2018 Saitama Seibu Lions Statistics
Japan Pacific League (JPPL) - Class: Foreign Major
Team Record: 77-49
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Hatsuhiko Tsuji (77-49)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome
2018 Saitama Seibu Lions RosterTeam Record: 77-49
Finished 1st in the JPPL
Manager: Hatsuhiko Tsuji (77-49)
Location: Tokorozawa, Japan
Ballpark: MetLife Dome
Playoffs - Fukuoka Softbank Hawks 4 games, Saitama Seibu Lions 2
The Saitama Seibu Lions of the Japan Pacific League ended the 2018 season with a record of 77 wins and 49 losses, finishing first in the JPPL.
The Seibu Lions led the league with 710 runs. Saitama surrendered 594 runs, most in the circuit.
Brian Wolfe, Yusei Kikuchi, Shogo Akiyama, Kyle Martin, Fabio Castillo, Neil Wagner, Kazuo Matsui and Deunte Heath were all players from the 2018 Saitama Seibu Lions who played in the Majors during their careers.
Hatsuhiko Tsuji served as manager.Click on column headings to sort.
Pitching:
| Player | W | L | W% | ERA | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shinsaburo Tawata | 16 | 5 | .762 | 3.81 | 26 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 172.7 | 173 | 81 | 73 | 12 | 47 | 0 | 102 | 11 | 0 | 5 | 730 | ||
| Yusei Kikuchi | 14 | 4 | .778 | 3.08 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 163.7 | 124 | 59 | 56 | 16 | 45 | 1 | 153 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 654 | ||
| Daiki Enokida | 11 | 4 | .733 | 3.32 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 132.7 | 132 | 53 | 49 | 14 | 40 | 0 | 98 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 566 | ||
| Fabio Castillo | 7 | 4 | .636 | 4.48 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 74.3 | 60 | 38 | 37 | 5 | 45 | 1 | 51 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 330 | ||
| Tatsuya Imai | 5 | 5 | .500 | 4.81 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 78.7 | 74 | 45 | 42 | 11 | 35 | 0 | 65 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 345 | ||
| Ken Togame | 5 | 8 | .385 | 4.42 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 124.3 | 114 | 65 | 61 | 16 | 56 | 0 | 82 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 535 | ||
| Deunte Heath | 4 | 1 | .800 | 2.50 | 42 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 39.7 | 28 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 158 | ||
| Brian Wolfe | 4 | 4 | .500 | 4.77 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 66.0 | 88 | 42 | 35 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 40 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 290 | ||
| Sho Itoh | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.73 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 26 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 115 | ||
| Katsunori Hirai | 3 | 1 | .750 | 3.40 | 64 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53.0 | 40 | 22 | 20 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 54 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 217 | ||
| Kyle Martin | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.08 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 21.7 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 0 | 26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 88 | ||
| Neil Wagner | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.22 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 32.0 | 29 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 23 | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 147 | ||
| Kona Takahashi | 2 | 1 | .667 | 4.50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.0 | 17 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 13 | 0 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 91 | ||
| Tatsushi Masuda | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.17 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 38.3 | 44 | 23 | 22 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 170 | ||
| Ryuya Ogawa | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.59 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11.3 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 46 | ||
| Hirotaka Koishi | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.10 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26.3 | 24 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 15 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 115 | ||
| Chun Lin Kuo | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 6.32 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 68 | ||
| Tatsuya Oishi | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 7.00 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.0 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 43 | ||
| Shogo Noda | 1 | 1 | .500 | 3.51 | 58 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 41.0 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 24 | 0 | 40 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 181 | ||
| Shota Takekuma | 1 | 2 | .333 | 6.37 | 35 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 36 | 22 | 21 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 140 | ||
| Hayato Takagi | 1 | 2 | .333 | 8.69 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19.7 | 25 | 22 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 96 | ||
| Hiromasa Saito | 1 | 3 | .250 | 7.02 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16.7 | 14 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 78 | ||
| Tomomi Takahashi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||
| Ichiro Tamura | 0 | 0 | 3.60 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.0 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | |||
| Naoaki Matsumoto | 0 | 0 | 6.75 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24.0 | 31 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 113 | |||
| Takuya Toyoda | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |||
| Tadasuke Minamikawa | 0 | 0 | 15.43 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.7 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | |||
| Shunta Nakatsuka | 0 | 0 | 18.00 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | |||
| Keisuke Honda | 0 | 0 | 23.14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15 | |||
| Makoto Aiuchi | 0 | 1 | .000 | 3.45 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15.7 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 67 | ||
| Yasuo Sano | 0 | 1 | .000 | 8.38 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 47 | ||
| Totals | 88 | 53 | .624 | 4.24 | 587 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 33 | 1277.3 | 1230 | 653 | 602 | 148 | 506 | 5 | 959 | 84 | 1 | 44 | 5515 |
Batting:
| Player | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shogo Akiyama | 143 | 685 | 603 | 107 | 195 | 39 | 8 | 24 | 82 | 15 | 10 | 77 | 96 | .323 | .403 | .534 | .937 | 322 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| Hideto Asamura | 143 | 640 | 565 | 104 | 175 | 27 | 0 | 32 | 127 | 4 | 2 | 68 | 105 | .310 | .383 | .527 | .910 | 298 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 4 |
| Sosuke Genda | 143 | 666 | 594 | 92 | 165 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 57 | 34 | 8 | 48 | 101 | .278 | .333 | .374 | .707 | 222 | 7 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| Hotaka Yamakawa | 143 | 647 | 541 | 115 | 152 | 24 | 1 | 47 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 88 | 138 | .281 | .396 | .590 | .985 | 319 | 5 | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Shuta Tonosaki | 119 | 510 | 453 | 70 | 130 | 24 | 3 | 18 | 67 | 25 | 9 | 47 | 102 | .287 | .357 | .472 | .830 | 214 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Tomoya Mori | 136 | 552 | 473 | 67 | 130 | 34 | 2 | 16 | 80 | 7 | 2 | 70 | 105 | .275 | .366 | .457 | .823 | 216 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 |
| Takeya Nakamura | 97 | 392 | 355 | 53 | 94 | 14 | 1 | 28 | 74 | 1 | 0 | 33 | 112 | .265 | .329 | .546 | .876 | 194 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Takumi Kuriyama | 114 | 363 | 305 | 32 | 78 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 52 | 1 | 0 | 52 | 78 | .256 | .366 | .400 | .766 | 122 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Yuji Kaneko | 111 | 356 | 310 | 50 | 69 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 32 | 11 | 34 | 53 | .223 | .303 | .274 | .577 | 85 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 |
| Ernesto Mejia | 82 | 234 | 212 | 20 | 45 | 7 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 62 | .212 | .282 | .373 | .655 | 79 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Ginjiro Sumitani | 47 | 135 | 129 | 10 | 32 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 30 | .248 | .265 | .310 | .575 | 40 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Fumikazu Kimura | 75 | 120 | 104 | 18 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 33 | .260 | .330 | .413 | .744 | 43 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Masatoshi Okada | 52 | 108 | 92 | 10 | 25 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 17 | .272 | .327 | .402 | .729 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Shogo Saito | 59 | 104 | 87 | 20 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 28 | .241 | .330 | .333 | .663 | 29 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Kazuo Matsui | 30 | 41 | 39 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 10 | .154 | .195 | .179 | .375 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kazuki Kaneko | 6 | 14 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | .357 | .357 | .643 | 1.000 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nien Ting Wu | 8 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .091 | .091 | .091 | .182 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Haruka Yamada | 14 | 19 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | .059 | .158 | .235 | .393 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Yusei Kikuchi | 23 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brian Wolfe | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Masato Kumashiro | 25 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .000 | .100 | .000 | .100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ken Togame | 22 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shinsaburo Tawata | 26 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fabio Castillo | 20 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aito Takeda | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Naoaki Matsumoto | 24 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Daichi Mizuguchi | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Kyohei Nagae | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 1692 | 5638 | 4941 | 792 | 1351 | 244 | 29 | 196 | 761 | 132 | 48 | 566 | 1103 | .273 | .352 | .454 | .805 | 2241 | 79 | 50 | 48 | 33 | 14 |
Fielding:
| Player | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | PB | SB | CS | CS% |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hotaka Yamakawa | 1B | 142 | 1288 | 110 | 14 | 133 | .990 | 9.845 | ||||
| Hideto Asamura | 1B | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.600 | ||||
| Ernesto Mejia | 1B | 2 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 6.000 | ||||
| Hideto Asamura | 2B | 142 | 279 | 412 | 12 | 99 | .983 | 4.866 | ||||
| Shuta Tonosaki | 2B | 15 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 3 | .950 | 1.267 | ||||
| Nien Ting Wu | 2B | 5 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.600 | ||||
| Daichi Mizuguchi | 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Masato Kumashiro | 2B | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.400 | ||||
| Takeya Nakamura | 3B | 94 | 44 | 137 | 9 | 9 | .953 | 1.926 | ||||
| Shuta Tonosaki | 3B | 61 | 39 | 75 | 5 | 7 | .958 | 1.869 | ||||
| Haruka Yamada | 3B | 10 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Kazuki Kaneko | 3B | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.200 | ||||
| Kyohei Nagae | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Kazuo Matsui | 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Masato Kumashiro | 3B | 2 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.500 | ||||
| Nien Ting Wu | 3B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tomoya Mori | C | 81 | 492 | 72 | 5 | 4 | .991 | 6.963 | 5 | |||
| Masatoshi Okada | C | 49 | 198 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.367 | 1 | |||
| Ginjiro Sumitani | C | 47 | 266 | 40 | 3 | 1 | .990 | 6.511 | 1 | |||
| Shogo Akiyama | OF | 143 | 289 | 4 | 4 | 1 | .987 | 2.049 | ||||
| Yuji Kaneko | OF | 106 | 188 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .995 | 1.811 | ||||
| Shuta Tonosaki | OF | 80 | 122 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .992 | 1.600 | ||||
| Fumikazu Kimura | OF | 72 | 73 | 0 | 4 | 0 | .948 | 1.014 | ||||
| Takumi Kuriyama | OF | 68 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.441 | ||||
| Shogo Saito | OF | 56 | 50 | 1 | 3 | 1 | .944 | .911 | ||||
| Masato Kumashiro | OF | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Kazuo Matsui | OF | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 | ||||
| Aito Takeda | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Katsunori Hirai | P | 64 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .156 | ||||
| Shogo Noda | P | 58 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | .889 | .138 | ||||
| Deunte Heath | P | 42 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .095 | ||||
| Tatsushi Masuda | P | 41 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .244 | ||||
| Neil Wagner | P | 36 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .083 | ||||
| Shota Takekuma | P | 35 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .200 | ||||
| Shinsaburo Tawata | P | 26 | 15 | 22 | 1 | 2 | .974 | 1.423 | ||||
| Naoaki Matsumoto | P | 24 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .375 | ||||
| Yusei Kikuchi | P | 23 | 10 | 18 | 5 | 2 | .848 | 1.217 | ||||
| Daiki Enokida | P | 23 | 4 | 29 | 0 | 4 | 1.000 | 1.435 | ||||
| Ken Togame | P | 22 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | .955 | .955 | ||||
| Kyle Martin | P | 22 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .182 | ||||
| Hirotaka Koishi | P | 22 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .318 | ||||
| Fabio Castillo | P | 20 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 1 | .923 | .600 | ||||
| Hiromasa Saito | P | 16 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .857 | .375 | ||||
| Sho Itoh | P | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .800 | .250 | ||||
| Ryuya Ogawa | P | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | .833 | .333 | ||||
| Tatsuya Imai | P | 15 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .667 | ||||
| Brian Wolfe | P | 14 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 0 | .917 | .786 | ||||
| Tatsuya Oishi | P | 10 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .800 | .400 | ||||
| Makoto Aiuchi | P | 10 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .300 | ||||
| Hayato Takagi | P | 8 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Yasuo Sano | P | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .400 | ||||
| Ichiro Tamura | P | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Tadasuke Minamikawa | P | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Kona Takahashi | P | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.333 | ||||
| Chun Lin Kuo | P | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 | ||||
| Takuya Toyoda | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Shunta Nakatsuka | P | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .500 | ||||
| Tomomi Takahashi | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |||||
| Keisuke Honda | P | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.000 | ||||
| Sosuke Genda | SS | 143 | 271 | 526 | 11 | 112 | .986 | 5.573 | ||||
| Totals | 1949 | 3832 | 1619 | 87 | 392 | .984 | 2.797 | 7 | 0 | 0 |
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