Hiroya Miyagi

{{short description|Japanese baseball player (born 2001)}}

{{Infobox NPB player

|name=Hiroya Miyagi

|image=A13I2222.jpg

|image_size=

|caption=Miyagi with the Orix Buffaloes

|position=Pitcher

|team=Orix Buffaloes

|number=18

|bats=Left

|throws=Left

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|2001|8|25}}

|birth_place=Ginowan, Okinawa, Japan

|debutleague=NPB

|debutdate=October 4

|debutyear=2020

|debutteam=Orix Buffaloes

|statyear=2024 season

|stat1label=Win–loss record

|stat1value=42–26

|stat2label=Earned run average

|stat2value=2.51

|stat3label=Strikeouts

|stat3value=535

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| awards =

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{{MedalSport | Men's baseball}}

{{Medal|Country|{{bb|JPN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | World Baseball Classic}}

{{MedalGold| 2023 Miami | Team }}

}}

{{nihongo|Hiroya Miyagi|宮城 大弥|Miyagi Hiroya|extra=born August 25, 2001}} is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).{{cite web|url=https://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/71875151.html|title=Register : Miyagi, Hiroya(ORIX Buffaloes)|last=一般社団法人日本野球機構|publisher=|accessdate=22 July 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.buffaloes.co.jp/team/player/detail/2021_13.html|title=13 宮城 大弥選手名鑑2021 |オリックス・バファローズ|website=www.buffaloes.co.jp|accessdate=22 July 2021}}

Professional career

In 2021, after posting a 13-4 record and 131 strikeouts in 147.2 innings pitched, Miyagi won the NPB Pacific League Rookie of the year award and was named an NPB All-Star for the first time.{{Cite web|date=|title=2021年度 表彰選手|url=https://npb.jp/award/2021/voting_rok.html|access-date=28 December 2021|website=npb.jp}} His 2.51 ERA was second in the Pacific League only to his teammate, Yoshinobu Yamamoto.{{Cite web | url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.fcgi?id=miyagi001hir | title=Hiroya Miyagi Japanese Leagues Statistics & History }}

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