Win-Loss 54-43 Strikeouts 780 Weight 85 kg ERA 2.08 Name Hitoki Iwase Career start 1999 | Innings pitched 904 Role Baseball player Salary 370 million JPY (2013) Saves 402 Height 1.81 m | |
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岩瀬仁紀－鋭いスライダー hitoki iwase
Hitoki Iwase (岩瀬 仁紀, born November 10, 1974) is a Japanese professional baseball player from Nishio, Aichi, Japan. He is a closing pitcher.
In 2005, he marked 46 saves with a 1.88 ERA, renewing the single-season save record previously set by Kazuhiro Sasaki. He holds the NPB records for most career saves.
He was chosen to play on the Japanese Olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal.
In the 2007 Japan Series, he saved a perfect game with eight innings thrown by Daisuke Yamai.
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