He has repeatedly expressed a desire to play in the majors, and several teams have shown an interest in the left-hander. The Swallows were reluctant to release Ishii in the 2005 off-season, but promised they would allow him to come to the majors if he was able to play another full season in Japan (a similar promise was made to Akinori Iwamura, who signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays). Ishii was expected to sign with a major league team during the 2006 off-season, but injured his left shoulder, and decided to remain with the Swallows.
hirotoshi, ishii, 石井, 弘寿, born, september, 1977, japanese, baseball, player, currently, plays, relief, pitcher, tokyo, yakult, swallows, tokyo, yakult, swallows, 98pitcher, pitching, coachborn, 1977, september, 1977, ichihara, chibabatted, leftthrew, leftnpb, . Hirotoshi Ishii 石井 弘寿 born September 14 1977 is a Japanese baseball player He currently plays as a relief pitcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows Hirotoshi IshiiTokyo Yakult Swallows No 98Pitcher Pitching coachBorn 1977 09 14 September 14 1977 age 46 Ichihara ChibaBatted LeftThrew LeftNPB debutJuly 6 1996 for the Yakult SwallowsLast NPB appearanceOctober 25 2011 for the Tokyo Yakult SwallowsNPB statistics through 2011 season Win loss27 15ERA2 66Strikeouts485Saves55TeamsAs player Yakult Swallows Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1996 2011 As coach Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2012 present Career highlights and awardsCentral League Most Valuable Setup Pitcher 2002 Medals Representing Japan Men s Baseball Athens 2004 Team Competition World Baseball Classic 2006 San Diego Team He has repeatedly expressed a desire to play in the majors and several teams have shown an interest in the left hander The Swallows were reluctant to release Ishii in the 2005 off season but promised they would allow him to come to the majors if he was able to play another full season in Japan a similar promise was made to Akinori Iwamura who signed with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays Ishii was expected to sign with a major league team during the 2006 off season but injured his left shoulder and decided to remain with the Swallows He joined the Japanese national baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal External links editCareer statistics nbsp nbsp This biographical article relating to a Japanese baseball pitcher is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a Japanese Olympic medalist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Hirotoshi Ishii amp oldid 1165886557, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
