Pedraza First Foreign Registered Player to 100 Saves

Discussion in the Records and Milestones forum

Daiei's ace closer, Rodney Pedraza, reached his career 100th save yesterday (4/29) afternoon at Chiba Marine Stadium as he held on to a one run lead in the bottom of the 9th in Daiei's 5-4 victory. Pedraza set the side down in order with three fly balls (to right, first, and left) for his 4th save of the young season. Pedraza commented, "Three plus years is a long time, but I've done well to get this far. I'll [continue] with a renewed effort." (Translation of translation. I'm sure what he said wasn't that exactly, but something close.)

Pedraza became just the 11th player to reach the 100 save plateau. While Chunichi's Genji Kaku (born in Taiwan) was really the first foreigner to reach 100 saves, Kaku played as a Japanese as, like Taihoh, he was signed from either Japanese college or the local Industrial Leagues (I don't recall which right now). Kaku's 10th place standing is 116 saves, so, barring injury, Pedraza has a real shot at reaching the top ten this season.

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