Tomohiro Hamada (浜田 智博, Hamada Tomohiro, born October 1, 1992 in Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He most recently played pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons. He is currently a free agent.
| Tomohiro Hamada | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: October 1, 1992 Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
| debut | |
| April 19, 2015, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
| NPB statistics (through 2015) | |
| Win–loss record | 0 – 0 |
| ERA | 40.50 |
| Strikeouts | 2 |
| Teams | |
Early career
editIn Hamada's senior year with Miyazaki Technical High School, he reached the spring koshien. As the team's ace, he pitched a full game for only two hits in the first round against Maebashi Technical High School but came up short in the second round against Kohei Arihara's Koryo High school conceding a run in the final inning in a walk-off loss.
Following graduation he attended Kyushu Sangyo University and in fall of his junior year in a game against Kyushu Institute of Technology he recorded a no-hitter. In spring of his senior year, he guided his team to the best 4 of the Japan National Collegiate Baseball Championship and in the fall he appeared at the Meiji Jingu Baseball Tournament. He ended his university career with a 24–8 record in decisions.[1]
On 23 October 2014, he was selected as the second draft pick for the Chunichi Dragons at the 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball draft where he was given the number 47 shirt.
Professional career
editChunichi Dragons
edit2015
editOn the 10 April 2015, Hamada was registered for the first team[2] and on 19 April made his first team debut against the Hiroshima Carp in the 8th inning where he gave up a career first home run to Takayoshi Noma followed by a succession of 5 hits resulting in 3 earned runs and leaving him in tears.[3] This was the first time a rookie facing his first batter conceded a career first homerun to a fellow rookie.[4] While there was much expectation over the development of Hamada, this would remain his only game of the season as he was relegated to the farm team for the remainder of the year.[5] As a result of his and the team's poor performance, his contract was slashed by 25% to \7,500,000.[5]
In the 2015 off-season he along with teammates Iori Katsura, Shuhei Takahashi, Shota Tomonaga and Junki Kishimoto were loaned to the Taiwanese winter league[6]
2016
editHamada failed to make any appearances for the first team in the 2016 season with his contract being downgraded to a trainee contract for 2017.[7]
References
edit- ^ "中日２位浜田バンザイ投法で竜党バンザイ(Chunchi's Hamada's "banzai" pitching method is a banzai for the Dragons)" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 3 November 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "2015年４月公示 ４月10日 (10th of April)" (in Japanese). Sponichi. 10 April 2015. Archived from the original on 19 April 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "中日浜田智涙雨デビュー 野間被弾から５連打３失点 (Chunichi's Hamada's tearful debut; from a Noma homer to 5 consecutive hits and 3 earned runs)" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "中日ドラ２左腕号泣…広島ドラ１野間 史上初！プロ初打者で一発見舞った (Dragons draft #2 southpaw in tears; Hiroshima's #1 draft pick with historical first!)" (in Japanese). Sponichi. 20 April 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ a b "中日浜田智、減額制限いっぱい25％↓750万円 (Chunichi's Tomo Hamada's with 25% cut, 7.5M)" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 7 November 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2016.
- ^ "中日が高橋周平ら５人を台湾ウインターリーグ派遣 (Chunichi send 5 on-loan to Taiwanese winter league)". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 23 November 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ "来季の契約について (Announcement regarding next season's contracts)" (in Japanese). Chunichi Dragons. 28 October 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2016.
External links
edit- Dragons.jp
- NPB.jp
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)