Rookie Muneta played shortstop in 116 games and had 112 hit. This season, only Izumiguchi (Giants) and Kurebayashi (Osaka) have played more than 100 games and had more than 100 hit at shortstop. Muneta is the fifth short stop to be named to the Best Nine, the first in 44 years since Hironori Ishige (West) in 1981.

His nine sacrifice fly, including his first walk sacrifice fly hit in a game against walk-off on May Seibu Lions, were the most in both leagues, closer Tonosaki (Seibu)'s eight. He broke the rookie record of seven, set by Tatsunori Hara (Giants) in 1981, and is now the second rookie to lead the league in home runs, 44 years after Hara. This is the first time he has led both leagues.

sacrifice fly is recorded when outfielder or infielder has moved to outfield catch a fly ball and runner scores. The most common scenario is when there are no outs or one out and runner on third base. Muneyama's season batting average was .260, but in situations where he could have attempted sacrifice fly, he had 6 At Bat in 14 hit (2 Walk) for a total of .429. He recorded RBI in 16 at-bats, which is 64% of his at-bats.

▼... Rakuten Eagles has been in 4th place for four consecutive years since 2022. This is the second time in 17 years that they have finished in B class (4th place or lower) for four consecutive years, since their first year in 2005 to 2008, when they finished 6th, 6th, 4th and 5th.

▼... stolen base in both leagues with 110. stolen base success rate of .840 despite 21 failed attempts was the highest in a season since catches for stolen base began being recorded in 1942, beating the .823 record set by Hanshin Tigers in 1944 (79 successful, 17 failed).

▼...Individually, Tatsumi had 20 successful stolen base and no caught stealing. He is the third player stolen base 20 or more bases in a season without a failed attempt, following Matsui Kazuo (West, 26 stolen base) in 2001 and Nishi Toshihisa (Giants, 22 stolen base) in 2002.

▼ On the other hand, catcher Ota allowed runners to run 60 times, catching them 23 times for stolen base prevention percentage of 383. He is the No. 1 among seven catcher meet Pacific League regulations. This is the second time he has led the team in prevention percentage since 2020. The only other player to have topped the team in this category was Fujii Akito in 2008.

▼…Murabayashi won his first title with the most hit. Looking at the number of games hit,

hit ([0] (1) (2) (3) (4))

Last year = 125 (55 51 26 6 1)

This year = 144 (46 46 37 8 -)

He has increased his number of times with two or more hit from 33 to 45, giving him the most multiple hit in the Pacific League this year.

▼...Nakajima triple in four consecutive games from July 5th to 9th. He tied the professional baseball record for consecutive games with triple, set by Shigeo Nagashima (Giants) from May 8th to 14th, 1960, but has since failed triple in 291 at-bats in 64 games.

▼…Voit’s performance by number of runner on base is as follows:

Number of players = batting average

None = 124-30 <6> 6 ・242

1 person = 84-29〈6〉17 ・345

2 people = 30-11-8 ・367

bases loaded = 5-3 <1> 8.600

The more runner, the better the results.

▼...The team has the most innings pitched, 109 2/3, by Fujii. This is the first time the team has been without pitcher who has pitched more than the required number of innings. Nishigaki and Kosha's seven wins are the most wins in a season, tying them with the fewest win of any team in 2006 (Hiroki Yamamura, Yasuhiro Ichiba, and Green).

Nishiguchi pitched 25 runs inning in 26 games since the start of the season. This was his second time with 30 or more hold, since 2010. The only other players with 30 or more hold on Rakuten Eagles were Aoyama Koji with 31 hold in 2015 and Herman hold hold 2017. This is the first time he has done so twice. (Abe Yamato)