Hideo Nomo
| Hideo Nomo 野茂 英雄 |
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Hideo Nomo with the Columbus Clippers
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Born: August 31, 1968 Osaka, Japan |
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| Professional debut | |||
| NPB: April 10, 1990, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes | |||
| MLB: May 2, 1995, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||
| Last appearance | |||
| NPB: 1994, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes | |||
| MLB: April 18, 2008, for the Kansas City Royals | |||
| NPB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 78–46 | ||
| Earned run average | 3.15 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,204 | ||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 123–109 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.24 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1,918 | ||
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NPB
MLB
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| Member of the Japanese | |||
 Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Inducted | 2014 | ||
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Representing  Japan
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| Olympic Games | ||
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1988 Seoul | Team |
| Asian Baseball Championship | ||
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1989 Seoul | Team |
| Intercontinental Cup | ||
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1989 San Juan | Team |
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MLB
Hideo Nomo (野茂 英雄/Nomo Hideo, born August 31, 1968 in Minato-ku, Osaka, Japan) is a retired Japanese baseball pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB). He achieved early success in his native country, where he played with the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1990 to 1994. He then exploited a loophole to free himself from his contract, and became the first Japanese major leaguer to permanently relocate to Major League Baseball in the United States, debuting with the Los Angeles Dodgers in 1995. Although he was not the first Japanese person to play baseball professionally in the United States, as a major star he is often credited with opening the door for Japanese players in Major League Baseball.
Nomo pitched over the span of 13 seasons in the American major leagues with 8 different teams, before retiring in 2008. He won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1995. He twice led the league in strikeouts and also threw two no-hitters. He was the only Japanese pitcher in Major League Baseball to throw a no-hitter until the Seattle Mariners' Hisashi Iwakuma did so on August 12, 2015 against the Baltimore Orioles. Nomo currently resides in Los Angeles.
Nomo was born into the working-class Osaka family of Shizuo, a fisherman and postal worker, and Kayoko, a part-time supermarket employee. As a youth, Nomo was shy and withdrawn, although passionate about baseball. He developed his corkscrew-style pitching motion in order to impress his father while playing catch. He believed that rotating from having his back turned to his target would help him add speed to his pitches.
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