Kenichi Matsuoka (松岡 健一, Matsuoka Ken'ichi, born June 7, 1982) is a professional Japanese baseball player and coach. He pitched for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows from 2005 through 2018, and has been a pitching coach for the Swallows since the 2019 season.[1]

Matsuoka played the one season with the Waikiki BeachBoys of the now defunct Hawaii Winter Baseball league, an MLB off-season developmental league that sought to develop Japanese players much like the Arizona Fall League.[2]

Matsuoka was picked up by the Swallows in 2005 as a pre-round draft pick from Kyushu Tokai University.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Matsuoka, Kenichi". npb.jp. Nippon Professional Baseball.
  2. ^ "Hawaii Winter Baseball 2007". mlb.com. Major League Baseball.
  3. ^ "2005 Year Draft". japanesebaseball.com.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenichi_Matsuoka
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