Naoyuki Shimizu | |||||||||||||||
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Okinawa Blue Oceans | |||||||||||||||
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Born: Kyoto, Japan | November 24, 1975|||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
April 1, 2000, for the Chiba Lotte Marines | |||||||||||||||
Last NPB appearance | |||||||||||||||
August 20, 2011, for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars | |||||||||||||||
NPB statistics (through 2011 season) | |||||||||||||||
Win–loss record | 105-100 | ||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 4.16 | ||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 1,154 | ||||||||||||||
Saves | 0 | ||||||||||||||
Holds | 0 | ||||||||||||||
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Naoyuki Shimizu (清水 直行, Shimizu Naoyuki, born November 24, 1975), nicknamed "Nao",[1] is a former professional baseball player from Kyoto, Japan. He is a starting pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.
Career
[edit]He attended Hōtoku Gakuen High School.[citation needed] He joined the Japanese Olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal.[2] He also played with the Japanese national team in the 2006 World Baseball Classic.[3] Tragedy struck in January 2008 when Shimizu's wife died.[citation needed] He has three kids.
After ten seasons with the Chiba Lotte Marines from 2000 to 2009, Shimizu became a free agent and signed with the Yokohama BayStars. His career numbers with the Marines were 93 wins against 85 losses, with a career 4.02 ERA, tossing 38 complete games and nine shutouts.
References
[edit]- ^ "ニックネーム". 千葉ロッテマリーンズ オフィシャルサイト 「マリンフェスタ」特設サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved April 23, 2019.
- ^ "Naoyuki Shimizu Biography and Statistics". Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
- ^ "World Baseball Classic: Japan". MLB Advanced Media, L.P. Archived from the original on 2006-04-14. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
External links
[edit]- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com