Education
Yamamoto attended Nichidai Fujisawa High School, and was selected at age 18 by Chunichi.
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Yamamoto attended Nichidai Fujisawa High School, and was selected at age 18 by Chunichi.
A screwballer, Yamamoto has pitched for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan"s Nippon Professional Baseball since 1986. On September 16, 2006, Yamamoto threw a no-hitter against the Hanshin Tigers. During the game, he threw 90 pitches in five scoreless innings, gave up five hits and a walk, and striking out two.
Yamamoto has pitched in six Japan Series with the Dragons, with his team winning once (in 2007).
He is the oldest Japanese pitcher to win a baseball game. Yamamoto was the Central League Earned Run Average Champion in 1993, posting a 2.05 European Research Area. He won the 1994 Eiji Sawamura Award, going 19–8 with 3.49 European Research Area and 14 complete games. On September 5, 2014, Yamamoto won his first and only start of the season at Nagoya Dome in a shutout match against the Hanshin Tigers, making him the oldest Japanese pitcher to win a game, at 49 years, 25 days, surpassing the old mark of 48 years, 4 months set by the Hankyu Braves’ Shinji Hamazaki in 1950.
With 200+ career victories, he is a member of Meikyukai.
