Taisei Ota (翁田 大勢, Ota Taisei, born June 29, 1999) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He is a pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).[1] This is the first Japanese player use first name in the Yomiuri Giants.
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| Yomiuri Giants – No. 15 | |||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: June 29, 1999 Taka, Hyōgo, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| March 25, 2022, for the Yomiuri Giants | |||||||||||||||
| Career statistics (through 2024) | |||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 5–5 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 2.18 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 148 | ||||||||||||||
| Saves | 80 | ||||||||||||||
| Holds | 14 | ||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
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| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Career
editOn September 10, 2023, while pitching for Yomiuri's farm team, Taisei combined with Haruto Inoue to no-hit the Tokyo Yakult Swallows farm team. The no-hitter was the first combined no-hitter in the history of the farm team.[2]
International career
editTaisei represented Japan at the 2023 World Baseball Classic.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Register : Ota, Taisei (Yomiuri Giants)". Retrieved April 1, 2022.
- ^ "[Giants] Achieved the first no-hit no-run relay in the history of the team in the 2nd army game. A large number of people and Ondai Inoue pitched well … Eastern League". news.yahoo.co.jp. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
- ^ Taisei Ota, MLB.com Accessed March 21, 2023.
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