The news broke last week that former Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Frank Herrmann had taken a job with the Toronto Blue Jays' front office. Herrmann joined the Eagles in 2017 after eleven seasons in the Indians, Pirates, Angels and Phillies organizations including stints in the majors with Cleveland and Philadelphia. He put up pretty good numbers in three years in Sendai, including a 2018 season in which he posted a 1.99 ERA with 18 saves. He moved south to Chiba for the 2020 season and put up good numbers in middle relief that year. 2021 didn't go as well though and he and the team parted ways after the season ended. His record for his five years in Japan was 14-10 with a 3.02 ERA. I believe he's the only Harvard graduate to play in NPB.
Here's a card from each year he played in Japan:
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| 2017 BBM Eagles #E19 |
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| 2018 BBM 1st Version #061 |
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| 2019 Epoch NPB #189 |
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| 2020 BBM 1st Version #088 |
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| 2021 Epoch NPB #046 |
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