Sho Miyagawa

Sho Miyagawa (宮川 将)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 191 lb.

• School Osaka Taiiku University
• High School Naniwa Shogyo High School

• Born October 19, 1990 in Sennan, Osaka Japan

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Biographical Information

Sho Miyagawa has pitched in Nippon Pro Baseball.

Miyagawa was taken by the Rakuten Golden Eagles in the 2012 NPB draft. He was the first taxi squad player to win a game for Rakuten and the second taxi squad player to win his first NPB start, following Yuji Nishino. He finished the 2013 season 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA in 17 games (2 starts), though he walked 21 in 40 1/3 IP. He made one appearance in Rakuten's triumphant run in the 2013 Japan Series, struggling in game four. Relieving Jim Heuser with a 4-1 lead in the 4th, he walked Tetsuya Matsumoto and Yoshiyuki Kamei and allowed a run-scoring single to Hisayoshi Chono. He hit Takayuki Terauchi in the helmet and was ejected; reliever Shinichiro Koyama allowed one inherited run to score and Rakuten went on for a 6-5 loss. Miyagawa then started in the semifinals of the 2013 Asia Series but again struggled, giving up three first-inning runs thanks to hits by Fu-Hao Liu, Wu-Hsiung Pan and Yung-Chi Chen as well as an error by his first baseman; he lost to the Uni-President Lions, the first time a NPB team had not made it to an Asia Series final.

Primary Sources

• Yakyu Baka
• Japan Ball