Shoichi Ino, a 36-year-old pitcher who was out of the professional baseball giant and had a free contract, announced on his SNS that he will retire from active duty at the end of this season.

Pitcher Ino won a total of 50 wins in the eight years he was enrolled in DeNA, and during the off-season of the year before, he exercised the right of FA = free agent only in Japan and transferred to the giant.



However, during the two years he was with the Giants, he only pitched in 12 games, recording a record of 1 win and 1 loss.



Pitcher Ino updated his own Instagram on the 27th and revealed that he will retire from active duty at the end of this season.



In the post, he wrote, "Thanks to the support of the people around me, I was able to play professional baseball for 10 years. I can only thank the people involved in DeNA and the Giants, as well as the managers and coaches." .



During his 10 years as a professional pitcher, Ino pitched a total of 180 games with a record of 51 wins and 61 losses and an ERA of 3.98.