Imai is the Pacific League's "strike out king." While he didn't quite reach Ito's (Japan) mark this season, his 178 strike out are second in the league. Breaking down strike out, there are 27 missed bunts, 150 strikeouts, and one failed bunt attempt. Imai's 150 strikeouts are eight more than second-place Ito's 142, putting him at the top of the league.
In addition, the percentage of empty struck out in the number of hitter s played against is 23.4%, which means that 4.27 hitter s have taken one empty struck out, more than Moinello's (So.) 4.77, which is the highest in the league above regulation.
Imai took struck out from Yamamoto in the first inning in the Softbank Hawks game on July 19th, and strike out 25 inning consecutive games from the second inning against Hiroshima on June 7th. It became a Japan record along with Yoshinobu Yamamoto (O) in 20 and Roki Sasaki (Ro) in 22. The opponent's hitter bat was left with a number that was typical of Dr. K.
▼...The team's 410 points are the worst in the league. It is the third lowest for the team, after 1924 (350) and 1967 (407).
▼...No hit 1 runs to closer and win with Imai and Taira taking over against Softbank Hawks on April 18, 1964. baseball This is the third time that a professional runs has pitched in a game without a relay hit following Nankai on May 6, 39 (game 2) (vs Hankyu = no hit 2 runs) and Kintetsu on May 13, 64 (vs Nankai = no hit 1 runs).
Nishikawa has the most multi-hit games in the league with 14. He is the third left-handed hitter on the team to have the most multi-hit games in the league, following Takumi Kuriyama (2011) and Shogo Akiyama (2015-2018).
▼...Takizawa hit the league with seven bunt hit (90 hit this season). He is the second player on the team to lead the league in double-digit bunt hit, following Kunizo Umeda (10 bunt hit, 86 hit total) in 1973 when he was with Pacific.
▼…Rookie Satoshi Watanabe, in his 23-year-old season, had 110 hit, including hit in the first six games of the season, the most since the draft was introduced. He is the third youngest rookie to have 110 or more hit by his 23-year-old season, after Yasumitsu Toyoda (113) in 1953, when he was 18, and Kazuhiro Kiyohara (123) in 1986, when he was 19.
▼...42-year-old Tsuyoshi Nakamura hit a pinch Home Run against the Lotte Marines on April 8th, marking his 22nd consecutive year Home Run since 2004. This 22-year streak with the same team is the fourth longest, joining Katsuya Nomura (Nankai Hawks, 1956-1977), Sadaharu Oh (Giants, 1959-1980), and Kazuyoshi Tatsunami (Chunichi Chunichi, 1988-2009).
▼… catcher Koga set a new professional baseball record with eight assists in a game against Nippon-Ham Fighters on August 7th, breaking the previous record of six by 10 other players.
▼…Imai’s Avg against no runner on base is .170, the highest in the league above the regulation limit. In the Pacific League, he is third in history, behind Yukio Shimabara (Nishitetsu)’s .156 in 1956 and Shohei Ohtani (Japan)’s .159 in 2015, and is tied with Yu Darvish (Japan) in 2007.
▼…Fourth-year left-hander Sumida pitched a 1-0 shutout game win with no Hit by Pitch against Softbank Hawks on April 19th. This was the first time a left-hander on the team had won a 1-0 shutout game win with no Hit by Pitch.
▼...Takeuchi hit the winning run with sacrifice fly in the game against The Giants on June 22nd. He is the sixth Pacific pitcher (seventh time) RBI win RBI in an interleague game, following Nishiguchi Fumiya (West) and Mahara Takahiro (Solid State) in 2005, Otani Shohei (Japan) in 2013, Senga Kodai (Solid State) in 2022, and Yamazaki Fukuya (Osaka, Japan) in 2023 and 2024.
▼… Taira was the saves leader with 31 saves. He is the seventh player to record 30 or more saves for the team since Tatsushi Masuda in 2012, and the 10th player to do so. However, his 30 saves at age 26 is the youngest, tied with Hideaki Wakui in 2012. (Onda Satoshi)
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