Yasuaki Yamasaki
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 Yamasaki with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yokohama DeNA BayStars – No. 19 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: October 2, 1992 Arakawa, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 28, 2015, for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Career statistics (through 2023) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss Record | 19-31 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Earned Run Average | 2.78 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 494 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saves | 227 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yasuaki Yamasaki (山崎 康晃, Yamasaki Yasuaki, born October 2, 1992 in Arakawa, Tokyo) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Career
[edit]Yamasaki was drafted with the first pick by the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.[1] He has been selected as an all-star five times in his career.
International career
[edit]Yamasaki was selected for the Japan national baseball team at the 2015 WBSC Premier12.
On August 20, 2018, he was selected to be on the Samurai Japan Roster for the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.[2]
On February 27, 2019, he was selected for the Japan national baseball team at the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico.[3]
On October 1, 2019, he was again selected for the Japan national team at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[4]
Personal life
[edit]Yamasaki has a Japanese father and a Filipino mother. [5]
References
[edit]- ^ "2014 プロ野球ドラフト会議 supported by リポビタンD 横浜DeNAベイスターズ 選択選手一覧". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). June 26, 2018.
- ^ "「2018日米野球」出場選手6名、コーチングスタッフが決定". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). August 20, 2018. Retrieved October 12, 2018.
- ^ "ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019「日本 vs メキシコ」に出場するメンバー28名が決定". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
- ^ "「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」出場選手決定について". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "＜ＤｅＮＡドラ１＞山崎 フィリピン代表でＷＢＣ出場？ – 東京スポーツ新聞社".
External links
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- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Yasuaki Yamasaki on NPB.com
- 山﨑 康晃 on Twitter
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Asia University (Japan) alumni
- Japanese people of Filipino descent
- Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
- Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners
- People from Arakawa, Tokyo
- Baseball people from Tokyo
- Yokohama DeNA BayStars players
- 2015 WBSC Premier12 players
- 2019 WBSC Premier12 players
- Baseball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic baseball players for Japan
- Olympic medalists in baseball
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Japanese baseball pitcher stubs