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25 ERA for the Dodgers (the worst ERA in the history of baseball for a player with at least 15 decisions in a season). The following year he had another great season going 16–13 with 177 K and a 3. He won the 1996 ESPY Award for Breakthrough Athlete.

Hideo Nomo (野茂 英雄 Nomo Hideo? born August 31 1968 in Minato-ku Osaka Japan) is a former right-handed pitcher in Nippon Professional Baseball and Major League Baseball from Japan. He won the Rookie of the Year Award in 1995. He currently resides in Los Angeles California.