NPB Pinch Hitting, Rest and Relief (2026)

Data as of

The most relief outings on back-to-back days belong to Yomiuri (254), and the most pinch-hit plate appearances to Chunichi (830).

This page lines up each club's pinch hitting, starters' days of rest and relievers' back-to-back outings.

Pinch hitting

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Team PA AVG HR OBP
Chunichi 830 .198 6 .272
Yakult 756 .195 6 .261
Yomiuri 735 .194 10 .267
Rakuten 397 .193 6 .268
Seibu 368 .192 5 .274
DeNA 705 .190 9 .259
Nippon-Ham 402 .190 9 .280
Hanshin 781 .188 3 .253
ORIX 291 .188 2 .265
SoftBank 358 .187 4 .266
Lotte 410 .186 4 .277
Hiroshima 824 .185 11 .251

Figures are totals for the last 3 seasons.

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Starter rest days

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Rest Starts Avg
pitches		 ERA
Central League
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 960 89.4 3.32
Pacific League
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
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 2133 91.4 3.24
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Relievers on consecutive days

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Team 2-day
outings		 2-day
ERA		 3-day
outings		 3-day
ERA
252 2.06 20 3.81
254 2.14 14 4.05
203 2.43 13 3.96
160 2.53 1 2.24
151 2.66 2 4.04
175 2.82 4 2.25
198 2.94 2 2.39
222 3.02 15 3.84
115 3.05 5 2.19
169 3.07 10 2.24
197 3.10 15 4.04
193 3.10 5 2.20

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

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