Tsuyoshi Ishizaki
Tsuyoshi Ishizaki | |||
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Ishizaki with the Hanshin Tigers | |||
Hanshin Tigers – No. 30 | |||
Pitcher | |||
Born: Koga, Ibaraki | September 9, 1990|||
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debut | |||
March 29, 2015, for the Hanshin Tigers | |||
NPB statistics (through 2015) | |||
Win-Loss | 0-0 | ||
ERA | 12.0 | ||
Teams | |||
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Tsuyoshi Ishizaki (石崎 剛 Ishizaki, Tsuyoshi, born September 9, 1990 in Koga, Ibaraki) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Central League.
Early baseball career
A native of Ibaraki, Ishizaki started playing baseball in grade school and continued all the way until he entered Sanwa High School.[1] His school made it to the 3rd round of the prefectural tournament, but failed to make it to Koshien.[2] During that time, his fastballs already sparked the interest of some scouts as it reached the 145 km/h levels, but in the end, none of the 12 NPB teams drafted him when he graduated high school.
Wanting to pursue a career in baseball, he joined the industrial leagues under Shin Nittetsu Sumikin Kashima.[3] However, he began experiencing lower back pains shortly after he joined the team.[4] Apparently, this was brought about by the strain that resulted from his overhead pitching form, and as a solution, he decided to alter his delivery form to a lower arm angle.[4] With a stroke of luck, the altered form worked to his advantage, bringing his pitches to a maximum of 151 km/h, making him indispensable to the team.[3]
Hanshin Tigers
On October 2014, he was chosen as the Hanshin Tigers 2nd pick in the annual professional baseball draft. He signed with the Tigers on November 17 for an estimated 12 million yen annual salary, and a 70 million yen signing bonus.[5][6] He was assigned the jersey number 30.[7]
His fellow teammate from Shin Nittetsu, Yuya Yokoyama was the Tiger's first pick during the same draft,[7] making them the first players from the same team to be drafted as the 1st and 2nd picks in franchise history, and the first pitchers from the same team to be drafted as such in NPB history.[8]
2015
He debuted as a reliever during the March 29 opening card with the Dragons in Kyocera Dome, where he retired 3 consecutive batters in the 8th inning, helping the Tigers sweep their opponent in their first 3 games for the season.
Playing Style
With a three-quarter right-handed side throw,[4] his fastballs register up to 151 km/h on the radar gun.[3] And while he can deliver a slider and occasional change-up, he relied mostly on his fastballs during his career in the industrial leagues.[9]
References
- ↑ "ã€çƒå…2世やï¼é˜ªç¥žï¼’ä½ãƒ»çŸ³å´Žã€ç«ã®çŽ‰ã‚¹ãƒˆãƒ¬ãƒ¼ãƒˆã§æ–¬ã‚‹ï¼ãƒ‰ãƒ©ãƒ•ãƒˆ". Sankei Sports. 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
- ↑ "ã€ãƒ‰ãƒ©ï¼’石崎"剛"速çƒã§çƒå…ã®å¾Œç¶™ã«". Daily Sports. 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
- 1 2 3 "ã€é˜ªç¥žï¼’ä½ã€‘石崎剛 ã»ã¼ç›´çƒä¸€æœ¬ã‚„ã‚Šï¼æœ€é€Ÿ151ã‚ãƒã®å‰›çƒå³è…•". Sports Nippon. 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
- 1 2 3 "阪神ドラ2石崎 虎ã®æ˜Œå‹‡æž—ã‚„!åŒã˜å³æ¨ªæ‰‹ã‹ã‚‰ã®å‰›é€Ÿçƒæ¦å™¨". Sports Nippon. 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
- ↑ "阪神ドラ2石崎ãŒä»®å¥‘ç´„151ã‚ãƒè¶…ãˆã ". Nikkan Sports. 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
- ↑ "阪神ã‹ã‚‰2ä½æŒ‡å 石崎投手ãŒä»®å¥‘ç´„". Yomiuri Shimbun. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
- 1 2 阪神タイガース公å¼ã‚µã‚¤ãƒˆ - 2015年新人é¸æ‰‹å…¥å›£ç™ºè¡¨ä¼šã‚’実施
- ↑ "虎å²ä¸Šåˆã®åŒä¸€ãƒãƒ¼ãƒ 1ã€2巡目指å!/ドラフト". Sankei Sports. 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
- ↑ "ドラ2石崎 ãƒã‚§ãƒ³ã‚¸ã‚¢ãƒƒãƒ—精度上ã’ã‚‹". デイリースãƒãƒ¼ãƒ„. 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
External links
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com
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