Yudai Kawai

Yudai Kawai
Kawai with the Chunichi Dragons
Pitcher
Born: June 17, 1980
Bats: Left Throws: Left
debut
April 20, 2005, for the Chunichi Dragons
NPB statistics (through 2016)
Win-Loss	28-31
ERA	3.44
Strikeouts	247
Teams
Chunichi Dragons (2005–2016)
Career highlights and awards
1x NPB All-Star selection (2009)

Yudai Kawai (川井 雄太 Kawai Yudai, born June 17, 1980 in Kitasaku District, Nagano, Japan) is a retired professional Japanese baseball player. He played pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Kawai announced his retirement on the 23rd of September 2016,^[1] and played his final game for the Dragons against the Hanshin Tigers at Nagoya Dome pitching 5 straight deliveries in a row to retire the pinch hitting Shunsuke Fujikawa.^[2]

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
• NPB.com

References

1. "【中日】雄太、引退を発表！０９年に球団記録開幕１１連勝「サンデー川井」(Yudai retirement announcement! The man who recorded 11 wins in a row from starting day in 2009, "Sunday Kawai")" (in Japanese). Sports Hochi. 23 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
2. "【中日】引退登板・雄太、すべて直球の５球でお別れ (Chunichi: Retiring Yudai parts with 5 straight balls in a row)" (in Japanese). Sports Hochi. 25 September 2016. Retrieved 27 September 2016.