Japanese baseball player and coach
Baseball player
Hidetaka Kawagoe (川越 英隆, born April 8, 1973), nicknamed "Goe ",[ 1] professional baseball pitcher , and current the fourth squad pitching coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).[ 2]
He previously played for the Orix BlueWave / Orix Buffaloes , and the Chiba Lotte Marines .[ 3]
Early baseball career
Kawagoe went on to Gakuho Ishikawa High School and participated the 63rd Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament , and the 73rd Japanese High School Baseball Championship in his junior year.[ 3]
He entered Aoyama Gakuin University , but while the team won the Tohto University Baseball League for three years in a row, he was unable to show his performance and pitched in 20 games with a record of 3-2 Win–loss record .[ 4]
After that, he joined Nissan , and won the Intercity baseball tournament in his third year, winning the Most valuable player .[ 4]
Professional career
Active player era
On November 20, 1998, Kawagoe was drafted second round pick by the Orix BlueWave in the 1998 Nippon Professional Baseball draft .[ 3]
His rookie season in 1999, Kawagoe pitched in 26 games, posting a 11-8 win–loss record with a 2.85 ERA . He gave up the Rookie of the Year Award to Daisuke Matsuzaka , who won 16 games, but won the Pacific League Outstanding Rookie of the Year Award.[ 3]
He pitched for Orix for 11 seasons, primarily as a starting pitcher, pitched in 265 games and posting a 51-74 win–loss record, and a 14 holds .[ 3]
On October 3, 2009, the Buffaloes announced that they had released Kawagoe.[ 5]
Chiba Lotte Marines
On November 25, 2009, Kawagoe signed with Chiba Lotte Marines .[ 6]
In the 2010 season, he pitched in 15 games and started 4 games, finishing with a recorded 3-2 win–loss record, and an ERA of 7.36.[ 3]
He played two seasons with the Marines before retiring after the 2011 season.[ 3]
Kawagoe pitched in 298 games in 13 seasons overall, compiling with a 54-76 win–loss record, a 16 holds, and a 4.10 ERA.[ 3]
After retirement
After his retirement, Kawagoe was appointed as the second squad pitching coach of the Chiba Lotte Marines since 2012 season.[ 3]
He served as the pitching coach for the first and second squad until the 2022 season, but his departure was announced on October 6, 2022.[ 7] [ 8]
On November 10, 2023, Kawagoe was appointed as the fourth squad pitching coach of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks .[ 2]
References
^ "ニックネーム" . 千葉ロッテマリーンズ オフィシャルサイト 「マリンフェスタ」特設サイト (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 30, 2019. Retrieved April 23, 2019 .^ a b "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks team information 2023/12/01 (金) 川越英隆4軍投手チーフコーチが就任会見「ホークス投手陣を背負うピッチャーを作っていきたい」" . Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site. Retrieved December 10, 2023 .^ a b c d e f g h i "Weekly Baseball online player data 川越英隆(かわごえひでたか) 投手 右投右打" . Weekly Baseball online (in Japanese). Retrieved December 10, 2023 .^ a b "full-count.jp baseball news ソフトバンクコーチ就任の川越英隆氏…日産自動車時代にプロへの手応えをつかむ" . full-count.jp (in Japanese). November 18, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023 .^ "Nikkansports Sports baseball news オリックスが川越ら7選手に戦力外通告" . Nikkan Sports . Retrieved December 10, 2023 .^ "Sports Nippon baseball news ロッテ オリックス戦力外の川越を獲得" . Sports Nippon (in Japanese). November 25, 2009. Retrieved December 10, 2023 .^ "Chiba Lotte Marines team information 2018/10/16 (火) チーム コーチ配置転換のお知らせ" . Chiba Lotte Marines Official site. Retrieved December 10, 2023 .^ "Chiba Lotte Marines team information 2022/10/06 (木) チーム 川越二軍チーフ投手コーチの退団について" . Chiba Lotte Marines Official site (in Japanese). October 6, 2022. Retrieved December 10, 2023 .
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