Tetsuya Yamaguchi

{{short description|Japanese baseball player}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Tetsuya Yamaguchi | image = Giantｓ yamaguchii47.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Yamaguchi with the Yomiuri Giants | team = Yomiuri Giants | number = 71 | position = Pitcher / Coach | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|11|11}} | birth_place = Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/giants/news/20081209-OHT1T00061.htm |title=［若きＧ戦士が語るレジェンドの真相］（１）山口鉄也鉄腕支えた鈍感力：巨人：スポーツ報知 |access-date=2008-12-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081211013737/http://hochi.yomiuri.co.jp/giants/news/20081209-OHT1T00061.htm |archive-date=2008-12-11 }}</ref> | bats = Left | throws = Left | debutleague = NPB | debutdate = April 29 | debutyear = 2007 | debutteam = Yomiuri Giants | finalleague=NPB | finaldate= | finalyear=2018 | finalteam=Yomiuri Giants | statyear = 2018 season | statleague = NPB | stat1label = Win–loss record | stat1value = 52-27 | stat2label = ERA | stat2value = 2.34 | stat3label = Strikeouts | stat3value = 509 | stat4label = Holds | stat4value = 273 | teams = '''As player''' *Yomiuri Giants ({{npby|2007}}–{{npby|2018}}) '''As coach''' *Yomiuri Giants ({{npby|2020}}–present) |awards= * {{npby|2008}} Central League Rookie of the Year * 3× Central League Middle Reliever of the Year (2009, 2012-2013) * 2× Japan Series champion (2009, 2012) |medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry | {{flagu|Japan}} }} {{MedalSport | Men's baseball}} {{MedalCompetition|World Baseball Classic}} {{MedalGold | 2009 Los Angeles | Team }} }} {{Nihongo|'''Tetsuya Yamaguchi'''|山口鉄也|''Yamaguchi Tetsuya''|born November 11, 1983}} is a former Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.

==Career== He was playing in the Missoula Osprey (Advanced Rookie level under Arizona Diamondbacks) before he was drafted by the Giants in 2005.

He was awarded as Central League's Rookie of the Year in 2008, beating his teammate and another award favorite Hayato Sakamoto, by finishing with an 11-2 with 67 appearances, the most wins of all-time in Giants' relief pitchers.

On October 5, 2018, he announced retirement after the season.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.giants.jp/G/gnews/news_3913318.html | title=山口鉄也投手が現役引退を表明「やり切ったという気持ちです」 | work=読売巨人軍公式サイト | language=ja | date=October 5, 2018 | access-date=October 26, 2018 }}</ref>

==International career== He was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2009 World Baseball Classic and 2013 World Baseball Classic.

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== {{Portal|Baseball|Japan}} {{Baseballstats|brm=yamagu001tet}}

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