, (born August 30, 1955) is a former

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player of the

Hiroshima Toyo Carp The is a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan. They compete in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by , who is a descendant of Mazda ...

of Japan's

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. He was one of the most famous Japanese left-handed

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s. He was born in

Izumo Izumo (出雲) may refer to: Locations * Izumo Province, an old province of Japan * Izumo, Shimane, a city located in Shimane Prefecture ** Izumo Airport * Izumo-taisha, one of Japan's most ancient and important Shinto shrines Ships * ''Izumo ...

Shimane is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region of Honshu. Shimane Prefecture is the second-least populous prefecture of Japan at 665,205 (February 1, 2021) and has a geographic area of 6,708.26 km2. Shimane Prefecture borders Yamaguc ...

. 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

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(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

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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).

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Career statistics - NPB.jp

his 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 {{Japan-baseball-pitcher-stub

Career

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