Editing Nippon Professional Baseball (section)

==Records==

===Single season batting===
{| class="wikitable" style="clear: left;"
|- style="text-align:center;" 
| colspan="3" style="background:#cfc;"|'''Central League'''
| colspan="3" style="background:#87cefa;"|'''Pacific League'''
| colspan="3"|'''Overall'''
|-
!|Player
!|
!|Year
!|Player
!|
!|Year
!|Player
!|
!|Year
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|'''Batting Average'''
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Randy Bass]]
|.389
|1986
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ichiro Suzuki]]
|.387
|2000
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Randy Bass]]
|.389
|1986
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Warren Cromartie]]
|.378
|1989
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ichiro Suzuki]]
|.385
|1994
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ichiro Suzuki]]
|.387
|2000
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Seiichi Uchikawa]]
|.378
|2008
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Isao Harimoto]] <sup>'''a''' </sup><!-- https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=harimo000isa -->
|.383
|1970
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ichiro Suzuki]]
|.385
|1994
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|'''Home Runs'''<!-- https://npb.jp/bis/history/ssb_hr.html -->
|-
|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Wladimir Balentien]] <sup> '''b''' </sup>
|60
|2013
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tuffy Rhodes]]
|55
|2001
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|NED}} [[Wladimir Balentien]]
|60
|2013
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Munetaka Murakami]]
|56
|2022
|{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Alex Cabrera]] 
|55
|2002
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Munetaka Murakami]]
|56
|2022
|-
|{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Sadaharu Oh]] <sup> '''c''' </sup>
|55
|1964
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsuya Nomura]] <!-- https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=nomura002kat -->
|52
|1963
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Sadaharu Oh]]
|55
|1964
|-
|
|
|
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiromitsu Ochiai]] <!-- https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=ochiai001hir -->
|52
|1985
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Tuffy Rhodes]]
|55
|2001
|-
|
|
|
|
|
|
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Alex Cabrera]] 
|55
|2002
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|'''RBIs'''
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Makoto Kozuru]]
|161
|1950
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiromitsu Ochiai]]
|146
|1985
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Makoto Kozuru]]
|161
|1950
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Rose (baseball)|Bobby Rose]]
|153
|1999
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsuya Nomura]]
|135
|1963
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Bobby Rose (baseball)|Bobby Rose]]
|153
|1999
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Makoto Imaoka]]
|147
|2005
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Norihiro Nakamura]]
|132
|2001
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Makoto Imaoka]]
|147
|2005
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|'''Hits'''
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Matt Murton]]
|214
|2010
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shogo Akiyama]]
|216
|2015
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shogo Akiyama]]
|216
|2015
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Nori Aoki]]
|209
|2010
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ichiro Suzuki]]
|210
|1994
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Matt Murton]]
|214
|2010
|-
|{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Alex Ramírez]] <sup> '''d''' </sup>
|204
|2007
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tsuyoshi Nishioka]]
|206
|2010
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Ichiro Suzuki]]
|210
|1994
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|'''Stolen Bases'''<!-- https://npb.jp/bis/history/ssb_sb.html -->
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} {{ill|Tadashi Matsumoto|ja|松本匡史}}
|76
|1983
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yutaka Fukumoto]]
|106
|1972
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yutaka Fukumoto]]
|106
|1972
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} {{ill|Jiro Kanayama|ja|金山次郎}}
|74
|1950
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yutaka Fukumoto]]
|95
|1973
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yutaka Fukumoto]]
|95
|1973
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshihiko Takahashi]]
|73
|1985
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yutaka Fukumoto]]
|94
|1974
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yutaka Fukumoto]]
|94
|1974
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|'''Strikeouts'''<!-- https://npb.jp/bis/history/ssb_so.html -->
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Munetaka Murakami]]
|184
|2019
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Bryant]]
|204
|1993
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Bryant]]
|204
|1993
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Akinori Iwamura]]
|173
|2004
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Bryant]]
|198
|1990
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Bryant]]
|198
|1990
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Teruaki Sato]]
|173
|2021
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Bryant]]
|187
|1989
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Ralph Bryant]]
|187
|1989
|}

<sup> '''a''' </sup> Harimoto is a Korean citizen who was born and grew up in Japan (see [[Zainichi Korean]]).
<br />
<sup> '''b''' </sup> As all Curaçaoans have [[Dutch citizenship]] and Balentien has represented the [[Netherlands national baseball team|Netherlands]] internationally, he is listed here as Dutch.
<br />
<sup> '''c''' </sup> Despite being born in Japan, Oh was a citizen of the [[Republic of China]] (his father's nationality) instead of Japan.
<br />
<sup> '''d''' </sup> Ramirez did not have Japanese citizenship until 2019 and so is listed as the nationality he was during his playing career.

===Single season pitching===
{| class="wikitable" style="clear: left;"
|- style="text-align:center;" 
| colspan="3" style="background:#cfc;"|'''Central League'''
| colspan="3" style="background:#87cefa;"|'''Pacific League'''
| colspan="3"|'''Overall'''
|-
!|Player
!|
!|Year
!|Player
!|
!|Year
!|Player
!|
!|Year
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|'''ERA'''<!-- https://npb.jp/bis/history/ssp_era.html -->
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Minoru Murayama]]
|0.98
|1970
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuhisa Inao]]
|1.06
|1956
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Minoru Murayama]] <sup> '''d''' </sup>
|0.98
|1970
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Minoru Murayama]]
|1.19
|1959
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masahiro Tanaka]]
|1.272
|2011
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuhisa Inao]]
|1.06
|1956
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Minoru Murayama]]
|1.20
|1962
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masahiro Tanaka]]
|1.273
|2013
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Minoru Murayama]]
|1.19
|1959
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|'''Wins'''<!-- https://npb.jp/bis/history/ssp_w.html -->
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Juzo Sanada]]
|39
|1950
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuhisa Inao]] 
|42
|1961
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuhisa Inao]]  <sup>'''e''' </sup>
|42
|1961
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiroshi Gondo]]
|35
|1961
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tadashi Sugiura]]
|38
|1959
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Juzo Sanada]]
|39
|1950
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takehiko Bessho]]
|33
|1952
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuhisa Inao]]
|35
|1957
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tadashi Sugiura]]
|38
|1959
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|'''Saves''' <!-- https://npb.jp/bis/history/ssp_sv.html -->
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hitoki Iwase]]
|46
|2005
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dennis Sarfate]]
|54
|2017
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dennis Sarfate]]
|54
|2017
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kyuji Fujikawa]]
|46
|2007
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dennis Sarfate]]
|43
|2016
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hitoki Iwase]]
|46
|2005
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuhiro Sasaki]]
|45
|1998
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Dennis Sarfate]]
|41
|2015
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kyuji Fujikawa]]
|46
|2007
|-
| colspan="9" style="text-align:center;"|'''Strikeouts''' <!-- https://npb.jp/bis/history/ssp_so.html -->
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yutaka Enatsu]]
|401
|1968
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuhisa Inao]]
|353
|1961
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yutaka Enatsu]]
|401
|1968
|-
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Masaichi Kaneda]] <sup>'''f''' </sup>
|350
|1955
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tadashi Sugiura]]
|336
|1959
| style="background:#87cefa;"|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuhisa Inao]]
|353
|1961
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yutaka Enatsu]]
|340
|1970
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuhisa Inao]]
|334
|1958
| style="background:#cfc;"|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Masaichi Kaneda]]
|350
|1955
|}

<sup> '''d''' </sup> The Japanese record is 0.73, set by [[Hideo Fujimoto]] in the 1943 [[Japanese Baseball League]] season, which is also the world record ERA, surpassing Tim Keefe's 0.86 of the [[Troy Trojans (MLB team)|Troy Trojans]] in 1880.
<br />
<sup> '''e''' </sup> The Japanese record is shared between Inao and [[Victor Starffin]], who also recorded 42 wins during the 1942 [[Japanese Baseball League]] season.
<br />
<sup> '''f''' </sup> Despite being born in Japan, Kaneda did not become a Japanese citizen until 1959 and was instead a South Korean citizen.

===Career batting===
{{update|section|date=August 2022}}{{citation needed|reason=none of this is sourced, and some of it is out of date / inaccurate|date=August 2022}}
{| class="wikitable" style="clear: both;"
!|Player
!|
!|Years played
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|'''Batting average'''<ref>[[Ichiro Suzuki]] hit .353 for his Japanese career (1993–2000), but did not have enough at-bats to qualify for career leadership.
</ref>
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Leron Lee]]
|.320
|1977–1987
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tsutomu Wakamatsu]]
|.31918
|1971–1989
|-
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Isao Harimoto]]
|.31915
|1959–1981
|-
|{{flagicon|USA}} [[Greg Wells (baseball)|Greg Wells]]
|.317
|1983-1992
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|'''Home Runs''' {{main|List of top Nippon Professional Baseball home run hitters}}
|-
|{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Sadaharu Oh]]
|868
|1959–1980
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsuya Nomura]]
|657
|1954–1980
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiromitsu Kadota]]
|567
|1970–1992
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|'''Hits''' {{main|List of Nippon Professional Baseball career hits leaders}}
|-
|{{flagicon|KOR}} [[Isao Harimoto]]
|3,085
|1959–1981
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsuya Nomura]]
|2,901
|1954–1980
|-
|{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Sadaharu Oh]]
|2,786
|1959–1980
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|'''RBIs''' {{main|List of Nippon Professional Baseball players with 1,000 runs batted in}}
|-
|{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Sadaharu Oh]]
|2,170
|1959–1980
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Katsuya Nomura]]
|1,988
|1954–1980
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hiromitsu Kadota]]
|1,678
|1970–1992
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|'''Stolen Bases'''
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yutaka Fukumoto]]
|1,065
|1969–1988
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Yoshinori Hirose]]
|596
|1955–1977
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Isao Shibata]]
|579
|1962–1981
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|'''Strikeouts'''
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuhiro Kiyohara]]
|1,955
|1986–2008
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Motonobu Tanishige]]
|1,838
|1989–2015
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Koji Akiyama]]
|1,712
|1981–2002
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|'''OPS'''
|-
|{{flagicon|TWN}} [[Sadaharu Oh]]
|1.080
|1959–1980
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideki Matsui]]
|.995
|1993–2002
|-
|{{flagicon|VEN}} [[Alex Cabrera]]
|.990
|2001–2012
|}

===Career pitching===
{| class="wikitable" style="clear: both;"
!|Player
!|
!|Years played
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|'''ERA'''
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hideo Fujimoto]]
|1.90
|1942–1955
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|'''Wins'''
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masaichi Kaneda]]
|400
|1950–1969
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tetsuya Yoneda]]
|350
|1956–1977
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masaaki Koyama]]
|320
|1953–1973
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Keishi Suzuki]]
|317
|1966–1985
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Takehiko Bessho]]
|310
|1942–1960
|-
|{{flagicon|URS}} [[Victor Starffin]]
|303
|1936–1955
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|'''Strikeouts'''<br /><small>{{main|List of top Nippon Professional Baseball strikeout pitchers}}</small>
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masaichi Kaneda]]
|4490
|1950–1969
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Tetsuya Yoneda]]
|3388
|1956–1977
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Masaaki Koyama]]
|3159
|1953–1973
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Keishi Suzuki]]
|3061
|1966–1985
|-
| colspan="3" style="text-align:center;"|'''Saves'''
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Hitoki Iwase]]
|407
|1999–2018
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Shingo Takatsu]]
|286
|1991–2003, 2006–2007
|-
|{{flagicon|JPN}} [[Kazuhiro Sasaki]]
|252
|1990–1999, 2004–2005
|}

===ERA champions===
{{main|List of Nippon Professional Baseball ERA champions}}