Daisuke Miura

Miura with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars

Pitcher/Coach

Born: December 25, 1973
Nara, Japan

Bats: Right-handed

Throws: Right

NPB debut

October 7, 1992, for the Taiyo Whales

NPB statistics
(through 2015)

Win–loss record

172-181

Earned run average

3.56

Strikeouts

2467

Teams

As player

Yokohama Taiyo Whales/Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars (1992 – 2016)

As coach

Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2014 – present)

Last update: 03 January 2014

Olympic medal record
Men's Baseball
	Athens 2004	Team Competition

Daisuke Miura (三浦大輔, born December 25, 1973) is a former professional baseball player from Kashihara, Nara, Japan. He was a starting pitcher for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

Professional Baseball career

Miura was drafted 6th in the 1991 Nippon Professional Baseball draft by the Yokohama Taiyo Whales. He made his professional debut against the Yomiuri Giants on October 7, 1992, retiring six straight batters in relief.

In 2005, he led the Central League in strikeouts (177) and ERA (2.52). Miura became a free agent after an injury-plagued 2008 season. Both the BayStars and the Hanshin Tigers, the team that he had rooted for as a child, offered him contracts. Miura decided to return to the BayStars, who offered him a 4-year contract worth 1 billion yen (approximately $10 million USD), as opposed to the Tigers, who were offering three years and 900 million yen. Miura`s contract was renewed for the 2014 season at 180 million Yen (approximately 1.75 million USD).^[1]

Miura is known for his success against the Tigers in his career. Even in his worst seasons, Miura has had some of his best games against the Tigers, particularly at Koshien Stadium.

His nickname is "Hama no Bancho".^[2] This means "Boss of Baystars"

Olympic career

Miura pitched for Japan in the 2004 Summer Olympics, and helped the team win a bronze medal.^[3]

Pitching style

Miura throws a fastball in the high 80`s and also utilizes a Slider, Forkball, Shuuto, Curveball, and Cutter.^[4] He is known for working both sides of the plate.^[5]

References

External links

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

Yokohama DeNA BayStars current roster

Active roster	00 Yuya Kubo 0 Noriharu Yamazaki 1 Kento Kumabara 2 José López 3 Takayuki Kajitani 4 Sho Aranami 5 Toshihiko Kuramoto 6 Hiroyuki Shirasaki 7 Takehiro Ishikawa 9 Toshiki Kurobane 10 Yasutaka Tobashira 11 Shun Yamaguchi 12 Hiroshi Kobayashi 13 Yuta Kakita 14 Kenta Ishida 15 Shoichi Inoh 16 Shigeru Kaga 17 Kazuki Mishima 18 Daisuke Miura 19 Yasuaki Yamasaki 20 Kota Suda 21 Shōta Imanaga 22 Kentaro Takasaki 23 Kensuke Uchimura 24 Masanori Hayashi 25 Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh 26 Shotaro Ide 27 Yasutomo Kubo 28 Motoharu Fukuchi 30 Satoshi Iizuka 31 Tatsuhiro Shibata 32 Shuto Takajo 33 Tomo Otosaka 34 Shingo Hirata 35 Tomoya Mikami 36 Shigeo Yanagida 37 Masayuki Kuwahara 38 Kōki Yamashita 39 Hiroki Minei 40 Hyuma Matsui 41 Shinji Ohara 42 Elián Herrera 43 Tateki Abe 44 Yuki Watanabe 45 Kakeru Ayabe 46 Kenjiro Tanaka 47 Yoshiki Sunada 48 Shun Yamashita 49 Guillermo Moscoso 50 Tatsuya Shimozono 51 Toshiro Miyazaki 52 Jamie Romak 53 Yoslan Herrera 54 Yota Kosugi 55 Taketoshi Goto 56 Shuichiro Osada 57 Kōki Aoyagi 58 Takuto Nogawa 60 Naoki Shirane 61 Keijiro Matsumoto 62 Kohei Mantani 63 Taiki Sekine 64 Hiroki Momose 65 Yuki Kuniyoshi 66 Masashi Nishimori 67 Zach Petrick 68 Yoshiaki Fujioka 69 Mike Zagurski 97 Mike Broadway -- Spencer Patton -- Yang Hyeon-jong

Trainee	100 Keishō Amiya 102 Toi Kamei 101 Musashi Yamamoto 103 Jō Tamura

Coaching staff	Manager 80 Alex Ramírez

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 260941619 NDL: 01132930

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