Yoshinori Tateyama
Appearance
Yoshinori Tateyama | |
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Texas Rangers | |
Pitcher | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
debut | |
May 3, 1999, for the Nippon-Ham Fighters | |
Teams | |
Yoshinori Tateyama (建山 義紀, Tateyama Yoshinori, born December 26, 1975 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese Major League Baseball pitcher for the Texas Rangers.
As a sidearm pitcher Tateyama combines a fastball touched 90.91 mph with a solid silder, and he also pitches a screwball against lefties. While his strikeout totals were average, he got hitters out with his control (career 2.12 BB/9 in NPB).
On November 30, 2010 Tateyamo signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers. [1]
References
External links
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
- Yoshinori Tateyama, JapaneseBallPlayers.com