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Tomohiro Anraku
Anraku with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 20
Pitcher
Born: (1996-11-04) November 4, 1996 (age 27)
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
NPB debut
October 5, 2015, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Career statistics
(through 2020 season)
Win–loss record6-14
Earned run average3.94
Strikeouts156
Saves0
Holds5
Teams

Tomohiro Anraku (born November 4, 1996) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He was drafted second overall in the 2014 NPB Draft out of Saibi High School in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]

During the 2013 Spring Kōshien high school tournament, Anraku threw 772 pitches over five games in nine days, including 232 in one game.[3][4][5]

As a high school pitcher, Anraku has a fastball that has been clocked as high as 157 km/h (98 mph) in 2013.[6]

References

  1. ^ "High-schooler Anraku 1st in Japan baseball draft". USA TODAY.
  2. ^ Author, No (October 23, 2014). "Fighters, Eagles grab coveted pitchers in NPB draft". The Japan Times. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  3. ^ "MLB: Tomohiro Anraku's future in baseball". ESPN.com. July 21, 2013.
  4. ^ "Japanese High School Baseball Player Tomohiro Anraku is Piling Up Unreal Pitch Counts". The Big Lead.
  5. ^ "Top MLB International Prospects 2018". www.baseballamerica.com.
  6. ^ "Schoolboy hurler Anraku books Koshien return". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2015-03-15.

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