Tomohiro Anraku
Tomohiro Anraku (安樂 智大, born November 4, 1996) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He was drafted second overall in the 2014 NPB draft out of Saibi High School in Ehime Prefecture, Japan.[1][2]
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 Anraku with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | |||||||||||||||
| Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 20 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born: November 4, 1996 | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| October 5, 2015, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2022 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 15-19 | ||||||||||||||
| ERA | 3.68 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 245 | ||||||||||||||
| Saves | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Holds | 40 | ||||||||||||||
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During the 2013 Spring Kōshien high school tournament, Anraku threw 772 pitches over five games in nine days, including 232 in one game.[3][4][5]
As a high school pitcher, Anraku has a fastball that has been clocked as high as 157 km/h (98 mph) in 2013.[6]
References
- "High-schooler Anraku 1st in Japan baseball draft". USA TODAY.
- "Fighters, Eagles grab coveted pitchers in NPB draft". The Japan Times. October 23, 2014.
- "MLB: Tomohiro Anraku's future in baseball". ESPN.com. July 21, 2013.
- "Japanese High School Baseball Player Tomohiro Anraku is Piling Up Unreal Pitch Counts". The Big Lead.
- "Top MLB International Prospects 2018". www.baseballamerica.com.
- "Schoolboy hurler Anraku books Koshien return". The Japan Times. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 2015-03-15.
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