Yūya Andō

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
Hanshin Tigers (2002 – )
Last update: December 31, 2010

Olympic medal record
Men's Baseball
	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

1. "Baseball: Sheets, Ando lead Hanshin's rout of Yokohama in CL". Japan Economic Newswire. September 3, 2006.
2. "Wednesday's Olympic Medalists". The Associated Press. August 25, 2004.
3. Baseball-reference.com

External links

• Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com