TSUNEMI TSUDA

'Tsunemi Tsuda'

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Hiroshima Carp - No.14
Pitcher
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Career	1982-1991
Nickname	Tsune-gon

, (August 1, 1960 - July 20, 1993) is a former Japanese baseball player of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.
He was one of most famous Japanese right-handed pitchers. He was known as the because from his pitching style with the fastball. His nickname was "Tsune-Gon"(ツネゴン).
He was born in Shunan, Yamaguchi. He retired in 1991, and died of Brain tumor in 1993, when he was 32 years old.
His memorial plate, found at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium, is inscribed with the words "We will never forget about his fastball, smile, courage and bravery".
He led his team in two Japan Series and won one title (1984).

Contents

Career

statistics

Honours

Career

★ 1st pitch: April 10th 1982.

★ 1st win: April 29th 1982.

★ ''Rookie of the Year Award'' winner: 1982

★ Comeback Player of the Year Award winner: 1986

★ Best Pitcher of Japan Series Award winner: 1986

★ Relief Man of the Year Award winner: 1989

★ Japan All-star game: 1983, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989

★ 49 W, 90 S, 19 CG, 2 Shutout and 542 K.

statistics

Year	Team	No.	GP	W	L	S	IP	ER	K	ERA	Titles
1982	Hiroshima	15	31	11	6	0	166.2	72	114	3.88	Rookie of the Year
1983	Hiroshima	15	19	9	3	0	132.2	45	82	3.07
1984	Hiroshima	15	14	3	4	1	54.1	28	30	4.64	Japan Series Champion
1985	Hiroshima	14	22	2	3	1	42.0	31	36	6.64
1986	Hiroshima	14	49	4	6	22	69.1	16	81	2.08	Comeback Player of the Year, League Champion
1987	Hiroshima	14	47	3	4	18	65.2	12	160	1.64
1988	Hiroshima	14	47	5	9	20	72.1	31	56	3.86
1989	Hiroshima	14	51	12	5	28	83.0	15	75	1.63	Relief Man of the Year
1990	Hiroshima	14	4	0	0	0	6.2	2	7	2.70
1991	Hiroshima	14	2	0	1	0	1.0	3	1	27.00	hospitalized before League Champion
'TOTALS'		-	'286'	'49'	'41'	'90'	'693.0'	'255'	'542'	'3.31'	-

Honours

The asteroid 79254 Tsuda was named in his honour on 1 June 2007.