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 ...

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.

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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 {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub