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It is commonly thrown by right-handed Japanese pitchers such as Hiroki Kuroda, Noboru Akiyama, Kenjiro Kawasaki, Daisuke Matsuzaka, [1] Yu Darvish [2] and Masumi Kuwata. [3] The most renowned shuuto pitcher in history was Masaji Hiramatsu, whose famous pitch was dubbed the razor shuuto because it seemed to "cut the air" when thrown.
Daisuke Matsuzaka: Familiar with the gyroball, Matsuzaka has stated that he can throw the gyroball, however cannot do so on a consistent basis.A careful computer analysis of Matsuzaka's pitches for the Boston Red Sox for the first half of the 2007 season by Dan Fox of Baseball Prospectus suggests that while Matsuzaka commands a dazzling array of pitches, the gyroball is more myth than reality.
2 Junji Ikoma def. Junji Sarumaru: April 29, 2011 3 Mikihito Yamagami: November 5, 2011 1. def. Junji Sarumaru on September 30, 2012: Yamagami vacated the title in December 2013 when he moved up in weight. [28] 4 Shinya Murofushi def. Junji Sarumaru: January 13, 2014 5 Yoshitaka Naito: September 27, 2014 1. def. Ryuta Sawada on July 26, 2015
Earned run average (ERA): 2.50 or lower; Strikeouts: 150 or more; The selection criteria were established in 1982; prior to this, a pool of journalists voted on the pitcher they thought was most deserving of the award without any particular criteria. These simply serve as guidelines; while the pitcher who fulfills the most criteria has the most ...
The grip used for a two-seam fastball. A two-seam fastball is a pitch in baseball and softball.It is a variant of the straight fastball.The pitch has the speed of a fastball and can also include late-breaking action caused by varying the pressure of the index and middle fingers on the ball.
Angels relief pitcher Ben Joyce throws a 105.5-mph pitch as he strikes out the Dodgers' Tommy Edman to end the ninth inning on Tuesday in Anaheim. ... the second 104.5 mph and the third 103.2 mph ...
In baseball, an off-speed pitch is a pitch thrown at a slower speed than a fastball. Breaking balls and changeups are the two most common types of off-speed pitches. Very slow pitches which require the batter to provide most of the power on contact through bat speed are known as "junk" and include the knuckleball and the Eephus pitch, a sort of extreme changeup. [1]
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