Koichi_Misawa

Koichi Misawa

Koichi Misawa

Japanese baseball player

Koichi Misawa (三澤 興一, Misawa Koichi, born June 8, 1974) is a Japanese baseball pitcher who won a silver medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. He also played for the Yomiuri Giants, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in Nippon Professional Baseball from 1997 to 2005.

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In 2008, he came to the United States to play in the independent Northern League with the Gary SouthShore RailCats. He posted a 1.69 earned run average in 42.2 innings pitched.[1] Gary manager Greg Tagert later told the Chicago Tribune that Misawa "was the absolute best I’ve ever seen coming out the bullpen at our level."[2] During the winter, Misawa played for the Caribes de Anzoátegui in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League and pitched two thirds of an inning for the Leones del Escogido of the Dominican Professional Baseball League. In 2009, he played his final professional season with the Long Beach Armada of the Golden Baseball League.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "Koishi Misawa Japanese, Winter & Independent Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Sports Reference. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
  2. [2]
    Osipoff, Michael (June 4, 2018). "Coming to America: Former Japanese major-leaguer Yasutomo Kubo ready to join RailCats". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
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