Shinnosuke Ogasawara

Shinnosuke Ogasawara
小笠原慎之介
Ogasawara with the Chunichi Dragons in 2016
Washington Nationals – No. 16
Pitcher
Born: (1997-10-08) October 8, 1997
Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
NPB debut
May 31, 2016, for the Chunichi Dragons
NPB statistics
(through 2024 season)
Win–loss record46–65
Earned run average3.62
Strikeouts757
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Japan
U-18 Baseball World Cup
2015 OsakaTeam

Shinnosuke Ogasawara (小笠原 慎之介, Ogasawara Shinnosuke, born October 8, 1997) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Washington Nationals of Major League Baseball (MLB). He has previously played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chunichi Dragons.

Ogasawara was the winning pitcher at the 2015 Summer Koshien tournament and was regarded as the second best high school pitching prospect in the 2015 NPB draft behind Gifu Commercial High School's Jumpei Takahashi. He holds the record for the worst start to a rookie season in the Japanese Central League going 0–5 in decisions before registering his first professional win.

He has represented Japan on the international stage at under-15 and under-18 level helping his country to a runner-up position in the 2015 U-18 Baseball World Cup.