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Hanshin pitcher Haruto Takahashi wins his first Sawamura Award
Hanshin Tigers pitcher Haruto Takahashi won his first Sawamura Award, which honours a leading starting pitcher in Japanese professional baseball.
The 30-year-old finished the season with 16 wins, the most in both leagues, and five complete games.
In 23 appearances, he also had a 1.87 earned-run average, 150 strikeouts and 159 innings pitched.
The award is judged against seven performance benchmarks, including wins, strikeouts, innings and earned-run average.
Takahashi met four benchmarks, as did Hanshin teammate Murakami and Yakult pitcher Yamano, but his wins, earned-run average and winning percentage stood out to the selectors.
He receives a gold trophy and 3 million yen with the award.
Hanshin Tigers pitcher Haruto Takahashi won the Sawamura Award for the first time.
The award recognizes the season’s most outstanding starting pitcher in Japanese professional baseball.
Takahashi recorded 16 wins, five complete games and a 1.87 earned run average.
He met four of the award’s seven statistical standards.
The selection committee said his wins, earned run average and winning percentage stood out.
- Who
- Hanshin Tigers pitcher Haruto Takahashi.
- What
- He won the Sawamura Award for the first time.
- When
- October 26, 2026.
- Where
- The selection committee met at a hotel in Tokyo.
- Why
- He had 16 wins, a 1.87 earned run average and an .842 winning percentage, which the committee judged to be strong results.
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The Sawamura Award selection committee met at a hotel in Tokyo.
The committee selected Takahashi for the award.
- Wins
- 16
- Complete games
- 5
- Earned run average
- 1.87
- Winning percentage
- .842
- Award criteria met
- 4 of 7
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I want to thank him for his three years with us, and the committee as a whole wishes him well and hopes he does his best as manager of Chunichi.
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