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Junichi Tazawa Boston Red Sox — No. 63 Pitcher Born: June 6, 1986 (1986-06-06) (age 25) Yokohama, Kanagawa Bats: Right Throws: Right Professional debut August 8, 2009 for the Boston Red Sox MLB statistics (through May 30, 2011) Win–loss record     2–3 Earned run average     7.46 Strikeouts     13 Teams Boston Red Sox (2009-present) Junichi Tazawa (田沢純一, Tazawa Jun'ichi?, born June 6, 1986 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher with the Boston Red Sox of Major League Baseball. Contents 1 Amateur career 2 Professional career 3 References 4 External links Amateur career After he finished his high school career in Yokohama, Tazawa was not drafted by any of Nippon Professional Baseball's 12 teams, and joined the company team of Nippon Oil in the corporate league, unaffiliated with the NPB.[1] In 2008, Tazawa posted a 10-1 record for Nippon Oil, with a 1.02 earned run average and 95 strikeouts in 88 1/3 innings.[1] In the national corporate league championships, he posted two straight shutouts, the second one a complete game on four hits, 10 strikeouts and zero walks in a 4-0 quarterfinal win over Hitachi, Ltd.[2] Tazawa appeared less than 24 hours later in a relief appearance in the semifinal against Central Japan Railway. He pitched 2 and 2/3 innings, and allowed three hits, struck out one, and gave up the go-ahead run in a 3-2 loss.[3] Tazawa was the MVP of the championships, with a 4-0 record and 36 strikeouts.[4] Professional career In September 2008, Tazawa announced his intention to skip the NPB draft in and to pursue a career with a Major League team.[4] During the 2008 season, his manager Hideaki Okubo encouraged him to attempt a career in Major League Baseball without first playing with a Nippon Professional Baseball team. Had Tazawa joined a Japanese professional team, he would have had to either wait nine years to become a free agent, or to hope that his team auction the right to negotiate with him through the posting system.[1] To avoid conflict between Japanese and U.S. teams, Tazawa asked NPB teams not to select him in the October 30 draft, and the 12 teams complied with the request. However, the teams passed a rule requiring any amateur player who signs overseas to sit out two to three years before he can join a Japanese team; high school players would have to sit two years, while college and corporate players three years. While Tazawa attracted attention of American scouts, NPB announced that the major leagues of two nations had a gentlemen's agreement against signing Japanese amateurs, and general manager Brian Cashman, whose New York Yankees had a partnership agreement with Yomiuri Giants, said his team considered Tazawa hands off.[1] However, Rob Manfred, MLB’s executive vice president for labor and human resources denied that any gentleman's agreement was in place regarding the signing of Japanese amateur players. On December 4, 2008, Tazawa signed with the Boston Red Sox, reportedly for $3 million over three years.[5] After his debut on August 7, 2009, he became the third Japanese player, after Mac Suzuki and Kazuhito Tadano, to play in Major League Baseball without first playing professionally in Japan.[6] On March 22, 2009, Red Sox optioned Tazawa to its AA affiliate, Portland Sea Dogs. After achieving a record of 9-5 in 18 starts with a 2.57 ERA with Portland, Tazawa was promoted to the AAA Pawtucket Red Sox on July 27, 2009. While in Portland, Tazawa was named to the 2009 Eastern League All Star team, was tied in second for total amount of wins, and was tied for third in total strike outs with 88.[7] On August 7, 2009, Tazawa was activated from Pawtucket after the Red Sox designated John Smoltz for assignment.[8] He made his debut that night against the New York Yankees in Yankee Stadium in the 14th inning. Tazawa was the last pitcher left in the bullpen for the Red Sox. The first batter he faced was countryman Hideki Matsui, who lined out. In the bottom of the 15th, Tazawa surrendered a two-run walk off home run to Alex Rodriguez. Tazawa's first major league start was on August 11, 2009, against the Detroit Tigers.[9] In the first inning of the start Tazawa hit Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera in the hand while elevating on a fast ball, to which Tigers starter Rick Porcello retaliated in trying to throw at Victor Martinez. In the next inning Cabrera was forced to leave the game due to his hand continuing to ail him. The first pitch thrown by Porcello in the bottom of the second inning hit Kevin Youkilis causing him to charge the mound clearing both the benches leading to ejections to both Youkilis and Porcello. Tazawa would go on to pitch five innings, winning the game giving up one earned run and striking out six. With his start, Tazawa became the second youngest Japanese pitcher to start in a major league game. Tazawa's second start came against the Texas Rangers. He pitched 5 innings, giving up four runs on 10 hits and 3 walks and taking the loss. In his 3rd start, against the New York Yankees, Tazawa pitched 6 scoreless innings, allowing 8 hits, 2 walks, and striking out 2 in the win. In April 2010, Tazawa underwent season-ending ligament replacement surgery on his right elbow.[10] As of June 11, 2011, Tazawa was pitching on a rehab assignment with the Salem Red Sox. References ^ a b c d Schwartz, Alan; Brad Lefton (November 19, 2008). "Japanese Are Irked by U.S. Interest in Pitcher". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/20/sports/baseball/20pitcher.html.  ^ "Tazawa impresses MLB scouts". Associated Press. November 21, 2008. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/11/21/tazawa.scouts.ap/. [dead link] ^ "Tazawa's amateur season ends, set to begin full-fledged talks". Kyodo News. November 23, 2008. http://www.japantoday.com/category/sports/view/pacific-league-announces-2009-season-schedule.  ^ a b Allen, Jim (September 12, 2008). "Amateur Tazawa bypassing Japan leagues for MLB". ESPN.com. http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3583152.  ^ Browne, Ian (December 4, 2008). "Tazawa officially in fold for Red Sox". MLB.com. http://boston.redsox.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20081130&content_id=3695971&vkey=news_bos&fext=.jsp&c_id=bos.  ^ "BoSox finalize $3.3M deal with Japanese RHP Tazawa". Associated Press. December 4, 2008. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2008/baseball/mlb/wires/12/04/2010.ap.bba.red.sox.tazawa.2nd.ld.writethru.0818/. [dead link] ^ Tazawa promoted to PawSox ^ Tazawa replaces Smoltz; Woodward claimed on waivers ^ Tazawa Starts Tuesday ^ Tazawa to undergo Tommy John surgery External links Japanese Ballplayers.com profile Career statistics and player information from MLB, or ESPN, or Baseball-Reference, or Fangraphs, or The Baseball Cube, or Baseball-Reference (Minors) Frank's Field of Dreams: Far East Heroes > Junichi Tazawa v · d · eBoston Red Sox current roster Active roster 2 Jacoby Ellsbury | 7 J. D. Drew | 10 Marco Scutaro | 15 Dustin Pedroia | 16 Josh Reddick | 19 Josh Beckett | 20 Kevin Youkilis | 28 Adrian Gonzalez | 30 Andrew Miller | 31 Jon Lester | 32 Matt Albers | 33 Jason Varitek | 34 David Ortiz | 35 Dan Wheeler | 39 Jarrod Saltalamacchia | 41 John Lackey | 44 Drew Sutton | 48 Scott Atchison | 49 Tim Wakefield | 51 Daniel Bard | 54 Darnell McDonald | 58 Jonathan Papelbon | 68 Tommy Hottovy | 72 Yamaico Navarro | 91 Alfredo Aceves Inactive roster 55 Ryan Kalish | 61 Félix Doubront | 62 Luis Exposito | 63 Junichi Tazawa | 64 Michael Bowden | 74 Stolmy Pimentel | 76 José Iglesias | 78 Lars Anderson | 84 Óscar Tejeda Disabled list 11 Clay Buchholz | 12 Jed Lowrie | 13 Carl Crawford | 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka | 46 Franklin Morales | 52 Bobby Jenks | 53 Rich Hill Coaching Staff Manager 47 Terry Francona | Bench Coach 22 DeMarlo Hale | 1st Base Coach 50 Ron Johnson | 3rd Base Coach 17 Tim Bogar | Hitting Coach 29 Dave Magadan | Pitching Coach 40 Curt Young | Bullpen Coach 57 Gary Tuck Persondata Name Tazawa, Junichi Alternative names Short description Baseball pitcher Date of birth June 6, 1986 Place of birth Yokohama, Japan Date of death Place of death