Masafumi Hirai

Masafumi Hirai
Born: April 21, 1975
Uwajima, Ehime JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'1"
Weight: 214
Career: 1994-2014

Masafumi Hirai compiled a career record of 63 wins and 43 losses, with 41 saves, and a 3.31 ERA in his 569-game pitching career with the Orix BlueWave, Chunichi Dragons and Orix Buffaloes. He began playing during the 1994 season and last took the field during the 2014 campaign.

Orix BlueWave

Chunichi Dragons

Orix Buffaloes

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF
1994	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	1	3	.250	1.80	8	1	5	0	0	0	15.0	10	5	3	0	2	1	12	1	0	55
1995	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	15	5	.750	2.32	53	0	52	0	0	27	85.3	77	25	22	1	14	1	82	2	3	343
1996	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	5	3	.625	2.50	34	0	16	0	0	6	50.3	34	16	14	3	19	1	50	1	1	202
1997	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	2	1	.667	3.98	17	9	3	0	0	0	54.3	68	29	24	5	18	0	27	5	1	249
1998	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	6	3	.667	2.48	36	3	9	0	0	1	65.3	50	23	18	8	20	1	48	1	3	265
1999	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	0	1	.000	8.40	5	2	3	0	0	0	15.0	25	18	14	3	13	0	7	0	1	81
2000	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	0	1	.000	7.36	5	0	3	0	0	0	3.7	3	3	3	2	3	0	0	0	0	16
2001	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	0	0		8.38	6	0	4	0	0	0	9.7	11	9	9	3	5	0	13	1	0	46
2002	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	0	0		9.00	5	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	8	4	4	1	2	0	3	1	1	22
2003	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	12	6	.667	3.06	40	20	3	3	2	0	144.3	132	55	49	16	25	2	98	6	0	584
2004	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	5	6	.455	3.93	38	10	14	0	0	5	87.0	92	40	38	6	17	1	58	0	0	358
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	4	4	.500	3.83	55	0	17	0	0	1	54.0	51	24	23	6	16	4	46	3	2	231
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	5	3	.625	2.29	57	0	10	0	0	0	63.0	51	16	16	5	16	4	44	1	1	254
2007	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	4	2	.667	3.29	45	0		0	0	0	41.0	35	18	15	5	10	0	30	1	1	162
2008	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	1	1	.500	5.14	37	0		0	0	0	28.0	36	16	16	3	6	1	23	3	1	128
2009	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	0	1	.000	4.26	25	0		0	0	1	19.0	17	9	9	4	8	1	16	1	0	81
2010	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	2	1	.667	2.20	46	0	17	0	0	0	49.0	40	12	12	5	16	3	29	3	2	203
2011	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	1	1	.500	3.90	33	0	11	0	0	0	27.7	32	15	12	3	8	1	12	2	1	127
2012	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	0	1	.000	11.57	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.3	5	3	3	0	1	0	3	1	0	14
2013	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	0	0		2.21	21	0	5	0	0	0	20.3	26	5	5	0	7	0	19	2	0	96
2014	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	0	0		0.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4
Totals				63	43	.594	3.31	569	45	173	3	2	41	839.3	804	345	309	79	226	21	620	35	18	3521

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH
2003	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	44	49	45	1	3	3	0	29	.067	.067	.067	.133	3	2	4
2004	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	38	17	14	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	0	2
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	55	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	0	0
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	57	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
2008	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	37	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
2010	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	46	2	2	0	1	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0
Totals				277	71	63	1	4	3	2	39	.063	.092	.063	.156	4	2	6

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1994	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	P	8						.000
1995	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	P	53						.000
1996	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	P	34						.000
1997	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	P	17						.000
1998	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	P	36						.000
1999	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	P	5						.000
2000	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	P	5						.000
2001	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	P	6						.000
2002	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix BlueWave	P	5						.000
2003	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	P	40						.000
2004	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	P	38						.000
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	P	55	2	11	0	1	1.000	.236
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	P	57	4	10	0	0	1.000	.246
2007	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	P	45	1	3	0	0	1.000	.089
2008	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	P	37	1	9	0	0	1.000	.270
2009	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	P	25	1	3	0	0	1.000	.160
2010	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	P	46	4	12	0	0	1.000	.348
2011	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	P	33	1	7	0	0	1.000	.242
2012	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	P	2	0	0	1	0	.000	.000
2013	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	21	2	4	0	0	1.000	.286
2014	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
Totals					569	16	59	1	1	.987	.132

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1994	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix BlueWave
1995	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix BlueWave
1996	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix BlueWave
1997	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix BlueWave
1998	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix BlueWave
1999	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix BlueWave
2000	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix BlueWave
2001	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix BlueWave
2002	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix BlueWave
2003	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2004	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2005	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2006	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2007	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2008	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2009	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2010	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons	March 26, 2010	September 26, 2010
2011	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons	April 14, 2011	October 19, 2011
2012	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons	September 18, 2012	September 23, 2012
2013	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes	April 23, 2013	August 13, 2013
2014	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes	June 8, 2014	June 8, 2014

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