Kenshin Kawakami

Position: Starting Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-11, 200lb (180cm, 90kg)

Born: June 22, 1975 in Tokushima, Japan jp

High School: Tokushima Commercial (Tokushima City, Japan)

School: Meiji University (Japan)

Last Game: September 9, 2010 (Age 35-079d)
vs. STL 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2009 season

Agents: Dan Evans West Coast Sports Mgmt

Full Name: Kenshin Kawakami

Pronunciation: \KEN-cheen kow-wuh-KAH-mee\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.0

ERA

4.32

243.2

164

WHIP

1.395

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1998	23	-4.9	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		14	6	.700	2.57	2.68	26	25	1	4	3	0	161.1	123	48	46	14	51	1	124	2	0	4	649	1.079	6.9	0.8	2.8	6.9	2.43
1999	24	-4.0	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		8	9	.471	4.44	4.67	29	25	1	3	1	1	162.0	173	84	80	20	43	0	102	2	0	3	695	1.333	9.6	1.1	2.4	5.7	2.37
2000	25	-3.2	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		2	3	.400	4.77	4.77	14	10	2	0	0	0	60.1	65	32	32	10	20	3	24	1	0	1	260	1.409	9.7	1.5	3.0	3.6	1.20
2001	26	-2.2	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		6	10	.375	3.72	3.79	26	25	1	3	1	0	145.0	153	61	60	12	36	1	127	4	0	4	608	1.303	9.5	0.7	2.2	7.9	3.53
2002	27	-0.6	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		12	6	.667	2.35	2.59	27	27	0	3	3	0	187.2	170	54	49	13	34	4	149	8	0	0	760	1.087	8.2	0.6	1.6	7.1	4.38
2003	28	-0.6	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		4	3	.571	3.02	3.69	8	8	0	1	0	0	53.2	60	22	18	2	14	0	37	1	0	3	234	1.379	10.1	0.3	2.3	6.2	2.64
2004	29	0.9	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		17	7	.708	3.32	3.37	27	27	0	5	2	0	192.1	173	72	71	27	38	2	176	4	0	2	774	1.097	8.1	1.3	1.8	8.2	4.63
2005	30	2.1	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		11	8	.579	3.74	3.74	25	25	0	3	2	0	180.1	186	75	75	20	28	4	138	4	0	1	738	1.187	9.3	1.0	1.4	6.9	4.93
2006	31	2.4	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		17	7	.708	2.51	3.10	29	28	0	6	3	0	215.0	166	74	60	22	39	1	194	5	0	3	841	0.953	6.9	0.9	1.6	8.1	4.97
2007	32	3.1	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		12	8	.600	3.55	3.87	26	26		0	0	0	167.1	175	72	66	18	23	2	145	6	0	1	696	1.183	9.4	1.0	1.2	7.8	6.30
2008	33	4.8	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		9	5	.643	2.30	2.53	20	16		1	0	0	117.1	99	33	30	11	25	3	112	5	0	1	473	1.057	7.6	0.8	1.9	8.6	4.48
2009	34	5.4	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	7	12	.368	3.86	4.20	32	25	3	0	0	1	156.1	153	73	67	15	57	6	105	6	1	8	669	1.343	8.8	0.9	3.3	6.0	1.84
2010	35	8.4	Gwinnett	IL	AAA	ATL	0	1	.000	4.29	5.14	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.0	26	12	10	5	5	0	22	1	0	2	92	1.476	11.1	2.1	2.1	9.4	4.40
2010	35	6.3	ATL	NL	Maj	ATL	1	10	.091	5.15	5.87	18	16	1	0	0	0	87.1	98	57	50	10	32	10	59	1	0	4	391	1.489	10.1	1.0	3.3	6.1	1.84
2011	36		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-Rk	ATL	2	4	.333	8.86	8.86	18	7	2	0	0	0	43.2	63	43	43	9	17	0	35	3	0	2	206	1.832	13.0	1.9	3.5	7.2	2.06
2011	36	11.9	Mississippi	SOUL	AA	ATL	2	4	.333	8.41	8.41	16	6	2	0	0	0	40.2	56	38	38	9	16	0	32	3	0	1	190	1.770	12.4	2.0	3.5	7.1	2.00
2011	36	15.5	Braves	GULF	Rk	ATL	0	0		15.00	15.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	7	5	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	16	2.667	21.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
2012	37		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		6	4	.600	3.74	3.98	18	6	0	0	0	0	74.2	70	33	31	7	15	0	38	5	1	0	307	1.138	8.4	0.8	1.8	4.6	2.53
2012	37	10.1	Chunichi	JPWL	Fgn		3	3	.500	4.30	4.50	11			0	0	0	46.0	45	23	22	4	5	0	21	3	1	0	186	1.087	8.8	0.8	1.0	4.1	4.20
2012	37	8.6	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		3	1	.750	2.83	3.14	7	6	0	0	0	0	28.2	25	10	9	3	10	0	17	2	0	0	121	1.221	7.8	0.9	3.1	5.3	1.70
2013	38		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		2	2	.500	2.14	3.00	8	5	0	0	0	0	42.0	36	14	10	3	16	1	24	0	0	4	174	1.238	7.7	0.6	3.4	5.1	1.50
2013	38	9.6	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		1	1	.500	3.21	3.54	5	5	0	0	0	0	28.0	26	11	10	3	13	1	12	0	0	4	119	1.393	8.4	1.0	4.2	3.9	0.92
2013	38	10.8	Chunichi	JPWL	Fgn		1	1	.500	0.00	1.93	3			0	0	0	14.0	10	3	0	0	3	0	12	0	0	0	55	0.929	6.4	0.0	1.9	7.7	4.00
2014	39		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Fgn		1	7	.125	7.39	7.88	16	6	0	0	0	0	56.0	81	49	46	5	27	0	36	3	1	5	268	1.929	13.0	0.8	4.3	5.8	1.33
2014	39	10.6	Chunichi	JPCL	Fgn		1	2	.333	4.78	5.06	6	6	0	0	0	0	32.0	33	18	17	2	17	0	24	2	1	1	142	1.563	9.3	0.6	4.8	6.8	1.41
2014	39	11.8	Chunichi	JPWL	Fgn		0	5	.000	10.88	11.63	10			0	0	0	24.0	48	31	29	3	10	0	12	1	0	4	126	2.417	18.0	1.1	3.8	4.5	1.20
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Majors (2 seasons)					Majors		8	22	.267	4.32	4.80	50	41	4	0	0	1	243.2	251	130	117	25	89	16	164	7	1	12	1060	1.395	9.3	0.9	3.3	6.1	1.84
Minors (2 seasons)					Minors		2	5	.286	7.38	7.65	23	12	2	0	0	0	64.2	89	55	53	14	22	0	57	4	0	4	298	1.716	12.4	1.9	3.1	7.9	2.59
Foreign (14 seasons)					Foreign		121	85	.587	3.34	3.59	299	259	5	29	15	1	1815.0	1730	723	674	184	409	22	1426	50	2	32	7477	1.179	8.6	0.9	2.0	7.1	3.49
NPB (14 seasons)					NPB		117	76	.606	3.24	3.46	275	259	5	29	15	1	1731.0	1627	666	623	177	391	22	1381	46	1	28	7110	1.166	8.5	0.9	2.0	7.2	3.53
All Levels (17 Seasons)							131	112	.539	3.58	3.85	372	312	11	29	15	2	2123.1	2070	908	844	223	520	38	1647	61	3	48	8835	1.220	8.8	0.9	2.2	7.0	3.17

AAA (1 season)					Minors		0	1	.000	4.29	5.14	5	5	0	0	0	0	21.0	26	12	10	5	5	0	22	1	0	2	92	1.476	11.1	2.1	2.1	9.4	4.40
AA (1 season)					Minors		2	4	.333	8.41	8.41	16	6	2	0	0	0	40.2	56	38	38	9	16	0	32	3	0	1	190	1.770	12.4	2.0	3.5	7.1	2.00
Rk (1 season)					Minors		0	0		15.00	15.00	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.0	7	5	5	0	1	0	3	0	0	1	16	2.667	21.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00