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2026 Central League

Monday, April 20, 2026

Qualifiers for Batting Championship

Minimum plate appearances equal to 3.1 times the number of games played by that player's club
Rk Player AVG G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SB CS SH SF BB IBB HP SO GDP SLG OBP
1 Sato, Teruaki(T) .384 20 84 73 19 28 9 2 5 56 19 1 1 0 2 9 0 0 20 2 .767 .440
2 Morishita, Shota(T) .325 20 87 77 14 25 5 0 7 51 17 1 0 0 1 8 0 1 13 1 .662 .391
3 Nagaoka, Hideki(S) .321 19 83 78 11 25 4 1 0 31 3 2 1 0 0 5 0 0 11 1 .397 .361
4 Muramatsu, Kaito(D) .311 19 74 61 7 19 3 2 0 26 6 1 2 1 2 10 1 0 10 2 .426 .397
5 Maki, Shugo(DB) .308 18 79 65 12 20 3 0 1 26 7 1 1 0 1 11 0 2 11 0 .400 .418
6 Sano, Keita(DB) .304 18 78 69 7 21 5 0 1 29 8 0 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 1 .420 .385
7 Hosokawa, Seiya(D) .299 19 81 67 12 20 4 0 2 30 8 0 0 0 1 12 4 1 23 1 .448 .407
8 Fukunaga, Hiroki(D) .294 18 75 68 7 20 2 0 1 25 5 4 0 0 0 6 1 1 9 0 .368 .360
9 Nakano, Takumu(T) .291 20 88 79 13 23 6 0 0 29 6 3 1 3 2 3 0 1 14 1 .367 .318
10 Ohyama, Yusuke(T) .290 20 83 69 3 20 3 0 1 26 7 0 0 0 1 12 1 1 10 5 .377 .398
11 Watarai, Ryuki(DB) .278 16 56 54 5 15 2 0 2 23 5 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 11 0 .426 .291
12 Izuguchi, Yuta(G) .271 19 78 70 11 19 3 0 3 31 8 3 0 0 1 7 0 0 13 1 .443 .333
13 Cabbage, Trey(G) .267 19 76 75 11 20 4 0 3 33 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 24 0 .440 .276
14 Santana, Domingo(S) .262 19 75 61 9 16 3 0 4 31 10 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 19 2 .508 .400
15 Iwata, Yukihiro(S) .254 19 75 71 8 18 2 0 0 20 3 8 1 0 0 3 0 1 18 0 .282 .293
16 Osuna, Jose(S) .246 19 78 69 6 17 1 0 2 24 9 0 2 0 1 8 0 0 12 3 .348 .321
17 Chikamoto, Koji(T) .244 20 90 78 10 19 2 0 0 21 4 6 1 0 1 11 0 0 18 1 .269 .333
18 Ohmori, Minoru(C) .241 16 56 54 5 13 0 0 1 16 4 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 19 0 .296 .255
19 Dalbec, Bobby(G) .234 18 73 64 8 15 5 0 5 35 12 0 0 0 0 8 0 1 26 1 .547 .329
20 Sasaki, Tai(C) .200 17 68 65 8 13 1 0 1 17 4 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 12 0 .262 .235
21 Sakakura, Shogo(C) .196 16 58 46 6 9 3 0 1 15 9 1 0 0 1 11 1 0 10 1 .326 .345
22 Nakamura, Shosei(C) .192 15 61 52 3 10 1 0 0 11 0 0 0 6 0 3 0 0 6 0 .212 .236
23 Fabian, Sandro(C) .177 17 63 62 4 11 1 0 2 18 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 0 .290 .190
24 Tanaka, Mikiya(D) .161 17 69 62 4 10 2 0 0 12 3 1 1 4 0 2 0 1 6 1 .194 .200
25 Kozono, Kaito(C) .133 16 67 60 4 8 2 0 0 10 3 0 1 1 1 5 0 0 9 1 .167 .197