| June's #1 Rookie Named by EL Tuesday, July 1st , 1975 Kakuro Watanabe of the Yokohama Kingfishers had a trophy-winning month. He started 6 games and came away with 4 wins and the Eastern League Rookie of the Month honors.
Watanabe had a 4-0 record, worked 52.1 innings, allowed 33 base hits, struck out 20 and walked 9. Clubs combined to hit .181 against him in June.
This season, Watanabe has compiled a 5-0 mark, 1.21 ERA and made 10 starts. | | |