Hiroomi Oyane

Hiroomi Oyane (大矢根 博臣)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 8", Weight 151 lbs.

• High School Kanonji Daiichi High School

• Born July 1, 1935 in Mitoyo, Kagawa Japan

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Biographical Information

Hiroomi Oyane pitched in Nippon Pro Baseball for 9 years.

Oyane was signed by the Chunichi Dragons in 1954, and he pitched 7 games with a 2.25 ERA in his rookie year. He was 6-5 with a 1.55 ERA in 1955, then he improved to 20-13 with a 1.53 ERA in 1956. He was scoreless for 40 1/3 consecutive innings, and he held the team record until Yudai Ono broke it in 2020. Oyane was 3rd in the Central League in ERA (between Sho Horiuchi and Toshitake Nakayama), 7th in wins (tied with Nakayama), 5th in complete games (21, between Masaichi Kaneda and Shigeru Sugishita), 10th in strikeouts (between Horiuchi and Yoshitomo Miyaji) and 2nd in shutouts (8, tied with Ryohei Hasegawa). He was 12-7 with a 2.29 ERA in 1957, and he completed a no-hitter against the Osaka Tigers on October 12.

The Kagawa native was selected into the 1958 NPB All-Star Games, but he allowed a 3-run home run to Futoshi Nakanishi in Game 2. He ended up 24-13 with a 1.61 ERA in 1958, and struck out a career-high 147 batters. Oyane was 3rd in wins (tied with Masaaki Koyama), 4th in ERA (between Motoshi Fujita and Koyama), 4th in completed games (20, between Kaneda and Noboru Akiyama), 3rd in shutouts (7, between Fujita and Koyama), 6th in appearances (53, tied with Kaneda and Masahiko Hirose) and 10th in strikeouts (between Sugishita and Masahiko Oishi). He suffered from a waist injury, so he was only 5-1 with a 3.00 ERA in 1959.

Oyane came back in 1960, and he was 15-13 with a 2.86 ERA. He ranked 9th in wins (tied with Mamoru Hiroshima) and 7th in complete games (13, 13 behind Ritsuo Horimoto). Oyane also attended the 1960 NPB All-Star Games, and he allowed a run in 2 innings in Game 1 then pitched a shutout inning in Game 3. He was involved in a car accident on November 26, 1960, and he fractured his skull. The Dragons then traded him to the Nishitetsu Lions for Taisuke Kobuchi. He was 2-4 with a 3.91 ERA in 1961, and his ERA rose to 5.57 in 11 appearances in 1962. Oyane announced his retirement after the 1962 season.

Overall, Oyane was 86-56 with a 2.12 ERA, struck out 587 and pitched 1,296 2/3 innings in 9 years in NPB. His 1.99 career ERA with the Dragons is still the team record as of 2023.

Sources

• Wiki Japan
• Bio
• 1960 NPB All-Star Game