, (born August 30, 1955) is a former
Japanese baseball player of the
Hiroshima Toyo Carp of
Japan
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's
Central League.
He was one of the most famous
Japan
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ese left-handed
pitchers.
He was born in
Izumo,
Shimane
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.
He was known as the man from .
He led his team into five Japan Series and winning three title (1979, 1980 and 1984).
Career
*1st pitch on September 4, 1977.
*1st win on August 12, 1978.
*Best
ERA (1988 and 1997).
*Relief Man of the Year Award winner (1991).
*Greatest Number of Saves (1991 and 1992).
*
Sawamura Award winner (1988).
*148
W, 138
S, 59
CG, 19
Shutout and 1733
K.
*Hiroshima Carp Pitching Coach (1999).
*Japan national baseball team Pitching Coach at the Athens Olympics (2003–2004).
*Japan national baseball team Pitching Coach at the Beijing Olympics (2007–2008).
statistics
See also
*
Eiji Sawamura Award
*
List of Nippon Professional Baseball ERA champions
External links
*
Career statistics - NPB.jphis winning pitch for 1991 Central League Champion (youtube.com)his last pitch (youtube.com)
1955 births
Living people
Baseball people from Shimane Prefecture
Japanese baseball players
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Hiroshima Toyo Carp players
Japanese baseball coaches
Nippon Professional Baseball coaches
Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
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