| Tsuyoshi Wada 和田 毅 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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 Wada with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in 2016. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Pitcher | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: February 21, 1981 Kōnan, Aichi, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB: April 1, 2003, for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB: July 8, 2014, for the Chicago Cubs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Last appearance | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB: September 4, 2015, for the Chicago Cubs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB: October 1, 2024, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 160-89 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ERA | 3.18 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 1,901 (Team record) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Win–loss record | 5–5 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Earned run average | 3.36 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Strikeouts | 88 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Tsuyoshi Wada (和田 毅, Wada Tsuyoshi, born February 21, 1981) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who played for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Nippon Professional Baseball League (NPB). He also played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs.
Wada pitched in the 2004 Athens and 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2006 World Baseball Classic for the Japanese national team. He set a Tokyo Big6 Baseball League record with 476 strikeouts during his college career at Waseda University and was the Pacific League Most Valuable Rookie in 2003.