Tetsuya Yoneda

Tetsuya Yoneda
Tetsuya Yoneda (taken on January 10, 1956)
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–loss350–285
ERA2.91
Shutouts64
Innings pitched5130
Strikeouts3388
Teams
As player
Career highlights and awards
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2000

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.