Kaima Taira
Japanese baseball player
Baseball player
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| Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 61 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born: (1999-11-15) November 15, 1999 (age 24) Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
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| July 19, 2019, for the Saitama Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
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| Win–loss record | 19–15 | ||||||||||||||
| Earned Run Average | 2.07 | ||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 436 | ||||||||||||||
| Saves | 31 | ||||||||||||||
| Holds | 94 | ||||||||||||||
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Kaima Taira (平良 海馬, Taira Kaima, born November 15, 1999) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).[2][3]
Career
Taira was drafted by the Saitama Seibu Lions with the team's fourth selection in the 2017 Nippon Professional Baseball draft out of Yaeyama Commercial High School. Taira spent the 2018 season with Seibu's farm team, posting a 5.40 ERA in 10 appearances.
On July 19, 2019, Taira made his Nippon Professional Baseball debut. He finished this season with a 2–1 record and 3.38 ERA in 26 appearances. The following season, Taira played in 54 games for Seibu, posting a stellar 1.87 ERA in 53.0 innings of work.[4] Because of his efforts, Taira was named the 2020 Pacific League Rookie of the Year.[5]
On June 28, 2021, Taira tied the NPB record for consecutive mound appearances without giving up a run, with 38, a record also held by former Hanshin Tigers pitcher Kyuji Fujikawa.[6] On July 1, Taira passed Fujikawa and set a new NPB record by making his 39th consecutive mound appearance without giving up a run.[7] Taira's streak ended at 39 on July 6, when he allowed an RBI hit to Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters hitter Yuto Takahama.[8] In 2021, Taira was named an NPB All-Star for the first time in his career.
References
- ^ "【データ】パ初！西武平良海馬が同一シーズン20セーブ＋20ホールド - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ".
- ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "Register : Taira,Kaima (Saitama Seibu Lions)". Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "61 平良 海馬選手名鑑2020 ｜埼玉西武ライオンズ". Archived from the original on 23 October 2020. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
- ^ "Kaima Taira Japanese Leagues Statistics & History".
- ^ "Digital Extra – Okinawan native Taira wins the Pacific League Rookie of the Year award after recording no losses and 33 holds as a relief pitcher for the Seibu Lions".
- ^ @NPB_Reddit (June 28, 2021). "Seibu Lions pitcher Kaima Taira tied the NPB record for consecutive mound appearances without giving up a run, at 3…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @NPB_Reddit (July 1, 2021). "Seibu Lions pitcher Kaima Taira set a new NPB record by making his 39th consecutive mound appearance without giving…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ @NPB_Reddit (July 6, 2021). "Seibu Lions pitcher Kaima Taira's NPB record setting streak of consecutive mound appearances without giving up a ru…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Career statistics - NPB.jp
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Saitama Seibu Lions current roster
- 00 Jefry Yan
- 11 Taiga Ueda
- 12 Yūtarō Watanabe
- 13 Kōna Takahashi
- 14 Tatsushi Masuda
- 15 Kaito Yoza
- 16 Chihiro Sumida
- 17 Wataru Matsumoto
- 19 Shunsuke Satō
- 20 Ichirō Tamura
- 21 Natsuki Takeuchi
- 23 Ryōta Itogawa
- 25 Katsunori Hirai
- 29 Minato Aoyama
- 34 Hiroshi Kaino
- 36 Haruto Yamada
- 40 Shōta Hamaya
- 41 Haruse Narita
- 42 Bo Takahashi
- 43 Shinnosuke Hada
- 45 Keisuke Honda
- 47 Haruki Sugiyama
- 48 Tatsuya Imai
- 54 Albert Abreu
- 56 Taisei Miyazawa
- 57 Masaya Kuroda
- 58 Yūta Nakamura
- 59 Ren Omagari
- 61 Kaima Taira
- 69 Yoshinobu Mizukami
- 70 Taishi Mameda
- 2 Masatoshi Okada
- 22 Yūto Koga
- 27 Ginjirō Sumitani
- 37 Sena Tsuge
- 38 Kaito Noda
- 65 Takeru Furuichi
- 0 Ryōsuke Kodama
- 4 Kakeru Yamanobe
- 5 Shūta Tonosaki
- 6 Sōsuke Genda
- 8 Kento Watanabe
- 10 Ryūsei Satō
- 30 Hiyū Motoyama
- 31 Shōta Hiranuma
- 32 Takayoshi Yamamura
- 44 Jesús Aguilar
- 50 Wataru Takamatsu
- 52 Naomasa Yōkawa
- 60 Takeya Nakamura
- 62 Natsuo Takizawa
- 66 Brandon
- 99 Reon Murata
- 1 Takumi Kuriyama
- 7 Yūji Kaneko
- 9 Takuya Hiruma
- 33 Yūdai Furukawa
- 35 Gakuto Wakabayashi
- 46 Shōhei Suzuki
- 51 Manaya Nishikawa
- 55 Franchy Cordero
- 63 Shinya Hasegawa
- 68 Junichirō Kishi
- 73 Wataru Takagi
- 111 Hiromasa Saitō
- 112 Kaito Awazu
- 113 Shō Itō
- 114 Towa Uema
- 115 Takeru Sasaki
- 116 Víctor López
- 120 Hiroki Inoue
- 121 Daiki Miura
- 125 Sinclair
- 127 Ryōsuke Moriwaki
- 128 Shinya Sugai
- 129 Masahiro Kiwashimo
- 131 Shōta Kise
- 136 Yūto Akagami
- 117 Shōya Makino
- 122 Ryōsuke Koresawa
- 118 Kazuki Nomura
- 126 Asahi Taniguchi
- 130 Kōji Kaneko
- 134 Ryōta Kawano
- 119 Montell
- 123 Joseph
- 124 Anthony García
- 132 Kōichi Okumura
- 135 Yūta Nakamigawa
coaching
- Interim Manager: 72 Hisanobu Watanabe
- Head coach/Batting strategy coach: 83 Yōsuke Hiraishi
- Pitching coaches: 81 Kiyoshi Toyoda, 93 Hayato Aoki
- Battery coach: 82 Kōsuke Noda
- Batting coaches: 80 Shigenobu Shima, 91 Hisashi Takayama
- Infield defense/base running coach: 76 Masahiro Abe
- Outfield defense/base running coach: 86 Shōgo Akada
coaching
- Manager: 74 Fumiya Nishiguchi
- General fielding coach: 79 Tatsuya Ozeki
- Battery coach: 96 Shōta Nakata
- Batting coach: 88 Hiroyuki Ōshima
- Infield defense/base running coach: 87 Satoshi Kuroda
- Outfield defense/base running coach: 84 Masato Kumashiro
- General pitching coach: 95 Tatsuya Ōishi
- Pitching coaches: 90 Shūichirō Osada, 85 Daiki Enokida
- Development coach/Chief human resource development: 97 Tomoshi Aoki
coaching
- Battery coach/Bullpen catcher/Human resource development: 98 Yūta Arakawa
- Infield defense/base running coach: 94 Yūji Onizaki
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