Kazuhisa Ishii

Kazuhisa Ishii
Ishiii with the New York Mets
Pitcher
Born: (1973-09-09) September 9, 1973 (age 43) Chiba, Chiba, Japan
Batted: Left Threw: Left
Professional debut
NPB: June 9, 1992, for the Yakult Swallows
MLB: April 6, 2002, for the Los Angeles Dodgers
Last appearance
MLB: September 28, 2005, for the New York Mets
NPB: 2013, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
MLB statistics
Win–loss record	39–34
Earned run average	4.44
Strikeouts	435
NPB statistics
Win–loss record	143–103
Earned run average	3.63
Strikeouts	2,115
Teams
Yakult Swallows (1992–2001) Los Angeles Dodgers (2002–2004) New York Mets (2005) Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2006–2007) Saitama Seibu Lions (2008–2013)
Career highlights and awards
NPB ERA champion (2000) 2× NPB strikeout champion (1998, 2000)

Kazuhisa Ishii (石井 一久 Ishii Kazuhisa) (born September 9, 1973) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yakult Swallows and Saitama Seibu Lions and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Los Angeles Dodgers and New York Mets.

Ishii was selected in the first round of the 1991 Japanese amateur draft by the Yakult Swallows. He made his debut in the Central League on June 9, 1992 at the age of 18. He was a member of the Japan Series winning team that season, a feat accomplished a total of five times during his career with the Swallows. During his ten years playing in Japan, he amassed a record of 78-46 with a 3.38 ERA and 1,277 strikeouts in 1,184 innings pitched. On September 2, 1997, he threw a no-hitter against the Yokohama BayStars.

Ishii was signed as a free agent by the Los Angeles Dodgers in 2002 after the Dodgers posted the top bid for the right to negotiate with him. He made his major league debut on April 6, 2002, striking out ten batters and allowing two hits and no runs in five and two-thirds innings against the Chicago Cubs. He went on to win his first six starts and was named National League Rookie of the Month for April 2002.