
Miyagi took 165 struck out, more than 150 1/3 innings. The number of strike out is the 4th highest in the league, but the average number of strike out per game (strike out rate) converted to 9 innings is 9.88, which is higher than Imai (Nishi)'s 9.79 and the best in both leagues.
Miyagi's strike out rate and three-pitch strike out since his debut in 2020 (numbers inside the circle are three-pitch strike out) are 9.00 (1) in 2020, 8.02 (13) in 2021, 7.71 (13) in 2022, 7.49 (17) in 2023, 8.83 (24) in 2024, and 9.88 (43) in 2025. This is the first time strike out 16 batters in 16 innings, and his three-pitch strike out in particular have increased significantly. This is the most he has had 40 or more three-pitch strike out since Kodai Senga (Sophia) had 45 in 2019. This season, he has used fast attacking pitches to increase strike out rate.
strike out rate is the fourth highest in the team's history, following Yoshinobu Yamamoto in 2020 with a strikeout rate of 10.59 (126 2/3 innings = 149 K), Koji Noda in 1995 with a strikeout rate of 10.16 (184 1/3 innings = 208 K), and Noda in 1994 with strike out rate of 9.93 (193 innings = 213 K). He has also come into his own this season in terms of struck out out batters.
▼...Six players - Nakagawa, Ota, Kurebayashi, Sugimoto, Hirooka, and Tonmiya - have had at least the required number of at-bats. This is the first time that six players have had at-bats in 2014. However, the team's highest batting average is .284, by Nakagawa, and they have not had a .300 hitter for two consecutive years. The longest stretch without a .300 hitter was nine consecutive years from 1956 to 1964, but this is the first time they have gone two consecutive years since three consecutive years from 1966 to 1968.
▼...this season walk-off is 10-6 in games played. walk-off The 10 wins is the most by a baseball team, tied with 61 and 96. Of those, walk-off home run had 5. It was the second highest number on the baseball team after the 6 in 1969. Wakatsuki, Noguchi, Nakagawa, Tongu, and Hirooka hit five, but this is the eighth team to have five or more in a season walk-off home run for the same team, following Nankai in 1963 with five, The Giants in 1968 with seven, The Giants in 1983, Chunichi in 1988, Daiei and Kintetsu in 1991, and Seibu Lions in 2008. It was the fifth team in the Pacific League with the largest number of players.
▼...Ota's batting statistics by runner situation are
runner on base - Hits [Home Runs] Batting Average
None 257-70〈5〉 ・272
1 person 127-35〈3〉・276
2 people 59-18〈1〉・305
bases loaded 5-4 (1) ・800
The more runner on base, the better his performance. He showed his competitive spirit, especially with bases loaded, hitting his first bases loaded slam.
▼...Nakagawa is the only outfielder among the 27 players in both leagues who have played enough games to meet the required number of appearances to have defense percentage of 1.000 with zero errors. This is the first time a team outfielder has achieved this since Tomotaka Sakaguchi in 2011. He is currently on a streak of 227 consecutive defense opportunities without an error.
▼...FA signee Kuri has 11 wins, the 10th time in his first year as an FA transfer that he has reached double digits win, the ninth time since Yamazaki (Japan) in 1924. He had win from 10 teams until last year, but pitched against his old team Hiroshima on June 3, but got a black star in the 5th inning 4 runs. On July 6, he won his first win game against Lotte and became the king of all teams win.
▼...This season, Machado has appeared in 58 games, pitching 55 1/3 innings without giving up a single home run. He has only given up one home run in his entire career, and since giving up one to Kish in a game against Seibu Lions on May 26th last year, he has gone 92 consecutive innings without allowing Home Run.
▼...Perdomo is the 33 hold. season 30 hold or more for the eighth time, the team's sixth since Yoshinobu Yamamoto 32 hold in 2006. He is the first foreign pitcher player to do so. He and Machado became the team's first pair of assistants to make 50 plate appearances. (The first time the team has had a foreigner on the mound is in 2006, when the team had a foreigner on the mound.)