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Kentarō Ogawa - Wikipedia

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Kentarō Ogawa
Pitcher
Born: (1934-01-12)January 12, 1934 Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
Died: October 8, 1995(1995-10-08) (aged 61)
Batted: right Threw: right
Nippon Professional Baseball debut
1964, for the Chunichi Dragons
Last appearance
May, 1970, for the Chunichi Dragons
NPB statistics
Win–loss	95-66
ERA	2.62
Strikeouts	739

Teams
Chunichi Dragons (1964–1970)
Career highlights and awards
1967 Eiji Sawamura Award

Kentarō Ogawa (January 12, 1934 – October 8, 1995) was a Japanese professional baseball player. A right-handed submarine-style pitcher,^[1] he played in Japan for the Chunichi Dragons. Ogawa was one of the top pitchers in Nippon Professional Baseball before a scandal derailed his career. During his prime years from 1965–1969, Ogawa won 93 games, including winning 20 games or more twice.

Biography

Ogawa attended Fukuoka Prefectural Meizen High School, graduating in 1954.^[1] He signed with the Toei Flyers, but instead of pursuing professional baseball, he went to work in the private sector.^[1]

Deciding to return to professional baseball at age 30, he made his NPB debut for the Chunichi Dragons in 1964. In 1967 he went 29-12 with a 2.51 ERA and 16 complete games, winning the Eiji Sawamura Award. The next year he led the league in losses with 20, while still compiling a low 3.27 ERA and 9 complete games. In 1969 he returned to form, winning 20 games for the second time.

Black Mist scandal

In 1970 Ogawa started the season 2–1 with a 1.71 ERA.

On May 6 of that year, Ogawa was arrested for taking part in match fixing involving both NPB baseball and flat track motorcycle racing. He was also implicated in baseball game-fixing.^[1] On June 6, 1970, the NPB commissioner committee banned Ogawa for life.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d McKenna, Brian. Early Exits: The Premature Endings of Baseball Careers (Scarecrow Press, 2007), p. 17.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference

Eiji Sawamura Award

1947: Bessho
1948: Nakao
1949: Fujimoto
1950: Sanada
1951: Sugishita
1952: Sugishita
1953: Otomo
1954: Sugishita
1955: Bessho
1956: Kaneda
1957: Kaneda
1958: Kaneda
1959: Murayama
1960: Horimoto
1961: Gondoh
1962: Koyama
1963: Ito
1964: Bacque
1965: Murayama
1966: Murayama & Horiuchi
1967: Ogawa
1968: Enatsu
1969: Kazu. Takahashi
1970: Hiramatsu
1971: Not Awarded
1972: Horiuchi
1973: Kazu. Takahashi
1974: Hoshino
1975: Sotokoba
1976: Ikegaya
1977: Kobayashi
1978: Matsuoka
1979: Kobayashi
1980: Not Awarded
1981: Nishimoto
1982: Kitabeppu
1983: Endo
1984: Not Awarded
1985: Komatsu
1986: Kitabeppu
1987: Kuwata
1988: Yut. Ohno
1989: M. Saito
1990: Nomo
1991: Sasaoka
1992: Take. Ishii
1993: Imanaka
1994: M. Yamamoto
1995: M. Saito
1996: M. Saito
1997: Nishiguchi
1998: Kawasaki
1999: Uehara
2000: Not Awarded
2001: Matsuzaka
2002: Uehara
2003: Igawa & K. Saito
2004: Kawakami
2005: Sugiuchi
2006: K. Saito
2007: Darvish
2008: Iwakuma
2009: Wakui
2010: Maeda
2011: Tanaka
2012: Settsu
2013: Tanaka
2014: Kaneko
2015: Maeda
2016: Johnson
2017: Sugano
2018: Sugano
2019: Not Awarded
2020: Yud. Ohno
2021: Y. Yamamoto
2022: Y. Yamamoto
2023: Y. Yamamoto
2024: Not Awarded

Chunichi Dragons Opening Day starting pitchers

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