Moinello won the best ERA award for the second year in a row with 1.46, following last year's 1.88. He is the 17th player to win the award in two or more consecutive seasons since Yoshinobu Yamamoto (O), who won it for three consecutive years from 2009 to 2011. He was the first foreign pitcher player to do so.
In addition to ERA with 1 point, Avg has also been at -187 to -192 since last year. ERA Of the pitcher that have been in first place for more than 2 seasons, at the same time ERA less than 2 points and Avg also less than 20%, this is also since Yamamoto in 21 to 23 years. The only others are Jiro Noguchi (Tsubasa, Taiyo) in 40 and 41 and Kazuhisa Inao (Nishitetsu) in 56 and 57. Moinello is the fourth.
In total, he pitched 630 1/3 innings, ERA 1.80 to Avg-176. Although he specialized in relief work until 2011, he appeared 6th ERA and 1st Avg out of 725 players with a total of 500 inning or more pitcher. However, the top five ERA players were from the one-league era pitcher; after the two-league system in 1950, Yamamoto's 1.82 was the top closer player.
▼... Softbank Hawks has won its 23rd championship for the second year in a row (2 in 1 league, 21 in the Pacific League). Their 23 championships are tied with Seibu Lions for second place behind The Giants' 48. Manager Kokubo has won consecutive championships, following his first year in charge last year. He is the fourth rookie manager to win two or more consecutive championships.
▼…Makihara Dai hitter for the first time. He only drew seven Walk. This is the first time in 72 years since Britton (Hankyu) drew three walks in 1953 that a player has drawn seven or fewer Walk after reaching the required number of at-bats. This is the first time hitter has drawn single-digit Walk.
▼...Meanwhile, Yanagimachi, who had the highest on-base percentage, also walked the most in the league with Walk He also forced pitcher to throw 2,213 pitches, the most in the Pacific League. Of the 22 players with at least the required number of at-bats in the Pacific League, Makihara Dai had the lowest average number pitch per at-bat at 3.11, while Yanagimachi had the highest average at 4.28.
Shuto is stolen base champion for the third consecutive year and has the highest career success rate of all time. ▼... Shuto is stolen base stolen base for the fourth time in three consecutive years. His career success rate is .8394, with 230 successes and 44 failures. Of the 81 players with 200 or more stolen base bases, his success rate is the highest, surpassing Nishikawa Haruki's (Japan, Rookie, Yankees = 343 successes, 66 failures) .8386.
▼...Arihara has the most wins for the third time in two years. Nippon-Ham That's 10 or more wins three times each at Softbank Hawks. He is the 11th double-digit win with three or more times for multiple teams, and the second for two teams in the Pacific League with Seibu Lions seven times and Kimiyasu Kudo three times for Daiei (three other times for The Giants).
▼... With a record of .722 (13 wins and 5 losses), this is the first time an ozeki has achieved the highest winning percentage. He took advantage of his home field advantage with an undefeated 9 wins at his home stadium, PayPay Dome. This is the first time in 13 years that a wrestler has had 9 or more wins in a season at this stadium, since Settsu Tadashi had 9 wins and 4 losses in 2012.
▼…Matsumoto Yutaka was named Best reliever pitcher for the first time, and Sugiyama was named Most Saves for the first time. This is the third time the team has won both relief categories, following 2001 and 2017. It is the first time for a Japanese duo to win both awards.
▼…Eight players won titles in eight categories, including both pitching and batting. The eight title holders is the most ever, beating the six held The Giants in 2012 and Softbank Hawks in 2017. (Abe Yamato)
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