Masanori Ishikawa
| Masanori Ishikawa | |
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 Ishikawa with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows | |
| Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 19 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: January 22, 1980 Akita City, Akita, Japan | |
Bats: Left-handed Throws: Left-handed | |
| NPB debut | |
| April 4, 2002, for the Yakult Swallows | |
| NPB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
| Win–loss record | 185-185 |
| Earned run average | 3.88 |
| Strikeouts | 1,768 |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Masanori Ishikawa (石川 雅規, Ishikawa Masanori, born January 22, 1980 in Akita City, Akita, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently a pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. Up to 2023 season, he is the oldest professional baseball player.
Career
[edit]Ishikawa began his career with the Yakult Swallows in 2002, making his Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) debut on April 4, 2002.
On April 7, 2022, Ishikawa became the 3rd pitcher in NPB history to record a hit in 21 consecutive seasons. The other pitchers to achieve the feat were Masaaki Koyama from 1953 to 1973 and Daisuke Miura (the manager of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars at the time) from 1993 to 2016.[1]
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- 1980 births
- Living people
- Baseball people from Akita Prefecture
- Aoyama Gakuin University alumni
- Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
- Olympic baseball players for Japan
- Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Yakult Swallows players
- Tokyo Yakult Swallows players
- Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners
- People from Akita (city)
- Japanese baseball pitcher stubs