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Japanese baseball player
A.K.A.
Yuuya Ando, Yuya Ando, Yuuya Andou
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
27 December 1977(Ōita, Oita Prefecture, Japan)
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Education:
Hosei University
Tokyo, Japan
The details
Biography
Introduction
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.
Ando joined the Japanese Olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal. 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.