Kazuyuki Hoashi

Kazuyuki Hoashi (帆足 和幸)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 11", Weight 170 lb.

• High School Mii High School

• Born July 15, 1979 in Ogori, Fukuoka Japan

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Biographical Information

Kazuyuki Hoashi pitched in Nippon Pro Baseball for 15 years.

Hoashi pitched for Mitsubishi Motors in the industrial leagues. He was a third-round pick of the Seibu Lions in 2001 NPB draft and was 1-3 with a 9.00 ERA that year; he allowed 38 hits and 20 walks in 23 innings. In 2002, he appeared in only 3 games, with a 6.00 ERA. Hoashi improved to 4-7, 4.61 with a save in 2003. In 2004, Hoashi was 10-3 despite a 4.30 ERA. He tied Daisuke Matsuzaka and Fumiya Nishiguchi for the Lions' lead in victories. He allowed 4 runs in 5 1/3 IP as the starter in game 3 the 2004 Japan Series and had a no-decision in a 10-8 win. In 2005, Hoashi went 13-8 but had a 4.03 ERA and a .285 opponent batting average. He made the Pacific League All-Star team, and he pitched 2 innings with one run allowed in the 2005 NPB All-Star Game 2. He tied Satoru Kanemura for 7th in the circuit in wins but was third in runs allowed (81).

The Fukuoka native was less effective in 2006 (5-2, 4.66) and 2007 (2-7, 4.29). Hoashi had a big year in 2008, going 11-6 with a 2.63 ERA. He was 4th in the PL in ERA (between Satoshi Komatsu and Toshiya Sugiuchi), 4th in innings (174 2/3, between Sugiuchi and Hideaki Wakui), tied Kenji Otonari and Kazuhisa Ishii for 8th in wins and led in shutouts (3). He made his second and last PL All-Star team, and he relieved Shogo Yamamoto in the 7th inning of the 2008 NPB All-Star Game 1. However, he gave up 3 runs, including Tomoaki Kanemoto's 2-run single. In the 2008 Nippon Series, he started in Game 2 and pitched 5 innings with only a run allowed. He then pitched 3 1/3 innings with one run surrendered in Game 6, and the Lions beat the Yomiuri Giants in 7 games.

Hoashi was 9-6 with a 3.59 ERA in 2009, and he was 5th in complete games (5, tied with Yu Darvish, Chihiro Kaneko, Hisashi Iwakuma, Yoshihisa Naruse and Satoshi Nagai). He then had a 11-8 record with a 3.69 ERA in 2010, and he tied Masahiro Tanaka for 10th in wins. Hoashi went 9-6 with a 2.83 ERA in 2011, and he ranked 10th in ERA (between Tadashi Settsu and Takahiro Shiomi). He then announced that he would become a free agent, and he signed with the Softbank Hawks. Hoashi suffered from a left shoulder injury, so he only pitched one game in 2012. He then went 8-7 with a 4.58 ERA in 2013, and he was 6-1 with a 4.54 ERA in 2014. He only started 3 games with a 3.44 ERA in 2015, and he announced his retirement.

Overall, Hoashi was 90-65 with a 3.90 ERA, struck out 937 and pitched 1,406 1/3 innings in 15 seasons in NPB. He threw a palmball, slider, curveball, change-up, shuuto and fastball (peaked at 90 mph).

Sources

• Japan Baseball Daily by Gary Garland
• Japanesebaseball.com by Michael Westbay
• Japanese wikipedia entry