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Yoshio Tanaka (田中 由郎)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 187 lb.

• High School Yazu High School

• Born September 3, 1955 in Yazu-gun, Tottori Japan

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Biographical Information

Yoshio Tanaka was the first-round draft pick of the Lotte Orions in the 1975 NPB draft from the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Mihara industrial league team. He was 0-2 with a save and a 5.59 ERA for Lotte in 1976 and 2-6, 4.40 with three saves in 1977. In 1978, he was traded to the Taiyo Whales for Hideyuki Okue and Hidetake Watanabe, and had no decisions and a 4.24 ERA (but an RA double that). In 1979, the 23-year-old hurler went 5-6 with one save and a 4.21 ERA in a career-high 45 games and 141 2/3 innings pitched. He led the Central League with 80 walks that year. The next year, his pitching line read 5-10, 4.78 and he followed with a 6.00 ERA in 12 outings in 1981 then he announced his retirement in 1982.

Overall, Tanaka was 12-24 with 5 Saves and a 4.54 ERA in 139 games pitched, struck out 236 and pitched 355 1/3 innings in 6 seasons in NPB..

Sources

• Wiki Japan
• Japanbaseballdaily.com by Gary Garland