Naoya Masuda

{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}

{{Infobox NPB player

| name = Naoya Masuda

| image = 2012marines masuda.jpg

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Masuda with the Chiba Lotte Marines

| position = Pitcher

| team = Chiba Lotte Marines

| number = 52

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1989|10|25}}

| birth_place = Tokyo Japan

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate = March 30

| debutyear = 2012

| debutteam = Chiba Lotte Marines

| finalleague =

| finaldate =

| finalyear =

| finalteam =

| statyear = 2024 season

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 33-52

| stat2label = ERA

| stat2value = 2.92

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 661

| stat4label = Saves

| stat4value = 243

| stat5label = Holds

| stat5value = 172

| teams =

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Naoya Masuda (益田 直也, born October 25, 1989, in Kinokawa, Wakayama) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Career

In the 2021 season, Masuda set a Marines club record for saves, with 38,{{cite web | url=https://www.archysport.com/2021/10/31/all-pacific-league-dates-end-orixs-yamamoto-has-four-pitchers-professional-baseball-nhk-news/ | title=All Pacific League dates end Orix's Yamamoto has four pitchers | Professional Baseball | NHK News | date=31 October 2021 }} while posting a 2.24 ERA with 68 strikeouts and earning NPB All-Star honors on the year.

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