Tetsuto Yamada
| Tetsuto Yamada | |||
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| Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 1 | |||
| Second baseman | |||
| Born: July 16, 1992 | |||
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| April 5, 2012, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows | |||
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| Men's baseball | ||
Representing  Japan
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| 2015 WBSC Premier12 | ||
.svg.png){kind=icon} | 2015 Tokyo | Team |
Tetsuto Yamada (山田 哲人 Yamada Tetsuto, born July 16, 1992 in Toyooka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.[1]
Yamada was named Central League MVP in 2015 after leading the league in home runs (38), doubles (38), runs scored (119), and stolen bases (34). This marked the first time any NPB player led the league in home runs and stolen bases in the same year. The Swallows reached the Japan Series in the same season. In Game 3 of the series, Yamada hit three home runs in consecutive plate appearances.[2] In assessing his MVP season in October 2015, the Japan Times wrote, "Yamada had a 2015 the likes of which is seldom seen in Japanese baseball."[3]
References
- ↑ Nippon Professional Baseball http://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/91895133.html. Retrieved 14 February 2016. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ Nagatsuka, Kaz. "Yakult's Yamada, Softbank's Yanigata win MVP Awards". The Japan Times. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
- ↑ Coskrey, Jason. "Yamada Stakes Claim as Top Player". The Japan Times. Retrieved 14 February 2016.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- NPB.com
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