Naoya Masuda (益田 直也, born October 25, 1989, in
Kinokawa, Wakayama
260px, Kinokawa City Hall
is a city in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 60,592 in 26,652 households and a population density of 270 persons per km2. The total area of the city is .
Geography
Kinokawa is lo ...
) is a
Japanese professional
baseball
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pitcher
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for the
Chiba Lotte Marines
The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba, Chiba, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings, Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd. The Marines were a founding member of the Pacific Le ...
of
Japan
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's
Nippon Professional Baseball
is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning simply ''Professional Baseball''; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball".
The roots of the league ...
.
Career
In the 2021 season, Masuda set a Marines club record for saves, with 38,
while posting a 2.24 ERA with 68 strikeouts and earning NPB All-Star honors on the year.
References
External links
Nippon Professional Baseball
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1989 births
Living people
Baseball people from Wakayama Prefecture
People from Kinokawa, Wakayama
Japanese baseball players
Chiba Lotte Marines players
Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners