debutyear statvalue statyear birth_date team number image statlabel debutteam name throws caption debutleague birth_place debutdate bats statleague position article_title
2001 2012 107 498 1.08 -- 69 2.75 1,175 42 -- 22 3.17 august 12 , 2015 12 april 1981 seattle mariners 18 hisashi_iwakuma . jpg win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts whip -- loss record earned run average strikeouts win osaka kintetsu buffaloes seattle mariners hisashi iwakuma right iwakuma with the seattle mariners npb mlb higashiyamato , tokyo , japan may 29 april 20 right npb mlb starting pitcher hisashi iwakuma

hisashi iwakuma

iwakuma made his professional debut with the buffaloes in 2000 .
he was named a npb all-star in 2003 and 2004 , and played in the 2004 athens olympics .
he joined the eagles in 2005 .
as the eagles ' reigning staff ace , iwakuma won the eiji sawamura award in , and was also a npb all-star that year .
he appeared in the 2009 world baseball classic for the japanese national team .
iwakuma was posted to major league baseball after the 2010 season , but he failed to come to an agreement with the winning bidder .
after the 2011 season , iwakuma signed with the mariners .
he was an mlb all-star in 2013 , as well as the third place finisher for the 2013 american league cy young award .
on august 12 , 2015 , iwakuma became the second japanese player ever to pitch a no-hitter in major league baseball -lrb- joining hideo nomo , who threw two -rrb- , throwing a three-walk , seven-strikeout 3-0 win over the baltimore orioles at safeco field it was also his first career complete game , and the mariners ' fifth no-hitter in team history .
