Kentaro Nishimura
Kentaro Nishimura
Born: May 10, 1985
Aki-gun, Hiroshima JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: RF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 200
Career: 2004-2017
Kentaro Nishimura compiled a career record of 38 wins and 34 losses, with 81 saves, and a 3.12 ERA in his 470-game pitching career with the Yomiuri Giants. He began playing during the 2004 season and last took the field during the 2017 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 0 | 22.09 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.7 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 29 | |
| 2005 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 2 | 4 | .333 | 5.72 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 39.3 | 54 | 25 | 25 | 5 | 13 | 0 | 23 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 182 |
| 2006 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.53 | 31 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 117.3 | 113 | 49 | 46 | 14 | 40 | 2 | 83 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 500 |
| 2007 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.36 | 57 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 66.0 | 68 | 35 | 32 | 5 | 24 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 292 | |
| 2008 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 6 | 2 | .750 | 3.00 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 45.0 | 41 | 16 | 15 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 26 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 193 | |
| 2009 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 4.97 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12.7 | 15 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 59 | |
| 2010 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 4 | 5 | .444 | 4.52 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 73.7 | 85 | 45 | 37 | 10 | 18 | 0 | 38 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 325 |
| 2011 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 7 | 5 | .583 | 1.82 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 123.3 | 100 | 30 | 25 | 7 | 39 | 3 | 91 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 504 |
| 2012 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 3 | 2 | .600 | 1.14 | 69 | 0 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 71.3 | 41 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 22 | 5 | 58 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 276 |
| 2013 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 4 | 3 | .571 | 1.13 | 71 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 0 | 42 | 71.7 | 47 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 31 | 2 | 71 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 289 |
| 2014 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 4 | 4 | .500 | 2.98 | 49 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 51.3 | 59 | 21 | 17 | 2 | 22 | 1 | 39 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 229 |
| 2015 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | |
| 2016 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 0 | 3.21 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28.0 | 30 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 134 | |||
| 2017 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 0 | 2 | .000 | 3.56 | 45 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 48.0 | 44 | 19 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 1 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 196 |
| Totals | 38 | 34 | .528 | 3.12 | 470 | 53 | 155 | 1 | 0 | 81 | 752.3 | 711 | 295 | 261 | 58 | 265 | 17 | 529 | 43 | 1 | 22 | 3212 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 3 | 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 | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 12 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .111 | .111 | .222 | .333 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2006 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 32 | 25 | 23 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | .174 | .174 | .174 | .348 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 2007 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 57 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 2008 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 43 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2010 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 14 | 26 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | .048 | .048 | .048 | .095 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 2011 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 38 | 32 | 29 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | .103 | .103 | .138 | .241 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 2012 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 69 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | 45 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 313 | 102 | 90 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 53 | .100 | .100 | .122 | .222 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
Fielding:
| Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 3 | .000 | |||||
| 2005 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 12 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .833 |
| 2006 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 31 | 4 | 23 | 2 | 0 | .931 | .871 |
| 2007 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 57 | 2 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .439 |
| 2008 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 43 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .256 |
| 2009 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 11 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | .833 | .455 |
| 2010 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 14 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 1.286 |
| 2011 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 37 | 5 | 26 | 1 | 2 | .969 | .838 |
| 2011 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | RF | 1 | .000 | |||||
| 2012 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 69 | 4 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .203 |
| 2013 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 71 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | .155 |
| 2014 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 49 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .204 |
| 2015 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | |
| 2016 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 27 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .074 |
| 2017 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yomiuri Giants | P | 45 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | .200 |
| Totals | 471 | 28 | 145 | 4 | 5 | .977 | .367 |
Minor League Service:
| Year | Level | League | Team | Affiliation | First Appearance | Final Appearance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
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| 2009 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 2010 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | March 31, 2010 | July 6, 2010 | |
| 2011 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | April 16, 2011 | October 16, 2011 | |
| 2012 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | April 1, 2012 | October 7, 2012 | |
| 2013 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | March 30, 2013 | October 3, 2013 | |
| 2014 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | March 30, 2014 | October 6, 2014 | |
| 2015 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | March 28, 2015 | March 28, 2015 | |
| 2016 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | |||
| 2017 | Foreign Major | Japan Central League | Yomiuri Giants | June 2, 2017 | September 26, 2017 |
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