Yuya Ando

Japanese baseball player
Baseball player
Yuya Ando
安藤 優也
Ando with the Hanshin Tigers
Hanshin Tigers – No. 86
Pitcher / Coach
Born: (1977-12-27) December 27, 1977 (age 46)
Oita, Japan
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
NPB debut
April 7, 2002, for the Hanshin Tigers
NPB statistics
(through 2017 season)
Win–loss record77-66
ERA3.56
Strikeouts822
Holds76
Saves11
Teams
As player

As coach

  • Hanshin Tigers (2018 – present)
Olympic medal record
Men's Baseball
Bronze medal – third place Athens 2004 Team Competition

Yūya Andō (安藤 優也, Andō Yūya, often Andoh, born December 27, 1977) is a professional baseball player from Ōita City, Japan. He is part of the starting rotation for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team.

Career

In 2006, Ando pitched his first Shutout game against Yokohama BayStars.[1]

Ando joined the Japanese Olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal.[2] Ando went 7-4 in college, battling shoulder problems. He went on to Toyota Motors in the industrial leagues and peaked at 93 mph there, drawing the interest of various scouts. In the 2001 Baseball World Cup, he went 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA, allowing 5 hits and fanning 14 in 11 innings.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Baseball: Sheets, Ando lead Hanshin's rout of Yokohama in CL". Japan Economic Newswire. September 3, 2006.
  2. ^ "Wednesday's Olympic Medalists". The Associated Press. August 25, 2004.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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Hanshin Tigers roster
Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Development
  • 122 Ippei Ogawa (P)
  • 123 Kai Matsubara (P)
  • 125 Ryō Itō (P)
  • 126 Kein Fukushima (OF)
  • 127 Riku Kawahara (P)
  • 129 Haruto Takahashi (P)
  • 130 Ren Satoh (P)
  • 131 Jose Betances (P)
  • 132 Anthony Martinez (P)
First squad
coaching
Second squad
coaching


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