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2024 Japan Central League Batting Leaders

2023 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 157 games, 6 teams, approx. 52 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 2024 Japan Pacific League

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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	Domingo Santana	31	YKU	Fgn	52	204	182	23	57	13	0	7	27	1	0	19	43	.313	.378	.500	.878	91	3	1	0	2	1
2	Kazuya Maruyama*	24	YKU	Fgn	40	124	107	16	33	3	0	0	5	2	1	10	16	.308	.373	.336	.709	36	0	1	6	0	1
3	Hideki Nagaoka	22	YKU	Fgn	52	213	193	20	59	10	0	3	18	1	0	12	25	.306	.346	.404	.750	78	2	1	5	2	1
4	Yuudai Yamamoto	25	YKO	Fgn	41	147	128	9	39	6	1	0	16	1	1	13	9	.305	.361	.367	.728	47	4	0	3	3	1
5	Tatsuo Ebina	26	YKO	Fgn	28	119	109	16	33	8	0	2	11	1	6	6	27	.303	.353	.431	.784	47	0	3	0	1	0
6	Kaito Muramatsu	23	CNI	Fgn	46	170	152	16	46	5	1	0	10	3	3	12	29	.303	.352	.349	.700	53	2	0	5	1	0
7	Shota Suekane	28	HIR	Fgn	20	81	76	9	23	4	0	4	12	0	1	3	22	.303	.346	.513	.859	39	0	2	0	0	0
8	Yoshihiro Maru	35	YOM	Fgn	51	202	171	16	51	3	1	3	14	4	1	29	26	.298	.396	.380	.776	65	5	0	0	2	2
9	Kaito Kozono	24	HIR	Fgn	49	205	189	18	56	4	2	1	23	3	4	13	16	.296	.346	.355	.701	67	2	2	0	1	3
10	Toshiro Miyazaki	35	YKO	Fgn	51	190	167	21	49	13	0	5	20	0	1	22	11	.293	.379	.461	.840	77	2	1	0	0	5
11	Yasuhiro Yamamoto	30	CNI	Fgn	38	82	72	7	21	1	0	1	5	1	1	9	14	.292	.370	.347	.718	25	1	0	1	0	0
12	Koji Chikamoto*	29	HAN	Fgn	53	240	207	28	60	9	3	6	21	8	3	31	31	.290	.383	.449	.833	93	3	1	0	1	3
13	Seiya Hosokawa	25	CNI	Fgn	53	225	200	19	57	13	0	8	28	0	1	22	47	.285	.360	.470	.830	94	10	2	0	1	1
14	Shogo Akiyama	36	HIR	Fgn	47	192	181	17	51	8	0	1	10	2	2	9	37	.282	.314	.343	.657	62	0	0	1	1	1
15	Takayoshi Noma	31	HIR	Fgn	39	160	149	15	42	8	3	1	13	4	3	10	13	.282	.331	.396	.727	59	2	1	0	0	0
16	Naoki Yoshikawa	29	YOM	Fgn	54	223	201	18	56	11	1	1	16	4	2	18	22	.279	.335	.358	.693	72	3	0	2	2	1
17	Tyler Austin	32	YKO	Fgn	25	100	90	13	25	11	0	3	9	0	0	10	12	.278	.350	.500	.850	45	3	0	0	0	0
18	Orlando Calixte	32	CNI	Fgn	46	127	119	8	33	2	0	3	12	0	1	6	25	.277	.312	.370	.682	44	2	0	2	0	1
19	Takaya Ishikawa	23	CNI	Fgn	23	67	65	4	18	4	0	1	7	0	0	1	12	.277	.299	.385	.683	25	0	1	0	0	0
20	Yukinori Kishida	27	YOM	Fgn	28	84	73	7	20	3	1	1	5	1	1	4	13	.274	.325	.384	.709	28	4	2	4	1	0
21	Kazuma Okamoto	28	YOM	Fgn	54	228	194	20	53	10	0	10	27	0	0	29	48	.273	.368	.479	.848	93	2	2	0	3	4
22	Ukyo Maegawa*	21	HAN	Fgn	37	94	81	6	22	5	0	1	10	0	0	9	9	.272	.372	.370	.743	30	2	4	0	0	0
23	Hiroki Fukunaga	27	CNI	Fgn	28	71	56	6	15	5	0	0	2	3	1	11	14	.268	.406	.357	.763	20	0	2	2	0	1
24	Yasutaka Shiomi	31	YKU	Fgn	31	113	101	15	27	3	0	3	8	3	0	9	16	.267	.336	.386	.722	39	1	2	0	1	3
25	Shuhei Takahashi	30	CNI	Fgn	15	64	64	2	17	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	11	.266	.266	.297	.563	19	1	0	0	0	0
26	Shugo Maki	26	YKO	Fgn	42	171	157	23	41	8	0	6	22	6	0	13	19	.261	.316	.427	.743	67	2	0	0	1	1
27	Koki Ugusa	27	HIR	Fgn	28	60	54	9	14	1	0	3	7	2	1	4	18	.259	.333	.444	.778	24	1	2	0	0	0
28	José Osuna	31	YKU	Fgn	52	224	203	18	51	12	0	6	28	0	0	17	39	.251	.313	.399	.712	81	14	2	0	2	1
29	Hayato Sakamoto	35	YOM	Fgn	49	201	187	13	47	5	0	3	14	1	0	12	32	.251	.299	.326	.625	61	5	1	0	1	0
30	Keita Sano	29	YKO	Fgn	52	210	191	15	48	11	0	2	17	0	0	17	18	.251	.319	.340	.659	65	5	2	0	0	2
31	Masayuki Kuwahara	30	YKO	Fgn	39	92	80	11	20	2	0	0	5	4	0	8	10	.250	.319	.275	.594	22	3	1	1	2	0
32	Taiki Sekine*	29	YKO	Fgn	41	116	104	10	26	2	0	0	4	2	3	10	17	.250	.328	.269	.597	28	2	2	0	0	0
33	Sho Nakata	35	CNI	Fgn	39	156	145	12	36	7	0	3	17	0	0	7	24	.248	.282	.359	.641	52	3	1	0	3	1
34	Munetaka Murakami	24	YKU	Fgn	52	226	178	31	44	4	1	13	27	3	3	47	63	.247	.407	.500	.907	89	2	1	0	0	5
35	Takumu Nakano	28	HAN	Fgn	53	234	196	23	48	10	0	1	14	4	4	25	28	.245	.338	.311	.649	61	4	3	9	1	0
36	Shota Morishita	23	HAN	Fgn	51	203	176	19	43	11	0	6	21	0	1	21	37	.244	.335	.409	.744	72	5	4	0	2	0
37	Sheldon Neuse	29	HAN	Fgn	43	133	119	8	29	4	0	1	8	1	0	13	11	.244	.316	.303	.618	36	9	0	0	1	1
38	Ryosuke Kikuchi	34	HIR	Fgn	48	177	161	11	38	6	0	3	13	1	1	9	27	.236	.281	.329	.610	53	4	1	6	0	0
39	Mikiya Tanaka	23	CNI	Fgn	49	175	157	13	37	4	0	1	12	2	0	10	19	.236	.281	.280	.562	44	2	0	8	0	0
40	Yoshi Tsutsugo	32	YKO	Fgn	20	80	72	8	17	3	1	4	9	0	0	8	19	.236	.313	.472	.785	34	3	0	0	0	0
41	Masaya Yano	25	HIR	Fgn	45	143	123	14	29	4	1	0	6	6	2	9	33	.236	.289	.285	.574	35	3	1	8	2	1
42	Haruki Nishikawa	32	YKU	Fgn	43	139	119	18	28	4	1	0	12	2	1	10	22	.235	.312	.286	.597	34	0	5	1	4	0
43	Shunsuke Sasaki	24	YOM	Fgn	40	121	111	9	26	5	1	0	5	2	1	7	32	.234	.277	.297	.575	33	3	0	2	1	0
44	Louis Okoye	26	YOM	Fgn	29	82	73	5	17	4	0	0	2	3	0	5	18	.233	.291	.288	.579	21	3	1	3	0	0
45	Keito Mori	22	YKO	Fgn	18	58	56	5	13	2	1	0	1	4	2	2	14	.232	.259	.304	.562	17	1	0	0	0	0
46	Ryuki Watarai	21	YKO	Fgn	31	127	117	10	27	2	0	3	11	2	1	5	20	.231	.286	.325	.611	38	3	4	1	0	0
47	Yohei Ohshima*	38	CNI	Fgn	36	79	72	5	16	2	0	0	4	1	1	7	4	.222	.291	.250	.541	18	0	0	0	0	1
48	Makoto Kadowaki	23	YOM	Fgn	51	179	154	10	34	4	0	0	7	5	1	14	27	.221	.290	.247	.537	38	0	1	10	0	2
49	Shogo Sakakura	26	HIR	Fgn	40	146	136	14	30	5	0	3	12	2	1	9	28	.221	.274	.324	.598	44	5	1	0	0	1
50	Hironori Miyoshi*	26	CNI	Fgn	37	90	82	6	18	2	1	0	4	0	0	5	22	.220	.270	.268	.538	22	2	1	1	1	0
51	Ryusei Takeoka	23	YKU	Fgn	39	82	74	8	16	0	1	2	6	1	0	5	17	.216	.263	.324	.587	24	1	0	2	1	1
52	Nori Aoki	42	YKU	Fgn	34	73	65	5	14	3	0	0	7	1	0	7	11	.215	.288	.262	.549	17	6	0	0	1	1
53	Seiya Kinami	30	HAN	Fgn	49	161	145	9	31	5	0	1	11	0	0	13	21	.214	.281	.269	.550	39	7	1	1	1	3
54	Masaya Hagio	23	YOM	Fgn	41	134	122	11	26	7	2	2	10	0	2	11	32	.213	.278	.353	.631	43	4	0	1	0	1
55	Yota Kyoda	30	YKO	Fgn	36	63	61	6	13	2	1	0	10	1	0	1	11	.213	.222	.279	.501	17	1	0	0	1	0
56	Seiji Uebayashi	28	CNI	Fgn	34	93	85	6	18	1	1	1	3	0	0	7	18	.212	.272	.282	.554	24	0	0	1	0	1
57	Shota Dohbayashi	32	HIR	Fgn	26	91	81	5	17	1	0	0	5	0	2	5	23	.210	.253	.222	.475	18	1	0	4	1	0
58	Teruaki Sato	25	HAN	Fgn	35	142	129	11	27	6	0	3	17	0	1	11	47	.209	.282	.326	.607	42	3	2	0	0	0
59	Tetsuto Yamada	31	YKU	Fgn	27	83	78	4	16	3	0	2	6	0	0	3	19	.205	.241	.321	.562	25	1	1	0	1	0
60	Takuya Kinoshita	32	CNI	Fgn	37	100	89	5	18	2	0	1	3	0	0	3	12	.202	.228	.258	.487	23	3	0	8	0	0
61	Yuhei Nakamura	34	YKU	Fgn	48	181	140	7	28	3	0	0	13	0	0	20	24	.200	.307	.221	.528	31	4	2	18	1	3
62	Yusuke Ohyama	29	HAN	Fgn	53	216	191	16	38	5	0	3	19	0	1	21	40	.199	.282	.272	.555	52	4	2	0	2	1
63	Tsubasa Aizawa	36	HIR	Fgn	22	65	63	4	12	5	0	0	9	0	0	0	12	.191	.215	.270	.485	17	4	2	0	0	0
64	Seishiro Sakamoto	30	HAN	Fgn	28	97	86	3	16	0	0	0	5	0	0	3	14	.186	.220	.186	.406	16	2	1	6	1	0
65	Taiki Ishikami	23	YKO	Fgn	26	79	71	3	13	4	0	0	3	2	0	6	17	.183	.247	.239	.486	17	3	0	2	0	2
66	Shunsuke Tamura*	20	HIR	Fgn	22	70	66	3	12	2	2	0	2	0	1	2	19	.182	.217	.273	.490	18	1	1	1	0	1
67	Yuki Okabayashi	22	CNI	Fgn	35	138	128	9	23	3	2	0	2	2	2	8	17	.180	.228	.234	.462	30	0	0	2	0	0
68	Takumi Ohshiro	31	YOM	Fgn	26	79	77	1	13	2	0	0	3	0	0	1	16	.169	.177	.195	.372	15	2	0	0	1	0
69	Seiji Kobayashi	35	YOM	Fgn	25	72	60	2	9	1	0	1	5	1	0	4	11	.150	.227	.217	.444	13	1	2	6	0	0
70	Ryutaro Umeno	33	HAN	Fgn	32	103	84	5	11	1	0	0	4	0	0	10	32	.131	.221	.143	.364	12	1	0	8	1	0