Tetsuya Utsumi
{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}
{{BLP sources|date=June 2017}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Tetsuya Utsumi
| image = Uukun26.JPG
| image_size = 265px
| caption = Utsumi with the Yomiuri Giants
| team = Yomiuri Giants
| number = 77
| position = Pitcher / Coach
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1982|04|29}}
| birth_place = Kyoto, Japan
| bats = Left
| throws = Left
| debutleague = NPB
| debutdate = May 25
| debutyear = 2004
| debutteam = Yomiuri Giants
| finalleague = NPB
| finaldate = September 19
| finalyear = 2022
| finalteam = Saitama Seibu Lions
| statyear = 2022 season
| statleague = NPB
| stat1label = Win–loss
| stat1value = 135-104
| stat2label = ERA
| stat2value = 3.24
| stat3label = Strikeouts
| stat3value = 1,519
| teams =
As player
- Yomiuri Giants ({{npby|2004}}–{{npby|2018}})
- Saitama Seibu Lions ({{npby|2019}}–{{npby|2022}})
As coach
- Saitama Seibu Lions ({{npby|2023}})
- Yomiuri Giants ({{npby|2024}}–present)
|awards =
- 2× Japan Series champion (2009, 2012)
- Japan Series MVP (2012)
|medaltemplates=
{{MedalCountry | {{flagu|Japan}} }}
{{MedalSport | Men's Baseball}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Baseball Classic}}
{{MedalGold | 2009 Los Angeles | Team }}
}}
{{Nihongo|Tetsuya Utsumi|内海 哲也|Utsumi Tetsuya|born April 29, 1982 in Kyoto, Japan}} is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB). He previously played for the Yomiuri Giants.
Career
In {{ill|2000 NPB draft|jp|2000年度新人選手選択会議 (日本プロ野球)}}, Orix BlueWave selected him with the first selection, but he did not sign, and he joined Tokyo Gas in the Japanese industrial leagues from 2000 to 2003.
In {{ill|2003 NPB draft|jp|2003年度新人選手選択会議 (日本プロ野球)}}, Yomiuri Giants selected him{{ cite web | url=http://draft.npb.jp/draft/2003/draft_free.html | title=2003年 新人選手選択会議（ドラフト会議）自由獲得選手（契約締結内定選手）| work=NPB.jp 日本野球機構 | language=ja }} and joined.
On December 20, 2018, he was sent to Saitama Seibu Lions as the human compensation from the earlier transferred for Ginjiro Sumitani.{{ cite web | url=http://www.giants.jp/G/gnews/news_3913531.html | title=内海哲也投手の移籍について | work=読売巨人軍公式WEBサイト | language=ja | date=December 20, 2018 | access-date=January 11, 2019 }}{{ cite web | url=https://www.seibulions.jp/news/detail/00002333.html | title=FA補償による選手の獲得合意について | work=埼玉西武ライオンズ 公式サイト | language=ja | date=December 20, 2018 | access-date=January 11, 2019 }}
International career
He was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic and 2013 World Baseball Classic.
And also, in a 2008 preseason exhibition game against the Boston Red Sox, Utsumi struck out 4 out of the 6 Red Sox batters he faced.
Pitching style
Utsumi is a "junkball" pitcher, meaning that he does not have overpowering pitches. His fastball is usually in the 140 km/h (87 MPH) range, and he complements it with a slurve, a changeup, and a forkball. Utsumi relies on his control to get batters out, and it is usually pretty good, but when Utsumi misses his spots, that is when trouble finds him, usually in the form of home runs.
References
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External links
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{{Japan roster 2009 World Baseball Classic}}
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Category:Japanese baseball players
Category:Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Category:Saitama Seibu Lions players
Category:Baseball people from Kyoto Prefecture
Category:Yomiuri Giants players
Category:2009 World Baseball Classic players
Category:2013 World Baseball Classic players
Category:Japanese baseball coaches
Category:Nippon Professional Baseball coaches
Category:World Baseball Classic players of Japan
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