Ryo Watanabe (pitcher)
Ryo Watanabe 渡辺 亮 | |
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![]() Watanabe with the Hanshin Tigers | |
Hanshin Tigers – No. 89 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: Naruto, Tokushima, Japan | February 10, 1982|
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
debut | |
April 22, 2007, for the Hanshin Tigers | |
NPB statistics (through 2015) | |
Games | 362 |
Win–loss | 15–6 |
ERA | 2.64 |
Teams | |
As player As coach
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Ryo Watanabe (渡辺 亮, Watanabe Ryō, real name: 渡邊 亮, born February 10, 1982, in Naruto, Tokushima, Japan) is a retired Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher who spent 10 years with the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Central League.
Professional career
[edit]Watanabe joined the Hanshin Tigers after being picked in the fourth round of the 2005 university/adult draft. After spending his first season with the Tigers' farm team, he enjoyed relative success as a reliever, appearing in at least 45 matches between the years 2007 and 2012, earning a total 14 wins, 6 losses and 53 hold points from 332 appearances with an ERA of 2.53. He was used less starting from the 2013 season and only made one first-team appearance in 2015, pitching one scoreless inning.
External links
[edit]- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com