Central League Plate Results (2026)

In the Central League, the highest home run rate per plate appearance belongs to Hanshin (2.3 %) and the lowest to Yakult (1.6 %).

This page lines up the plate results of the six Central League clubs, from the highest home run rate down.

Plate result rates

Batters (% of plate appearances)

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Team HR BB SO HBP
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
Yomiuri 2.0 7.3 23.0 0.9
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
Hanshin 2.1 6.3 22.4
Chunichi 2.2 7.6 21.4
Yakult 2.5 8.0 20.6
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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
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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
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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
DeNA .252 .313 .386 182
Yakult .248 .312 .370 173
Hanshin .247 .312 .334 102
Hiroshima .244 .299 .337 105
Yomiuri .240 .304 .358 150
Chunichi .235 .297 .345 136

Batters on the road

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Team AVG OBP SLG HR
DeNA .248 .304 .360 154
Yomiuri .246 .308 .347 130
Hanshin .242 .318 .366 181
Chunichi .233 .290 .333 136
Yakult .228 .290 .312 101
Hiroshima .227 .282 .315 109

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
Chunichi 2.68 3.51 115 150
Hiroshima 2.84 3.31 102 153
DeNA 3.25 2.93 146 145
Yakult 3.90 3.38 211 141

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

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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

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

Batters

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Team All vs RHP vs LHP
DeNA .250 .254 .239
Hanshin .245 .238 .259
Yomiuri .243 .243 .242
Yakult .238 .238 .240
Hiroshima .236 .232 .242
Chunichi .234 .233 .235

Pitchers (opponent AVG)

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Team All vs RHB vs LHB
Yomiuri .233 .230 .241
Hanshin .235 .231 .245
DeNA .242 .238 .244
Hiroshima .243 .244 .242
Chunichi .244 .245 .248
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
才木 浩人 .072 .091 +.019 42
山田 哲人 .232 .297 +.065 258
小林 誠司 .144 .235 +.091 39
木浪 聖也 .209 .243 +.034 233

Batters whose AVG drops against left-handed pitchers

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Player All vs LHP Diff PA
秋山 翔吾 .282 .250 −.032 291
長岡 秀樹 .265 .231 −.034 471
牧 秀悟 .286 .275 −.011 475
増田 珠 .268 .232 −.036 296
山本 祐大 .271 .244 −.027 293

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
戸郷 翔征 .228 .260 +.032 719
船迫 大雅 .205 .243 +.038 171
伊勢 大夢 .238 .285 +.047 271
吉田 聖弥 .183 .227 +.044 107

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
門別 啓人 .304 .289 −.015 135
中川 虎大 .227 .167 −.060 211
森下 暢仁 .242 .224 −.018 883

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

Batters

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Team All RISP Bases
empty
DeNA .250 .256 .239
Hanshin .245 .251 .237
Yomiuri .243 .247 .238
Yakult .238 .242 .236
Hiroshima .236 .243 .228
Chunichi .234 .227 .232

Batters whose AVG rises with runners in scoring position

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Player All RISP Diff PA
吉村 貢司郎 .054 .071 +.017 35
土田 龍空 .156 .320 +.164 29
東 克樹 .099 .130 +.031 60
大野 雄大 .062 .136 +.074 28
武岡 龍世 .202 .241 +.039 137

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
キャベッジ .253 .273 +.020 506

Batters whose AVG drops with the bases empty

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Player All Bases
empty
Diff PA
佐野 恵太 .270 .239 −.031 911
末包 昇大 .235 .186 −.049 449
大山 悠輔 .269 .244 −.025 915
山本 祐大 .271 .240 −.031 453
佐藤 輝明 .286 .268 −.018 838

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
DeNA 705 .190 .259 9
Hanshin 779 .189 .253 3
Hiroshima 824 .185 .251 11

Starter rest days (last 3 seasons)

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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

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
Yakult 151 2.66 2 4.06
Hiroshima 222 3.02 15 3.86
DeNA 197 3.10 15 4.06

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

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