Imai is the Pacific League's "swinging strike out king." Although he didn't quite reach Ito's (Nippon Ham) level this season, his 178 strike out were second in the league. Breaking down his strike out, 27 were called strikes, 150 were swinging strikes, and 3 were for failed bunts, with 1 being a strikeout. His 150 swinging strikes are eight more than Ito's 142, making him the league leader.

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 Japanese 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 in the team's history to lead the league in multi-hit games, 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.

▼... In his rookie season at the age of 23, Sei Watanabe recorded 110 hit, including the most consecutive hit in the first six games since the draft system was implemented. He is the third youngest player in the team's history to record 110 or more hit by the age of 23, following Yasumitsu Toyoda (113) in 1953 at the age of 18 and Kazuhiro Kiyohara (123) in 1986 at the age of 19.

▼...42-year-old Takeshi Nakamura hit a pinch Home Run in the game against Lotte on April 8, marking his 22nd consecutive year Home Run since 2004. His 22 consecutive years hitting a home run with the same team ties him with Katsuya Nomura (Nankai, 1956-1977), Sadaharu Oh (Giants, 1959-1980), and Kazuyoshi Tatsunami (Chunichi, 1988-2009) for the fourth longest streak.

▼... catcher Koga recorded a new professional baseball record of 8 assists in a single game during the August 7th game against Nippon-Ham, beating the previous record of 6 recorded 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-handed pitcher Sumida pitched a 1-0 shutout game win against Softbank Hawks on April 19th, without issuing any Hit by Pitch. This was the first 1-0 shutout win without any walks or shutout game Hit by Pitch by a left-handed pitcher in the team's history.

▼...Takeuchi hit a sacrifice fly for the game-winning RBI in the game against The Giants on June 22. He is the sixth Pacific League pitcher to win RBI in interleague play, following Fumiya Nishiguchi (Seibu) and Takahiro Mahara (SoftBank) in 2005, Shohei Ohtani (Nippon Ham) in 2013, Koudai Senga (SoftBank) in 2022, and Fukuya Yamazaki (Orix, Nippon Ham) 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)