1	1.63
37	Zenjiro Tadokoro	18	KKU	Fgn	2	6	.250	3.88	4.31	29	13	11	1	0	104.1	108	50	45	9	57	54	1	0	2	464	1.581	9.3	0.8	4.9	4.7	0.95
38	Tsutomu Ina*	18	CNI	Fgn	1	4	.200	3.64	4.60	12	7	3	1	0	47.0	34	24	19	3	33	16	1	0	2	208	1.426	6.5	0.6	6.3	3.1	0.48
39	Shiro Ito	20	CNI	Fgn	1	1	.500	2.76	3.31	7	1	3	0	0	16.1	13	6	5	3	6	5	0	0	1	63	1.163	7.2	1.7	3.3	2.8	0.83
40	Yoshihiro Iwamura*	20	OSA	Fgn	1	2	.333	6.31	6.31	25	5	8	0	0	35.2	47	25	25	3	19	19	1	0	1	166	1.850	11.9	0.8	4.8	4.8	1.00
41	Masao Kanda	19	TYO	Fgn	1	2	.333	5.26	5.40	24	0	17	0	0	63.1	72	38	37	8	18	30	1	0	0	267	1.421	10.2	1.1	2.6	4.3	1.67
42	Masayuki Kasahara	20	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	3.31	3.86	8	1	4	1	0	16.1	17	7	6	1	3	7	0	0	1	65	1.224	9.4	0.6	1.7	3.9	2.33
43	Tsuneo Kobayashi*	27	TYO	Fgn	1	5	.167	6.93	7.11	13	9	1	0	0	49.1	71	39	38	6	20	12	0	0	0	231	1.845	13.0	1.1	3.6	2.2	0.60
44	Masahiro Naiji	20	OSA	Fgn	1	1	.500	5.47	5.84	11	2	2	1	1	24.2	29	16	15	3	10	7	0	0	0	109	1.581	10.6	1.1	3.6	2.6	0.70
45	Takashi Ogihara	22	TYO	Fgn	1	3	.250	5.27	5.27	9	2	5	0	0	27.1	26	16	16	1	7	5	0	0	0	113	1.207	8.6	0.3	2.3	1.6	0.71
46	Moritaka Sakakibara	20	HIR	Fgn	1	6	.143	4.58	5.75	25	9	10	2	0	92.1	99	59	47	10	36	25	0	0	2	418	1.462	9.6	1.0	3.5	2.4	0.69
47	Minoru Suzuki	23	YOM	Fgn	1	0	1.000	1.89	3.32	16	4	9	0	0	38.0	36	14	8	2	20	11	0	0	3	167	1.474	8.5	0.5	4.7	2.6	0.55
48	Kiyoshi Uchiyama	26	OSA	Fgn	1	0	1.000	2.19	2.92	3	0	1	0	0	12.1	7	4	3	1	2	3	0	0	0	45	0.730	5.1	0.7	1.5	2.2	1.50
49	Ryo Akamatsu	20	OSA	Fgn	0	0		10.80	10.80	1	0	0	0	0	1.2	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1.800	16.2	0.0	0.0	0.0
50	Mitsuhisa Fujino	28	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	7.71	8.20	11	1	6	0	0	18.2	24	17	16	0	7	9	0	0	1	89	1.661	11.6	0.0	3.4	4.3	1.29
51	Takehiko Fukazawa	19	KKU	Fgn	0	0		3.91	5.68	12	0	6	0	0	25.1	36	16	11	3	7	12	1	0	0	117	1.697	12.8	1.1	2.5	4.3	1.71
52	Norio Furuya	31	KKU	Fgn	0	0		2.55	4.74	14	0	8	0	0	24.2	32	13	7	1	8	6	0	0	0	110	1.622	11.7	0.4	2.9	2.2	0.75
53	Tsuguhiro Hattori	33	CNI	Fgn	0	3	.000	4.06	5.52	8	6	1	0	0	31.0	31	19	14	1	10	6	1	0	0	134	1.323	9.0	0.3	2.9	1.7	0.60
54	Naoaki Hayashi	29	TYO	Fgn	0	8	.000	7.75	9.89	9	8	0	0	0	33.2	57	37	29	4	13	11	0	0	1	167	2.079	15.2	1.1	3.5	2.9	0.85
55	Yasuo Inoue	22	YOM	Fgn	0	0		6.35	6.35	5	1	2	0	0	5.2	5	4	4	1	4	5	1	0	0	27	1.588	7.9	1.6	6.4	7.9	1.25
56	Katsumi Ishibachi	21	CNI	Fgn	0	0		4.50	4.50	1	0	0	0	0	2.0	1	1	1	0	3	3	0	0	0	10	2.000	4.5	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00
57	Katsumi Iwai*	20	HIR	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	2.000	18.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
58	Shunichi Kimura	18	HIR	Fgn	0	0		3.00	3.00	2	0	1	0	0	3.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	12	1.000	6.0	0.0	3.0	0.0	0.00
59	Hisaji Kitagawa	21	TYO	Fgn	0	0		3.38	4.22	5	0	3	0	0	10.2	7	5	4	0	6	7	1	0	1	47	1.219	5.9	0.0	5.1	5.9	1.17
60	Sadao Kondo	27	CNI	Fgn	0	2	.000	4.23	4.63	15	3	6	0	0	44.2	48	23	21	3	16	11	1	0	0	189	1.433	9.7	0.6	3.2	2.2	0.69
61	Masao Konishi	23	HIR	Fgn	0	0		7.50	7.50	4	1	2	0	0	6.0	7	5	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	26	1.333	10.5	3.0	1.5	1.5	1.00
62	Kozo Koyama	17	KKU	Fgn	0	0		3.38	3.38	3	0	2	0	0	8.0	6	3	3	0	6	5	0	0	0	36	1.500	6.8	0.0	6.8	5.6	0.83
63	Koji Kozuka*	18	HIR	Fgn	0	1	.000	31.50	31.50	2	1	1	0	0	2.0	7	7	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	14	4.000	31.5	4.5	4.5	4.5	1.00
64	Kiyoshi Matsuda*	22	YOM	Fgn	0	1	.000	4.32	4.59	11	1	5	0	0	33.1	30	17	16	3	9	9	1	0	1	138	1.170	8.1	0.8	2.4	2.4	1.00
65	Yasuhiko Matsuda	22	KKU	Fgn	0	0		3.86	5.40	6	0	5	0	0	11.2	14	7	5	1	3	3	2	0	1	52	1.457	10.8	0.8	2.3	2.3	1.00
66	Noboru Matsuyama	20	HIR	Fgn	0	0		5.52	5.52	5	2	3	0	0	14.2	20	9	9	1	5	3	1	0	0	66	1.705	12.3	0.6	3.1	1.8	0.60
67	Tsuneo Mitomi*	32	CNI	Fgn	0	3	.000	5.61	6.31	13	5	6	0	0	25.2	28	18	16	2	14	8	1	0	0	113	1.636	9.8	0.7	4.9	2.8	0.57
68	Ben Mitsuyoshi?	25	HIR	Fgn	0	2	.000	7.71	9.64	4	2	1	0	0	4.2	6	5	4	0	7	1	2	1	1	26	2.786	11.6	0.0	13.5	1.9	0.14
69	Masayoshi Miura	19	YOM	Fgn	0	0		8.22	9.39	5	0	0	0	0	7.2	13	8	7	1	4	1	0	0	0	40	2.217	15.3	1.2	4.7	1.2	0.25
70	Nobuaki Miyashita	28	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	5.27	7.90	8	3	2	0	0	13.2	15	12	8	4	10	2	1	0	0	66	1.829	9.9	2.6	6.6	1.3	0.20
71	Hirokazu Nozaki	29	HIR	Fgn	0	1	.000	18.69	18.69	1	1	0	0	0	4.1	8	9	9	2	2	1	0	0	0	23	2.308	16.6	4.2	4.2	2.1	0.50
72	Mitsuo Osaki	21	OSA	Fgn	0	2	.000	5.19	6.23	3	2	1	0	0	8.2	9	6	5	0	5	4	0	0	0	36	1.615	9.3	0.0	5.2	4.2	0.80
73	Hideo Otsuji	19	KKU	Fgn	0	1	.000	2.65	3.18	7	2	1	0	0	17.0	16	6	5	1	9	5	0	0	0	76	1.471	8.5	0.5	4.8	2.6	0.56
74	Kimio Sato	20	TYO	Fgn	0	1	.000	7.94	9.00	8	0	7	0	0	17.0	20	17	15	1	13	6	2	0	2	84	1.941	10.6	0.5	6.9	3.2	0.46
75	Kazuo Shimamoto	22	TYO	Fgn	0	0		0.00	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	2.0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1.500	13.5	0.0	0.0	0.0
76	Fukuzo Tada	31	YOM	Fgn	0	1	.000	19.29	19.29	4	2	1	0	0	4.2	10	10	10	1	7	3	0	0	0	31	3.643	19.3	1.9	13.5	5.8	0.43
77	Akira Takahashi*	21	KKU	Fgn	0	2	.000	3.12	6.23	11	3	5	0	0	26.0	37	18	9	1	22	13	0	0	2	136	2.269	12.8	0.3	7.6	4.5	0.59
78	Chitomi Takahashi	20	HIR	Fgn	0	2	.000	1.66	2.91	11	0	9	0	0	21.2	13	7	4	1	9	12	1	0	1	85	1.015	5.4	0.4	3.7	5.0	1.33
79	Shigeki Ukisu	19	CNI	Fgn	0	0		6.23	6.23	3	0	1	0	0	4.1	5	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	1	19	1.385	10.4	0.0	2.1	4.2	2.00
80	Itsuro Ukita	21	TYO	Fgn	0	0		6.35	6.35	9	0	5	0	0	11.1	14	8	8	0	5	3	0	0	1	50	1.676	11.1	0.0	4.0	2.4	0.60
81	Takehiko Wada	20	CNI	Fgn	0	1	.000	7.20	7.20	3	0	1	0	0	5.0	5	4	4	0	1	3	0	0	0	20	1.200	9.0	0.0	1.8	5.4	3.00
82	Kenso Zenimura?	26	HIR	Fgn	0	0		5.40	5.40	1	1	0	0	0	1.2	3	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	0	12	4.200	16.2	0.0	21.6	0.0	0.00