Yoshinobu Yamamoto (山本 由伸, Yamamoto Yoshinobu, born August 17, 1998) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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Born: (1998-08-17) August 17, 1998 (age 24) Bizen, Okayama, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | ||||||||||||||||||||
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August 20, 2017, for the Orix Buffaloes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Win-loss record | 41–18 | |||||||||||||||||||
ERA | 1.99 | |||||||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 565 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Yamamoto made his NPB debut on August 20, 2017 for the Orix Buffaloes. Yamamoto finished the 2021 season with an 18-5 record and 206 strikeouts across 193.2 innings pitched. His 1.39 ERA lead the Pacific League for the season.[2] Yamamoto won the Pacific League MVP award following the season.[3]
On June 18, 2022, Yoshinobu Yamamoto threw the year's fourth no-hitter and the 97th in Japanese pro baseball, pitching the Orix Buffaloes to a 2-0 Pacific League win over the Saitama Seibu Lions.[4]
Yamamoto represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico and 2019 WBSC Premier12.
On February 27, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico.[5]
On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[6]
Yamamoto is a 5 ft 10 in, 177 lb right-handed pitcher.[7] With a three-quarters delivery, he throws a fastball averaging 94-95 mph[8] (tops out at 98[9]), a deceptive splitter, a cutter, and a curveball.[10] Scouts said that the splitter is a legitimate out-pitch at the big league level.[10]
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