Junichi Kawahara
Junichi Kawahara
Born: January 22, 1973
Ota Ward, Tokyo JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 163
Career: 1995-2011
Junichi Kawahara compiled a career record of 31 wins and 42 losses, with 40 saves, and a 4.26 ERA in his 275-game pitching career with the Yomiuri Giants, Seibu Lions and Chunichi Dragons. He began playing during the 1995 season and last took the field during the 2011 campaign.
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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 | BK | WP | BF |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 8 | 6 | .571 | 3.31 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 106.0 | 96 | 43 | 39 | 6 | 50 | 3 | 94 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 452 |
| 1996 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 4 | .000 | 4.50 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 | 53 | 25 | 25 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 216 |
| 1997 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 2 | 1 | .667 | 2.60 | 25 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 45.0 | 37 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 25 | 4 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 197 |
| 1999 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 2 | 2 | .500 | 4.85 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29.7 | 36 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 129 |
| 2000 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 4 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.42 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 44.3 | 29 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 166 |
| 2001 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 4 | 4 | .500 | 5.94 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 72.7 | 91 | 52 | 48 | 19 | 28 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 334 |
| 2002 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 5 | 3 | .625 | 2.70 | 49 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 50.0 | 44 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 61 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 196 |
| 2003 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 3 | .000 | 9.41 | 23 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22.0 | 37 | 26 | 23 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 113 |
| 2004 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 1 | .000 | 6.46 | 13 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 15.3 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 68 |
| 2005 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Seibu Lions | 2 | 11 | .154 | 5.38 | 20 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97.0 | 106 | 66 | 58 | 15 | 34 | 1 | 54 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 428 |
| 2007 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Seibu Lions | 0 | 2 | .000 | 12.19 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.3 | 16 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 50 | |
| 2009 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 3 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.85 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34.0 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 136 | |
| 2010 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 0 | 1 | .000 | 4.91 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 2011 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 1 | 4 | .200 | 2.66 | 30 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20.3 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 87 |
| Totals | 31 | 42 | .425 | 4.26 | 275 | 70 | 90 | 8 | 6 | 40 | 600.3 | 613 | 308 | 284 | 81 | 211 | 15 | 452 | 21 | 0 | 23 | 2588 |
Batting:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 23 | 39 | 36 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | .111 | .111 | .111 | .222 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 9 | 18 | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | .059 | .111 | .059 | .170 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1997 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .400 | .400 | .400 | .800 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 8 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2000 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 8 | 15 | 14 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2001 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 22 | 26 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .143 | .143 | .143 | .286 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2004 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2005 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Seibu Lions | 20 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .167 | .167 | .167 | .333 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 128 | 120 | 109 | 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 65 | .128 | .136 | .138 | .274 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 19 | .000 | |||||
| 1996 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 9 | .000 | |||||
| 1997 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 25 | .000 | |||||
| 1999 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 8 | .000 | |||||
| 2000 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 7 | .000 | |||||
| 2001 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 21 | .000 | |||||
| 2002 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 49 | .000 | |||||
| 2003 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 23 | .000 | |||||
| 2004 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 13 | .000 | |||||
| 2005 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Seibu Lions | P | 20 | 5 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.300 |
| 2007 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Seibu Lions | P | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.667 |
| 2009 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 44 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | .250 |
| 2010 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .250 |
| 2011 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | P | 30 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | .714 | .167 |
| Totals | 275 | 10 | 38 | 2 | 3 | .960 | .175 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 1996 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 1997 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 1999 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 2000 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 2001 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 2002 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 2003 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 2004 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 2005 | Foreign Major | Japan Pacific League | Seibu Lions | |||
| 2007 | Foreign Major | Japan Pacific League | Seibu Lions | |||
| 2009 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Chunichi Dragons | |||
| 2010 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Chunichi Dragons | July 11, 2010 | October 2, 2010 | |
| 2011 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Chunichi Dragons | April 12, 2011 | October 19, 2011 |
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