Tsuyoshi Ishizaki

Japanese baseball player

Baseball player

Tsuyoshi Ishizaki

Ishizaki with the Hanshin Tigers

Pitcher
Born: (1990-09-09) September 9, 1990 (age 34)
Koga, Ibaraki

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

debut
March 29, 2015, for the Hanshin Tigers
Last appearance
September 19, 2020, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
NPB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Win–loss record| 1–2
ERA| 4.13
Strikeouts| 91
Teams

* Hanshin Tigers (2015–2019)
* Chiba Lotte Marines (2019–2021)

Tsuyoshi Ishizaki (石崎 剛, Ishizaki, Tsuyoshi, born September 9, 1990 in Koga, Ibaraki) is a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball former player.

## Early baseball career

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A native of Ibaraki, Ishizaki started playing baseball in grade school and continued all the way until he entered Sanwa High School.[1] His school made it to the 3rd round of the prefectural tournament, but failed to make it to Koshien.[2] During that time, his fastballs already sparked the interest of some scouts as it reached the 145 km/h levels, but in the end, none of the 12 NPB teams drafted him when he graduated high school.

Wanting to pursue a career in baseball, he joined the industrial leagues under Shin Nittetsu Sumikin Kashima.[3] However, he began experiencing lower back pains shortly after he joined the team.[4] Apparently, this was brought about by the strain that resulted from his overhead pitching form, and as a solution, he decided to alter his delivery form to a lower arm angle.[4] With a stroke of luck, the altered form worked to his advantage, bringing his pitches to a maximum of 151 km/h, making him indispensable to the team.[3]

## Professional career

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### Hanshin Tigers

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In October 2014, he was chosen as the Hanshin Tigers 2nd pick in the 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball draft. He signed with the Tigers on November 17 for an estimated 12 million yen annual salary, and a 70 million yen signing bonus.[5][6] He was assigned the jersey number 30.[7]

His teammate from Shin Nittetsu, Yuya Yokoyama was the Tigers' first pick during the same draft,[7] making them the first players from the same team to be drafted as the 1st and 2nd picks in franchise history, and the first pitchers from the same team to be drafted as such in NPB history.[8]

#### 2015

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He debuted as a reliever during the March 29 opening card with the Dragons in Kyocera Dome, where he retired 3 consecutive batters in the 8th inning, helping the Tigers sweep their opponent in their first 3 games for the season.

### Chiba Lotte Marines

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On July 4, 2019, Ishizaki was traded to the Chiba Lotte Marines in exchange for Keisuke Takano.[9]

## Playing Style

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With a three-quarter right-handed side throw,[4] his fastballs register up to 151 km/h on the radar gun.[3] And while he can deliver a slider and occasional change-up, he relied mostly on his fastballs during his career in the industrial leagues.[10]

## References

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1. ^ "【球児２世や！阪神２位・石崎、火の玉ストレートで斬る／ドラフト". Sankei Sports. 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
2. ^ "【ドラ２石崎"剛"速球で球児の後継に". Daily Sports. 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
3. ^ a b c "【阪神２位】石崎剛 ほぼ直球一本やり！最速151キロの剛球右腕". Sports Nippon. 2014-10-23. Retrieved 2014-10-26.
4. ^ a b c "阪神ドラ2石崎 虎の昌勇林や!同じ右横手からの剛速球武器". Sports Nippon. 2015-01-11. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
5. ^ "阪神ドラ2石崎が仮契約151キロ超えだ". Nikkan Sports. 2014-11-17. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
6. ^ "阪神から2位指名 石崎投手が仮契約". Yomiuri Shimbun. 2014-11-18. Retrieved 2014-11-22.
7. ^ a b 阪神タイガース公式サイト - 2015年新人選手入団発表会を実施
8. ^ "虎史上初の同一チーム1、2巡目指名!/ドラフト". Sankei Sports. 2014-10-24. Retrieved 2015-01-17.
9. ^ "Ishizaki Traded to Marines". 4 July 2019.
10. ^ "ドラ2石崎 チェンジアップ精度上げる". デイリースポーツ. 2015-01-15. Retrieved 2015-01-17.

## External links

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* Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)

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Chiba Lotte Marines current roster

Pitchers|

* 11 Hirokazu Sawamura
* 12 Ayumu Ishikawa
* 14 Kazuya Ojima
* 15 Manabu Mima
* 16 Atsuki Taneichi
* 17 Rōki Sasaki
* 18 Kōta Futaki
* 19 Yūki Karakawa
* 20 Taiki Tōjō
* 24 Yūsuke Azuma
* 28 Riku Kikuchi
* 29 Yūji Nishino
* 30 Atsuya Hirohata
* 31 Hikaru Ohtani
* 33 Akira Yagi
* 34 Shūta Takano
* 35 Haruya Tanaka
* 36 Kōshirō Sakamoto
* 37 Fumiya Ono
* 40 Takahiro Nishimura
* 41 Dallas Keuchel
* 42 C. C. Mercedes
* 43 Seiun Akiyama
* 46 Daiki Iwashita
* 47 Shōta Suzuki
* 48 Toshiya Nakamura
* 49 Fumiya Motomae
* 52 Naoya Masuda
* 53 Yūto Kimura
* 56 Shunsuke Nakamori
* 58 Tokito Kawamura
* 59 Hibiki Hayasaka
* 60 Rikuto Yokoyama
* 62 Ryōtarō Mori
* 66 Keisuke Sawada
* 69 Jimmy Cordero
* 91 Akira Niho
* 92 Yūki Kuniyoshi
* 93 Ryō Yoshida

Catchers|

* 2 Kō Matsukawa
* 27 Tatsuhiro Tamura
* 32 Toshiya Satoh
* 45 Shōta Ueda
* 55 Tomoya Kakinuma
* 65 Ryūsei Terachi

Infielders|

* 00 Raito Ikeda
* 4 Atsuki Tomosugi
* 5 Hisanori Yasuda
* 7 Yūdai Fujioka
* 8 Shōgo Nakamura
* 10 Kyūto Ueda
* 13 Taiga Hirasawa
* 39 Seichirō Ohshita
* 44 Seiya Inoue
* 57 Ryūsei Ogawa
* 67 Kenta Chatani
* 68 Yūta Kaneda
* 99 Neftalí Soto

Outfielders|

* 0 Takashi Ogino
* 1 Kyōta Fujiwara
* 3 Katsuya Kakunaka
* 22 Gregory Polanco
* 23 Shingo Ishikawa
* 25 Hiromi Oka
* 38 Akito Takabe
* 50 Aito
* 51 Kōki Yamaguchi
* 61 Daito Yamamoto
* 63 Kōshirō Wada
* 64 Tsuyoshi Sugano

Development|

* 120 Fūki Tanaka (P)
* 121 Seiya Dohi (P)
* 124 Takurō Furuya (P)
* 125 Kirato Nagashimada (P)
* 127 Yūto Yoshikawa (P)
* 128 Kaiki Shirahama (P)
* 133 Ryōta Takeuchi (P)
* 126 Ryōsuke Murayama (C)
* 137 Kōnoshin Tomiyama (C)
* 129 Rui Katsumata (IF)
* 130 Kaisei Kurokawa (IF)
* 134 Shinya Matsuishi (IF)
* 135 Hikaru Kōno (OF)
* 136 Kazuki Fujita (OF)
* 138 Andy Martin (OF)

First squad
coaching|

* Manager: 21 Masato Yoshii
* Head/Batting coach: 70 Kazuya Fukuura
* Pitching coaches: 84 Tomohiro Kuroki, 82 Shingo Ono
* Batting coach: 71 Shūichi Murata
* Battery coach: 73 Takeshi Kanazawa
* Strategy coach: 88 Makoto Kaneko
* Infield defense/base running coach: 87 Shunichi Nemoto
* Outfield defense/base running coach: 80 Akira Ōtsuka
* General coach/Coordinator: 90 Hidekazu Mitsuyama

Second squad
coaching|

* Manager: 86 Saburō
* Chief pitching coach: 85 Tomohisa Ōtani
* Pitching coach: 78 Kenji Ōtonari
* Batting coaches: 75 Kōichi Hori, 77 Kenta Kurihara
* Battery coach: 76 Naoya Emura
* Infield defense/base running coach: 72 Ryō Miki
* Outfield defense/base running coaches: 83 Kenji Morozumi, 81 Shōta Ishimine
* Development/pitching coach: 79 Takahiro Matsunaga

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