Naohisa Sugiyama

Naohisa Sugiyama (杉山 直久)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 179 lb.

• School Ryukoku University
• High School Higashi Maizuru High School

• Born December 25, 1980 in Maizuru, Kyoto Japan

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Biographical Information

Naohisa Sugiyama pitched in Nippon Pro Baseball and for the Japanese national team.

Sugiyama represented Japan in the 2001 Asian Championship. The Hanshin Tigers drafted him in the free-acquiring Phase of the 2002 NPB draft. Sugiyama only had 3 appearances in his rookie year. He started 9 games in 2004, but his ERA was 5.03. The Kyoto native broke out in 2005. He was 9-6 with a solid 2.94 ERA. In the 2005 Nippon Series, he started in Game 4, allowing 3 runs in 3 1/3 innings and got the loss. The Tigers were swept by the Chiba Lotte Marines. He was 4-4 with a 3.09 ERA in 2006, and his pitching worsened to 4-5 with a 4.61 ERA in 2007. He only started 9 games in 2008 as his ERA was terrible 5.82. He only pitched 9 more games in the next two seasons, and the Tigers released him after the 2011 season. He announced his retirement in 2012.

Sugiyama's repertoire included a fastball (peak 93 mph), curveball, slider, shuuto and forkball.

Overall, Sugiyama was 21-23 with a 4.01 ERA and pitched 429 innings in 8 seasons in NPB.

Sources

• NPB site
• 2005 Nippon Series
• Wiki Japan