Tetsuya Utsumi

Tetsuya Utsumi
Tetsuya Utsumi
	Utsumi with the Yomiuri Giants
Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 27
	Pitcher
	Born: April 29, 1982 (age 39); Kyoto, Japan
Bats: Left	Throws: Left
NPB debut
	May 25, 2004, for the Yomiuri Giants
NPB statistics ; (through 2020 season)
Win-Loss	134-103
ERA	3.22
Strikeouts	1508
Teams
	Yomiuri Giants (2004–2018); Saitama Seibu Lions (2019–present);
Career highlights and awards
	2× Japan Series champion (2009, 2012); Japan Series MVP (2012);
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Representing Japan
Men's Baseball
World Baseball Classic

Tetsuya Utsumi (内海哲也, Utsumi Tetsuya, born April 29, 1982 in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB). He previously played for the Yomiuri Giants.

Career[]

In [jp], Orix BlueWave selected him with the first selection, but he did not sign, and he joined Tokyo Gas in the Japanese industrial leagues from 2000 to 2003.

In [jp], Yomiuri Giants selected him^[1] and joined.

On December 20, 2018, he was sent to Saitama Seibu Lions as the human compensation from the earlier transferred for Ginjiro Sumitani.^[2]^[3]

International career[]

He was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic and 2013 World Baseball Classic.

And also, in a 2008 preseason exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox, Utsumi struck out 4 out of the 6 Red Sox batters he faced.

Pitching style[]

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[]

^ "2003年新人選手選択会議（ドラフト会議）自由獲得選手（契約締結内定選手）". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese).
^ "内海哲也投手の移籍について". 読売巨人軍公式WEBサイト (in Japanese). December 20, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
^ "FA補償による選手の獲得合意について". 埼玉西武ライオンズ公式サイト (in Japanese). December 20, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2019.

External links[]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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[1] "2003年新人選手選択会議（ドラフト会議）自由獲得選手（契約締結内定選手）". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese).

[2] "内海哲也投手の移籍について". 読売巨人軍公式WEBサイト (in Japanese). December 20, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2019.

[3] "FA補償による選手の獲得合意について". 埼玉西武ライオンズ公式サイト (in Japanese). December 20, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2019.

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Pitchers	11 Tatsuya Imai 12 13 Kona Takahashi 14 Tatsushi Masuda 15 Tetsu Miyagawa 16 Daisuke Matsuzaka 17 Wataru Matsumoto 20 21 Ken Togame 23 Katsuhiko Kumon 25 Katsunori Hirai 26 Takeru Sasaki 27 Tetsuya Utsumi 28 Ryōsuke Moriwaki 29 Ryuya Ogawa 30 Daiki Enokida 33 Reed Garrett 34 36 40 41 43 Mitsuo Yoshikawa 44 Kaito Yoza 45 Keisuke Honda 47 48 Shota Takekuma 50 54 Zach Neal 57 59 61 Kaima Taira 64 67 69 98 Matt Dermody
Catchers	2 Masatoshi Okada 10 Tomoya Mori 37 38 62 78
Infielders	3 Hotaka Yamakawa 4 Kakeru Yamanobe 5 Shuta Tonosaki 6 Sosuke Genda 8 22 Cory Spangenberg 31 32 39 49 52 56 60 Takeya Nakamura 63
Outfielders	1 Takumi Kuriyama 7 Yuji Kaneko 35 46 51 53 58 Masato Kumashiro 65 66 68 72 73
Development pitchers	118 Shinsaburō Tawata 120 121 124 125 126
Development catchers	127
Development infielders	122
Development outfielders	123
First squad coaching	Manager: 85 Hatsuhiko Tsuji Operation, defense and base running coach: 83 Toshifumi Baba Pitching coaches: 74 Fumiya Nishiguchi, 81 Kiyoshi Toyoda Batting coaches: 76 Masahiro Abe, 86 Shogo Akada Infield defense and baserunning coach: 87 Satoshi Kuroda Outfield and baserunning coach: 79 Tatsuya Ozeki Battery coach: 82 Kosuke Noda
Second squad coaching	Manager: 77 Kazuo Matsui Farm general pitching coach: 92 Eiji Kiyokawa Pitching coaches: 90 Kento Sugiyama, 95 Tatsuya Oishi Batting coaches: 88 Tatsuyuki Uemoto, 91 Hisashi Takayama Position player, outfield defense and baserunning coach: 70 Tomoaki Satoh Infield and baserunning coach: 79 Yuji Onizaki Battery coach: 84 Kosaku Akimoto
Third squad coaching	General coach: 71 Norio Tanabe Pitching coach: 93 Hayato Aoki Position player coach: 80 Shigenobu Shima

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