About Tsuyoshi Wada
Tsuyoshi Wada is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 2003 to 2011, and 2016 to 2024 for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He also played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 2014 to 2015 for the Chicago Cubs. His team faced Akita Commercial High School, led by Masanori Ishikawa, in the first round, but Wada walked Ishikawa with the bases loaded in the bottom of the ninth inning and suffered a walk-off loss. Though Wada, who was not only the team's ace but also their cleanup hitter, gave up a home run to Hichori Morimoto, Hamada High won 3–2, making it to the quarter-finals. He set a Tokyo Big6 Baseball League record with 476 strikeouts during his college career at Waseda University and was the Pacific League Most Valuable Rookie in 2003.
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