Tetsuya Yoneda
Japanese baseball player / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Tetsuya Yoneda (Japanese: 米田 哲也, born March 3, 1938) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who spent most of his career with the Hankyu Braves in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He was so tough that he was known as Gasoline Tank[citation needed] and also Human Tank.[citation needed] Yoneda was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.
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Tetsuya Yoneda | |
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Pitcher | |
Born: (1938-03-03) March 3, 1938 (age 86) Tottori, Japan | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
NPB debut | |
1956, for the Hankyu Braves | |
Last NPB appearance | |
1977, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes | |
NPB statistics | |
Win–loss | 350–285 |
ERA | 2.91 |
Shutouts | 64 |
Innings pitched | 5130 |
Strikeouts | 3388 |
Teams | |
As player | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the Japanese | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 2000 |
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