Rōki Sasaki
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Rōki Sasaki (佐々木 朗希, Sasaki Rōki, born November 3, 2001), nicknamed "the Monster of the Reiwa Era" (令和の怪物, reiwa no kaibutsu) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He made his NPB debut in 2021.
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Chiba Lotte Marines – No. 17 | |||||||||||||||
Pitcher | |||||||||||||||
Born: (2001-11-03) November 3, 2001 (age 22) Rikuzentakata, Iwate, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
May 16, 2021, for the Chiba Lotte Marines | |||||||||||||||
Career statistics (through April 23, 2024) | |||||||||||||||
Win–loss record | 21–11 | ||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 2.01 | ||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 403 | ||||||||||||||
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Sasaki set a new Japanese high school baseball record with a fastball recorded at 163 kilometres per hour (101 mph). The Marines chose Sasaki in the first overall selection of the 2019 NPB draft. Taking care to avoid subjecting their rookie to premature physical stresses, the Marines held back until the 2021 season before allowing him to make his NPB debut. He threw a perfect game on April 10, 2022, in which he tied the NPB record for strikeouts in one game and set a new record for consecutive strikeouts.