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Masumi Kuwata

<p><b>Masumi Kuwata</b> (桑田 真澄 <i>Kuwata Masumi</i>, born 1 April 1968 in <a href="/en/Yao,_Osaka" title="Yao, Osaka" class="wl">Yao, Osaka</a>, Japan) is a former <a href="/en/Japanese_people" title="Japanese people" class="wl">Japanese</a> right-handed <a href="/en/Pitcher" title="Pitcher" class="wl">pitcher</a> who played the bulk of his career with the <a href="/en/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants" class="wl">Yomiuri Giants</a> of <a href="/en/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball" class="wl">Nippon Professional Baseball</a>. He pitched 21 seasons with the Giants, beginning in 1986. Near the end of his career, he played part of one season with the <a href="/en/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates" class="wl">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> of <a href="/en/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball" class="wl">Major League Baseball</a>. He is the son of professional golfer Izumi Kuwata.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-1"><a href="#cite_note-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></p>

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color: #FFFFFF;"><span class="note">Masumi Kuwata</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span><a href="/en/File:Masumi_Kuwata.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Masumi_Kuwata.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Masumi_Kuwata.jpg/250px-Masumi_Kuwata.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="1909" data-file-height="1949" data-file-type="bitmap" height="255" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Masumi_Kuwata.jpg/375px-Masumi_Kuwata.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Masumi_Kuwata.jpg/500px-Masumi_Kuwata.jpg 2x" alt="Masumi_Kuwata.jpg"></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Kuwata with the <a href="/en/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates" class="wl">Pittsburgh Pirates</a></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color: #000000; color: #FFFFFF;" class="notheme"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><span class="note" style="font-weight:bold">Yomiuri Giants – No. 73</span></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/en/Pitcher" title="Pitcher" class="wl">Pitcher</a> / Coach</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>Born:</b> <span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1968-04-01</span>) </span>April 1, 1968<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age<span>&nbsp;</span>54)</span><br><a href="/en/Osaka,_Japan" title="Osaka, Japan" class="mw-redirect wl">Osaka, Japan</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Right</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Right</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color: #FF6202; color: #FFFFFF;" class="notheme"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Professional debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/en/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball" class="wl">NPB</a>:</b> May 25,<span>&nbsp;</span>1986,<span>&nbsp;</span>for the<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="/en/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants" class="wl">Yomiuri Giants</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b><a href="/en/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball" class="wl">MLB</a>:</b> June 10,<span>&nbsp;</span>2007,<span>&nbsp;</span>for the<span>&nbsp;</span><a href="/en/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates" class="wl">Pittsburgh Pirates</a></td></tr><tr style="background-color: #FF6202; color: #FFFFFF;" class="notheme"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last  appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>NPB:</b> April 27,<span>&nbsp;</span>2006,<span>&nbsp;</span>for the<span>&nbsp;</span>Yomiuri Giants</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>MLB:</b> August 13,<span>&nbsp;</span>2007,<span>&nbsp;</span>for the<span>&nbsp;</span>Pittsburgh Pirates</td><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles"></style></tr><tr style="background-color: #000000; color: #FFFFFF;" class="notheme"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">NPB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/en/Win–loss_record_(pitching)" title="Win–loss record (pitching)" class="wl">Win–loss record</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">173–141</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/en/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average" class="wl">Earned run average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">3.42</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/en/Strikeout" title="Strikeout" class="wl">Strikeouts</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">1,980</td></tr><tr style="background-color: #000000; color: #FFFFFF;" class="notheme"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">MLB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">Win–loss record</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">0–1</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">Earned run average</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">9.43</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">Strikeouts</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">12</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2">
</th></tr><tr style="background-color: #FF6202; color: #FFFFFF;" class="notheme"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>As player</b>
<ul><li><a href="/en/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants" class="wl">Yomiuri Giants</a> (<a href="/en/1986_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1986 Nippon Professional Baseball season" class="wl">1986</a>–<a href="/en/2006_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season" class="wl">2006</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/en/Pittsburgh_Pirates" title="Pittsburgh Pirates" class="wl">Pittsburgh Pirates</a> (<a href="/en/2007_Major_League_Baseball_season" title="2007 Major League Baseball season" class="wl">2007</a>)</li></ul>
<p><b>As coach</b></p>
<ul><li>Yomiuri Giants (<a href="/en/2021_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2021 Nippon Professional Baseball season" class="wl">2021</a>–present)</li></ul>
</td></tr><tr style="background-color: #FF6202; color: #FFFFFF;" class="notheme"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">
<ul><li>1987 <a href="/en/Eiji_Sawamura_Award" title="Eiji Sawamura Award" class="wl">Eiji Sawamura Award</a></li>
<li><a href="/en/1994_in_baseball" title="1994 in baseball" class="wl">1994</a> <a href="/en/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award" class="wl">Central League MVP</a></li></ul>
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Masumi Kuwata is a former Japanese right-handed pitcher who played the bulk of his career with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball. He pitched 21 seasons with the Giants, beginning in 1986. Near the end of his career, he played part of one season with the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball. He is the son of professional golfer Izumi Kuwata. 