Central League standings - April

One month has passed since the beginning of the season. Here are the standings:

	Teams	G	W	L	T	%	GB
1	Chunichi Dragons	26	15	8	3	.652	-
1	Yakult Swallows	25	15	8	2	.652	-
3	Hanshin Tigers	26	12	10	4	.545	2.5
4	Hiroshima Carp	26	11	13	2	.458	2
5	Yomiuri Giants	24	9	13	2	.409	1
6	DeNA Baystars	23	6	16	1	.273	3

Pitcher rankings: 

ERA leaders: 

1. M. Yamamoto (CD) 0.55 

2. Y. Nomura (HC) 0.77 

3. Y. Andoh (HT) 1.29 

4. S. Yamauchi (CD) 1.30 

5. K. Akagawa (YS) 1.32 

Saves leaders:

1. H. Iwase (CD) 11 

2. T. Barnette (YS) 10 

3. K. Fujikawa (HT) 6 

4. D. Sarfate (HC) 5 

4. K. Nishimura (YG) 5 

Holds leaders:

1. T. Asao (CD) 10 

2. D. Enokida (HT) 9 

3. T. Oshimoto (YS) 7 

3. T. Masabuchi (YS) 7 

5. T. Yamaguchi (YG) 6 

5. K. Mickolio (HC) 6 

Strike out leaders: 

1. K. Maeda (HC) 37 

1. H. Sawamura (YG) 37 

3. A. Nohmi (HT) 32 

4. T. Sugiuchi (YG) 30 

4. R. Messenger (HT) 30 

* I think the ranking by wins is quite meaningless for the time being, since nobody has more than 3 wins... 

Batter rankings:

AVG leaders:

1. S. Abe (YG) .325

2. H. Sakamoto (YG) .319

3. W. Balentien (YS) .308

4. S. Kawabata (YS) .307

5. H. Chono (YG) .300

5. H. Ibata (CD) .300

*Tigers AVG leaders are: Toritani .293, Hirano .276, Arai .255 and Murton .231.

RBI leaders:

1. T. Arai (HT) 18

2. W. Balentien (YS) 16

3. M. Morino (CD) 13

4. S. Abe (YG) 12

4. H. Sakamoto (YG) 12

4. N. Nakamura (DB) 12

Homerun leaders:

1. W. Balentien (YS) 6

2. S. Abe (YG) 4

2. R. Hirata (CD) 4

2. C. Brazell (HT) 4

5. L. Milledge (YS) 3

5. T. Arai (HT) 3

5. N. Stavinoha (HC) 3