Akinori Otsuka

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baseball player closer human pitcher relief pitcher

Akinori Otsuka is a former Japanese professional baseball relief pitcher who starred in Nippon Professional Baseball and later became a successful closer in Major League Baseball.

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Label	Occurrences
Akinori Otsuka canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	baseball player ⓘ closer ⓘ human ⓘ pitcher ⓘ relief pitcher ⓘ
bats	right ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Japan ⓘ
familyName	Otsuka NERFINISHED ⓘ
fieldOfWork	baseball coaching ⓘ professional sports ⓘ
gender	male ⓘ
givenName	Akinori NERFINISHED ⓘ
handedness	right-handed pitcher ⓘ
hasExperienceIn	Japanese professional baseball ⓘ North American professional baseball ⓘ
hasPlayedRole	closer ⓘ setup man ⓘ
isKnownAs	former Japanese professional baseball relief pitcher ⓘ
languageSpoken	Japanese ⓘ
laterOccupation	coach in Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ pitching coach ⓘ
leagueParticipatedIn	Major League Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ Nippon Professional Baseball NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	Akinori Otsuka NERFINISHED ⓘ
nationality	Japanese ⓘ
notableFor	successful closer in Major League Baseball ⓘ successful relief pitching in Nippon Professional Baseball ⓘ
occupation	baseball coach ⓘ professional baseball player ⓘ
participatedIn	Major League Baseball postseason NERFINISHED ⓘ Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Games NERFINISHED ⓘ
playedIn	Japan NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionPlayed	closer ⓘ pitcher ⓘ relief pitcher ⓘ
role	closer for Texas Rangers ⓘ relief pitcher for San Diego Padres ⓘ
sport	baseball ⓘ
status	retired player ⓘ
styleOfPlay	relief specialist ⓘ strikeout-oriented pitcher ⓘ
teamPlayedFor	Chunichi Dragons NERFINISHED ⓘ Kintetsu Buffaloes NERFINISHED ⓘ San Diego Padres NERFINISHED ⓘ Texas Rangers NERFINISHED ⓘ
throws	right ⓘ

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Chunichi Dragons → notablePlayer → Akinori Otsuka ⓘ