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Tadashi Settsu (攝津 正, Settsu Tadashi, born 1 June 1982 in Sendai, Miyagi) is a *anese baseball player. He has been with the *uoka SoftBank Hawks since 2009, and plays as pitcher, wearing number 50. In 2009, he was voted Most Valuable Rookie. The next year, he became the first pitcher ever to make 70 or more appearances in his first two seasons in the league.

He won the 2012 Sawamura Award with a record of 17-5 and a 1.91 ERA, with 153 strikeouts in 193+1⁄3 innings, and 3 complete games with 2 shutouts.

Settsu is a 5:ft 11 in, 200:lb right-handed pitcher. With an overhand delivery he throws a fastball that usually sits in 86-88:mph (tops out at 92:mph), curveball, slider, and a solid-average screwball around 80:mph. He also has decent command, posting a walks per nine innings rate of 2.38 in his career (until 2012 season).

References

External links

• Official profile on Hawks website (in *anese)
• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)