debutleague finalyear bats statleague birth_place debutyear statyear statvalue position finalteam statlabel finalleague birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
npb 2013 right npb hyogo japan 2004 2004 0-0 9.00 2 pitcher ishikawa million stars pitching record era strikeouts baseball challenge league 27 august 1981 kazuaki minami
 yomiuri giants kazuaki minami right
kazuaki minami

kazuaki minami -lrb- born august 27 , 1981 -rrb- is a japanese former pitcher .
he was born in in hyogo , japan .
prior to playing professionally , he attended shinko gakuen high school and then fukui kogyo university .
minami made two relief appearances for the yomiuri giants of nippon professional baseball in 2004 , pitching two innings , allowing four hits and no walks , while striking out two batters .
his era was 9.00 .
after spending a couple years in ni-gun -lrb- japanese minor league baseball -rrb- , he joined the calgary vipers of the northern league in 2007 .
in 24 games -lrb- 17 starts -rrb- , he went 10-5 with a 5.52 era , pitching 122 1/3 innings , allowing 173 hits and 38 walks and striking out 78 batters .
following his year with calgary , he went to pitch with the semi-pro ishikawa million stars in the baseball challenge league in japan .
