2015 Statistics: 129.2 IP, 3.54 ERA, 3.74 FIP, 7.70 K/9, 1.46 BB/9, 1.06 WHIP
2016 Age: 35
Position: Right-handed starting pitcher
Hisashi Iwakuma made his professional baseball debut in Japan in 2001 with the Kintetsu Buffaloes. He averaged a 3.67 ERA through four seasons there, before joining the Rakuten Golden Eagles, where he spent the next seven years of his career. Although he was posted in 2010 and the Oakland Athletics won the rights to negotiate with him, Iwakuma was unable to reach an agreement with the team and ended up staying Japan for another year.