The regular season of professional baseball and the Central League ended on the 3rd, and Yakult's Munetaka Murakami won the titles of top hitter, home run king, and RBI king. At the age of 22, he was the youngest ever to win the Triple Crown.


On the other hand, in the pitcher category, Hanshin pitcher Akihiro Aoyagi has the "triple crown" with the most wins, the best ERA, and the highest win rate.

[Battering division] Yakult Murakami “3 crowns + highest on-base percentage = 4 crowns”

This season, Murakami has a batting average of 30%, 1 minute, 8 minutes, 56 home runs, which breaks the record for most Japanese players in a season, and 134 RBIs. and became the “Triple Crown King”.

A total of 7 people have achieved the “Triple Crown” 11 times so far, and Murakami became the first Triple Crown since Reiwa for the first time in 18 years.


At the age of 22, he is the youngest person ever to do so.



Home run king for the second time in a row, top hitter and RBI king for the first time.



In addition, Murakami also achieved the highest on-base percentage for the second time in two years with an on-base percentage of 40%, 5 minutes and 8 minutes, and won the “four crowns” in the batting category.

Murakami: "I'm not sure yet, but I'm happy that I was able to achieve it."

Murakami said, "I still don't get it. I'm very happy that the team won the championship and I was able to leave a good result as an individual, and I was able to achieve such records and titles."



Also, when asked about the factors that improved his batting average, he said, “Last year was also the year I hit 30%. I was talking about the monthly batting average when I was given the chance, and what I said turned out to be a good form this season. I think it was good," he said.

[Click here for Murakami's post-match press conference]

▼ The most hits are Yuki Okabayashi, who is in his third year in Chunichi, who hit 161 hits, and Keita Sano, who is DeNA.



▼ Hanshin's Koji Chikamoto, who marked 30 stolen bases, won the stolen base king for the third time in two years.

[Pitcher Division] Hanshin Aoyagi wins 3 crowns

Hanshin pitcher Akihiro Aoyagi had 13 wins this season, an ERA of 2.05, and a winning percentage of 70%, 6 minutes and 5 minutes.

As a result, he earned the titles for most wins, best ERA, and most win percentage.


The most wins and highest winning percentage for the second consecutive year, and the best ERA for the first time.

Aoyagi: “I liked the increased variation in pitching.”

Pitcher Aoyagi said, "I'm not the only one who got it, but I think it's thanks to everyone, so that's what makes me the happiest."

Regarding his own pitching this season, he said, "I've been trying to improve myself by using high pitches and cutting balls against left-handed batters. I'm glad that I was able to increase the variation of pitching while talking with the catcher." I looked back.



He added, "It's frustrating that I couldn't achieve the goal of 15 wins this season. I lost many games that I could have won because of my own fault, so I hope to make up for it next year with the goal of 15 wins. ” and vowed to make further progress in the next season.

▼ The most strikeouts is the Giants' fourth year, and Shosei Togo's first title with 154 strikeouts.



▼ Chunichi's pitcher Rydell Martinez made the most saves with 39 saves to win the title for the first time.



▼Best Intermediate is Hanshin's 4th year, pitcher Kyomi Yuasa and pitcher Chunichi Rodriguez gave 45 hold points, both winning for the first time.