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{{for|the Japanese volleyball player|Minoru Iwata (volleyball)}}
{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Minoru Iwata<br/>岩田稔
| image = HT-Minoru-Iwata.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Iwata with the Hanshin Tigers
| team =
| number =
| position = [[Pitcher]]
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1983|10|31}}
| birth_place = [[Moriguchi, Osaka]], Japan
| bats = Left
| throws = Left
| debutleague = [[Nippon Professional Baseball|NPB]]
| debutdate = October 14
| debutyear = 2006
| debutteam = Hanshin Tigers
| statyear = 2020 season
| statleague = NPB
| stat1label = Win–loss
| stat1value = 60-82
| stat2label = ERA
| stat2value = 3.39
| stat3label = Strikeouts
| stat3value = 851
| teams =
*[[Hanshin Tigers]] ({{npby|2006}} – {{npby|2021}})
| medaltemplates=
{{MedalCountry | {{flagu|Japan}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Baseball]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Baseball Classic]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2009 World Baseball Classic|2009 Los Angeles]] | Team }}
}}

{{nihongo|'''Minoru Iwata'''|岩田稔|extra=born October 31, 1983}} is a Japanese baseball [[pitcher]] from [[Moriguchi, Osaka]], Japan and he currently plays for the [[Hanshin Tigers]]. He was a member of the [[Japan national baseball team|Japan]] team in the [[2009 World Baseball Classic]].

==Early years==
Iwata entered [[Osaka Tōin Junior and Senior High School|Osaka Toin High School]] in 1998. He became the ace pitcher in the autumn 1999 (his 2nd year of senior high school) and contributed to the school's winning the Osaka High School Baseball Autumn Tournament and advancing to the quarterfinal in the Kansai High School Baseball Autumn Tournament. However, he contracted [[diabetes mellitus type 1|type 1 diabetes]] in the winter of his second year.<ref name=diabetes>{{cite web |url=http://www.nnn.co.jp/dainichi/kikaku/know/060330.html |title=知ってほしいＩ型糖尿病患者の声 |trans-title=I want this known – the voice of a type 1 diabetes patient |language=Japanese |publisher=The Press Osaka |date=30 March 2006 |access-date=6 November 2015 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131105224924/http://www.nnn.co.jp/dainichi/kikaku/know/060330.html |archivedate=5 November 2013 }}</ref> At the time of his diagnosis he had an agreement to join a successful company team after graduation, however the agreement was withdrawn after the company learned of his illness.<ref name=diabetes/> His treating doctor allowed him to continue playing baseball as part of a balanced lifestyle necessary to stabilize the symptoms of diabetes. After graduating high school he entered [[Kansai University]] in 2001, where he was the school team's ace pitcher.<ref name=diabetes/> He had 6 wins and 10 losses in the university league.

==Nippon Professional Baseball==
He was drafted by the [[Hanshin Tigers]] after 2005 season because of his various breaking balls. In his debut in 2006, Iwata allowed four runs in 3 innings of work and lost his only game in the season. In 2007, Iwata was 0-1 and a 5.40 ERA. In 2008, he was third in voting for the 2008 [[Central League]] Rookie of the Year Award, trailing [[Tetsuya Yamaguchi]] and [[Hayato Sakamoto]] after going 10-10 with a 3.28 ERA and 101 strikeouts.

Iwata missed the 2010 season. The following season, he had a 9-13 record, a 2.29 ERA, and 133 strikeouts in 25 starts.

==2009 World Baseball Classic==
He was selected to play for Japan in the [[2009 World Baseball Classic]] replacing [[Hiroki Kuroda]] due to his shoulder problems.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|brm=iwata-001min}}

{{Japan roster 2009 World Baseball Classic}}
{{Authority control}}

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[[Category:1983 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Moriguchi, Osaka]]
[[Category:Baseball people from Osaka Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japanese baseball players]]
[[Category:Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers]]
[[Category:Hanshin Tigers players]]
[[Category:2009 World Baseball Classic players]]
[[Category:Kansai University alumni]]
[[Category:World Baseball Classic players of Japan]]

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