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Japanese people

The are an ethnic group originating in the Japanese archipelago and are the predominant ethnic group of Japan. Worldwide, approximately 130 million people are of Japanese descent; of these, approximately 127 million are residents of Japan. People of Japanese ancestry who live in other countries...

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Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

player of the Hiroshima Carp of Japan

Japan

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Central League

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He was one of most famous Japan

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Pitcher

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He was born in Izumo

Izumo, Shimane

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Shimane Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshū island. The capital is Matsue. It is the second least populous prefecture in Japan, after its eastern neighbor Tottori. The prefecture has an area elongated from east to west facing the Chūgoku Mountain Range on the south side and to...

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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
Earned run average
In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...

(1988 and 1997).
Relief Man of the Year Award winner (1991).
Greatest Number of Saves (1991 and 1992).
Sawamura
Eiji Sawamura
Eiji Sawamura was a Japanese professional baseball player...

Award winner (1988).
148 W
Win (baseball)
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, 138 S
Save (sport)
In baseball, a save is credited to a pitcher who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances. The number of saves, or percentage of save opportunities successfully converted, is an oft-cited statistic of relief pitchers...

, 59 CG
Complete game
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, 19 Shutout
Shutout
In team sports, a shutout refers to a game in which one team prevents the opposing team from scoring. While possible in most major sports, they are highly improbable in some sports, such as basketball....

and 1733 K
Strikeout
In baseball or softball, a strikeout or strike-out occurs when a batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters....

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Hiroshima Carp Pitching Coach (1999).
Japan national baseball team Pitching Coach at the Athens Olympics (from 2003 to 2004).
Japan national baseball team Pitching Coach at the Beijing Olympics (from 2007 to 2008).

statistics

Year	Team	No. Squad number In team sports, the squad number, shirt number, jersey number, sweater number, uniform number or simply a number is the number worn on a player's uniform, to identify and distinguish each player from others wearing the same or similar uniforms...	GP Games pitched In baseball statistics, games pitched is the number of games in which a player appears as a pitcher; a player who is announced as the pitcher must face at least one batter, although exceptions are made if the pitcher announced in the starting lineup is injured before facing a batter, perhaps while...	W Win (baseball) In professional baseball, there are two types of decisions: a win and a loss . In each game, one pitcher on the winning team is awarded a win and one pitcher on the losing team is given a loss in their respective statistics. These pitchers are collectively known as the pitchers of record. Only...	L	S Save (sport) In baseball, a save is credited to a pitcher who finishes a game for the winning team under certain prescribed circumstances. The number of saves, or percentage of save opportunities successfully converted, is an oft-cited statistic of relief pitchers...	IP Innings pitched In baseball, innings pitched are the number of innings a pitcher has completed, measured by the number of batters and baserunners that are put out while the pitcher on the pitching mound in a game. Three outs made is equal to one inning pitched. One out counts as one-third of an inning, and two...	K Strikeout In baseball or softball, a strikeout or strike-out occurs when a batter receives three strikes during his time at bat. A strikeout is a statistic recorded for both pitchers and batters....	ERA Earned run average In baseball statistics, earned run average is the mean of earned runs given up by a pitcher per nine innings pitched. It is determined by dividing the number of earned runs allowed by the number of innings pitched and multiplying by nine...	Titles
	Hiroshima	60	1	0	0	0	0.3	0	135.00
	Hiroshima	57	41	3	1	0	74.3	54	3.77
	Hiroshima	57	58	5	5	2	105.3	64	3.86	League Champion, Japan Series Champion
	Hiroshima	24	49	7	2	1	109.7	76	2.70	League Champion, Japan Series Champion
	Hiroshima	24	57	8	4	11	111.0	78	2.68
	Hiroshima	24	57	10	7	11	106.3	82	2.63
	Hiroshima	24	49	7	10	9	115.3	89	3.51
	Hiroshima	24	24	10	5	2	147.0	95	2.94	League Champion, Japan Series Champion
	Hiroshima	24	32	10	7	2	161.7	86	4.06
	Hiroshima	24	15	6	5	0	92.0	63	2.74	League Champion
	Hiroshima	24	25	13	5	0	159.7	145	2.93
	Hiroshima	24	24	13	7	0	185.0	183	1.70	Best ERA, Sawamura Award winner
	Hiroshima	24	19	8	6	0	145.7	139	1.92
	Hiroshima	24	27	5	11	3	125.0	118	3.17
	Hiroshima	24	37	6	2	26	46.3	58	1.17	Relief Man of the Year Award winner, Greatest Number of Saves, League Champion
	Hiroshima	24	42	5	3	26	59.0	77	1.98	Greatest Number of Saves
	Hiroshima	24	31	3	1	23	38.0	46	2.37
	Hiroshima	24	42	4	2	18	48.7	38	2.40
	Hiroshima	24	22	7	5	4	102.7	66	3.07
	Hiroshima	24	19	5	4	0	119.0	72	3.93
	Hiroshima	24	23	9	6	0	135.7	80	2.85	Best ERA
	Hiroshima	24	13	3	2	0	43.3	24	2.91
TOTALS		-	707	148	100	138	2231.0	1733	2.90	-

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