Tetsuya Utsumi
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 Utsumi with the Yomiuri Giants | |||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri Giants – No. 77 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born:April 29, 1982 Kyoto, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Batted:Left Threw:Left | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| May 25, 2004, for the Yomiuri Giants | |||||||||||||||
| Last NPB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| September 19, 2022, for the Saitama Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2022 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss | 135-104 | ||||||||||||||
| ERA | 3.24 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 1,519 | ||||||||||||||
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As coach | |||||||||||||||
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Tetsuya Utsumi(Nội hải triết dã,Utsumi Tetsuya,born April 29, 1982 inKyoto, Japan)is a Japaneseprofessional baseballplayer for theSaitama Seibu LionsofNippon Professional Baseball(NPB). He previously played for theYomiuri Giants.
Career
[edit]In2000 NPB draft,Orix BlueWaveselected him with the first selection, but he did not sign, and he joinedTokyo Gasin theJapanese industrial leaguesfrom 2000 to 2003.
In2003 NPB draft,Yomiuri Giantsselected him[1]and joined.
On December 20, 2018, he was sent toSaitama Seibu Lionsas the human compensation from the earlier transferred forGinjiro Sumitani.[2][3]
International career
[edit]He was selectedJapan national baseball teamat the2009 World Baseball Classicand2013 World Baseball Classic.
And also, in a 2008 preseason exhibition game against theBoston Red Sox,Utsumi struck out 4 out of the 6 Red Sox batters he faced.
Pitching style
[edit]Utsumi is a "junkball" pitcher, meaning that he does not have overpowering pitches. His fastball is usually in the 140 km/h (87 MPH) range, and he complements it with a slurve, a changeup, and a forkball. Utsumi relies on his control to get batters out, and it is usually pretty good, but when Utsumi misses his spots, that is when trouble finds him, usually in the form of home runs.
References
[edit]- ^"2003 niên tân nhân tuyển thủ tuyển 択 hội nghị ( ドラフト hội nghị ) tự do hoạch đắc tuyển thủ ( khế ước đế kết nội định tuyển thủ )".NPB.jp nhật bổn dã cầu cơ cấu(in Japanese).
- ^"Nội hải triết dã đầu thủ の di tịch について".Đọc mại cự nhân quân công thức WEBサイト(in Japanese). December 20, 2018.RetrievedJanuary 11,2019.
- ^"FA bổ thường による tuyển thủ の hoạch đắc hợp ý について".Kỳ ngọc tây võ ライオンズ công thức サイト(in Japanese). December 20, 2018.RetrievedJanuary 11,2019.
External links
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- Career statistics and player information fromBaseball Reference (Minors)
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- Living people
- 1982 births
- Japanese baseball players
- Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
- Saitama Seibu Lions players
- Baseball people from Kyoto Prefecture
- Yomiuri Giants players
- 2009 World Baseball Classic players
- 2013 World Baseball Classic players
- Japanese baseball coaches
- Nippon Professional Baseball coaches
- World Baseball Classic players of Japan
- Japanese baseball pitcher stubs