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The Book on Koji MitsuiJapan



Prospect Info and Scouting Report

Japan

Koji Mitsui / LHP, Japan
Born 9/17/1973
Hokkaido, Japan

Height 6-0
Weight 190
Bats/Throws L/L


ScoutingBook Combine Ranking (2/4/2012): #499 none
MiLB.com Season Preview: Unranked or n/a
Scout.com/FOX Sports: Unranked or n/a
ESPN: Unranked or n/a
The Sporting News: Unranked or n/a
Baseball America 2012: Unranked or n/a
Baseball Prospectus: Unranked or n/a



37 year old lefthander Koji 'Kit-kat' Mitsui was 36-19 over the past eight seasons with Japan's Seibu Lions, with a career 4.41 ERA overall. Once a top-flight starter, he's been used exclusively in relief since early 2005.

He's only an average strikeout pitcher (6.6K/9) who could still be tried out as a lefty-specialist reliever by an MLB team, but since lefty-specialists are so seldom seen by hitters, he could be quite successful at confounding them.

[ Bio Updated Spring, 2012 ]


Pitching History
Yr Age Lv Lg Tm W L GA GS IP H ER BB K HB WP WHIP K/9 BB/9 K/BB
2007 33 - Japan Seibu 4 2 47 0 44.2 40 12 12 35 0 2 1.164 7.1 2.4 2.92
2008 34 - Japan Seibu 1 1 23 0 24.0 33 20 10 12 4 0 1.792 4.5 3.8 1.20
2009 35 - Japan Seibu 0 1 19 0 13.0 12 9 3 7 0 0 1.154 4.8 2.1 2.33





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