Professional baseball Yakult Tateyama pitcher and Kashiyama player To retire from service as of this season September 8 21:20
It was found that pitcher Shohei Tateyama, who won the most wins in professional baseball and Yakult, and Kazuhiro Hatakeyama, who had won the batting king, retired from this season only.
Tateyama is 38 years old from Kanagawa Prefecture. One of the so-called “Matsusaka generation”, with fast balls thrown from the side throws and various changing balls, in 2009 he scored 16 wins and won the most wins title, and double digits for the fifth consecutive year I played an active part as a starting axis, such as winning.
Two years after breaking the right elbow belt in 2013, he won six comets in 2015, contributing to Yakult's first league win in 14 years and receiving the Comeback Award. Did.
However, after that, he suffered from a shoulder and elbow failure, and after his 9th surgery, he was revived. However, this season, he was only able to climb one game with one army. The total result was 85 wins, 68 losses and 10 saves.
He is 36 years old from Iwate Prefecture. In 2015, when he won the league, he scored 105 batting points and won the batting king who became his first title.
After that, I was suffering from injury and this season was not in the 1st Army due to poor condition of the lower body.
Both players have announced their intention to retire from active duty only for this season and are expected to be announced by the team on the 9th.