Yuya Ando
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| Yuya Ando 安藤 優也 | |
|---|---|
 Ando with the Hanshin Tigers | |
| Hanshin Tigers – No. 16 | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: December 27, 1977 Oita, Japan | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| April 7, 2002, for the Hanshin Tigers | |
| NPB statistics (through 2010 season) | |
| Win-Loss | 59-50 |
| ERA | 3.63 |
| Strikeouts | 650 |
| Teams | |
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| Last updated on: December 31, 2010 | |
| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Baseball | ||
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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.[3]
Statistics
| Year | G | CG | Fins | Start | ShutOut | Walk Free | W | L | S | W% | H | IP | H | HR | BoB | HbP | SO | R | ER | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 17 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | .375 | 253 | 59.2 | 51 | 7 | 22 | 3 | 40 | 31 | 25 | 3.77 |
| 2003 | 51 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | .714 | 245 | 61 | 44 | 2 | 19 | 1 | 60 | 11 | 11 | 1.62 |
| 2004 | 57 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 5 | .385 | 254 | 60.1 | 53 | 10 | 20 | 3 | 72 | 25 | 24 | 3.58 |
| 2005 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 20 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 0 | .688 | 592 | 146 | 142 | 15 | 25 | 7 | 119 | 56 | 55 | 3.39 |
| 2006 | 31 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 0 | .769 | 546 | 129 | 139 | 7 | 31 | 4 | 103 | 52 | 48 | 3.35 |
| 2007 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 141 | 33 | 30 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 4.36 |
| 2008 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 0 | .591 | 656 | 154.2 | 158 | 8 | 41 | 8 | 111 | 57 | 55 | 3.20 |
| 2009 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 | .400 | 714 | 164 | 180 | 18 | 51 | 6 | 97 | 80 | 71 | 3.90 |
| 2010 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | .400 | 246 | 52 | 78 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 31 | 45 | 42 | 7.27 |
| Career | 260 | 9 | 41 | 110 | 1 | 3 | 59 | 50 | 10 | .541 | 3647 | 859.2 | 875 | 80 | 237 | 33 | 650 | 374 | 347 | 3.63 |
References
- ^ "Baseball: Sheets, Ando lead Hanshin's rout of Yokohama in CL". Japan Economic Newswire. September 3, 2006.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ "Wednesday's Olympic Medalists". The Associated Press. August 25, 2004.
{{cite news}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help) - ^ Baseball-reference.com
External links
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Ōita, Ōita
- Sportspeople from Ōita Prefecture
- Hosei University alumni
- Japanese baseball players
- Hanshin Tigers players
- Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic baseball players of Japan
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Olympic medalists in baseball
- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Japanese Olympic medalist stubs
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