Tomoyuki Sugano

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Tomoyuki Sugano is an elite Japanese professional baseball pitcher, best known as the longtime ace of the Yomiuri Giants and one of Nippon Professional Baseball’s most dominant modern-era starters.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf baseball pitcher
human
professional baseball player
allStarSelection NPB All-Star NERFINISHED
awardReceived Central League MVP NERFINISHED
Eiji Sawamura Award NERFINISHED
NPB Best Nine NERFINISHED
NPB Golden Glove Award NERFINISHED
bats right
brokeWithTeam Yomiuri Giants NERFINISHED
college Tokai University NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1990-10-11
debutLeague Nippon Professional Baseball NERFINISHED
draftedBy Yomiuri Giants NERFINISHED
draftLeague NPB Draft NERFINISHED
eraTitle Central League ERA leader
hasPlayedEntireNPBCareerFor Yomiuri Giants NERFINISHED
hasRelative Tatsunori Hara NERFINISHED
jerseyNumber 18
jerseyNumberSignificance traditional ace number in Japanese baseball
knownFor excellent control
high strikeout-to-walk ratio
low walk rate
run prevention ability
league Nippon Professional Baseball NERFINISHED
nationalTeam Japan national baseball team NERFINISHED
notableFor dominant starting pitching in NPB
NPBdebutTeam Yomiuri Giants NERFINISHED
NPBdebutYear 2013
participatedIn 2015 WBSC Premier12 NERFINISHED
2017 World Baseball Classic NERFINISHED
pitchType curveball
forkball
four-seam fastball
sinker
slider
placeOfBirth Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan NERFINISHED
playsIn Central League NERFINISHED
position pitcher
relativeRelationship nephew of Tatsunori Hara
reputation one of the top starting pitchers in modern NPB
role ace pitcher of the Yomiuri Giants
sport baseball
strikeoutTitle Central League strikeout leader
styleOfPlay command-oriented power pitcher
team Yomiuri Giants NERFINISHED
throws right
winTitle Central League wins leader NERFINISHED

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