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2020 Japan Central League Batting Leaders

2019 Season 2021 Season

Classification: Foreign

Overall: 360 games, 6 teams, approx. 120 games in season

Attendance: n/a

See also: 2020 Japan Pacific League

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League Player Batting

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Minimum 120 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	Keita Sano	25	YKO	Fgn	106	451	402	48	132	20	1	20	69	0	0	42	58	.328	.395	.532	.927	214	13	4	0	3	1
2	Takayuki Kajitani	31	YKO	Fgn	109	482	433	88	140	29	1	19	53	14	8	45	85	.323	.387	.527	.913	228	4	1	1	2	3
3	Nori Aoki	38	YKU	Fgn	107	425	357	64	113	30	1	18	51	2	1	62	51	.317	.424	.557	.981	199	6	5	0	1	2
4	Yohei Ohshima*	34	CNI	Fgn	118	525	462	58	146	21	3	1	30	16	8	47	51	.316	.382	.381	.763	176	5	4	9	3	3
5	Kazuki Kamizato	26	YKO	Fgn	80	190	169	38	52	8	1	3	17	7	1	15	42	.308	.370	.420	.791	71	3	3	1	2	0
6	Munetaka Murakami	20	YKU	Fgn	120	515	424	70	130	30	2	28	86	11	5	87	115	.307	.427	.585	1.012	248	8	3	0	1	12
7	Shuhei Takahashi	26	CNI	Fgn	108	438	394	46	120	25	1	7	46	1	1	39	70	.305	.368	.426	.794	168	13	2	0	3	6
8	Ryoma Nishikawa	25	HIR	Fgn	76	328	296	36	90	18	0	6	32	6	1	28	52	.304	.368	.426	.794	126	6	2	2	0	1
9	Toshiro Miyazaki	31	YKO	Fgn	113	460	429	47	129	26	1	14	53	0	0	24	29	.301	.341	.464	.805	199	15	4	0	3	2
10	Seiya Suzuki	25	HIR	Fgn	118	514	430	85	129	26	2	25	75	6	4	72	73	.300	.409	.544	.953	234	15	9	0	3	9
11	Hiroyuki Nakajima	37	YOM	Fgn	100	312	279	19	83	13	0	7	29	0	3	31	59	.298	.369	.419	.788	117	11	1	0	1	0
12	Zoilo Almonte	31	CNI	Fgn	62	247	214	32	63	9	0	9	29	1	0	30	42	.294	.385	.463	.847	99	9	2	0	1	2
13	Kento Itohara	27	HAN	Fgn	63	244	218	32	64	5	2	3	20	1	2	19	33	.294	.357	.376	.733	82	3	3	3	1	0
14	Koji Chikamoto*	25	HAN	Fgn	120	519	474	81	139	21	5	9	45	31	8	30	61	.293	.344	.416	.759	197	4	7	7	1	2
15	Hayato Sakamoto	31	YOM	Fgn	115	479	412	64	119	28	1	19	65	4	1	62	85	.289	.379	.500	.879	206	9	0	1	4	7
16	Yusuke Ohyama	25	HAN	Fgn	116	471	423	66	122	21	5	28	85	1	3	41	96	.288	.357	.560	.918	237	15	5	1	1	6
17	Shogo Sakakura	22	HIR	Fgn	81	228	209	24	60	15	1	3	26	1	1	17	36	.287	.347	.412	.758	86	6	2	0	0	1
18	Tyler Austin	28	YKO	Fgn	65	269	238	36	68	14	1	20	56	0	0	29	69	.286	.364	.605	.969	144	4	1	0	1	1
19	Hisayoshi Chono	35	HIR	Fgn	95	299	267	30	76	17	1	10	42	1	0	29	61	.285	.355	.468	.823	125	5	1	0	2	0
20	Yoshihiro Maru	31	YOM	Fgn	120	491	423	63	120	31	1	27	77	8	4	63	101	.284	.375	.553	.928	234	3	0	3	2	4
21	Yamato Maeda	32	YKO	Fgn	85	225	199	23	56	7	1	4	23	3	3	20	28	.281	.342	.387	.729	77	8	0	3	3	0
22	Shota Dohbayashi	28	HIR	Fgn	111	451	401	55	112	21	0	14	58	17	4	41	91	.279	.350	.436	.787	175	12	4	3	2	2
23	Yasutaka Shiomi	27	YKU	Fgn	43	179	154	20	43	4	2	8	21	13	2	17	44	.279	.369	.487	.856	75	4	5	3	0	0
24	Ryuhei Matsuyama	34	HIR	Fgn	108	425	404	38	112	27	1	9	67	0	1	17	72	.277	.306	.416	.722	168	11	1	0	3	4
25	Toshihiko Kuramoto	29	YKO	Fgn	82	216	199	19	55	4	0	1	17	0	0	16	42	.276	.333	.312	.645	62	2	1	0	0	2
26	Kazuma Okamoto	24	YOM	Fgn	118	500	440	79	121	26	0	31	97	2	0	55	85	.275	.362	.546	.908	240	10	5	0	0	2
27	Takeshi Miyamoto	25	YKU	Fgn	94	171	146	16	40	8	0	2	12	3	1	18	23	.274	.361	.370	.731	54	3	2	5	0	0
28	Naoki Yoshikawa	25	YOM	Fgn	112	389	354	47	97	16	2	8	32	11	3	30	60	.274	.336	.398	.734	141	6	3	2	0	4
29	Alcides Escobar	33	YKU	Fgn	104	402	377	27	103	14	2	1	30	6	7	13	52	.273	.312	.329	.641	124	9	9	1	2	6
30	Ryosuke Kikuchi	30	HIR	Fgn	106	429	376	43	102	19	4	10	41	3	2	35	68	.271	.334	.423	.757	159	9	1	16	1	2
31	Takumi Ohshiro	27	YOM	Fgn	93	308	274	30	74	10	1	9	41	1	0	30	82	.270	.339	.412	.751	113	1	0	1	3	6
32	Yoshio Itoi	38	HAN	Fgn	86	311	269	25	72	16	1	2	28	2	1	38	50	.268	.363	.357	.720	96	5	3	0	1	0
33	Takuya Kinoshita	28	CNI	Fgn	88	269	251	19	67	14	1	6	32	0	0	12	49	.267	.303	.402	.705	101	1	1	5	0	2
34	Gerardo Parra*	33	YOM	Fgn	47	154	146	14	39	3	1	4	13	0	2	8	35	.267	.305	.384	.689	56	6	0	0	0	1
35	Dayán Viciedo	31	CNI	Fgn	109	462	409	48	109	23	0	17	82	3	2	34	48	.267	.329	.447	.776	183	17	9	0	10	3
36	Tsubasa Aizawa	32	HIR	Fgn	79	263	229	25	61	13	0	7	36	2	0	22	51	.266	.359	.415	.774	95	8	11	1	0	2
37	José Pirela	30	HIR	Fgn	99	337	316	47	84	9	2	11	34	2	3	19	53	.266	.312	.411	.723	130	4	2	0	0	2
38	Tatsuhiro Shibata	26	YKO	Fgn	110	276	233	33	62	14	0	2	20	0	0	29	50	.266	.356	.352	.708	82	1	4	9	1	3
39	Seiya Matsubara	25	YOM	Fgn	86	313	278	42	73	11	5	3	19	12	2	29	71	.263	.330	.371	.701	103	4	0	4	2	0
40	Ryutaro Umeno	29	HAN	Fgn	98	342	298	36	78	17	0	7	29	5	1	33	77	.262	.333	.389	.723	116	9	0	9	2	1
41	Minoru Ohmori	23	HIR	Fgn	73	148	135	21	35	5	3	2	16	5	3	11	50	.259	.318	.385	.703	52	1	1	0	1	1
42	Toshiki Abe	30	CNI	Fgn	115	459	421	44	108	25	0	13	61	2	4	30	92	.257	.306	.409	.715	172	21	1	5	2	0
43	Jerry Sands	32	HAN	Fgn	110	443	377	47	97	16	0	19	64	2	1	61	106	.257	.363	.451	.814	170	11	3	0	2	2
44	Yoshiyuki Kamei	37	YOM	Fgn	51	156	141	21	36	7	0	2	17	0	1	11	21	.255	.310	.348	.657	49	3	1	1	2	0
45	Tetsuto Yamada	27	YKU	Fgn	94	384	334	52	85	17	1	12	52	8	4	48	83	.255	.346	.419	.766	140	6	0	0	2	3
46	Neftali Soto	31	YKO	Fgn	114	480	428	59	108	18	0	25	78	0	0	44	103	.252	.323	.470	.793	201	12	3	0	5	0
47	Kosuke Tanaka	30	HIR	Fgn	112	454	378	51	95	11	5	8	39	8	4	55	86	.251	.351	.370	.721	140	1	5	12	4	3
48	Seiya Kinami	26	HAN	Fgn	92	334	297	42	74	20	1	3	25	2	1	24	54	.249	.307	.354	.660	105	1	2	8	3	3
49	Yota Kyoda	26	CNI	Fgn	120	491	442	43	109	16	7	5	29	8	4	27	80	.247	.298	.348	.647	154	4	6	15	1	4
50	Akihiro Wakabayashi	26	YOM	Fgn	76	159	146	22	36	6	1	2	14	2	4	8	32	.247	.289	.343	.631	50	6	1	3	1	0
51	Zelous Wheeler	33	YOM	Fgn	98	288	263	26	65	9	0	12	36	3	3	22	47	.247	.309	.418	.727	110	6	2	0	1	1
52	Naomasa Yohkawa	28	HAN	Fgn	71	182	158	19	39	6	0	8	24	2	2	15	42	.247	.333	.437	.770	69	4	6	2	1	2
53	Nobumasa Fukuda	31	CNI	Fgn	64	216	195	18	48	11	1	5	24	0	0	18	43	.246	.315	.390	.705	76	7	2	0	1	0
54	José López	36	YKO	Fgn	81	305	293	26	72	8	0	12	42	0	0	10	36	.246	.269	.396	.665	116	8	0	0	2	1
55	Tomotaka Sakaguchi	35	YKU	Fgn	114	458	398	55	98	14	1	9	36	4	5	47	60	.246	.334	.354	.688	141	8	7	3	3	1
56	Naomichi Nishiura	29	YKU	Fgn	101	310	286	24	70	10	0	10	43	4	2	16	74	.245	.288	.385	.672	110	11	2	4	2	3
57	Kotaro Yamasaki*	26	YKU	Fgn	109	323	282	29	69	6	1	3	23	8	9	31	70	.245	.320	.305	.625	86	5	1	7	2	0
58	Justin Bour	32	HAN	Fgn	99	379	329	27	80	8	0	17	45	1	1	45	88	.243	.338	.423	.760	139	13	3	0	2	5
59	Ryosuke Hirata	32	CNI	Fgn	55	193	166	26	39	7	0	3	17	0	1	24	33	.235	.337	.331	.668	55	4	2	0	1	2
60	Akihisa Nishida	28	YKU	Fgn	69	215	190	20	44	5	0	7	20	0	1	20	48	.232	.313	.368	.682	70	4	3	1	1	2
61	Ryuhei Obata	19	HAN	Fgn	54	134	127	15	28	1	2	0	7	3	1	5	37	.221	.256	.260	.515	33	1	1	1	0	1
62	Taishi Hirooka	23	YKU	Fgn	87	142	121	15	26	4	0	8	15	4	0	16	43	.215	.302	.446	.749	54	4	0	3	2	0
63	Yasutaka Tobashira	30	YKO	Fgn	96	276	259	21	55	8	1	5	23	0	2	11	53	.212	.244	.309	.552	80	8	0	5	1	0
64	Masataka Iryo	30	CNI	Fgn	79	155	135	9	27	3	0	0	12	0	0	18	24	.200	.294	.222	.516	30	4	0	2	0	0