Masahiro Tanaka
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Masahiro Tanaka is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball. He has previously played in NPB for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and in Major Le
Tanaka with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Scoreboard at Koshien Stadium in finals rematch
Tanaka as a pitcher for Tomakomai High (taken August 17, 2006, at Koshien Stadium)
Tanaka pitching for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2007
Eiji Sawamura Award
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The Eiji Sawamura Award, commonly known as the Sawamura Award, is an honor bestowed upon the top starting pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball each year, when deemed necessary.
Masahiro Tanaka
…and awards NPB Pacific League Rookie of the Year (2007) Pacific League MVP (2013) 2013 PLCS MVP 8× NPB All-Star (2007–2009, 2011–2013, 2021, 2023) 2× Eiji Sawamura Award (2011, 2013) 2× NPB wins champion (2011, 2013) 2× NPB ERA champion (2011, 2013) NPB strikeout champion (2012) 2× Best Nine Award (2011, 2013) 3× Golden…
Eiji Sawamura with the Tokyo Kyojin.
Hideo Fujimoto, when he won Eiji Sawamura Award in 1949.