# 20 – Kenichi Nakata

Name (Japanese): 中田賢一

Date of Birth: May 11, 1982

Hometown: Kitakyushu, Fukuoka

High School: Yahata High (Fukuoka)

University: The University of Kitakyushu

Family Status: Married, 1 son

Height: 181 cm (5’11”)

Weight: 85 kg (187 lbs)

Throws/Bats: Right/Right

Wears #: 20

Warm-up Song: Creepy Nuts – Ita no Ue no Mamono

Walk-up Song: Creepy Nuts – Yofukashi no Uta

Originally drafted by: Chunichi Dragons, 2004 (Round 2)

NPB Debut on: April 5, 2005, vs. BayStars (4.2 IP 5 H 2 BB 1 HBP 3 K 6 ER, L)

Joined the Tigers on: October 29, 2019 (trade with SoftBank Hawks)

Tigers Top Squad Debut on: Coming Soon

Career Achievements/Awards: All-Star Game (2007); 1500 IP (2018/5/31); 1000 K (2015/4/17); 100 W (2018/8/26)

Career Stats:

Yr	Team	ERA	GP	GS	CG	SO	No BB	GC	W	L	HLD	HP	SV	W%	IP	BF	H	HR	K	K/9	BB	HBP	WP	BK	R	ER	AVG vs.
2005	Dragons	3.63	15	13	0	0	0	0	8	3	0	0	0	.727	86.2	371	81	7	60	6.23	30	6	2	1	36	35	.245
2006	Dragons	3.91	20	17	1	0	0	1	7	4	0	0	1	.636	112.2	473	106	16	111	8.87	36	2	3	0	49	49	.247
2007	Dragons	3.59	28	26	3	0	0	1	14	8	1	1	0	.636	170.1	741	158	14	177	9.35	81	6	13	0	73	68	.249
2008	Dragons	4.65	23	21	1	1	0	0	7	9	0	1	0	.438	129.2	582	148	13	126	8.75	46	11	5	0	79	67	.293
2009	Dragons	3.44	13	13	1	1	0	0	5	4	0	0	0	.556	81.0	342	77	5	73	8.11	25	5	4	0	34	31	.252
2010	Dragons	2.90	19	18	4	2	0	0	7	4	0	0	0	.636	118.0	491	99	9	105	8.01	41	4	8	0	43	38	.228
2011	Dragons	4.15	6	5	0	0	0	1	2	3	0	1	0	.400	30.1	126	29	5	26	7.71	4	3	1	0	19	14	.259
2012	Dragons	2.83	22	22	2	0	1	0	7	10	0	0	0	.412	140.0	562	119	6	106	6.81	33	9	3	0	46	44	.240
2013	Dragons	3.40	40	11	0	0	0	3	4	6	15	18	0	.400	98.0	428	85	5	83	7.62	45	8	8	0	41	37	.238
2014	Hawks	4.34	25	25	1	0	0	0	11	7	0	0	0	.611	145.0	623	139	10	116	7.20	65	8	7	0	77	70	.259
2015	Hawks	3.24	24	23	3	0	0	0	9	7	0	0	0	.563	155.1	657	134	17	130	7.53	61	9	4	0	60	56	.234
2016	Hawks	3.01	17	16	0	0	0	1	7	3	0	0	0	.700	89.2	377	64	9	67	6.72	49	5	3	0	31	30	.207
2017	Hawks	4.57	18	15	0	0	0	1	7	6	0	1	0	.538	86.2	380	82	15	78	8.10	40	9	4	0	44	44	.255
2018	Hawks	5.20	23	13	0	0	0	6	5	3	0	1	0	.625	91.2	410	87	13	79	7.76	57	3	5	1	54	53	.256
2019	Hawks	1.93	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	-	4.2	20	3	0	2	3.86	3	1	0	0	1	1	.200
2020	Tigers	7.59	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.000	10.2	53	18	0	11	9.28	5	0	0	0	9	9	.383
Career		3.75	297	242	16	4	1	14	100	79	16	23	1	.559	1550.1	6636	1429	144	1350	7.84	621	89	70	2	696	646	.249

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