Tetsuya Yoneda
| Tetsuya Yoneda | |
|---|---|
Tetsuya Yoneda (taken on January 10, 1956) | |
| Pitcher | |
| Born: March 3, 1938 Tottori, Japan | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| 1956, for the Hankyu Braves | |
| Last NPB appearance | |
| 1977, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes | |
| NPB statistics | |
| Win–loss | 350–285 |
| ERA | 2.91 |
| Shutouts | 64 |
| Innings pitched | 5130 |
| Strikeouts | 3388 |
| Teams | |
| As player | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Member of the Japanese | |
| Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2000 |
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 and also Human Tank. Yoneda was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.