Fumimaru Taura
Fumimaru Taura (田浦 文丸, Taura Fumimaru, born September 21, 1999 in Ōnojō, Fukuoka Prefecture) is a Japanese Professional baseball pitcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.
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 Taura with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | ||||||||||||||
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 56 | ||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | ||||||||||||||
| Born: September 21, 1999 Ōnojō, Fukuoka, Japan | ||||||||||||||
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| NPB debut | ||||||||||||||
| July 10, 2019, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | ||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2019 season) | ||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 0-0 | |||||||||||||
| ERA | 4.50 | |||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 6 | |||||||||||||
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Early Baseball career
Taura pitched in the 2rd grade spring 88th Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament and the 2rd grade summer 98th Japanese High School Baseball Championship. And he pitched in the 3rd grade spring 89th Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament and the 3rd grade summer 99th Japanese High School Baseball Championship as an ace pitcher at the Syugakukan High School.
In 2017, he was selected as the Japan national baseball team in the 2017 U-18 Baseball World Cup and recorded 29 Strikeouts in 13 2/3 innings, and was chosen as the Best Nine.[1]
Professional career
On October 26, 2017, Taura was drafted by the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in the 2017 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.[2]
References
- "Nishinippon Shimbun baseball news (Japanese) ソフトＢ田浦、夢は世界のベストナイン 指名あいさつ、日本一に貢献してＷＢＣ目指す". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). October 27, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2019.
- "Nishinippon Shimbun baseball news (Japanese) ソフトＢ５位田浦（熊本・秀岳館高）先輩・九鬼とバッテリー組むぞ". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). November 2, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2019.