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Copying from Category:Asian Games silver medalists in baseball to Category:Asian Games baseball players for Japan using Cat-a-lot

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{{short description|Japanese baseball player and coach}}
{{Infobox NPB player
| name = Satoshi Komatsu
| image = Komatsu satoshi.jpg
| image_size = 240px
| caption = Komatsu with the Orix Buffaloes
| position = [[Pitcher]] / Coach
| team =
| number =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1981|10|29}}
| birth_place = [[Iwaki, Fukushima]], Japan
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
| debutleague = [[Nippon Professional Baseball|NPB]]
| debutdate = July 16
| debutyear = 2007
| debutteam = [[Orix Buffaloes]]
| finaldate = September 29
| finalyear = 2016
| finalteam = Orix Buffaloes
| statyear = 2016
| statleague = NPB
| stat1label = [[Win–loss record (pitching)|Win–loss record]]
| stat1value = 25-26
| stat2label = [[Earned run average|ERA]]
| stat2value = 4.38
| stat3label = [[Strikeout]]s
| stat3value = 388
| teams =
'''As player'''
*[[Orix Buffaloes]] ({{npby|2007}}–{{npby|2016}})
'''As coach'''
*Orix Buffaloes ({{npby|2017}}–{{npby|2020}})
| highlights =
*2008 [[Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|Pacific League Rookie of the Year]]
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalCountry | {{flagu|Japan}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Baseball]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Baseball Classic]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[2009 World Baseball Classic|2009 Los Angeles]] | Team }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Asian Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[Baseball at the 2006 Asian Games|2006 Doha]] | Team }}
}}

{{Nihongo|'''Satoshi Komatsu'''|小松聖|Komatsu Satoshi|born October 29, 1981 in [[Iwaki, Fukushima]]}} is a retired Japanese pitcher who played his entire career in [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] for the [[Orix Buffaloes]] in Japan's [[Pacific League]].

==Career==
He was drafted in the 2006 NPB Draft by the [[Orix Buffaloes]] after pitching for Japan in the [[2006 Asian Games]].

In 2007, Komatsu was 1-0 with a 2.53 ERA in eight relief appearances, striking out 13 in 10{{frac|2|3}} IP. He had a huge year in 2008, going 15-3 for a team that was otherwise under .500; he had a 2.51 ERA and allowed 134 hits in 172{{frac|1|3}} IP.
He finished third in the [[Pacific League]] in ERA and wins, behind [[Hisashi Iwakuma]] and [[Yu Darvish]] in both categories. His 151 strikeouts placed him 5th and was named [[Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|Rookie of the Year]] that season, being a unanimous pick.

==External links==
{{Baseballstats|brm=http://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/31935114.html}}
*[http://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/31935114.html NPB]

{{Pacific League ROYs}}
{{Japan roster 2009 World Baseball Classic}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Komatsu, Satoshi}}
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:1981 births]]
[[Category:Baseball people from Fukushima Prefecture]]
[[Category:Japanese baseball players]]
[[Category:Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers]]
[[Category:Orix Buffaloes players]]
[[Category:Sportspeople from Iwaki, Fukushima]]
[[Category:2009 World Baseball Classic players]]
[[Category:Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists in baseball]]
[[Category:Asian Games baseball players for Japan]]
[[Category:Baseball players at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Asian Games silver medalists for Japan]]
[[Category:Medalists at the 2006 Asian Games]]
[[Category:Japanese baseball coaches]]
[[Category:Nippon Professional Baseball coaches]]
[[Category:World Baseball Classic players of Japan]]

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Satoshi Komatsu - Revision history

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