is a Japanese former professional baseball
pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...
in
Nippon Professional Baseball
or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''.
Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...
(NPB). He played for the
Taiyo Whales / Yokohama Taiyo Whales from 1967 to 1984.
He won the
Eiji Sawamura Award
The , commonly known as the Sawamura Award, is an honor bestowed upon the top starting pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball each year.
The award was originally established by Japanese magazine "Nekkyū" in 1947 to honor the career of Eiji Sawa ...
in 1970.
References
1947 births
Living people
Baseball people from Okayama Prefecture
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Japanese baseball players
Taiyō Whales players
Yokohama Taiyō Whales players
Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
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