Stats
2008 Western League 
Qualifiers for Earned-Run Average
Final
| Minimum innings equal to 0.8 times the number of games played by that pitcher's club | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rk | Pitcher | ERA | G | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | PCT | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | IBB | HB | SO | WP | BK | R | ER | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sato, Mitsuru | (D) | 2.64 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | .636 | 385 | 95 | .1 | 89 | 6 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 59 | 3 | 0 | 28 | 28 |
| 2 | Tsuru, Naoto | (T) | 3.34 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .636 | 297 | 70 | 68 | 6 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 29 | 26 | |
| 3 | Takahashi, Toru | (H) | 3.49 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .538 | 414 | 98 | 96 | 6 | 37 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 4 | 2 | 42 | 38 | |
| 4 | Shimizu, Akinobu | (D) | 3.69 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .556 | 390 | 90 | .1 | 90 | 7 | 30 | 0 | 5 | 49 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 37 |
| 5 | Mitsuhara, Atsuhiro | (SU) | 4.27 | 20 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .250 | 304 | 71 | .2 | 77 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 8 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 38 | 34 |
| 6 | Kajimoto, Tatsuya | (SU) | 4.29 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 334 | 77 | .2 | 80 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 37 |
| 7 | Imai, Keisuke | (C) | 4.66 | 18 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .400 | 466 | 104 | .1 | 106 | 5 | 61 | 1 | 4 | 43 | 5 | 0 | 62 | 54 |
| 8 | Akasaka, Kazuyuki | (D) | 5.01 | 21 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .417 | 393 | 88 | 88 | 2 | 47 | 1 | 7 | 48 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 49 | |
Top Closers
| Rk | Pitcher | ERA | G | W | L | SV | CG | SHO | PCT | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | IBB | HB | SO | WP | BK | R | ER | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marte, Victor | (C) | 2.97 | 35 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 159 | 39 | .1 | 31 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 36 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 13 |
| 2 | Nomi, Atsushi | (T) | 0.83 | 29 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 0 | 0 | .833 | 203 | 54 | .1 | 35 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 52 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Ueno, Hirofumi | (C) | 1.69 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 84 | 21 | .1 | 14 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 4 | Takahashi, Hideaki | (H) | 0.98 | 23 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 104 | 27 | .2 | 12 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 5 | Hashimoto, Kentaro | (T) | 2.14 | 28 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .200 | 129 | 33 | .2 | 13 | 1 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 |
| 6 | Yoshikawa, Katsunari | (SU) | 3.38 | 26 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .571 | 155 | 37 | .1 | 38 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 14 |
| 6 | Kajimoto, Tatsuya | (SU) | 4.29 | 24 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 334 | 77 | .2 | 80 | 2 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 57 | 5 | 0 | 42 | 37 |
| 8 | Nitkowski, Christopher | (H) | 0.64 | 14 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 59 | 14 | 11 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 1 | |
| 9 | Ogura, Shinsuke | (H) | 0.43 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 75 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | |
| 9 | Nelson, Maximo | (D) | 0.56 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 64 | 16 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| 9 | Schultz, Mike | (C) | 1.50 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 49 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | |
| 9 | Kongo, Hiroki | (D) | 2.00 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .667 | 104 | 27 | 19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 | |
| 9 | Tamaki, Yutaka | (T) | 2.19 | 44 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .750 | 197 | 49 | .1 | 36 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 51 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| 9 | Nakazato, Atsushi | (D) | 2.75 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 77 | 19 | .2 | 16 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |