NPB Plate Results by Club (2026)

The highest home run rate per plate appearance belongs to Central Hanshin (2.3 %) and Pacific Nippon-Ham (3.3 %).

This page lines up each club's plate results, from the highest home run rate down.

Plate result rates

Batters (% of plate appearances)

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Team HR BB SO HBP
Nippon-Ham 3.3 7.3 21.6 1.2
SoftBank 2.9 9.3 20.2 1.0
Lotte 2.5 6.7 21.9 1.1
Hanshin 2.3 8.3 22.2 1.2
DeNA 2.3 7.2 20.1 1.2
Chunichi 2.3 8.3 22.6 1.0
Seibu 2.0 6.7 18.6 1.0
Rakuten 2.0 7.8 20.8 0.7
Yomiuri 2.0 7.3 23.0 0.9
ORIX 1.8 7.2 18.9 0.8
Hiroshima 1.7 7.5 20.4 0.8
Yakult 1.6 7.3 21.8 0.7
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Pitchers (% of batters faced)

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Team HR BB SO
Yomiuri 1.8 8.0 22.1
DeNA 1.9 8.3 21.7
Hiroshima 1.9 7.6 20.1
Seibu 2.0 7.8 21.6
Hanshin 2.1 6.3 22.4
Chunichi 2.2 7.6 21.4
ORIX 2.3 7.9 19.4
Yakult 2.5 8.0 20.6
SoftBank 2.5 7.2 22.2
Nippon-Ham 2.5 6.8 20.8
Rakuten 2.5 7.6 21.3
Lotte 2.7 7.7 18.5
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Top players and full-season pace

Batters (5 with the most PA)

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Player PA HR Full
season
Hanshin
森下 翔太 614 35 26
佐藤 輝明 610 39 34
大山 悠輔 588 20 16
中野 拓夢 580 0 0
近本 光司 410 5 5
Yomiuri
ダルベック 543 25 26
泉口 友汰 524 8 7
浦田 俊輔 474 0 0
松本 剛 464 3 3
佐々木 俊輔 385 10 6
DeNA
佐野 恵太 522 8 11
度会 隆輝 516 9 9
牧 秀悟 474 30 30
筒香 嘉智 398 20 29
蝦名 達夫 385 5 8
Hiroshima
坂倉 将吾 576 15 13
菊池 涼介 540 7 7
佐々木 泰 421 6 5
小園 海斗 401 1 2
ファビアン 364 16 20
Yakult
長岡 秀樹 530 8 6
岩田 幸宏 452 1 1
サンタナ 447 17 17
増田 珠 445 9 7
内山 壮真 348 5 8
Chunichi
細川 成也 604 25 25
村松 開人 530 6 4
福永 裕基 442 10 10
石伊 雄太 397 7 7
石川 昂弥 389 11 11
SoftBank
栗原 陵矢 628 40 27
近藤 健介 601 32 25
周東 佑京 550 4 4
牧原 大成 511 5 5
柳田 悠岐 495 19 19
Seibu
カナリオ 529 16 17
渡部 聖弥 515 12 14
滝澤 夏央 470 1 0
ネビン 428 21 25
小島 大河 367 9 13
Nippon-Ham
水野 達稀 553 11 11
レイエス 531 32 35
清宮 幸太郎 513 23 20
万波 中正 466 21 22
野村 佑希 429 17 14
ORIX
西川 龍馬 612 13 9
宗 佑磨 541 14 9
紅林 弘太郎 532 18 11
太田 椋 515 9 11
中川 圭太 438 6 10
Lotte
西川 史礁 586 8 6
小川 龍成 509 2 1
藤原 恭大 467 8 7
佐藤 都志也 462 18 12
山口 航輝 447 38 34
Rakuten
辰己 涼介 568 15 11
村林 一輝 536 4 5
黒川 史陽 491 5 6
中島 大輔 468 5 6
マッカスカー 406 24 34
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Pitchers (5 with the most batters faced)

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Player BF HR Full
season
Hanshin
村上 頌樹 708 14 8
才木 浩人 619 13 7
髙橋 遥人 615 9 7
大竹 耕太郎 402 7 8
伊藤 将司 240 8 14
Yomiuri
井上 温大 572 9 12
竹丸 和幸 535 14 16
戸郷 翔征 330 9 11
ウィットリー 325 5 9
田中 将大 295 3 9
DeNA
東 克樹 642 12 11
石田 裕太郎 492 7 11
平良 拳太郎 447 9 11
尾形 崇斗 367 9 15
篠木 健太郎 308 4 9
Hiroshima
床田 寛樹 598 14 11
森下 暢仁 583 15 9
栗林 良吏 475 8 9
岡本 駿 428 9 10
森 翔平 387 13 16
Yakult
山野 太一 647 14 17
奥川 恭伸 614 16 15
吉村 貢司郎 474 21 16
松本 健吾 446 10 14
高橋 奎二 413 11 15
Chunichi
金丸 夢斗 663 16 14
柳 裕也 614 11 9
大野 雄大 571 18 13
髙橋 宏斗 496 4 5
マラー 485 11 12
SoftBank
大津 亮介 576 19 16
上沢 直之 557 13 13
松本 晴 509 12 12
前田 悠伍 457 9 15
上茶谷 大河 375 15 25
Seibu
隅田 知一郎 639 11 10
平良 海馬 568 4 3
武内 夏暉 566 12 10
髙橋 光成 552 12 11
渡邉 勇太朗 523 10 10
Nippon-Ham
伊藤 大海 731 16 12
北山 亘基 590 14 10
達 孝太 506 12 11
加藤 貴之 457 13 15
有原 航平 438 11 15
ORIX
九里 亜蓮 688 14 9
エスピノーザ 588 11 6
ジェリー 480 5 6
髙島 泰都 462 13 11
曽谷 龍平 330 9 9
Lotte
ジャクソン 625 15 14
小島 和哉 501 13 16
田中 晴也 402 9 11
廣池 康志郎 368 10 19
毛利 海大 357 8 14
Rakuten
荘司 康誠 647 20 15
早川 隆久 610 18 14
古謝 樹 496 12 14
瀧中 瞭太 476 12 15
前田 健太 341 5 8
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Full season is the home run count at the last 3 seasons' pace over every game. For pitchers it is home runs allowed over the qualifying innings.

Home and away (last 3 seasons)

Batters at home

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Team AVG OBP SLG HR
SoftBank .263 .336 .416 227
Nippon-Ham .256 .317 .412 243
Lotte .253 .313 .371 151
DeNA .252 .313 .386 182
ORIX .250 .306 .353 122
Yakult .248 .312 .370 173
Hanshin .247 .312 .334 102
Hiroshima .244 .299 .337 105
Rakuten .242 .305 .338 121
Yomiuri .240 .304 .358 150
Seibu .236 .294 .335 109
Chunichi .235 .297 .345 136

Batters on the road

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Team AVG OBP SLG HR
SoftBank .256 .322 .374 150
DeNA .248 .304 .360 154
Yomiuri .246 .308 .347 130
Hanshin .242 .318 .366 181
Rakuten .241 .306 .342 124
ORIX .240 .303 .346 145
Nippon-Ham .239 .298 .362 174
Chunichi .233 .290 .333 136
Lotte .230 .291 .325 128
Yakult .228 .290 .312 101
Hiroshima .227 .282 .315 109
Seibu .224 .283 .328 140

Pitchers

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Team ERA
home
ERA
away
HR
home
HR
away
Hanshin 2.11 2.90 67 144
Yomiuri 2.56 2.94 151 130
SoftBank 2.57 2.63 166 143
Chunichi 2.68 3.51 115 150
Seibu 2.83 3.12 122 152
Hiroshima 2.84 3.31 102 153
ORIX 2.99 3.80 90 158
Nippon-Ham 3.20 2.69 200 147
DeNA 3.25 2.93 146 145
Rakuten 3.27 3.91 145 174
Lotte 3.34 3.74 160 185
Yakult 3.90 3.38 211 141

Right and left-handed batters (last 3 seasons, % of PA)

Central League

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Batters 2B 3B GIDP Infield
hits
Right-handed 3.8 0.2 2.0 1.7
Left-handed 3.5 0.4 1.4 2.5
Switch 3.4 0.3 1.7 0.7

Pacific League

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Batters 2B 3B GIDP Infield
hits
Right-handed 3.8 0.3 2.2 1.7
Left-handed 3.5 0.6 1.3 2.2
Switch 2.5 1.5 1.5 1.5

All 12 clubs

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Batters 2B 3B GIDP Infield
hits
Right-handed 3.8 0.3 2.1 1.7
Left-handed 3.5 0.5 1.4 2.4
Switch 3.1 0.8 1.6 1.0

Versus right- and left-handed pitchers (last 3 seasons, AVG)

Batters

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Team All vs RHP vs LHP
SoftBank .259 .257 .257
DeNA .250 .254 .239
Nippon-Ham .247 .249 .244
Hanshin .245 .238 .259
ORIX .245 .239 .254
Yomiuri .243 .243 .242
Rakuten .242 .241 .243
Lotte .241 .240 .240
Yakult .238 .238 .240
Hiroshima .236 .232 .242
Chunichi .234 .233 .235
Seibu .230 .229 .233

Pitchers (opponent AVG)

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Team All vs RHB vs LHB
SoftBank .223 .222 .230
Yomiuri .233 .230 .241
Hanshin .235 .231 .245
Seibu .237 .226 .246
Nippon-Ham .237 .232 .243
DeNA .242 .238 .244
Hiroshima .243 .244 .242
Lotte .243 .239 .249
Chunichi .244 .245 .248
ORIX .254 .249 .261
Rakuten .258 .259 .262
Yakult .259 .256 .264

Batters whose AVG rises against left-handed pitchers

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Player All vs LHP Diff PA
武岡 龍世 .202 .284 +.082 115
太田 光 .193 .226 +.033 276
才木 浩人 .072 .091 +.019 42
山田 哲人 .232 .297 +.065 258
小林 誠司 .144 .235 +.091 39

Batters whose AVG drops against left-handed pitchers

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Player All vs LHP Diff PA
近藤 健介 .309 .282 −.027 500
秋山 翔吾 .282 .250 −.032 291
長岡 秀樹 .265 .231 −.034 471
ネビン .272 .238 −.034 281
牧 秀悟 .286 .275 −.011 475

Pitchers hit hardest by left-handed batters

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Player All vs LHB Diff BF
森浦 大輔 .221 .283 +.062 249
松本 裕樹 .207 .248 +.041 299
柳川 大晟 .150 .170 +.020 227
戸郷 翔征 .228 .260 +.032 719
船迫 大雅 .205 .243 +.038 171

Pitchers who hold left-handed batters best

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Player All vs LHB Diff BF
山野 太一 .243 .205 −.038 461
松葉 貴大 .251 .215 −.036 422
藤井 聖 .284 .273 −.011 501
門別 啓人 .304 .289 −.015 135
中川 虎大 .227 .167 −.060 211

Runners in scoring position and bases empty (last 3 seasons, AVG)

Batters

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Team All RISP Bases
empty
SoftBank .259 .272 .250
DeNA .250 .256 .239
Nippon-Ham .247 .267 .237
Hanshin .245 .251 .237
ORIX .245 .257 .238
Yomiuri .243 .247 .238
Rakuten .242 .251 .236
Lotte .241 .247 .234
Yakult .238 .242 .236
Hiroshima .236 .243 .228
Chunichi .234 .227 .232
Seibu .230 .236 .225

Batters whose AVG rises with runners in scoring position

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Player All RISP Diff PA
石原 彪 .160 .222 +.062 53
太田 光 .193 .205 +.012 195
海野 隆司 .202 .228 +.026 184
石川 慎吾 .165 .222 +.057 40
吉村 貢司郎 .054 .071 +.017 35

Batters whose AVG drops with runners in scoring position

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Player All RISP Diff PA
近本 光司 .288 .270 −.018 365
岡林 勇希 .265 .221 −.044 294
吉川 尚輝 .276 .244 −.032 301
キャベッジ .253 .174 −.079 197
秋山 翔吾 .282 .264 −.018 182

Batters whose AVG rises with the bases empty

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Player All Bases
empty
Diff PA
才木 浩人 .072 .100 +.028 74
森 敬斗 .225 .281 +.056 169
木下 拓哉 .239 .279 +.040 220
村上 頌樹 .088 .097 +.009 95
若月 健矢 .235 .253 +.018 560

Batters whose AVG drops with the bases empty

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Player All Bases
empty
Diff PA
近藤 健介 .309 .273 −.036 779
柳町 達 .278 .241 −.037 562
佐野 恵太 .270 .239 −.031 911
清宮 幸太郎 .266 .233 −.033 821
レイエス .294 .270 −.024 820

Pinch hitting (last 3 seasons)

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Team PA AVG OBP HR
Chunichi 830 .198 .272 6
Yakult 755 .195 .262 6
Yomiuri 735 .194 .268 10
Rakuten 397 .193 .268 6
Seibu 368 .192 .274 5
DeNA 705 .190 .259 9
Nippon-Ham 402 .190 .280 9
Hanshin 779 .189 .253 3
ORIX 291 .188 .265 2
SoftBank 358 .187 .266 4
Lotte 410 .186 .277 4
Hiroshima 824 .185 .251 11

Starter rest days (last 3 seasons)

Central League

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Rest Starts Avg
pitches
ERA
4 days 13 90.6 3.10
5 days 92 93.8 3.07
6 days 1278 95.7 3.02
7 days or more 959 89.4 3.32

Pacific League

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Rest Starts Avg
pitches
ERA
4 days 2 97.0 3.15
5 days 59 97.2 3.08
6 days 1095 96.4 3.14
7 days or more 1173 93.0 3.18

All 12 clubs

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Rest Starts Avg
pitches
ERA
4 days 15 91.5 3.10
5 days 151 95.1 3.06
6 days 2373 96.0 3.07
7 days or more 2132 91.4 3.24

Relievers on consecutive days (last 3 seasons)

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Team 2 days
apps
2 days
ERA
3 days
apps
3 days
ERA
Hanshin 252 2.06 19 3.83
Yomiuri 254 2.14 14 4.07
Chunichi 203 2.43 13 3.97
Seibu 160 2.53 1 2.24
Yakult 151 2.66 2 4.06
SoftBank 175 2.82 4 2.25
Rakuten 198 2.94 2 2.39
Hiroshima 222 3.02 15 3.86
Lotte 115 3.05 5 2.19
Nippon-Ham 169 3.07 10 2.24
DeNA 197 3.10 15 4.06
ORIX 193 3.10 5 2.20

The estimated figures are worked out by this site and are not official announcements.

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