Yuki Matsui
| Yuki Matsui | ||||||||||||||||||||
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 Matsui with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: October 30, 1995 Aoba-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Left | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | ||||||||||||||||||||
| April 2, 2014, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2020 season) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Win-Loss record | 22-38 | |||||||||||||||||||
| ERA | 2.69 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 646 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Saves | 141 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Holds | 61 | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Yuki Matsui (松井 裕樹, Matsui Yūki) is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
His wife is a Japanese actress Anna Ishibashi.
Career[]
Amateur career[]
As a pitcher for high school, he won a 7–0 victory against Imabari-Nishi high school where he racked up 22 strikeouts.[1] Later on, he struck out 19 batters at Koshien Stadium and won a 7–5 game over . He also struck out the same amount in 2005, which ranked him along with in 1963.[2]
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles[]
In October 2013, he was selected by five teams in the professional draft, with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles winning the rights to negotiate with him.[3] On April 2, 2014 his team scored 7–1 against Orix Buffaloes even though he made only three runs.[4]
Matsui is a 5 ft 9 in, 163 lb left-handed pitcher. With an overhand delivery he throws a high-80s fastball (tops out at 93 mph), a change-up, an occasional curveball, and a solid slider around 80 mph, which is his best pitch. He mostly uses his fastball-slider combination in games.
International career[]
He was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2013 18U Baseball World Cup, 2015 exhibition games against Europe, 2015 WBSC Premier12, 2017 World Baseball Classic and 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.
On October 10, 2018, he was selected at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.[5]
On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[6] But, on October 21, he canceled due to left elbow discomfort.[7]
References[]
- ^ "Baseball: Japanese teen pitcher strikes out 22 in one game". Chicago Tribune. August 10, 2012. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
- ^ "Record-breaking Matsui strikes out 19 more". The Japan Times. August 17, 2012. Archived from the original on April 8, 2014. Retrieved November 6, 2013.
- ^ Nagatsuka, Kaz (October 24, 2013). "Eagles win rights to coveted lefty Matsui". Japan Times. Archived from the original on February 25, 2014. Retrieved November 17, 2013.
- ^ "Eagles rookie Matsui shelled in debut". Japan Times. April 2, 2014. Retrieved June 22, 2014.
- ^ "「2018日米野球」に出場する侍ジャパントップチーム選手全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). October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ "「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.
- ^ "「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」、「第2回 WBSC プレミア12」の日本チーム出場選手変更（辞退）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 21, 2019. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
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- Baseball people from Yokohama
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