Shane Komine

Infobox MLB player


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name=Shane Komine

position=Relief Pitcher
team=Oakland Athletics
number=60
bats=Right
throws=Right
birthdate=birth date and age|1980|10|18
debutdate=July 30
debutyear=2006
debutteam=Oakland Athletics
statyear=July 19, 2007
stat1label=Win-Loss
stat1value=0-0
stat3label=Earned Run Average
stat3value=4.86
stat4label=Strikeouts
stat4value=2
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*Oakland Athletics (2006-present)

Shane Kenji Komine (born October 18, 1980 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is a right-handed major-league pitcher for the Oakland Athletics. He made his major league debut against the Toronto Blue Jays on July 30, 2006 (6 IP, 1 ER, 4 BB, 1 K). He is the third American-born player of full Japanese ancestry in Major League history, after Ryan Kurosaki and Lenn Sakata.

Amateur career

Komine graduated from Kalani High School in Honolulu in 1998. He attended the University of Nebraska with a major in Physics from 1999-2002 and became the Cornhuskers' ace pitcher. After going 10-0 his senior year of 2002, he was drafted by the Oakland A's in the 9th round of the infamous "Moneyball" draft. While at Nebraska, Komine was a teammate of former A's first baseman Dan Johnson.

Professional career

Komine spent the majority of his first pro years with the Midland RockHounds (AA), having moderate success. An impressive run through July 2006 with Sacramento (AAA) earned him a call-up to the A's on July 26, replacing Sacramento teammate Jason Windsor.

On July 17, by|2007, Komine got into a game in the 8th inning against the Texas Rangers with fellow Hawaiian Kurt Suzuki doing the catching. This marked the first time in major league baseball history that there was a battery where both the players were Hawaiian.

Trivia

* Komine is nicknamed "The Hawaiian Punch-Out"
* He is the 19th pitcher from Hawaii to have played in the Major Leagues.
* He is the third player from Hawaii to play for the A's, including Ron Darling and Lenn Sakata. His fellow teammate on the 2007 A's, Kurt Suzuki is also from Hawaii.

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