Masahiro Yamamoto (baseball)
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| Born: August 11, 1965 Chigasaki, Kanagawa, Japan |
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| 1986, for the Chunichi Dragons | |||
| NPB statistics (through 2015) |
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| Win–loss record | 219-165 | ||
| ERA | 3.45 | ||
| Strikeouts | 2,310 | ||
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Masahiro Yamamoto (山本昌, born August 11, 1965, in Chigasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a left-handed Japanese professional baseball pitcher. A screwballer, Yamamoto has pitched for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball since 1986. He is the oldest Japanese pitcher to win a baseball game.[1] With 200+ career victories, he is a member of Meikyukai.
Biography
Yamamoto attended Nichidai Fujisawa High School, and was selected at age 18 by Chunichi.[2]
Yamamoto was the Central League Earned Run Average Champion in 1993, posting a 2.05 ERA. He won the 1994 Eiji Sawamura Award, going 19–8 with 3.49 ERA and 14 complete games.
On September 16, 2006, Yamamoto threw a no-hitter against the Hanshin Tigers.
On September 5, 2014, Yamamoto won his first and only start of the season at Nagoya Dome in a shutout match against the Hanshin Tigers, making him the oldest Japanese pitcher to win a game, at 49 years, 25 days, surpassing the old mark of 48 years, 4 months set by the Hankyu Braves’ Shinji Hamazaki in 1950.[2] During the game, he threw 90 pitches in five scoreless innings, gave up five hits and a walk, and striking out two.
Yamamoto has pitched in six Japan Series with the Dragons, with his team winning once (in 2007).
See also
References
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.com
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- ↑ Snyder, Matt. "Masahiro Yamamoto will turn 50 next year while pitching in Japan," CBSSports.com (November 6, 2014).
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