Shohei Tomioka was originally signed by Toshiyuki Tomizuka...Was signed by the A¡¯s as a free agent out of Japan at the age of 23.
2023
Spent most of the season with Double-A Midland where he went 2-0 with two saves and a 3.02 ERA in 29 relief appearances¡earned a mid-August promotion to Triple-A Las Vegas and was 0-1 with a 7.59 ERA in eight games with the Aviators¡combined for a 2-1 record, a 3.90 ERA and .715 opponents OPS in 37 relief appearances overall...His ERA was the lowest of his three seasons as was his .349 opponents slugging percentage...His 37 games pitched were a career high as it was the first time he pitched exclusively in relief¡also issued a career-high 35 walks and matched his high with eight wild pitches...Struck out 61 batters in 55.1 innings, an average of 9.92 strikeouts per nine innings¡surrendered just two home runs...Allowed a .260 opponents batting average, which broke down to .241 (21-for-87) with both of his home runs and a .762 OPS against left-handed hitters compared to .273 (35-for-128) with a .683 OPS against right-handers...Opponents hit .236 with runners in scoring position¡were 0-for-7 with two walks with the bases loaded...Allowed 6-of-20 (30.0%) inherited runners to score¡first batters faced were 12-for-31 (.387) with six walks (.486 on-base percentage)¡Combined for a 2.48 ERA in his home ballparks compared to 5.96 on the road¡stranded all nine of his inherited runners on the road...Had a 0.76 ERA in 16 appearances on two days of rest or fewer, a 6.25 ERA in his other 21 outings...Logged a 1.13 ERA in the ninth inning...Tossed at least one inning in 33 of his 37 appearances, including two or more 13 times
2022
Spent the entire season with High-A Lansing for the second consecutive year and was 0-4 with two saves, a 7.32 ERA and .953 opponents OPS in 21 games, including two starts¡his season was shortened by a nearly two-month stay on the injured list with a bone spur in his elbow¡ allowed a .333 opponents batting average but walked 19 and hit six for a .423 on-base percentage¡surrendered a career-high tying six home runs and had a .531 opponents slugging percentage¡his opponents batting average broke down to .262 with an .818 OPS against left-handed hitters compared to .384 with a 1.050 OPS against right-handers¡allowed 3-of-10 (30.0%) inherited runners to score¡first batters faced were 5-for-16 (.313%) with two walks and a sacrifice fly¡ compiled a 10.70 ERA and 1.110 opponents OPS in 11 home games, a 4.00 ERA and .773 OPS in 10 road games¡tossed at least one inning in 18 of his 21 appearances, including nine outings of two or more innings¡began the season on the injured list with a bone spur in his right elbow¡ was reinstated on May 25 and logged a season-high 4.0 innings in his first appearance on May 29 at Beloit (2 h, 1 r, 0 er, 2 bb, 3 so)¡the three strikeouts were a season high (three other times)¡ had four games of three or more innings over his first five games through June 25¡then logged two innings or fewer in each of his final 16 contests¡did not allow a run in six of seven outings from July 7 to Aug. 2¡had a 0.87 ERA and .194 opponents batting average over that span¡was credited with his first professional save on July 16 at Ft. Wayne (0.1 ip, 1 bb)¡was on the COVID list from Aug. 24 to Sept. 3¡pitched three times following his return (3.0 ip, 3 h, 3 r, 2 er, 4 bb, 3 so).
2021
Made his professional debut with High-A Lansing and went 6-7 with a 4.65 ERA and .711 opponents OPS in 25 games, including nine starts¡struck out 78 batters in 71.2 innings (9.80 per nine innings) and walked 25 for a strikeout-to-walk ratio of 3.12¡had career highs in wins, strikeouts, game started, innings pitched, losses, hits (71), runs (47), home runs (6), hit batters (9) and wild pitches (8)¡tied for seventh in the A¡¯s farm system in wins¡allowed a .252 opponents batting average, which broke down to .247 with a .733 OPS against left-handed hitters compared to .258 with a .682 OPS against right-handers¡surrendered five of his six home runs and issued 18 of his 25 walks to lefties¡was 0-5 with a 7.28 ERA and .816 opponents OPS in his nine starts, 6-2 with a 2.79 ERA and .639 OPS in 16 relief appearances¡allowed 1-of-8 (12.5%) inherited runners to score¡first batters faced were 4-for-15 (.267) with a walk in his 16 relief appearances¡ tossed at least 1.1 inning in all 25 of his appearances, including 3.0 or more 15 times¡was the winning pitcher in his professional debut on May 4 against Lake County when he tossed 2.0 scoreless innings in the Lugnuts 8-1 win (1 h, 1 so)¡was credited with his second win four days later against the Captains with 3.0 scoreless innings¡his first start was a loss in his third outing on May 13 at Dayton (2.0 ip, 4 h, 2 r, 2 er, 1 bb, 1 so)¡struck out a career-high seven batters in 4.0 innings on June 18 against Great Lakes¡that began a six-game stretch through July 15 where he was 1-0 with a 2.16 ERA¡tossed a career high 4.1 innings and 73 pitches in a start in the second game of an Aug. 25 doubleheader against West Michigan¡went 2-1 with a 2.38 ERA in four relief appearances in September.
2020
Was signed by the A¡¯s as a free agent out of Japan at the age of 23 and did not pitch as the Minor League season was cancelled due to the pandemic.
