| 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB: October 1, 2024, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB: September 4, 2015, for the Chicago Cubs | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Tsuyoshi Wada (和田 毅, Wada Tsuyoshi, born February 21, 1981) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 2003 to 2011, and 2016 to 2024 for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He also played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2014 to 2015 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.