Eiji Sawamura Award
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title:
Eiji Sawamura Award
text:
Eiji Sawamura Award The Eiji Sawamura Award, commonly known as the Sawamura Award, is an honor bestowed upon the top starting pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball each year. The award was originally established by Japanese magazine "Nekkyū" in 1947 to honor the career of Eiji Sawamura, a power pitcher who enjoyed an illustrious career for the Tokyo Giants before being killed in combat during World War II. It is a special award that is independent of the official Most Valuable Pitcher award th
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Japanese baseball award
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura_Award
date created:
2006-11-29T02:45:45Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T17:22:08Z
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