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Hideaki Wakui

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in 2014 as a free agent after playing nine seasons with the Lions, his original team. He signed a four-year contract worth 1.6 billion yen with the Marines, who hoped to bolster their rotation with his experience and leadership. In his first season with the Marines, Wakui posted a 13-11 record with a
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In his final season with the Marines in 2019, Wakui struggled with inconsistency and injuries, finishing with a 7-11 record and a 4.47 ERA in 23 games. He struck out 108 batters and walked 59, while throwing one complete game and no shutouts. He pitched only 136 innings, the lowest since his second
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Wakui's performance declined slightly in 2016, as he finished with a 10-8 record and a 3.99 ERA in 25 games. He struck out 122 batters and walked 51, while throwing two complete games and one shutout. He also suffered from some injuries that limited his innings to 158.2, the lowest since his rookie
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In 2015, Wakui continued to pitch well for the Marines, recording a 14-8 record with a 3.06 ERA and 151 strikeouts in 27 games. He led the Pacific League in wins and innings pitched (194.1), and ranked second in ERA and strikeouts. He also threw four complete games and two shutouts, including a
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In 2017, Wakui bounced back with a solid season for the Marines, going 11-7 with a 3.81 ERA and 139 strikeouts in 26 games. He threw three complete games and one shutout, and logged 172 innings on the mound. He was selected to his seventh All-Star team and won his third Best Nine award.
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Wakui had another good year in 2018, posting a 12-8 record with a 3.69 ERA and 144 strikeouts in 27 games. He threw four complete games and one shutout, and pitched 181 innings for the Marines. He was named to his eighth All-Star team and won his fourth Best Nine award.
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delivery. While his mechanics are well-balanced and mostly conventional, one unique trait in his delivery is how he completely straightens his left leg in a diagonal direction after raising it (and before dropping and driving towards the
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that usually sits in 140 to 146 km/h (87 to 91 mph) and tops out at 152 km/h (94 mph). However, he complements it with a wide assortment of secondary pitches, including a
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in a 12-strikeout, complete game win on April 24, striking out every batter in the Marines' lineup at least once and recording at least one strikeout in every inning (the first time in
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on August 14 and holding them to one run over six innings in earning the win. He followed up the effort with a two-hit, complete game (seven innings due to mercy rule) shutout against
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that a pitcher had accomplished the two feats in the same game). He allowed just four hits en route to his first complete game shutout in two years on May 15 against the Marines.
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3.38 ERA and 164 strikeouts in 28 games. He also threw two complete games and one shutout, earning his fifth All-Star selection and his first Best Nine award.
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against Tomakomai High by pitching a 14-strikeout complete game win in the first round. Yokohama Senior High went on to become the tournament champions.
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straight out of high school), marking the first time a pitcher and catcher both in their teens had won a game in Japanese professional baseball since
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Wakui finished his sophomore season with a respectable 12–8 record, 3.24 ERA and 136 strikeouts in 178 innings pitched. He went 3–1 in June, earning
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until two outs in the seventh inning in the latter game, finishing with a three-hit, complete game shutout and clinching a berth in the
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no-hitter against the Orix Buffaloes on July 9. He was named to his sixth All-Star team and won his second Best Nine award.
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on August 19. However, he had a down year overall, going just 10–11 in the regular season and posting an ERA (3.90) and
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He finished the season with a 17–10 record, leading the league in wins for the first time. He also led both Pacific and
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regular season, going 3–1 with a 2.10 ERA in the month of April. In particular, he held the Marines to one run while
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to change from #61(which he wore in 2008) to the #16 he wore for his entire career with the Yakult Swallows.
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and held them to just one hit over six shutout innings (Japan won the game 10–0 in seven innings as per the
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for the Lions. He was named the Pacific League Climax Series MVP. He pitched in three games in the
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year with the Lions. He did not make the All-Star team or win any individual awards that year.
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Wakui was selected to the national team to play in the Olympics, starting in the game against
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for cash. On December 23, 2019, the team held a press conference announcing his signing.
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year. He did not make the All-Star team or win any individual awards that year.
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leagues in innings pitched (213) and hits allowed (199) and came second to only
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Nevertheless, Wakui took the hill in Game 1 and Game 5 of the Pacific League
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Wakui accepted the team's offer to change his uniform number from 16 to
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That year, Wakui was named to the Japanese national team to play in the
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older than Wakui) in the spring of his second year (the equivalent of
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in Japan except PL Gakuen Senior High. There, he played in the 75th
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Wakui is a 185 cm (6 ft 1 in), 85 kg (187 lb)
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over Kyoto Gaidai Nishi High School (an affiliate school of
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and a baseball powerhouse that had sent more players to the
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Wakui was named to the national team to play in the 2009
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in the United States). Wakui was chosen to start in the
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On December 19, 2019, the Marines traded Wakui to the
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On November 18, 2022, the Eagles traded Wakui to the
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National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament
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in Yokohama Senior High's first-round match against
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Index


Starting pitcher
Matsudo, Chiba
Japan
Win–loss record
Earned run average
Strikeouts
Holds
Saves
Seibu Lions / Saitama Seibu Lions
2005
2013
Chiba Lotte Marines
2014
2019
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
2020
2022
Chunichi Dragons
2023
Eiji Sawamura Award
2009
Pacific League
Climax Series
MVP
Japan Series
2008
Mitsui Golden Glove Award
NPB All-Star
2006

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