Yuya Ando
{{Short description|Japanese baseball player (born 1977)}}
{{Infobox baseball biography
| name = Yuya Ando
安藤 優也
| image = HT-Yuya-Ando.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Ando with the Hanshin Tigers
| team = Hanshin Tigers
| number = 86
| position = Pitcher / Coach
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|12|27}}
| birth_place = Oita, Japan
| bats = Right
| throws = Right
| debutleague = NPB
| debutdate = April 7
| debutyear = 2002
| debutteam = Hanshin Tigers
| statyear = 2017 season
| statleague = NPB
| stat1label = Win–loss record
| stat1value = 77-66
| stat2label = ERA
| stat2value = 3.56
| stat3label = Strikeouts
| stat3value = 822
| stat4label = Holds
| stat4value = 76
| stat5label = Saves
| stat5value = 11
| teams =
As player
- Hanshin Tigers ({{npby|2002}} – {{npby|2017}})
As coach
- Hanshin Tigers ({{npby|2018}} – present)
| highlights =
}}
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{{MedalSport | Men's Baseball}}
{{MedalBronze| Athens 2004 | Team Competition}}
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{{Nihongo|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.{{cite news | title = Baseball: Sheets, Ando lead Hanshin's rout of Yokohama in CL | newspaper = Japan Economic Newswire | date = September 3, 2006 }}
Ando joined the Japanese Olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal.{{cite news | title = Wednesday's Olympic Medalists | newspaper = The Associated Press | date = August 25, 2004 }} 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.{{cn|date=January 2023}}
References
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External links
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Category:Sportspeople from Ōita (city)
Category:Baseball people from Ōita Prefecture
Category:Hosei University alumni
Category:Hanshin Tigers players
Category:Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic baseball players for Japan
Category:Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
Category:Olympic medalists in baseball
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Japanese baseball coaches
Category:Nippon Professional Baseball coaches
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