Suguru Egawa

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Suguru Egawa (江川 卓 Egawa Suguru?, born May 25, 1955 in Iwaki, Fukushima Prefecture) is a former Japanese pitcher and a baseball analyst.

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[edit] Prep career

Egawa entered Sakushin Gakuin High School. Overall in his high school career, Egawa recorded 10 no-hitters and 2 perfect games. He closed out his high school career with an earned run average of 0.41. In the spring of 1973, he set the record of 60 strikeouts in National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament. He was nicknamed "The Monster", which Daisuke Matsuzaka was also nicknamed later.

[edit] Professional career

On November 21, 1978, he signed with Yomiuri Giants, but other baseball teams protested against the contract. Because there was not reverse-draft, it was regarded as unfair, though the right of draft ran out on the only one day. He officially entered Yomiuri Giants after many controversies.

Egawa had over 10 wins each year from 1980 to his retirement. He recorded 8 consecutive strikeouts in 1984 All-Star game, but didn't reach Yutaka Enatsu's record of 9 straight strikeouts.

In 1985, Randy Bass seemed to break Sadaharu Oh's single season record of 55 home runs. The pitchers in Yomiuri Giants were given instructions to give intentional walks to Bass. However, only Egawa ignored the indication in the first game of the two last Giants' games against Hanshin Tigers. After his leaving the mound, Giants gave six consecutive intentional walks to Bass.

On June 26, 1986, he gave up a home run to Bass, which was the last home run for Bass to hit home runs in 7 consecutive games. Sadaharu Oh's record is also 7 consecutive games. He was admired for his fair plays even though he was against his team's known wishes.

[edit] Retirement

Since he retired in 1987, he has been worked as a baseball analyst. In Whisper of the Heart, he played a role as a baseball analyst.

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