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Win-Loss
  
148-100

Name
  
Yutaka Ohno

Inducted
  
2013

Strikeouts
  
1733

Weight
  
75 kg


ERA
  
2.90

Height
  
1.77 m

Saves
  
138

Role
  
Baseball player

TV shows
  
Sunday Sports News

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Yutaka Ohno (大野 豊, Ohno Yutaka), (born August 30, 1955) is a former Japanese baseball player of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.

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He was one of the most famous Japanese left-handed pitchers.

He was born in Izumo, Shimane.

He was known as the man from "a Japanese version of baseball played with a hard rubber ball" (軟式野球, Nanshiki-Yakyū).

He led his team into five Japan Series and winning three title (1979, 1980 and 1984).

Career

  • 1st pitch on September 4, 1977.
  • 1st win on August 12, 1978.
  • Best ERA (1988 and 1997).
  • Relief Man of the Year Award winner (1991).
  • Greatest Number of Saves (1991 and 1992).
  • Sawamura Award winner (1988).
  • 148 W, 138 S, 59 CG, 19 Shutout and 1733 K.
  • Hiroshima Carp Pitching Coach (1999).
  • Japan national baseball team Pitching Coach at the Athens Olympics (from 2003 to 2004).
  • Japan national baseball team Pitching Coach at the Beijing Olympics (from 2007 to 2008).

    • References

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