Hiroshima Carp workhorse Kris Johnson, winner of last year's Sawamura Award, remains unable to practice due to illness, the team's chief trainer said Wednesday. Johnson, who is in his third Nippon Professional Baseball season, won last year's Sawamura Award as NPB's most impressive starting pitcher. ...
In a year when no pitching candidates leaped off the stat sheet to seize the Sawamura Award by force, perhaps the selectors would opt for a long-shot candidate such as Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ace Shohei Otani. Like Sawamura, Otani is the fastest pitcher of ...
There was no Japan Series game played Monday, but it was still an eventful afternoon for Hiroshima Carp pitcher Kris Johnson. Johnson was named the 2016 Sawamura Award winner, becoming the first foreign player to earn the honor, given to each year's top starting pitcher, ...
Four famed former pitchers went to a Tokyo hotel for the purpose of sitting down together and identifying the best pitcher in Japan in 2015. The name they came out with was Kenta Maeda. The Hiroshima Carp ace was named this year's Sawamura Award winner, Sawamura ...
Kazumi Takahashi, a left-hander who won two Sawamura Awards for the Yomiuri Giants during their run of nine straight Japan Series championship seasons, has died of multiple organ failure, informed sources said Wednesday. He was 69. Takahashi, who had a career record of 167-132 and ...
Orix Buffaloes ace Chihiro Kaneko was announced as the winner of the prestigious Sawamura Award on Monday, but trumped that with an announcement of his own — that he is interested in taking his game to the major leagues. The 180-cm, 77-kg right-hander, who went ...
Less than 24 hours after striking out 12 during a complete-game victory in his Japan Series debut, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ace Masahiro Tanaka is named the Sawamura Award winner for the second time.
