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Ride the Tiger - 騎虎之勢
# 21 – Minoru Iwata
Name (Japanese): 岩田 稔
Date of Birth: October 31, 1983
Hometown: Moriguchi City, Osaka
High School: Osaka Toin High School
University: Kansai University
Family Status: Married, 1 son & 2 daughters
Height: 179 cm (5’10”)
Weight: 94 kg (207 lb)
Throws/Bats: Left/Left
Wears #: 21
Warm-Up Song: Berry Goodman – Uguisu
Originally drafted by: Hanshin Tigers, 2005 (Players’ Choice System)
Top Squad Debut on: October 14, 2006, @ Carp (3 IP, 2 H, 4 BB, 1 K, 3 ER, L)
Social Media: Facebook
Career Achievements/Awards: CL Pitcher of the Month (July 2014), 1000 Career IP (Aug 3, 2017)
Career Stats:
| Yr | Team | ERA | GP | GS | CG | SO | No BB | GC | W | L | HLD | HP | SV | W% | IP | BF | H | HR | K | K/9 | BB | HBP | WP | BK | R | ER | AVG vs. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Tigers | 9.00 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 3.0 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3.00 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 3 | .182 |
| 2007 | Tigers | 5.40 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 13.1 | 62 | 15 | 0 | 6 | 4.05 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 8 | .313 |
| 2008 | Tigers | 3.28 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 159.1 | 678 | 168 | 5 | 101 | 5.71 | 50 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 64 | 58 | .283 |
| 2009 | Tigers | 2.68 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .583 | 110.2 | 455 | 99 | 3 | 103 | 8.38 | 27 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 40 | 33 | .244 |
| 2011 | Tigers | 2.29 | 25 | 25 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .409 | 169.0 | 673 | 121 | 7 | 133 | 7.08 | 45 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 47 | 43 | .202 |
| 2012 | Tigers | 3.52 | 25 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .364 | 153.1 | 648 | 157 | 10 | 107 | 6.28 | 41 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 73 | 60 | .270 |
| 2013 | Tigers | 4.95 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .286 | 43.2 | 189 | 43 | 3 | 25 | 5.15 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 24 | .264 |
| 2014 | Tigers | 2.54 | 22 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .529 | 148.2 | 601 | 123 | 13 | 116 | 7.02 | 43 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 50 | 42 | .228 |
| 2015 | Tigers | 3.22 | 27 | 27 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .444 | 170.1 | 722 | 168 | 13 | 119 | 6.29 | 49 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 66 | 61 | .259 |
| 2016 | Tigers | 8.85 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 20.1 | 107 | 36 | 4 | 14 | 6.20 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 20 | .383 |
| 2017 | Tigers | 4.25 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .600 | 53.0 | 233 | 55 | 4 | 39 | 6.62 | 22 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 26 | 25 | .267 |
| 2018 | Tigers | 3.23 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | 30.2 | 129 | 25 | 4 | 29 | 8.51 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 11 | .216 |
| 2019 | Tigers | 4.52 | 14 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .429 | 77.2 | 336 | 90 | 13 | 43 | 4.98 | 21 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 39 | .298 |
| 2020 | Tigers | 6.35 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .333 | 22.2 | 107 | 26 | 1 | 15 | 5.96 | 15 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 | .299 |
| Career | 3.39 | 197 | 193 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 82 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .423 | 1175.2 | 4956 | 1128 | 81 | 851 | 6.51 | 360 | 51 | 53 | 2 | 503 | 443 | .257 |
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