Ayumu Ishikawa
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| Chiba Lotte Marines – No. 12 | |||
| Pitcher | |||
| Born: April 11, 1988 | |||
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| NPB debut | |||
| 2014, for the Chiba Lotte Marines | |||
| NPB statistics (through 2015) |
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| Win–loss record | 22-20 | ||
| ERA | 3.35 | ||
| Strikeouts | 237 | ||
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| Career highlights and awards | |||
Ayumu Ishikawa (石川 歩 Ishikawa Ayumu?, born in April 11, 1988 in Uozu, Toyama) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.[1]
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Career
Amateur Days
Ishikawa did not attract attention from NPB scouts upon graduation from Chubu University in 2011 despite posting a 0.69 ERA and 1.27 ERA in the 2010 Spring and Fall seasons, respectively.[2] He joined the industrial league team for Tokyo Gas in 2011 and developed into a top prospect over his three years with the team. NPB draft observers highly rated Ishikawa's chances for being drafted early at the 2013 NPB Draft Meeting, and indeed he was selected by both the Yomiuri Giants and Chiba Lotte Marines with the first round draft pick. Lotte manager Tsutomu Ito selected the winning card in the subsequent lottery, and Ishikawa joined the Marines for the 2014 season.
Professional career
2014 Season
Ishikawa began his rookie campaign in the Lotte starting rotation and made an immediate impact, throwing quality starts in 4 of his first 5 games (missing the 5th by just one out) and finishing his first professional month with 3 wins and a 1.19 ERA. His pace slowed a bit from that torrid start as the season progressed, but his season total of 10 wins, 3.43 ERA, and 1.26 WHIP led Lotte's starting rotation in all three categories.[3] He was recognized as the Pacific League Rookie of the Year in 2014.
2015 Season
Ishikawa continued to shine in 2015, following up his impressive rookie season with another year with double-digit wins (12), becoming the first Lotte pitcher in 64 years to record back-to-back double digit win seasons to start his career.[4] That win total would have been even higher were it not for extremely poor run support throughout the summer months, including being on the losing end of shutout losses three times despite throwing a quality start in all three games.[5]
Trivia
Was given the nickname "Lotte's Goemon" in his rookie season, and the team sold special T-shirts with that nickname.[6]
References
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