- Kento Sugiyama
Kento Sugiyama (杉山 賢人, born
December 12 ,1968 ) is a former professional baseball player fromNumazu, Shizuoka ,Japan . He played for theSeibu Lions ,Hanshin Tigers ,Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes , andYokohama BayStars during his 10-year career in the Japanese professional leagues.Sugiyama was drafted in the first round of the
1992 amateur draft by theSeibu Lions , and won the Japanese rookie of the year award in1993 , making 54 appearances with a 2.80 ERA. His pitching deteriorated from then on, and he was traded to theHanshin Tigers in mid-1999 . He was traded to theOsaka Kintetsu Buffaloes in mid-2000 , and was traded for the third time in his career in mid-2001 to theYokohama BayStars . He made 32 appearances with the BayStars in2001 , but retired at the end of the season.He worked as a batting pitcher for the BayStars before becoming the pitching coach for the
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in2006 .He won a bronze medal in the
1992 Summer Olympics before entering the Japanese professional leagues.External links
* [http://www.japanesebaseball.com/players/player.jsp?PlayerID=453 Career statistics]
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