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07/26/2004 Archived Entry: "Japanese Baseball News: This Week In JBall! (7/20/04-7/26/04)"

This Week In JBall! by Henry Lu
Your weekly resource for the exciting world of Japanese Baseball
Standings (current through July 26, 2004) Central League Won Lost Tied Pct. GB Chunichi 46 34 1 .575 -- Yomiuri 45 42 0 .517 4.5 Hanshin 41 42 0 .494 6.5 Yakult 38 40 1 .487 7.0 Hiroshima 38 44 0 .463 9.0 Yokohama 37 43 2 .463 9.0 Pacific League Won Lost Tied Pct. GB Daiei 54 36 3 .600 -- Seibu 53 37 1 .589 1.0 Nippon Ham 43 46 1 .483 10.5 Kintetsu 42 47 2 .472 11.5 Lotte 40 49 3 .449 13.5 Orix 36 53 2 .404 17.5	ERA Leader Board (current through July 26, 2004) Central League Pacific League Rank Player ERA Rank Player ERA 1st-tie Uehara (Yomiuri) 2.95 1st Iwakuma (Kintetsu) 2.34 1st-tie Yamamoto (Chunichi) 2.95 2nd Nishiguchi (Seibu) 3.01 3rd Kawakami (Chunichi) 3.28 3rd Arakaki (Daiei) 3.22 4th Kawashima (Yakult) 3.36 4th-tie Matsuzaka (Seibu) 3.37 5th Fukuhara (Hanshin) 3.54 4th-tie N. Shimizu (Lotte) 3.37

Henry Lu
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