Kimiyasu Kudo (工藤 公康, Kudō Kimiyasu, born May 5, 1963 in Aichi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher and the current manager of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball. Known for his longevity as a player, he recorded 224 wins, 3.45 ERA and 2852 strikeouts over his career. He holds the NPB record for most seasons played with 29, most consecutive seasons with at least one win with 23 and he was the oldest pitcher in NPB history to strike out 10 batters in a game, doing so at the age of 41 years and 11 months. However, despite all his accolades, he is infamously known for having never won the Sawamura Award, given to Japan's top pitcher.
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5 May 1963 (age 62) Aichi, Japan
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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