Hideaki Wakui, a pitcher of professional baseball and Rakuten, became the winning pitcher ahead of the match against Hiroshima on the night of the 4th, achieving a total of 150 wins, the 49th in history.
In his 17th year as a professional pitcher, Wakui entered the season with a total of 144 wins, and on the 21st of last month he scored his fifth win, leaving one more win on the milestone record.
Then, on the night of the 4th, he started the exchange game with Hiroshima at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima City and threw 6 times and lost 5 points, but he was blessed with the support of the batting line and became the winning pitcher, the 49th person in the history of professional baseball. A total of 150 wins have been achieved.
This is the second person following Yakult's pitcher Masanori Ishikawa, who has won a total of 174 wins in active duty.
Pitcher Wakui is 34 years old.
In 2005, he joined Seibu from Yokohama High School in the first round of the draft, and has been active mainly as a starting lineup with sharp straights and various changing balls.
Including Seibu and Lotte, who belonged to the team so far, he won the title with the most wins four times in total with three teams for the first time in history, and in 2009 he won the Sawamura Award.
In addition, in the game against Lotte on the 21st of last month, we achieved a total of 2500 pitches, which is the 47th person in history.
Pitcher Wakui "Half the joy because I got 5 points"
Pitcher Wakui said in a post-match hero interview that he had achieved 150 wins in total just before his 35th birthday on the 21st of this month. I revealed it.
On top of that, he said, "I want to thank my parents because I came here without any major injuries. It's still June, so I'll do my best to win and win one by one."