Professional baseball "Sawamura Award" Chunichi Ohno Yudai pitcher November 23, 17:05

For the first time, Yudai Ohno, who won the two titles of the best ERA and the most strikes, was selected for the "Sawamura Award" given to the starting complete game pitcher who was most active in professional baseball this season.

Pitcher Ohno won the first prize

The Sawamura Award was given to the starting pitcher who was most active in the year, with ▽ 15 wins or more, ▽ ERA 2.50 or less, ▽ 150 or more strikeouts, ▽ complete game 10 games or more, ▽ 200 innings pitched. There are seven criteria such as the above.



On the 23rd, the selection committee for the Sawamura Award was held in Tokyo.



This season, the opening was delayed by about three months due to the influence of the new coronavirus, and the number of games decreased from 143 games to 120 games, but according to Chairman Horiuchi, the standard has not changed.



However, he said, "We took into consideration that the number of games was small this season and the schedule was overcrowded, and it was difficult for the players to get in good condition." He won two titles, the best ERA and the most strikes. It has been decided that pitcher Yudai Ohno of Chunichi will win the award for the first time.

In the battle between pitcher Ohno and pitcher Sugano, the 13th consecutive winning giant

Pitcher Ohno, who has 11 wins and 6 losses this season, has 10 complete games including 6 shutouts, ERA 1.82, and pitches 148, two-thirds innings, and all three divisions are top in both leagues. I am.



In addition, it was also evaluated that he broke the team record with no runs in 45 innings in a row.



Chairman Horiuchi revealed that he was narrowed down to pitcher Ohno and pitcher Tomoyuki Sugano, who won the opening 13 consecutive wins and won the two titles with the most wins and the highest win rate with 14 wins and 2 losses. "There was an unusually long discussion between the two, but if you look straight at the numbers, pitcher Ohno is the best. I think the fans will understand," he said.

Yudai Ohno "I think you evaluated the number of complete games."

Yudai Ohno, the first pitcher to win the Sawamura Award, met at Nagoya Baseball Stadium on the 23rd and said, "I knew I was a candidate, so I was a little nervous. I was happy and my wife next door was happy with me, "he said.



And, "The Sawamura Award is somewhere in my head, but I thought it was far from me, so it's a real feeling. It's not an award that I can take even if I'm conscious of it, but I thought that I was evaluated for the number of complete games I think I've thrown 10 times this season. "



On top of that, he said, "I think that professionals will be evaluated only after many years, so I think we must do our best to achieve similar results next year and beyond."