Yoshinobu Yamamoto
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| Orix Buffaloes – No. 18 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born: August 17, 1998 Bizen, Okayama, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||||||||
| August 20, 2017, for the Orix Buffaloes | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Win-loss record | 41–18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ERA | 1.99 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 565 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yoshinobu Yamamoto (山本 由伸, Yamamoto Yoshinobu, born August 17, 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Professional career
Yamamoto made his NPB debut on August 20, 2017 for the Orix Buffaloes. Yamamoto finished the 2021 season with an 18-5 record and 206 strikeouts across 193.2 innings pitched. His 1.39 ERA lead the Pacific League for the season.[2] Yamamoto won the Pacific League MVP award following the season.[3]
On June 18, 2022, Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw the year's fourth no-hitter and the 97th in Japanese pro baseball, pitching the Orix Buffaloes to a 2-0 Pacific League win over the Saitama Seibu Lions.[4]
International career
Yamamoto represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico and 2019 WBSC Premier12.
On February 27, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico.[5]
On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[6]
Playing style
Yamamoto is a 5 ft 10 in, 177 lb right-handed pitcher.[7] With a three-quarters delivery, he throws a fastball averaging 94-95 mph[8] (tops out at 98[9]), a deceptive splitter, a cutter, and a curveball.[10] Scouts said that the splitter is a legitimate out-pitch at the big league level.[10]
References
- ^ "Olympic ace Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws season's fourth no-hitter". 18 June 2022.
- ^ "Yoshinobu Yamamoto Japanese Leagues Statistics & History".
- ^ "Rising stars Munetaka Murakami and Yoshinobu Yamamoto named MVPS of 2021 NPB season". 15 December 2021.
- ^ "BASEBALL | Buffaloes Hurler Yoshinobu Yamamoto Tosses No-Hitter Against Lions | JAPAN Forward". 18 June 2022.
- ^ "ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019「日本 vs メキシコ」に出場するメンバー28名が決定". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ "「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」出場選手決定について". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ NPB profile (2020)
- ^ ""令和の怪物" ロッテ 佐々木朗希の現在地".
- ^ "Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics Baseball Team Preview: Japan".
- ^ a b "Baseball Prospectus | | Eyewitness Scouting Report".
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Career statistics - NPB.jp
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
- Orix Buffaloes players
- Baseball people from Okayama Prefecture
- 2019 WBSC Premier12 players
- Baseball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic baseball players of Japan
- Olympic medalists in baseball
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Nippon Professional Baseball MVP Award winners
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