Hiroshima Johnson pitcher resigns Sawamura Award winner Contributes to 3 consecutive victories November 12, 10:41
In professional baseball, Hiroshima, it was found that pitcher Chris Johnson, who contributed to the league's third straight victory as a pillar of the starting pitcher on the left and won the Sawamura Award, is expected to leave the team.
Pitcher Johnson, who has been in Japan for the sixth year, is 36 years old from the United States.
It is a left pitcher with a height of 1 meter and 93 centimeters.
He has a sharp fastball, a variety of changing balls, and pitching that makes use of the control to hit the course, and in 2015, the first year of his arrival in Japan, he won 14 wins and had the best defense with an ERA of 1.85. Won the title of rate.
Furthermore, in 2016, the following year, he made a big contribution to the league championship for the first time in 25 years with a record of 15 wins and 7 losses and an ERA of 2.15, and won the Sawamura Award given to the most active starting complete game pitcher of the year. Did.
After that, he supported the rotation as the starting lineup on the left and contributed to the league's third straight victory by accumulating winning stars, but this season he has not won 10 games in a row since the opening, and he was demoted to the 2nd army from the middle of the season and won 0 wins. I ended up with 7 losses.
Pitcher Johnson is expected to leave the team, according to team officials.