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 Wada with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in 2016. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 21 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: February 21, 1981 Kōnan, Aichi, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Left | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB: April 1, 2003, for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB: July 8, 2014, for the Chicago Cubs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through October 12, 2024) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 160-89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ERA | 3.18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 1,901 (Team record) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics (through 2015 season) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 5–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 3.36 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Tsuyoshi Wada (和田 毅, Wada Tsuyoshi, born February 21, 1981) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Nippon Professional Baseball League (NPB). He previously played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs.
Wada pitched in the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2006 World Baseball Classic for the Japanese national team. He set a Tokyo Big6 Baseball League record with 476 strikeouts during his college career at Waseda University and was the Pacific League Most Valuable Rookie in 2003.