Bats Right Throws Right Weight 81 kg | Height 1.83 m | |
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Jumpei Takahashi (高橋 純平, Takahashi Junpei, born May 8, 1997 in Gifu, Gifu Prefecture) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
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Early Career
In the 2015 NPB draft, he was selected as the first pick for the Softbank Hawks, Chunichi Dragons and Nippon Ham Fighters where he was won in a lottery by the Hawks.
2016
On 7 June 2016, Takahashi made his debut for the Hawks Western League team against the Dragons as a relief pitcher claiming the win after pitching 3 scoreless innings and claiming 3 strikeouts.
He was selected for the Western League representative team for the 2016 Fresh All-Stars game in Okayama. He was the starting pitcher and threw 1 strikeout and gave up one hit in his single inning.