, nicknamed "Nao", is a former professional baseball player from
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the ci ...
, Japan. He is a starting pitcher for the
Yokohama DeNA BayStars
The are a professional baseball team in the Japan, Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its c ...
.
Career
He attended
Hōtoku Gakuen High School. He joined the Japanese Olympic baseball team for the
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ...
, and won a bronze medal. He also played with the Japanese national team in the
2006 World Baseball Classic
The 2006 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was the inaugural tournament between national baseball teams that included players from Major League Baseball. It was held from March 3 to 20 in stadiums that are in and around Tokyo, Japan; San Juan, Puerto ...
.
Tragedy struck in January 2008 when Shimizu's wife died. He has 3 kids.
After ten seasons with the
Chiba Lotte Marines
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd.
History
The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...
from 2000 to 2009, Shimizu became a free agent and signed with the
Yokohama BayStars
The are a professional baseball team in the Japan, Japanese Central League. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950. It adopted its c ...
. His career numbers with the Marines were 93 wins against 85 losses, with a career 4.02 ERA, tossing 38 complete games and nine shutouts.
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
Baseball in New Zealand
Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Chiba Lotte Marines players
Japanese baseball coaches
Japanese expatriates in New Zealand
Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Nippon Professional Baseball coaches
Olympic baseball players of Japan
Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
Olympic medalists in baseball
Baseball people from Kyoto
Yokohama BayStars players
Yokohama DeNA BayStars players
2006 World Baseball Classic players
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