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Suguru Egawa

<p><b>Suguru Egawa</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span><span>江川 卓</span></span>, <span><i lang="ja-Latn"><i>Egawa Suguru</i></i></span>, born May 25, 1955 in <a href="/en/Iwaki,_Fukushima" title="Iwaki, Fukushima" class="wl">Iwaki</a>, <a href="/en/Fukushima_Prefecture" title="Fukushima Prefecture" class="wl">Fukushima Prefecture</a>)</span> is a Japanese former pitcher and current baseball analyst. Despite being one of the best pitchers of his generation, Egawa's perceived arrogance and non-conformist ways earned him the media nicknames "Dirty Egawa," "The Giant Devil," and "The Enemy of the People."<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-WhitingWa_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-WhitingWa-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> This was because Egawa was single minded for the team he wanted to play for, which was the <a href="/en/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants" class="wl">Yomiuri Giants</a>.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-2"><a href="#cite_note-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span></p>

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width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">Win–loss</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">135<span>–</span>72</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;">ERA</th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">3.02</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;">1366</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2">
</th></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;" class="notheme"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">
<ul><li><a href="/en/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers" class="wl">Hanshin Tigers</a> (<a href="/en/1979_in_baseball" title="1979 in baseball" class="wl">1979</a>)</li>
<li><a href="/en/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants" class="wl">Yomiuri Giants</a> (<a href="/en/1979_in_baseball" title="1979 in baseball" class="wl">1979</a><span>–</span><a href="/en/1987_in_baseball" title="1987 in baseball" class="wl">1987</a>)</li></ul>
</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;" 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><a href="/en/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball" class="wl">Japanese</a> <a href="/en/Triple_Crown_(baseball)" title="Triple Crown (baseball)" class="wl">Triple Crown</a> (1981)</li>
<li><a href="/en/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award" class="wl">Central League MVP</a> <a href="/en/1981_in_baseball" title="1981 in baseball" class="wl">1981</a></li></ul>
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Suguru Egawa is a Japanese former pitcher and current baseball analyst. Despite being one of the best pitchers of his generation, Egawa's perceived arrogance and non-conformist ways earned him the media nicknames "Dirty Egawa," "The Giant Devil," and "The Enemy of the People." 