Takeru Sasaki
Takeru Sasaki | |
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Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 115 | |
Pitcher | |
Born: (1996-05-13) May 13, 1996 (age 28) Aomori, Japan | |
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |
NPB debut | |
June 11, 2021, for the Saitama Seibu Lions | |
NPB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
Win–loss record | 3–1 |
Earned Run Average | 3.05 |
Strikeouts | 41 |
Teams | |
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Takeru Sasaki (佐々木 健, Sasaki Takeru, born May 13, 1996) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Career
Sasaki was drafted by the Saitama Seibu Lions with the team's 2nd pick in the 2020 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.[citation needed]
On June 11, 2021, Sasaki made his NPB debut, pitching 2.0 scoreless innings against the Chunichi Dragons. On July 2, Sasaki became the first player in NPB history to be ejected while facing the first batter of the game. His 3rd pitch of the game hit Orix Buffaloes leadoff hitter Shuhei Fukuda in the head, which resulted in an automatic ejection.[1] He finished his rookie campaign making 5 appearances, struggling to an 8.31 ERA with 4 strikeouts in 8.2 innings of work.
In 2022, Sasaki made 37 appearances for Seibu, posting a 3-0 record and 3.03 ERA with 24 strikeouts in 29.2 innings pitched.[2]
References
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- 00 Jefry Yan
- 11 Taiga Ueda
- 12 Yūtarō Watanabe
- 13 Kōna Takahashi
- 14 Tatsushi Masuda
- 15 Kaito Yoza
- 16 Chihiro Sumida
- 17 Wataru Matsumoto
- 19 Shunsuke Satō
- 20 Ichirō Tamura
- 21 Natsuki Takeuchi
- 23 Ryōta Itogawa
- 25 Katsunori Hirai
- 29 Minato Aoyama
- 34 Hiroshi Kaino
- 36 Haruto Yamada
- 40 Shōta Hamaya
- 41 Haruse Narita
- 42 Bo Takahashi
- 43 Shinnosuke Hada
- 45 Keisuke Honda
- 47 Haruki Sugiyama
- 48 Tatsuya Imai
- 54 Albert Abreu
- 56 Taisei Miyazawa
- 57 Masaya Kuroda
- 58 Yūta Nakamura
- 59 Ren Omagari
- 61 Kaima Taira
- 69 Yoshinobu Mizukami
- 70 Taishi Mameda
- 71 Shinya Sugai
- 2 Masatoshi Okada
- 22 Yūto Koga
- 27 Ginjirō Sumitani
- 37 Sena Tsuge
- 38 Kaito Noda
- 53 Shōya Makino
- 65 Takeru Furuichi
- 0 Ryōsuke Kodama
- 4 Kakeru Yamanobe
- 5 Shūta Tonosaki
- 6 Sōsuke Genda
- 8 Kento Watanabe
- 10 Ryūsei Satō
- 30 Hiyū Motoyama
- 31 Shōta Hiranuma
- 32 Takayoshi Yamamura
- 44 Jesús Aguilar
- 50 Wataru Takamatsu
- 52 Naomasa Yōkawa
- 60 Takeya Nakamura
- 62 Natsuo Takizawa
- 66 Brandon
- 67 Daiju Nomura
- 99 Reon Murata
- 1 Takumi Kuriyama
- 7 Yūji Kaneko
- 9 Takuya Hiruma
- 33 Yūdai Furukawa
- 35 Seiya Matsubara
- 46 Shōhei Suzuki
- 51 Manaya Nishikawa
- 55 Franchy Cordero
- 63 Shinya Hasegawa
- 68 Junichirō Kishi
- 73 Wataru Takagi
- 75 Kōichi Okumura
- 78 Anthony García
- 112 Kaito Awazu
- 113 Shō Itō
- 114 Towa Uema
- 115 Takeru Sasaki
- 116 Víctor López
- 120 Hiroki Inoue
- 121 Daiki Miura
- 125 Sinclair
- 127 Ryōsuke Moriwaki
- 129 Masahiro Kiwashimo
- 131 Shōta Kise
- 136 Yūto Akagami
- 122 Ryōsuke Koresawa
- 118 Kazuki Nomura
- 126 Asahi Taniguchi
- 130 Kōji Kaneko
- 134 Ryōta Kawano
- 119 Montell
- 123 Joseph
- 135 Yūta Nakamigawa
coaching
- Interim Manager: 72 Hisanobu Watanabe
- Head coach/Batting strategy coach: 83 Yōsuke Hiraishi
- Pitching coaches: 81 Kiyoshi Toyoda, 93 Hayato Aoki
- Battery coach: 82 Kōsuke Noda
- Batting coaches: 80 Shigenobu Shima, 91 Hisashi Takayama
- Infield defense/base running coach: 76 Masahiro Abe
- Outfield defense/base running coach: 86 Shōgo Akada
coaching
- Manager: 74 Fumiya Nishiguchi
- General fielding coach: 79 Tatsuya Ozeki
- Battery coach: 96 Shōta Nakata
- Batting coach: 88 Hiroyuki Ōshima
- Infield defense/base running coach: 87 Satoshi Kuroda
- Outfield defense/base running coach: 84 Masato Kumashiro
- General pitching coach: 95 Tatsuya Ōishi
- Pitching coaches: 90 Shūichirō Osada, 85 Daiki Enokida
- Development coach/Chief human resource development: 97 Tomoshi Aoki
coaching
- Battery coach/Bullpen catcher/Human resource development: 98 Yūta Arakawa
- Infield defense/base running coach: 94 Yūji Onizaki