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 | Harada Scoops up EL Top Hurler Award Friday, October 18th , 1974 Kinichi Harada had a spectacular year for Rakisuta in 1974, putting up 16 wins for the Rams to walk away with the Eastern League Noburu Kagawa Award trophy. He finished the season with a 16-11 mark, 151 strikeouts and a 3.24 ERA. In 30 starts Harada surrendered 196 hits and 90 walks in 227.2 innings on the mound. He received 7 first place votes out of a possible 12. Takamitsu Fujiwara of the Kyoto Owls finished second in voting with 2 first place votes, while Shihei Saito of the Hosho Reliables finished third with 3 first place votes. Player - Team - First Place - Total Points Kinichi Harada - Rakisuta Rams - 7 - 68 Takamitsu Fujiwara - Kyoto Owls - 2 - 47 Shihei Saito - Hosho Reliables - 3 - 38 Norikazu Takai - Kyoto Owls - 0 - 18 Tsuneari Nakai - Denki Dynamics - 0 - 17 Kiyoji Nakamura - Yokohama Kingfishers - 0 - 10 Tom Hodges - Denki Dynamics - 0 - 4 Tekkan Mihara - Denki Dynamics - 0 - 2 |   |
