Hirokazu Sawamura

Hirokazu Sawamura
Born: April 3, 1988
Tochigi, Tochigi JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 212
Career: 2011-2025
Major League Statistics

Hirokazu Sawamura compiled a career record of 49 wins and 55 losses, with 76 saves, and a 2.81 ERA in his 413-game pitching career with the Yomiuri Giants, Chiba Lotte Marines and Worcester Red Sox. He began playing during the 2011 season and last took the field during the 2025 campaign.

Yomiuri Giants

Chiba Lotte Marines

Worcester Red Sox

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
2011	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	11	11	.500	2.02	29	29	0	5	1	0	200.0	149	53	45	14	45	1	174	5	3	5	786
2012	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	10	10	.500	2.86	27	26	1	2	1	0	169.7	172	56	54	12	54	0	138	4	0	2	716
2013	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	5	10	.333	3.13	34	22	4	3	1	0	158.3	138	58	55	18	43	0	148	5	0	5	654
2014	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	5	3	.625	3.72	12	11	1	2	1	0	72.7	69	31	30	3	14	0	66	2	0	5	299
2015	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	7	3	.700	1.32	60	0	51	0	0	36	68.3	58	12	10	4	21	0	60	3	0	2	282
2016	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	6	4	.600	2.66	63			0	0	37	64.3	60	20	19	5	22	0	55	1	1	9	271
2018	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1	6	.143	4.64	49			0	0	0	52.3	55	29	27	4	27	3	54	3	0	3	238
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2	2	.500	2.61	43			0	0	1	48.3	40	14	14	3	17	1	55	3	0	1	197
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1	1	.500	6.07	13			0	0	0	13.3	14	9	9	1	8	0	11	2	0	0	64
2020	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	0	2	.000	1.71	22			0	0	1	21.0	10	4	4	2	10	0	29	0	0	3	82
2021	AAA	AAAE	Worcester Red Sox	0	0		0.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3
2022	AAA	IL	Worcester Red Sox	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5
2024	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	1	2	.333	3.34	39			0	0	1	35.0	24	13	13	3	19	1	26	2	0	3	146
2025	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	0	1	.000	3.93	20			0	0	0	18.3	16	8	8	0	15	0	10	1	0	1	84
Totals				49	55	.471	2.81	413	89	57	12	4	76	923.7	805	307	288	69	296	6	827	31	4	39	3827

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH
2011	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	30	61	52	2	4	1	2	3	34	.077	.127	.096	.223	5	0	6
2012	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	27	54	48	0	4	1	3	1	26	.083	.102	.104	.206	5	0	5
2013	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	34	46	38	0	1	0	1	3	24	.026	.098	.026	.124	1	1	5
2014	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	12	24	18	1	2	1	1	1	10	.111	.158	.167	.325	3	0	5
2015	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	60	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	43	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals				219	189	159	3	11	3	7	8	97	.069	.114	.088	.202	14	1	22

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
2011	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	29	5	27	3	1	.914	1.103
2012	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	27	11	35	1	4	.979	1.704
2013	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	34	7	20	2	0	.931	.794
2014	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	12	4	9	0	0	1.000	1.083
2015	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	60	3	11	0	0	1.000	.233
2016	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	63	1	7	0	0	1.000	.127
2018	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	49	0	6	1	2	.857	.122
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	43	2	9	0	0	1.000	.256
2020	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	P	22	0	1	0	0	1.000	.045
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	13	2	1	0	0	1.000	.231
2021	AAA	AAAE	Worcester Red Sox	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2022	AAA	IL	Worcester Red Sox	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2024	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	P	39	0	7	0	0	1.000	.179
2025	Foreign Major	JPPL	Chiba Lotte Marines	P	20	0	2	0	0	1.000	.100
Totals					377	33	133	7	7	.960	.440

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
2011	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants		April 15, 2011	October 22, 2011
2012	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants		March 31, 2012	October 6, 2012
2013	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants		April 4, 2013	October 8, 2013
2014	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants		July 6, 2014	October 4, 2014
2015	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants		March 27, 2015	October 4, 2015
2016	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2018	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2019	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2020	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2020	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines
2021	AAA	AAA East	Worcester Red Sox	BOS	July 28, 2021	July 28, 2021
2022	AAA	International League	Worcester Red Sox	BOS	September 7, 2022	September 7, 2022
2023	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines
2024	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines
2025	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines

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