Takeo Kawamura (baseball)

This article is about a baseball player. For a politician, see Takeo Kawamura (politician).

Takeo Kawamura (川村 丈夫, Kawamura Takeo; born April 30, 1972) is a professional baseball player from Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan. He is a retired pitcher for the Yokohama BayStars.

Takeo Kawamura
Kanagawa Future Dreams – No. 16
Pitching coach / Coach / Manager
Born: (1972-04-30) April 30, 1972 (age 53) Yamato, Kanagawa, Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
April 6, 1997, for the Yokohama BayStars
Last NPB appearance
October 5, 2008, for the Yokohama BayStars
NPB statistics
Win–loss record	71–64
Earned run average	3.72
Strikeouts	815
Teams
As player Yokohama BayStars (1997–2008) As manager Kanagawa Future Dreams(2022–present) As coach Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2009, 2011–2015, 2018–2021)
Career highlights and awards
2× NPB All-Star (1998, 1999)
Medals Men's Baseball Atlanta 1996 Team Competition

Kawamura won 17 games in 1999 as a starter, and became a reliever in 2004. He marked a 2.31 ERA in 2005, and returned to the starting rotation in 2007.

He won a silver medal playing for the Japanese national team in the 1996 Summer Olympics before entering the Japanese professional leagues.

External links

• Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com