If the winning rate is less than 50%, the winning rate will be 2nd to 5th in the 40% range, and the leading solo Hanshin will win this week at the earliest (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)

Sep 02, 2025

If the winning rate is less than 50%, the winning rate will be 2nd to 5th in the 40% range, and the leading solo Hanshin will win this week at the earliest (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Sato, a fifth-year infielder who leads the Hanshin lineup. It ranks first in home runs and RBIs in the Central League. Hanshin can confirm the championship as early as this week. Photo capture = Hanshin Tigers SNS



If the winning rate is less than 50%, the winning rate will be 2nd to 5th in the 40% range, and the leading solo Hanshin will win this week at the earliest (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Yomiuri, who was chasing No. 1 Hanshin, is now in a position to worry about fall baseball. Photo capture =Miuri Giants SNS
If the winning rate is less than 50%, the winning rate will be 2nd to 5th in the 40% range, and the leading solo Hanshin will win this week at the earliest (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Last year, Yokohama started third in the Central League and won the Japan Series. Photo capture = Japan Baseball Organization website
The competition for rankings is nearing the end.

From the third-ranked SSG Landers to the sixth-ranked KT Wiz, the gap between the third-ranked team and the third-ranked KT Wiz is 0.5 game. Even the eighth-ranked KIA Tigers, which maintains a gap between the third-ranked team and the third-ranked team by 3.5 games, has a door to the fifth-ranked team. Mid-ranking teams were unable to hit and bite, creating a top-notch competition. There are 14 to 24 games left for each team. The KBO League will play a real game starting this week.

The No. 1 LG Twins are on the verge of winning the championship with a winning rate of 0.623 as of the 1st. Last weekend, the gap with the second-place Hanwha Eagles widened to '5.5 games'. The team lost to the Kiwoom Heroes with one win and two losses, and Hanwha suffered a three-game sweep of the Samsung Lions. Six out of 10 teams, including sixth-ranked KT, have a winning rate of 50%.




The Central League of the Japanese pro baseball league. This week's championship team will come out at the earliest. The Hanshin Tigers are on the verge of winning their first championship in two years. In 120 games, 73 wins, 3 draws and 43 losses, a winning rate of 0.624. The difference between the second-place Yomiuri Giants and the second-place Yomiuri Giants is '16 games'. The winning magic number came as far as '7'. He may win four consecutive games this week and win on the 5th depending on the results of other teams. The winning team comes out at the earliest.

The race for the lead is over. Like the KBO League, competition to advance to the postseason and climax series is hot. Four teams, from the second-place Yomiuri to the fifth-place Chunichi Dragons, will fight for the second to third place. Five of the six teams, excluding the last-place Yakult Swallows, are looking at fall baseball. It is a race of death that requires all-out efforts to the end.

There is something that stands out. The rest of the teams, except for the overwhelming No. 1 Hanshin, are under 50% of the winning rate. 2nd place Yomiuri 0.487, 3rd place Yokohama BayStars 0.474, 4th place
If the winning rate is less than 50%, the winning rate will be 2nd to 5th in the 40% range, and the leading solo Hanshin will win this week at the earliest (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Hiroshima squad greets the stands after the game. Photo capture = Hiroshima Carp SNS
Hiroshima Carp has 0.465, and Junichi, ranked fifth, has 0.462.

At this rate, teams with a winning percentage of 40% will advance to the climax series in 2nd to 3rd place. A team with a winning rate of less than 50% is aiming to win the Japan Series. Regardless of the winning rate, it is said that even if the teams that advance into autumn baseball are determined by ranking, the system needs to be overhauled. Former Yokohama coach Kiyoshi Nakahata said, "Let's drop the team under the 50% winning rate." If there is a big gap with the second-place team, the first-place team should go straight to the Japan Series without the climax series.

In Japanese professional baseball, the second to third place in the league will play the first stage of the climax series, and the winning team will play the final stage with the first team. The final winner will meet the opposing league's No. 1 team in the Japan Series.

As the Central League was unilaterally pushed back in the Pacific League and the Inter League (exchange match), five of the six teams were below the 50% winning rate.




43 wins, two draws, and 63 losses. This is what the Central League has achieved in the Interleague this year. Six Pacific League teams ranked first to sixth. Hiroshima, which had nine wins and nine losses, was the only team in the Central League to keep a winning percentage of 50%.

Last year, third-place Yokohama caused a stir in beating second-place Hanshin and first-place Yomiuri in the climax series. Yokohama is the winner of the Pacific League Softbank
If the winning rate is less than 50%, the winning rate will be 2nd to 5th in the 40% range, and the leading solo Hanshin will win this week at the earliest (Min Chang-ki's Japanese baseball)
Chunichi, who finished last for three consecutive years, also has the possibility of fall baseball this year. Photo capture = Chunichi Dragons SNS
He collapsed and lifted the Japan Series trophy. Yokohama fans were enthusiastic about the dramatic series of demagogues, but there were also loud criticisms for degrading the value of the league's winning team. Still, Yokohama exceeded 50% with a winning rate of 0.507.



Reporter Min Chang-ki huelva@sportschosun.com



This article was translated by Naver AI translator.