Hideori Oshima

Hideori Emanuel Oshima (Hide)

• Bats Left, Throws Left

• Born June 29, 1990

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Biographical Information

Hideori Oshima has been on the Swiss national team. His brother Takanobu Oshima has been a frequent teammate.

Oshima played for the Therwil Flyers in the Swiss Ligue Nationale A since at least 2010. He was 2 for 6 with a double, two walks and a run for Switzerland in the 2011 European Championship Qualifier, allowing one run in 3 1/3 IP. He hit .364/.500/.364 with 3 steals in 3 tries and 4 runs in 4 games in the 2013 B-Level European Championship, giving up two runs in four innings. He tied for 5th in OBP and steals and tied Sam Wiley for second with two HBP as a batter. His 31 putouts tied [[Przemyslaw Paluch] for 3rd.

During the 2015 B-Level European Championship, he lost the opener to Croatia's Slobodan Gales, allowing 11 hits and 8 runs (all earned) in 5 1/3 IP. He also hit .176/.176/.176 for the event. While his brother was all over the offensive leaderboards, Hide only managed to finish among the defensive leaders - 5th in putouts (32), between Mario Manojlov and Bogdan Stovba.

In the 2017 CEB Cup, he had a 4.70 ERA for Therwil and was 4-for-11 with 3 walks and 4 runs. His 22 error-free chances were fifth in the event. As usual, he was with Switzerland, this time for the 2017 B-Level European Championship. He again started the opener, this time losing to Shlomo Lipetz and Israel. He hit .182/.267/.182, fielded perfectly in 24 chances and had a 8.53 ERA for the event. He led with two sac flies; only Joachim Frick and Ari Fabian had more chances with no errors.

He had a 3.86 ERA and hit .385/.556/.538 in the 2019 Federations Cup. His 46 chances without an error led the tournament (7 ahead of Philip Smith) and he led in putouts (33) and double plays (4, tied). In the 2019 B-Level European Championship, he scored the winning run in the 9th against Ukraine. He fielded .980 and batted .316/.409/.526, with six runs and three steals (not caught) in five contests. He was second to Kestas Vilimas in putouts and tied for the double play lead.

Oshima hit .200/.273/.200 for Therwil in the 2021 CEB Cup, with a 6.43 ERA but got the win over Minsk's Kiryl Kazlouski. In the 2021 European Championship Qualifier, he beat Tevz Gantar and Slovenia with 4 1/3 shutout innings; he was 1-for-5 in the event. He allowed four runs (three earned) in four innings in the 2022 Confederation Cup and was 0-for-4. He tied for third with five walks issued.

Switzerland made their first European Championship in 2023 and the veteran was on their roster; his brother was a late cut. He and Ryan Byrne was their only southpaw hurlers. He was the first reliever for the team in a European Championship game, relieving Jonah Schaller with a 3-0 deficit in the 2nd, the bases loaded and one out. Former major leaguer Ryan Lavarnway hit into a run-scoring force then Brett Holtz walked and Assaf Lowengart hit a three-run double. Zev Moore tripled in a run to make it 8-0 before Robb Paller grounded out. He allowed only one run in the 3rd but four more (two unearned) in the 4th, including a 3-run Paller homer, before Andrea Girasole took over for him. In a 15-5 loss to Germany, he was the 9th of 10 Swiss hurlers, allowing four hits and two runs in the 8th, relieving Simon Steffen and succeeded by Marco Limacher. His last outing was in a 12-3 loss to Italy; replacing Fabio Bundi in the 5th, he allowed two runs (one earned) in 2/3 of an inning then Girasole came in. He tied for the team lead in appearances. While he allowed their most runs, he did not have their worst ERA; both Schaller and Cee-Jay Savoldelli were higher. He tied for 7th in the 2023 Euros in games pitched, tied Sergii Shtapura and Dimitri Lettas for 5th in hits allowed (14) and tied for 8th in runs allowed (11).