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Sho Iwasaki (岩嵜 翔, Iwasaki Shō, born October 21, 1989 in Funabashi, Chiba Prefecture) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He formerly played for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
| Sho Iwasaki | |
|---|---|
Iwasaki with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |
| Chunichi Dragons – No. 16 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: October 21, 1989 Funabashi, Chiba, Japan | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| July 23, 2008, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |
| NPB statistics (through 2021 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 30-33 |
| ERA | 3.48 |
| Holds | 96 |
| Saves | 11 |
| Strikeouts | 424 |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
On October 3, 2007, Iwasaki was drafted by the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in the 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.
On July 23, 2008, Iwasaki pitched his debut game as a starting pitcher against the Orix Buffaloes. [1]
In 2008 - 2010 season, he pitched 8 games in the Pacific League.
On May 13, 2011, Iwasaki won the game for the first time in 4 years.[2] In 2011 season, he finished the regular season with a 13 Games pitched, a 6–2 Win–loss record, a 2.72 ERA, a 33 strikeouts in 79 1/3 innings. And he was selected as the Japan Series roster in the 2011 Japan Series.[3]
In 2012 season, Iwasaki finished the regular season with a 29 Games pitched, a 5–10 Win–loss record, a 3.14 ERA, a 3 Holds, a 77 strikeouts in 120 1/3 innings.
In 2013 season, Iwasaki pitched as a relief pitcher, and finished the regular season with a 47 Games pitched, a 1–4 Win–loss record, a 4.33 ERA, a 14 Holds, a two Saves, a 54 strikeouts in 68 2/3 innings.
In 2014 season, Iwasaki pitched as a starting pitcher, and finished the regular season with a 18 Games pitched, a 4–1 Win–loss record, a 4.06 ERA, a 3 Holds, a 37 strikeouts in 62 innings. And he pitched as a relief pitcher in the 2014 Japan Series.
In 2015 season, Iwasaki finished the regular season with a 8 Games pitched, a 1–0 Win–loss record, a 6.75 ERA, a 2 Holds, a 5 strikeouts in 10 1/3 innings. And he was selected as the Japan Series roster in the 2015 Japan Series.[4]
In 2016 season, Iwasaki finished the regular season with a 35 Games pitched, a 4–2 Win–loss record, a 1.95 ERA, a 2 Holds, one Saves, a 61 strikeouts in 87 2/3 innings.
In 2017 season, Iwasaki finished the regular season as a Setup man with a 6–3 Win–loss record, a 1.99 ERA, 66 strikeouts in 72 1/3 innings, a 40 Holds, and a 2 saves, and he won the 2017 Pacific League Hold Champion with 72 Games pitched (Hawks's new record[5]), the most in the Pacific League.[6] And he pitched as a Setup man in the 2017 Japan Series.
On April 10, 2018, Iwasaki had right elbow surgery and spent the rest of the season on rehabilitation.[7]
On August 21, 2019, Iwasaki made a comeback and pitched for the first time in a year and three months.[8] And he was selected as the Japan Series roster in the 2019 Japan Series.[9]
In 2020 season, Iwasaki finished the regular season with a 17 Games pitched, a 0–2 Win–loss record, a 7.20 ERA, a 10 Holds, a 20 strikeouts in 15 innings. In the 2020 Japan Series against the Yomiuri Giants, He pitched in two games, Game 2 and Game 4, and contributed to the team's fourth consecutive Japan Series champion with no hits and no runs.[10]
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