Yesterday, I looked at MLB starters and the locations they usually threw to and had success in according to velocity. I also wanted to get another look, this time in the NPB (Japan), using the data supplied by Patrick Newman of NPB Tracker. I haven’t seen anyone seriously play with this data, and I thought the heat maps would be helpful in giving us another look at how pitchers attack the zone as a whole. So I took the top 25 pitchers in innings pitched in both the Pacific and the Central (the two leagues in the NPB Ichi-Gun, sort of like the AL and NL in the MLB) and broke down their most recent 10 starts.
I used the average velocity for that start, their FIP for that specific start (I prefer using kwERA when looking at Japanese Pitching Statistics because of the offensive environment, but the stat line on the game logs on NPB Tracker doesn’t include batters faced, which makes calculating FIP easier than kwERA), and broke down their pitch locations (again, only looking at pitches thrown in the strike zone) using Newman’s very simple heat maps (you can’t break it down by pitch or result by pitch, that is why we use FIP for the start, not for each pitch, but comparing the locations and velocities to FIP should be useful). Here is the spreadsheet if you want to look at the results:
|
Name
|
Velocity
|
FIP (of start)
|
Upper Left
|
Upper Middle
|
Upper Right
|
Middle Left
|
Middle Middle
|
Middle Right
|
Lower Left
|
Lower Middle
|
Lower Right
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Toshiya Sugiuchi | 85.11 | 0.2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 10 | |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 90.54 | 0.31 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| Toshiya Sugiuchi | 87.29 | 0.33 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 5 |
| Shinya Nakayama | 83.96 | 0.37 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 6 | |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 90.27 | 0.37 | 10 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 5 |
| Takayuki Kishi | 86.17 | 0.53 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 3 | ||
| Mitsuo Yoshikawa | 91.21 | 0.63 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 7 |
| Mitsuo Yoshikawa | 88.78 | 0.64 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 14 |
| Shinya Nakayama | 84.05 | 0.7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 5 |
| Masanori Ishikawa | 83.3 | 0.7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Mitsuo Yoshikawa | 89.19 | 0.88 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Kazuhisa Makita | 75.53 | 0.91 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Kenji Otonari | 83.45 | 0.95 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 14 |
| Tadashi Settsu | 86.51 | 0.95 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Takahiro Fujioka | 84.59 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 90.34 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Atsushi Nohmi | 86.7 | 1.0075 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 12 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Atsushi Nohmi | 89.25 | 1.03 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Kenta Maeda | 91.54 | 1.06 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| Hayato Terahara | 87.18 | 1.11 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Soma Yamauchi | 85.39 | 1.12 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 4 | |
| Takayuki Kishi | 87.93 | 1.2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Randy Messenger | 91.25 | 1.2 | 18 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Kenichi Nakata | 90.05 | 1.2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 4 |
| Sho Iwasaki | 90.07 | 1.2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Kelvin Jimenez | 90.12 | 1.2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Byran Bullington | 88.6 | 1.2 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Shohei Tateyama | 88.27 | 1.31 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
| Tadashi Settsu | 87.24 | 1.34 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Shinya Nakayama | 86.18 | 1.39 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | 91.37 | 1.4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 2 |
| Tadashi Settsu | 87.3 | 1.42 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| Mitsuo Yoshikawa | 91.39 | 1.42 | 7 | 7 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Masanori Ishikawa | 83.93 | 1.43 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 11 |
| Tetsuya Utsumi | 85.48 | 1.45 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 |
| Sho Iwasaki | 90.59 | 1.49 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Shinji Iwata | 85 | 1.49 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 4 |
| Brian Wolfe | 90.47 | 1.49 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 |
| Toshiya Sugiuchi | 87.05 | 1.5 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
| Brian Wolfe | 90.1 | 1.53 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Mitsuo Yoshikawa | 91.27 | 1.53 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
| Byran Bullington | 89.44 | 1.53 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Yuki Nishi | 87.48 | 1.53 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Kazuhisa Makita | 79.33 | 1.56 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 7 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 91.24 | 1.58 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Atsushi Nohmi | 88.64 | 1.58 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 91.05 | 1.6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 |
| Takahiro Shiomi | 86.2 | 1.6 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | |
| Kenichi Nakata | 89.56 | 1.6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | |
| Kazuki Yoshimi | 87.54 | 1.63 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | |
| Yasutomo Kubo | 86.05 | 1.63 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 8 |
| Atsushi Nohmi | 87.93 | 1.63 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 7 |
| Seth Greisinger | 84.74 | 1.7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| Randy Messenger | 89.54 | 1.7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Kan Otake | 86.32 | 1.7 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 6 |
| Shohei Tateyama | 89.54 | 1.7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| Atsushi Nohmi | 87.24 | 1.76 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Brian Wolfe | 91.34 | 1.77 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 13 |
| Kenta Maeda | 91.47 | 1.77 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| Minoru Iwata | 86.88 | 1.77 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 4 |
| Tetsuya Utsumi | 85.29 | 1.77 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Seth Greisinger | 85.14 | 1.77 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 5 | |
| Atsushi Nohmi | 89.2 | 1.79 | 6 | 7 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 91.71 | 1.8 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 2 | |
| Takayuki Kishi | 87.18 | 1.81 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Kenta Maeda | 91 | 1.83 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| Shohei Tateyama | 88.78 | 1.83 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Soma Yamauchi | 85.54 | 1.87 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 5 | |
| Manabu Mima | 86.63 | 1.89 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 84.76 | 1.91 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 14 |
| Randy Messenger | 90.03 | 1.91 | 13 | 4 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 4 |
| Hayato Terahara | 91.26 | 1.94 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 |
| Mitsuo Yoshikawa | 91.03 | 1.98 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Yoshinao Kamata | 89.97 | 1.98 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Wataru Karashima | 84.23 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 12 |
| Minoru Iwata | 87.35 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Masuru Takeda | 80.81 | 2.03 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Orlando Roman | 87.14 | 2.03 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Kentaro Takasaki | 87.87 | 2.03 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | 91.53 | 2.06 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| Kazuki Yoshimi | 86.24 | 2.06 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 3 | |
| Hiroshi Kisanuki | 86.92 | 2.06 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 2 |
| Randy Messenger | 89.61 | 2.06 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| Atsushi Nohmi | 86.39 | 2.08 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 5 |
| Kenichi Nakata | 88.41 | 2.08 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Seth Greisinger | 86.06 | 2.09 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 10 |
| Kenta Maeda | 90.73 | 2.09 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 8 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 8 | |
| Kazuki Yoshimi | 86.56 | 2.09 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 7 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 90.41 | 2.09 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| Atsushi Nohmi | 85.43 | 2.11 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Kentaro Takasaki | 88.73 | 2.2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 15 |
| Kentaro Takasaki | 89.28 | 2.2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| Kazuhisa Makita | 79.35 | 2.2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 |
| Diasuke Miura | 85.59 | 2.2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 11 |
| Soma Yamauchi | 84.68 | 2.2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 11 |
| Kenta Maeda | 91.27 | 2.2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 |
| Randy Messenger | 90.64 | 2.2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Katsuki Akagawa | 82.45 | 2.2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| Diasuke Miura | 86.63 | 2.2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Yuki Nishi | 88.44 | 2.2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 7 |
| Byran Bullington | 87.86 | 2.2 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Byran Bullington | 87.54 | 2.2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Kan Otake | 88.89 | 2.2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Kyohei Muranaka | 87.84 | 2.2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 5 |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | 89.89 | 2.2 | 7 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 4 |
| Wataru Karashima | 85.37 | 2.2 | 8 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Toshiya Sugiuchi | 85.68 | 2.2 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 22 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 4 |
| Kentaro Takasaki | 88.98 | 2.2 | 9 | 2 | 26 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | |
| Seth Greisinger | 85.4 | 2.2 | 11 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Yoshinao Kamata | 87.73 | 2.2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 2 | ||
| Kyohei Muranaka | 88.55 | 2.3 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| Diasuke Miura | 85.01 | 2.33 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 10 |
| Atsushi Nohmi | 86.8 | 2.33 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 8 | |
| Kazuki Yoshimi | 86.03 | 2.34 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 11 |
| Tadashi Settsu | 86.93 | 2.34 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 10 | |
| Tetsuya Utsumi | 85.76 | 2.34 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Byran Bullington | 89.3 | 2.34 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Kentaro Takasaki | 87.52 | 2.34 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
| Yuki Kuniyoshi | 88.63 | 2.34 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 |
| Seth Greisinger | 85.55 | 2.37 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 8 |
| D.J. Houlton | 86.74 | 2.37 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Yusuke Nomura | 87.63 | 2.4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 10 |
| Katsuki Akagawa | 84.11 | 2.4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| Yuki Nishi | 87.05 | 2.4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Hayato Terahara | 90.66 | 2.41 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| Katsuki Akagawa | 82.92 | 2.41 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 |
| Manabu Mima | 87.48 | 2.42 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Kazuhisa Makita | 78.88 | 2.42 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 7 | 5 |
| Kenji Otonari | 86.04 | 2.42 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 5 |
| Kan Otake | 90.58 | 2.42 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| Brian Wolfe | 86.95 | 2.45 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 10 |
| Yuki Nishi | 85.95 | 2.45 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| Manabu Mima | 88.66 | 2.45 | 6 | 10 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Byran Bullington | 88.89 | 2.45 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 90.61 | 2.45 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 7 | |
| Soma Yamauchi | 84.68 | 2.48 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 |
| Wataru Karashima | 85.6 | 2.49 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Shohei Tateyama | 88.38 | 2.49 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 5 |
| Wataru Karashima | 82.55 | 2.49 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 5 |
| Yuki Kuniyoshi | 90.17 | 2.49 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Shinji Iwata | 85.25 | 2.49 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Kenji Otonari | 87.04 | 2.52 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 |
| Soma Yamauchi | 84.35 | 2.53 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | 90.96 | 2.53 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Yoshinao Kamata | 88.75 | 2.53 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | |
| Randy Messenger | 90.65 | 2.53 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Ryoma Nogami | 84.99 | 2.55 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 9 |
| Jason Standridge | 87.93 | 2.55 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Yusuke Nomura | 83.33 | 2.6 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 7 |
| Jason Standridge | 91.03 | 2.63 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| Manabu Mima | 86.51 | 2.63 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 8 |
| Orlando Roman | 89.63 | 2.63 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Randy Messenger | 90.6 | 2.63 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Takayuki Kishi | 87.46 | 2.63 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| Yuki Nishi | 87.66 | 2.63 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Hiroshi Kisanuki | 86.08 | 2.64 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| Orlando Roman | 87.83 | 2.64 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 5 |
| Hayato Terahara | 90.54 | 2.64 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 5 |
| Ryoma Nogami | 85.09 | 2.65 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Tetsuya Utsumi | 84.61 | 2.7 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 7 | |
| Tadashi Settsu | 85.67 | 2.7 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Kelvin Jimenez | 89.07 | 2.7 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 6 |
| Yasutomo Kubo | 87.33 | 2.7 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 4 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 90.53 | 2.7 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 14 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Yuki Saito | 84.1 | 2.73 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 11 | |
| Ryoma Nogami | 85.75 | 2.73 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 2 | 2 |
| Diasuke Miura | 84.22 | 2.76 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 6 |
| Masahiro Tanaka | 91 | 2.76 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 6 |
| Randy Messenger | 92.17 | 2.76 | 11 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Yoshihisa Naruse | 82.23 | 2.77 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 12 |
| Hiroshi Kisanuki | 86.96 | 2.77 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 13 | 11 |
| Diasuke Miura | 85.87 | 2.77 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 10 |
| Toshiya Sugiuchi | 85.49 | 2.77 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Hayato Terahara | 90.8 | 2.77 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
| Manabu Mima | 87.88 | 2.77 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 3 |
| Yasutomo Kubo | 86.22 | 2.8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 14 | |
| Yuki Nishi | 88 | 2.8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | |
| Jason Standridge | 89.37 | 2.81 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| Minoru Iwata | 86.06 | 2.81 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Masanori Ishikawa | 83.75 | 2.82 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| Seth Greisinger | 85.2 | 2.83 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| Kazuhisa Makita | 79.09 | 2.83 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 6 |
| Shohei Tateyama | 88.17 | 2.83 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 |
| Kan Otake | 89.58 | 2.83 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 5 |
| Hiroki Yamada | 85.14 | 2.83 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 5 | |
| Kazuki Yoshimi | 85.34 | 2.87 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 8 |
| Kazuki Yoshimi | 85.13 | 2.87 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 |
| Masanori Ishikawa | 83.17 | 2.87 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 6 | |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | 89.24 | 2.87 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Takahiro Fujioka | 87.54 | 2.87 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 1 |
| Kyohei Muranaka | 88.2 | 2.91 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Manabu Mima | 88.89 | 2.91 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Yuki Nishi | 87.67 | 2.91 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| Hiroshi Kisanuki | 88.62 | 2.93 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| Takahiro Shiomi | 86.38 | 2.93 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 3 |
| Takahiro Fujioka | 86.05 | 2.95 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 7 |
| Shinji Iwata | 84.55 | 2.95 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Hiroki Yamada | 83.32 | 2.95 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Sho Iwasaki | 90.06 | 2.95 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 4 | |
| Toshiya Sugiuchi | 85.59 | 2.96 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 13 |
| Kenji Otonari | 84.08 | 2.98 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 11 |
| Masuru Takeda | 80.37 | 2.98 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 7 |
| Takayuki Kishi | 86.58 | 2.98 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5 |
| Yuki Kuniyoshi | 87.13 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| Kenichi Nakata | 87.46 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Yuki Kuniyoshi | 91.32 | 3.02 | 4 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Toshiya Sugiuchi | 86.26 | 3.03 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| Shinya Nakayama | 84.42 | 3.03 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 9 |
| Seth Greisinger | 85.27 | 3.03 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| Masuru Takeda | 79.59 | 3.03 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 |
| Yoshinao Kamata | 89.33 | 3.03 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Kelvin Jimenez | 91.52 | 3.03 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Soma Yamauchi | 85.45 | 3.04 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Yuki Kuniyoshi | 89.43 | 3.04 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 4 |
| Kenji Otonari | 85.01 | 3.05 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 7 |
| Kan Otake | 89.65 | 3.06 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Yuki Kuniyoshi | 87.57 | 3.06 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Wataru Karashima | 85.33 | 3.06 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Masanori Ishikawa | 82.2 | 3.06 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 4 | 4 |
| Tetsuya Utsumi | 84.6 | 3.06 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Wataru Karashima | 86.16 | 3.07 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 12 |
| Yusuke Nomura | 85.8 | 3.2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 12 |
| Brian Wolfe | 90.84 | 3.2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 10 | |
| Toshiya Sugiuchi | 85.08 | 3.2 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 9 |
| Hiroshi Kisanuki | 87.35 | 3.2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | |
| Shohei Tateyama | 88.89 | 3.2 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 8 |
| Yoshihisa Naruse | 81.63 | 3.2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| Kenta Maeda | 90.69 | 3.2 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 7 |
| Yuki Nishi | 87.08 | 3.2 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Kazuhisa Makita | 80.11 | 3.2 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 6 |
| Manabu Mima | 87.57 | 3.2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Hayato Terahara | 90.1 | 3.2 | 5 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 |
| Shinji Iwata | 85.89 | 3.2 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| Ryoma Nogami | 84.98 | 3.2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 5 |
| Takahiro Fujioka | 85.72 | 3.2 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| Shohei Tateyama | 88.84 | 3.2 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Kyohei Muranaka | 86.61 | 3.2 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Jason Standridge | 88.68 | 3.2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 5 |
| Hiroki Yamada | 83.66 | 3.2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
| Katsuki Akagawa | 83.25 | 3.2 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Yusuke Nomura | 86.1 | 3.2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 3 |
| D.J. Houlton | 85.53 | 3.2 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Sho Iwasaki | 89.71 | 3.2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | |
| Ryoma Nogami | 85.96 | 3.2 | 10 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| D.J. Houlton | 85.15 | 3.2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | |
| Jason Standridge | 89.7 | 3.2 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 6 | 1 | |
| Yuki Kuniyoshi | 89.46 | 3.31 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | |
| Seth Greisinger | 85.33 | 3.31 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 1 | |
| Yasutomo Kubo | 86.95 | 3.33 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 7 |
| Takahiro Shiomi | 86.56 | 3.33 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 6 |
| Yoshinao Kamata | 87.97 | 3.33 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 2 |
| Kazuki Yoshimi | 87.28 | 3.34 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 15 |
| Yasutomo Kubo | 90.13 | 3.34 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 9 |
| Yasutomo Kubo | 88.66 | 3.34 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 7 |
| Kazuki Yoshimi | 89.37 | 3.34 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 7 |
| Diasuke Miura | 86.01 | 3.34 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 6 |
| Kelvin Jimenez | 89.46 | 3.34 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| Jason Standridge | 90.51 | 3.34 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 4 | |
| Minoru Iwata | 85.57 | 3.34 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 4 |
| Diasuke Miura | 85.53 | 3.34 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 |
| Mitsuo Yoshikawa | 90.23 | 3.36 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| Tetsuya Utsumi | 84.44 | 3.37 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 10 | |
| Masuru Takeda | 80.14 | 3.38 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Brian Wolfe | 90.39 | 3.39 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 8 |
| Orlando Roman | 88.4 | 3.39 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Kazuhisa Makita | 77.73 | 3.39 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 5 |
| Takahiro Fujioka | 87.41 | 3.4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| D.J. Houlton | 85.61 | 3.4 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Orlando Roman | 88.2 | 3.4 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Hiroshi Kisanuki | 86.86 | 3.42 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | |
| Hiroki Yamada | 85.17 | 3.43 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 12 |
| Brian Wolfe | 91.96 | 3.43 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Mitsuo Yoshikawa | 89.91 | 3.45 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Soma Yamauchi | 85.04 | 3.46 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 11 |
| D.J. Houlton | 84.93 | 3.48 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 |
| Kenji Otonari | 85.22 | 3.49 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 10 |
| Hayato Terahara | 89.82 | 3.49 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 8 |
| Tadashi Settsu | 87.23 | 3.49 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 8 |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 84.39 | 3.5 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | |
| Takahiro Shiomi | 83.4 | 3.52 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 4 |
| Hiroshi Kisanuki | 87.68 | 3.53 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 10 |
| Yusuke Nomura | 87.45 | 3.53 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 10 |
| Tadashi Settsu | 87 | 3.53 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Kan Otake | 90.02 | 3.53 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Masuru Takeda | 81.28 | 3.53 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| Yasutomo Kubo | 84.58 | 3.53 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| Kelvin Jimenez | 90.28 | 3.53 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Shohei Tateyama | 88.84 | 3.53 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 1 |
| Shinya Nakayama | 86.17 | 3.55 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Masanori Ishikawa | 84.68 | 3.55 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | |
| Yuki Nishi | 87.79 | 3.57 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| Diasuke Miura | 85.89 | 3.58 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 7 |
| Kazuhisa Makita | 78.51 | 3.58 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 7 |
| Jason Standridge | 90.01 | 3.58 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 |
| Kyohei Muranaka | 87.58 | 3.58 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Randy Messenger | 91.63 | 3.58 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Takahiro Shiomi | 86.43 | 3.59 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Minoru Iwata | 88.51 | 3.61 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
| Yusuke Nomura | 86.46 | 3.63 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 11 |
| Kenta Maeda | 88.89 | 3.63 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
| Wataru Karashima | 86.2 | 3.63 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 |
| Takahiro Fujioka | 88.44 | 3.63 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Kelvin Jimenez | 90.07 | 3.63 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 6 |
| Shinya Nakayama | 83.5 | 3.63 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| D.J. Houlton | 84.57 | 3.63 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 5 |
| Kentaro Takasaki | 88.47 | 3.63 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Masuru Takeda | 80.27 | 3.63 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 3 |
| Sho Iwasaki | 89.38 | 3.63 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Shohei Tateyama | 89.29 | 3.63 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | |
| Kazuki Yoshimi | 86.83 | 3.64 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 7 |
| Wataru Karashima | 85.51 | 3.65 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | 89.42 | 3.7 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 8 |
| Jason Standridge | 88.91 | 3.7 | 6 | 4 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 8 |
| D.J. Houlton | 85.08 | 3.7 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Kenji Otonari | 86.29 | 3.75 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Kyohei Muranaka | 88.26 | 3.76 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 13 |
| Kazuki Yoshimi | 85.78 | 3.76 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 11 | |
| Yasutomo Kubo | 85.63 | 3.76 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Takayuki Kishi | 86.38 | 3.76 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 2 |
| Sho Iwasaki | 89.72 | 3.76 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 2 |
| Kentaro Takasaki | 88.17 | 3.8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 12 |
| Shinya Nakayama | 86.67 | 3.8 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 11 |
| Yoshinao Kamata | 88.98 | 3.83 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 |
| Hiroki Yamada | 83.95 | 3.83 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 5 | |
| Takahiro Shiomi | 84.32 | 3.85 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| Orlando Roman | 87.05 | 3.85 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | |
| Yoshinao Kamata | 88.45 | 3.86 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Tadashi Settsu | 87.18 | 3.87 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 10 |
| Tetsuya Utsumi | 85.1 | 3.89 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Masuru Takeda | 77.44 | 3.9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 11 |
| Diasuke Miura | 84.67 | 3.91 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 |
| Yuki Nishi | 88.01 | 3.91 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| Kenichi Nakata | 88.62 | 3.91 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 3 | 6 |
| Ryoma Nogami | 86.33 | 3.91 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Manabu Mima | 88.34 | 3.91 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Sho Iwasaki | 88.86 | 3.92 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| Yuki Saito | 85.25 | 3.95 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | |
| Takayuki Kishi | 87.39 | 3.95 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 8 |
| Toshiya Sugiuchi | 86.75 | 3.95 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 7 |
| Takayuki Kishi | 85.44 | 3.95 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 7 |
| Kyohei Muranaka | 88.15 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| Orlando Roman | 88.48 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| Yoshinao Kamata | 88.34 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| Kentaro Takasaki | 89.14 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | 89.03 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| D.J. Houlton | 85.23 | 4.06 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Kenichi Nakata | 88.65 | 4.06 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Yuki Saito | 84.16 | 4.06 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Yasutomo Kubo | 89.23 | 4.06 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 3 | ||
| Kenichi Nakata | 89.41 | 4.06 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| Takayuki Kishi | 86.9 | 4.1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 6 |
| Hayato Terahara | 89.02 | 4.1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 5 |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 85.48 | 4.12 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 |
| Tetsuya Utsumi | 85.86 | 4.12 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 |
| Kelvin Jimenez | 90.06 | 4.14 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Masuru Takeda | 77.88 | 4.15 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Yuki Saito | 84.52 | 4.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| Kenta Maeda | 90.17 | 4.2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 9 |
| Tetsuya Utsumi | 85.65 | 4.2 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 8 | |
| Kenichi Nakata | 90.88 | 4.2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Minoru Iwata | 87.61 | 4.2 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 4 |
| Seth Greisinger | 85.28 | 4.2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Kazuhisa Makita | 79.62 | 4.25 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 |
| Brian Wolfe | 92.35 | 4.31 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Masanori Ishikawa | 85.44 | 4.31 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 4 | |
| Masanori Ishikawa | 83.42 | 4.33 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| D.J. Houlton | 85.14 | 4.33 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Yusuke Nomura | 86.26 | 4.33 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Soma Yamauchi | 85.75 | 4.34 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 5 |
| Kelvin Jimenez | 90.64 | 4.34 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 5 |
| Atsushi Nohmi | 86.77 | 4.34 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Shinya Nakayama | 85.4 | 4.37 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 9 |
| Mitsuo Yoshikawa | 89.83 | 4.37 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| Yoshihisa Naruse | 80.61 | 4.37 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 8 |
| Orlando Roman | 88.14 | 4.37 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 5 |
| Takahiro Fujioka | 86.95 | 4.37 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Katsuki Akagawa | 83.93 | 4.37 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 2 | 1 |
| Brian Wolfe | 90.73 | 4.4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 7 |
| Yuki Saito | 81.56 | 4.4 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| Minoru Iwata | 84.06 | 4.4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 3 | |
| Hiroshi Kisanuki | 86.12 | 4.42 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 15 |
| Soma Yamauchi | 86.15 | 4.45 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 7 |
| Tadashi Settsu | 88.25 | 4.45 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 6 |
| Kan Otake | 88.56 | 4.47 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| Hiroki Yamada | 84.55 | 4.49 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 |
| Katsuki Akagawa | 83.83 | 4.53 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 8 | |
| Sho Iwasaki | 91.03 | 4.53 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 2 | |
| Hiroshi Kisanuki | 87.91 | 4.59 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Kenichi Nakata | 90.59 | 4.6 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Wataru Karashima | 84.52 | 4.6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Yoshihisa Naruse | 82.36 | 4.62 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 6 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 8 |
| Orlando Roman | 89.86 | 4.63 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Yuki Saito | 84.47 | 4.64 | 8 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
| Ryoma Nogami | 85.67 | 4.7 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | |
| Seth Greisinger | 83.5 | 4.7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 10 |
| Takahiro Shiomi | 86.1 | 4.7 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| Byran Bullington | 88.06 | 4.7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 7 |
| Shinya Nakayama | 84.97 | 4.7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Orlando Roman | 87.92 | 4.7 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 |
| Shinji Iwata | 85.89 | 4.7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 3 |
| Kentaro Takasaki | 88.48 | 4.77 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 4 |
| Yuki Kuniyoshi | 90.82 | 4.77 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 3 |
| Masanori Ishikawa | 83.12 | 4.77 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Yuki Saito | 86.94 | 4.8 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 |
| Ryoma Nogami | 85.58 | 4.8 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | 92.69 | 4.85 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Tetsuya Utsumi | 84.94 | 4.87 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 83.11 | 4.87 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| Shinji Iwata | 82.09 | 4.87 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Minoru Iwata | 88.33 | 4.89 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 6 | |
| Yuki Kuniyoshi | 87.16 | 4.91 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 9 |
| Takahiro Shiomi | 87.12 | 4.91 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 6 |
| Takayuki Kishi | 86.52 | 5.03 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Manabu Mima | 86.56 | 5.16 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| Yoshihisa Naruse | 81.04 | 5.2 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 6 |
| Byran Bullington | 86.49 | 5.2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Tadashi Settsu | 86.43 | 5.2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 6 |
| Yusuke Nomura | 85.46 | 5.2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 5 | |
| Hayato Terahara | 91.09 | 5.2 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 4 | |
| Masuru Takeda | 80.38 | 5.2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 3 | |
| Byran Bullington | 88.17 | 5.25 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| Toshiya Sugiuchi | 85.56 | 5.32 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Takahiro Shiomi | 84.17 | 5.37 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 6 |
| Kan Otake | 89.88 | 5.49 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 9 |
| Katsuki Akagawa | 82.49 | 5.49 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 4 | |
| Manabu Mima | 89.46 | 5.5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Yoshinao Kamata | 88.41 | 5.57 | 5 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| Kenta Maeda | 90.02 | 5.58 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| Kentaro Takasaki | 88.43 | 5.6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 5 |
| Kenji Otonari | 84.63 | 5.63 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 83.66 | 5.64 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 7 | |
| Shinya Nakayama | 84.47 | 5.66 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | |
| Yuki Saito | 83.82 | 5.67 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Minoru Iwata | 85.61 | 5.7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| Kyohei Muranaka | 87.45 | 5.7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 9 |
| Yuki Saito | 85.77 | 5.7 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 8 |
| Shinji Iwata | 83.95 | 5.7 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | |
| Minoru Iwata | 86.91 | 5.75 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 14 |
| Kenji Otonari | 85.45 | 5.8 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 8 | |
| Yusuke Nomura | 86.43 | 5.8 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 7 |
| Randy Messenger | 91.34 | 5.8 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Kazuhisa Makita | 79.06 | 5.83 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 11 |
| Yasutomo Kubo | 89.09 | 5.83 | 11 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 82.86 | 5.83 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| Shinji Iwata | 85.66 | 5.87 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Kenta Maeda | 89.79 | 5.87 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 4 |
| Sho Iwasaki | 89 | 5.89 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 9 |
| Hiroki Yamada | 85.2 | 5.91 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 7 |
| Shinji Iwata | 83.59 | 5.95 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 83.45 | 6.2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 8 | |
| Yoshihisa Naruse | 83.62 | 6.2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 7 |
| Katsuki Akagawa | 83.19 | 6.2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 |
| Byran Bullington | 87.59 | 6.2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Hiroki Yamada | 84.24 | 6.2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 5 | |
| Shinji Iwata | 85.36 | 6.2 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Yuki Kuniyoshi | 87.87 | 6.2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Sho Iwasaki | 90.45 | 6.2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Hirokazu Sawamura | 91.14 | 6.37 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 3 | 6 |
| Jason Standridge | 91.51 | 6.37 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| Soma Yamauchi | 85.39 | 6.4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Kenji Otonari | 85.09 | 6.42 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Yoshinao Kamata | 86.97 | 6.43 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 82.99 | 6.46 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Yoshihisa Naruse | 81.44 | 6.47 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 7 |
| Kan Otake | 89.68 | 6.47 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | |
| Yoshihisa Naruse | 82.99 | 6.58 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 8 |
| Kan Otake | 89.53 | 6.61 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
| Takahiro Fujioka | 85.11 | 6.63 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 5 | ||
| Kyohei Muranaka | 86.12 | 6.66 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 11 |
| Kenichi Nakata | 87.28 | 6.7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 83.24 | 6.76 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 6 |
| Kelvin Jimenez | 90.1 | 6.8 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 5 | |
| Ryoma Nogami | 86.03 | 6.9 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Takahiro Fujioka | 84.87 | 6.95 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Hiroshi Kisanuki | 86.35 | 7.01 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 11 |
| Yoshihisa Naruse | 81.41 | 7.03 | 6 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |
| Masuru Takeda | 79.81 | 7.2 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| Brian Wolfe | 90.41 | 7.2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 5 |
| Ryoma Nogami | 85.83 | 7.28 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| Diasuke Miura | 86.22 | 7.37 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 |
| Wataru Karashima | 82.92 | 7.49 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 4 | |
| Yoshihisa Naruse | 81.61 | 7.53 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 |
| Hiroki Yamada | 84.22 | 7.85 | 9 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 7 | |
| Yusuke Nomura | 84.94 | 7.87 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| Kazuhisa Ishii | 84.17 | 7.92 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 7 |
| Hiroki Yamada | 85.35 | 8.4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 6 |
| Katsuki Akagawa | 82.64 | 8.4 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 |
| Katsuki Akagawa | 85.27 | 8.67 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | ||
| Jason Standridge | 89.28 | 8.87 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Hayato Terahara | 89.03 | 9.2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Mitsuo Yoshikawa | 90.38 | 9.22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 |
| Kelvin Jimenez | 89.39 | 9.95 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Takahiro Fujioka | 84.59 | 10.2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 6 |
| Masanori Ishikawa | 82.97 | 10.2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Takahiro Shiomi | 86.3 | 10.2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Shohei Tateyama | 88.4 | 10.45 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 4 |
| D.J. Houlton | 87.06 | 10.72 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 |
| Hirokazu Sawamura | 90.38 | 10.8 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Yuki Saito | 85.79 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| Kyohei Muranaka | 85.65 | 12.5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
First, let’s break down starts by velocity and FIP. The Average FIP of all 500 starts was 3.63 (NPB Central League average was 3.46).
Top 100 Velocity starts: 3.24 FIP
Next 100: 3.49 FIP
Next 100: 3.42 FIP
Next 100: 3.82 FIP
Last 100: 4.17 FIP
This breaks down about how you would expect using the somewhat large sample sizes, as does the locations. The (50) hardest throwers also kept the ball up (about 6.62 pitches per upper zone per outing) more than the (50)softest throwers (4.5 pitchers per upper zone per outing), just like we saw in the Majors. Let’s look at some zone breakdowns:
Top 50 starts in pitches in the Upper Left: 2.9 FIP
Bottom 50 starts in pitches in the Upper Left: 4.27 FIP
Top 50 in Upper Middle: 3.12
Bottom 50: 4.34
Top 50 in Upper Right: 2.87
Bottom 50: 4
Top 50 in Middle Left: 3.18
Bottom 50: 4.19
Top 50 in Middle Middle: 3.68
Bottom 50: 4.56
Top 50 in Middle Right: 2.86
Bottom 50: 3.92
Top 50 in Lower Left: 3.24
Bottom 50: 4
Top 50 in Lower Middle: 3.6
Bottom 50: 4.35
Top 50 in Lower Right: 3.16
Bottom 50: 4.2
It is hard to neutralize the FIP, so there is a bias when looking at high pitches, because that is where the harder, and better, pitchers tend to throw. It seems that it is better to have a plan, even if the plan is horrible, than avoid one part of the zone altogether. One quick note, because we are using raw totals, there may be a bias here. I only looked at starts, but there may be some kind of a bias if a pitcher is performing horribly, as he will most likely throw less pitches than a pitcher that is performing well. So a pitcher may not have many pitches in one part of the zone because he only threw 50 or so pitches anyway, while another pitcher (especially in Japan) may have thrown anywhere from 130-140 pitches.Hopefully our large sample sizes zeroed this out, at least somewhat.
Tomorrow, I will look at MLB Draft prospect Tommy Burns, employing some of the data I have used in the last two posts.
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Grew up in Texas but always have been a fan of Griffey/A-Rod/Ichiro. 21 year old student interested in scouting, minor league and amateur baseball, and just baseball in general.
Favorite general sports moment: The Texas versus USC college football national championship comes to mind, as does Gary Matthews Jr. catch on July 1st 2006.
Favorite Seattle Sports Moment: King Felix throwing a perfect game against the Rays
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