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by a score of 1–0, and showed he could still be an important part of the Giants' rotation. Kuwata went on to have a banner year in 2002, posting a 2.22 ERA (lowest in the league), and winning over 10 games for the first time in four years. However, he pitched poorly from 2003–2006, appearing in a
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Kuwata suffered a severe injury to his right elbow while attempting to catch a pop fly in June, 1995, ending his season. Kuwata had surgery in the U.S., and spent the rest of 1995 and all of 1996 in rehab. He made a comeback in 1997, winning 10 games, and 16 games in 1998, but his pitching had
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Pittsburgh Pirates offered Kuwata a coaching position with the club, but he declined.
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Pirates designated Kuwata for assignment. The Pirates outrighted him to Triple-A on August 17 but Kuwata refused the assignment. Afterwards, he returned home to Japan.
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total of only 45 games (44 starts), while compiling an overall 9–16 record during those four years.
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Kuwata pitched 118 complete games during his career in Japan.
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508:World War II
506:in the post-
489:
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467:
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389:
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80:Osaka, Japan
64:
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3395:1968 births
3373:S. Murakami
3365:M. Murakami
3357:M. Murakami
2733:Y. Yamamoto
2725:Y. Yamamoto
2717:Y. Yamamoto
2701:Not Awarded
2545:Not Awarded
2497:M. Yamamoto
2481:Take. Ishii
2417:Not Awarded
2385:Not Awarded
2313:Not Awarded
1958:Third squad
1804:First squad
1786:Gen Ohshiro
1770:Rui Mitsuka
1754:Julian Tima
1695:Yūya Tanoue
1652:Kenki Maeda
1609:Yūki Hanada
1537:Kenta Onuma
1505:Riku Naraki
1446:Shogo Asano
1438:Louis Okoye
1357:Outfielders
1331:Riku Masuda
1299:Coco Montes
1208:Takuya Kōri
973:Kōsuke Baba
965:Kyle Keller
909:Shosei Togo
734:. Asahi.com
569:Matt Kuwata
410:Matt Kuwata
3389:Categories
2521:Nishiguchi
2052:Developing
2034:Yasuo Kubo
1839:Kenji Yano
1636:Ryōya Ōtsu
1561:Ryū Tomida
1406:Yūki Okada
1234:Infielders
1093:Ryusei Ohe
1029:Yūsuke Itō
810:, or
806:, or
802:, or
798:, or
763:27 October
738:2013-06-08
705:2007-08-14
684:2016-02-03
658:2007-06-10
626:2008-05-17
579:References
575:together.
528:Retirement
329:Yao, Osaka
214:Strikeouts
184:Strikeouts
70:1968-04-01
3293:Balentien
3245:Ogasawara
3205:H. Matsui
3189:H. Matsui
3157:H. Matsui
3101:Cromartie
3077:Kitabeppu
3013:Wakamatsu
2957:Nagashima
2933:Nagashima
2917:Nagashima
2893:Nagashima
2877:Nagashima
2821:Sugishita
2709:Yud. Ohno
2553:Matsuzaka
2449:Yut. Ohno
2433:Kitabeppu
2401:Kitabeppu
2393:Nishimoto
2377:Kobayashi
2361:Kobayashi
2305:Hiramatsu
2173:Sugishita
2157:Sugishita
2149:Sugishita
1948:Ken Katoh
1924:Kan Otake
1679:Ren Katoh
1243:Dai Yuasa
808:Fangraphs
573:Y! Mobile
555:Meiji Era
454:Kei Igawa
271:–present)
232:As player
3341:Sakamoto
3237:Fukudome
3229:Kanemoto
3221:Kawakami
3197:Petagine
3149:O'Malley
3085:Yamakura
3061:Kinugasa
3029:Yamamoto
2989:Yamamoto
2965:Horiuchi
2885:Murayama
2845:Yonamine
2829:Kawakami
2797:Kawakami
2597:K. Saito
2589:Sugiuchi
2581:Kawakami
2573:K. Saito
2529:Kawasaki
2513:M. Saito
2505:M. Saito
2457:M. Saito
2369:Matsuoka
2345:Sotokoba
2321:Horiuchi
2273:Horiuchi
2269:Murayama
2261:Murayama
2221:Horimoto
2213:Murayama
2133:Fujimoto
2025:coaching
1960:coaching
1887:coaching
1806:coaching
1175:Catchers
868:Pitchers
757:ESPN.com
476:and the
333:Japanese
262:As coach
3261:Ramírez
3253:Ramírez
3181:Noguchi
3117:Sasaoka
3093:G. Kaku
2869:Akiyama
2677:Johnson
2613:Iwakuma
2605:Darvish
2489:Imanaka
2473:Sasaoka
2425:Komatsu
2353:Ikegaya
2337:Hoshino
407:tarento
381:Koshien
337:pitcher
323:(桑田 真澄
168:173–141
89:Batted:
58:/ Coach
56:Pitcher
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3363:2022:
3355:2021:
3349:Sugano
3347:2020:
3339:2019:
3331:2018:
3323:2017:
3315:2016:
3309:Yamada
3307:2015:
3301:Sugano
3299:2014:
3291:2013:
3283:2012:
3275:2011:
3267:2010:
3259:2009:
3251:2008:
3243:2007:
3235:2006:
3227:2005:
3219:2004:
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3179:1999:
3173:Sasaki
3171:1998:
3165:Furuta
3163:1997:
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3141:Kuwata
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2859:1959:
2853:Fujita
2851:1958:
2843:1957:
2837:Bessho
2835:1956:
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2811:1953:
2805:Bessho
2803:1952:
2795:1951:
2789:Kozuru
2787:1950:
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2723:2022:
2715:2021:
2707:2020:
2699:2019:
2693:Sugano
2691:2018:
2685:Sugano
2683:2017:
2675:2016:
2667:2015:
2661:Kaneko
2659:2014:
2653:Tanaka
2651:2013:
2645:Settsu
2643:2012:
2637:Tanaka
2635:2011:
2627:2010:
2619:2009:
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2603:2007:
2595:2006:
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2579:2004:
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2567:2003:
2561:Uehara
2559:2002:
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2543:2000:
2537:Uehara
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2511:1996:
2503:1995:
2495:1994:
2487:1993:
2479:1992:
2471:1991:
2463:1990:
2455:1989:
2447:1988:
2441:Kuwata
2439:1987:
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2251:1964:
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2235:1962:
2229:Gondoh
2227:1961:
2219:1960:
2211:1959:
2205:Kaneda
2203:1958:
2197:Kaneda
2195:1957:
2189:Kaneda
2187:1956:
2181:Bessho
2179:1955:
2171:1954:
2163:1953:
2155:1952:
2147:1951:
2141:Sanada
2139:1950:
2131:1949:
2123:1948:
2117:Bessho
2115:1947:
1987:, 104
877:Taisei
95:Threw:
3213:Igawa
3109:Saito
3045:Nakao
3037:Egawa
2813:Otomo
2669:Maeda
2629:Maeda
2621:Wakui
2569:Igawa
2281:Ogawa
2165:Otomo
2125:Nakao
1922:, 72
1865:, 77
421:Japan
369:Osaka
285:1987
226:Teams
188:1,980
97:Right
91:Right
65:Born:
3333:Maru
3325:Maru
3317:Arai
3277:Asao
3269:Wada
3069:Bass
3053:Hara
2465:Nomo
2409:Endo
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1487:015
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1471:011
800:ESPN
765:2014
502:and
390:The
314:2006
292:1994
269:2021
255:2007
245:2006
241:1986
209:9.43
178:3.42
151:MLB:
143:NPB:
3285:Abe
2245:Ito
1452:59
1444:51
1436:50
1428:44
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1412:42
1404:38
1396:23
1388:13
1380:12
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1222:94
1214:67
1206:37
1198:27
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367:in
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312:in
201:0–1
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111:NPB
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