Tatsurō Hamada (濱田 達郎, Hamada Tatsurō, born August 4, 1994 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseballpitcher. He played for the Chunichi Dragons for 9-years.
After performing well in spring training, Hamada earned a spot in the starting rotation for the 2016 season where on 30 March he faced up to the Hiroshima Carp in an 11-3 loss.[4] Hamada would give up five walks, eight hits and seven earned runs in his four innings pitched.[5]
Hamada would fail to make any further appearances with the first team in the 2016 season and as such had his contract downgraded to a trainee status for the upcoming 2017 season.[6]
On 24 April 2017, Hamada underwent surgery for ulnar nerve palsy in his left elbow[7] and although was unable to pitch that year, was re-signed at the end of the season.[8]
On 27 June 2018, he returned to the mound in the first time in two years against the Orix Buffaloes in the Western League, but it was later discovered Hamada has a blood circulation defect in his left arm where he underwent surgery once again.[9]
2019
Hamada pitched in 17 games on the farm for an 8.77 ERA but was given a full-time roster deal ahead of the 2020 season, being assigned the #69 jersey.[10]
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