Shintaro Fujinami

| highlights = | update = }} Shintaro Fujinami (藤浪 晋太郎, born April 12, 1994) is a Japanese baseball pitcher who plays for Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. He was born in Sakai, Osaka, Japan.

High school career

In 2010, Fujinami entered Osaka Toin High School. In his final year in 2012 he led Tōin as their ace pitcher at the Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament and Japanese High School Baseball Championship, where the school won both competitions.

Professional career

Fujinami was the number 1 pick of the Tigers, Buffaloes, Marines, and the Swallows in the 2012 Autumn draft. Hanshin won the four-way lottery and assigned him jersey number 19.

2013

Fujinami made his debut on March 31, 2013, the third game of the season and the earliest-ever appearance by a rookie drafted out of high school. Fujinami recorded the loss by pitching six innings and allowing both runs in a 2-0 loss against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows at Jingu Stadium.

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