Kevin Yamamoto

Kevin Ichiro Yamamoto Uezu

• Born August 4, 1998

Biographical Information

Kevin Yamamoto has pitched for the Peruvian national team.

Yamamoto was 16 years old when he played for Peru in the 2015 South American Championship; they won Bronze. In the 2016 South American Championship, he was 0-2 with a 21.60 ERA in four games, losing to Argentina and Brazil. He tied Jonathan Farías, Horacio Acosta and Walter Vargas for the tournament lead in losses.

He was hit hard in the 2017 Bolivarian Games, with 8 hits, 2 walks and 9 runs (7 earned) in 1 1/3 IP. He did not have Peru's highest ERA as Katsuhiro Nishizawa was higher. He pitched twice in the 2019 Pan American Games, Peru's first baseball appearance in the 2019 Pan American Games. In his first outing, he relieved Jose Herrera in the 9th with a surprisingly close 6-1 deficit against the Dominican national team, two on and no outs. He walked Ronny Paulino and allowed a grand slam to Willy García. He retired Miguel Gómez then hit Rafael Ynoa before Alex Takano relieved him. In the 7th/8th place game, he relieved Takano with a 10-0 deficit in the 4th, one out and two on against Argentina. He served up a two-run double to Sebastián García, hit Lucas Montalbetti, gave up a two-run double to Eduardo Zurbriggen to make it 14-0, then gave up singles to both Agustín Tissera and Exequiel Talevi for a 15-0 score. José Gerez hit into an error to make it 16-0. Gianpierre Reaño relieved and let all three inherited runners in. Yamamoto thus finished the event with a 162.00 ERA, the highest in the Games; Diego Echeverría and Dewin Pérez were next at 108.00.