Yuki Kume

Yuki Kume (久米 勇紀)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 157 lb.

• School Meiji University
• High School Kiryu Daiichi High School

• Born September 10, 1985 in Ashikaga, Tochigi Japan

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Biographical Information

Yuki Kume was drafted by the Softbank Hawks in the 3rd round of the 2007 NPB draft, and he debuted on March 20, 2008. He got his first career win in his first game, and he was the first Hawks player to get his first win in an opening day debut since Tadashi Sugiura in 1958. Kume notched 15 holds with a 3.25 ERA in 40 games in his rookie year, and he was 8th in holds in the Pacific League. He pitched 18 games with a 2.37 ERA in 2009, but he fractured his right hand so he only pitched 4 games in 2010. The Hawks then traded him with Soichiro Tateoka to the Yomiuri Giants for Levi Romero and Atsushi Fukumoto, but didn't return to the big club again and he announced his retirement in 2012. He was 5-1 with 3 saves for his NPB career.

Sources

• Wiki Japan