Rankings, September 24th.

This is the Central League ranking, before Hanshin's 10 last games:

Rank	Team	G	W	L	D	W%	GB	GL
1	Chunichi Dragons	141	78	60	3	.565	-	3
2	Hanshin Tigers	134	72	59	3	.550	2.5	10
3	Yomiuri Giants	136	74	61	1	.548	0	8
4	Yakult Swallows	134	66	64	4	.508	5.5	10
5	Hiroshima Carp	135	54	79	2	.406	13.5	9
6	Yokohama Baystars	134	45	88	1	.338	9	10

Individual rankings:

Best ERA:

1. Kenta Maeda (Carp): 2.25

2. Wei-Ying Chen (Dragons): 2.90

3. Shigeru Kaga (Baystars): 3.33

4. Yasutomo Kubo (Tigers): 3.50

5. Shun Tohno (Giants): 3.51

By number of wins:

1. Kenta Maeda (Carp): 14

2. Wei-Ying Chen (Dragons): 13

2. Yasutomo Kubo (Tigers): 13

4. Takuya Asao (Dragons): 12

4. Shun Tohno (Giants): 12

Best closer:

1. Hitoki Iwase (Dragons): 41 S

2. Chang-Yong Lim (Swallows): 32 S

3. Kyuji Fujikawa (Tigers): 27 S

3. Shun Yamaguchi (Baystars): 27 S

5. Marc Kroon (Giants): 22 S

Best AVG:

1. Norichika Aoki (Swallows): .361

2. Matt Murton (Tigers): .352

3. Keiichi Hirano (Tigers): .346

4. Kazuhiro Wada (Dragons): .342

5. Masahiko Morino (Dragons): .324

Best RBI:

1. Alex Ramirez (Giants): 119

2. Craig Brazell (Tigers): 108

3. Takahiro Arai (Tigers): 102

4. Takashi Toritani (Tigers): 95

5. Kazuhiro Wada (Dragons): 91

Homerun King:

1. Craig Brazell (Tigers): 45

2. Alex Ramirez (Giants): 43

3. Shinnosuke Abe (Giants): 42

4. Kazuhiro Wada (Dragons): 36

5. Michihiro Ogasawara (Giants): 34