Tetsuto Yamada
Tetsuto Yamada was born in Toyooka, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan on July 16th, 1992 and is the Japanese Baseball Player. At the age of 31, Tetsuto Yamada biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Yamada did not play any regular season games with Yakult in 2011, but played in every game with the Eastern League farm team. He finished the season with a .259 batting average. His first NPB appearance was on November 3, 2011, when he started the second game of the Climax Series Final Stage against the Chunichi Dragons, in which he went 0-for-4.
On April 5, 2012, at age 19, Yamada made his regular season NPB debut. He was limited to 24 games and hit one home run with a .250/.327/.364 in 49 plate appearances. In 2013, Yamada played in 94 games and improved his hitting performance, striking out 37 times and walking 39 times. He hit 3 home runs, stole 9 bases, and hit .283/.354/.357. In 2014, Yamada had a breakout season in his first full season as an everyday player. In 143 games, he hit 29 home runs, 39 doubles and 89 RBI, stole 15 bases and hit .324/.403/.539, and was named an All-Star for the first time in his career.
In 2015, Yamada was named Central League MVP 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. He also notched 100 RBI and slashed .329/.416/.610, and was named an All-Star for the second straight season. In the Climax Series, Yakult beat the Yomiuri Giants to advance to the Japan Series for the first time since 2001. In game 3 of the Japan Series, Yamada hit home runs in three consecutive plate appearances. 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."
In 2016, he followed up his MVP campaign by hitting 38 home runs, 26 doubles, and 102 RBI. He also scored 102 runs, stole 30 bases, hit .304/.425/.607, and was named an All-Star for the third straight year. In 2017 with the team, Yamada batted .247/.364/.435 with 24 home runs and 78 RBI in 143 games with the team. In 2018, Yamada was selected to the 2018 NPB All-Star game, the fourth selection of his career. On the season, he hit .315/.432/.582 with 34 home runs and 89 RBI.
Yamada earned an All-Star appearance for the fifth time in his career in 2019, and finished the year with a .271/.401/.560 slash line and 35 home runs and 98 RBI in 142 games. In the COVID-19 pandemic delayed season in 2020, Yamada played in 94 games and logged a batting line of .254/.346/.419 with 12 home runs and 52 RBI.
Yamada hit .269/.359/.561 with 25 home runs and 65 RBI in 79 games to begin the 2021 season, and was named an All-Star for the sixth time.
International career
Yamada represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series, 2015 exhibition games against Europe, 2015 WBSC Premier12, 2016 exhibition games against Chinese Taipei, 2016 exhibition games against Mexico and Netherlands, 2017 World Baseball Classic, 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series and 2019 WBSC Premier12.
On October 10, 2018, he was selected at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.
On October 1, 2019, he was selected to Team Japan for the 2019 WBSC Premier12.
In 2021, Yamada played for Team Japan at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. Overall, he went 7-for-20 with a home run and seven RBIs, starting in all five games the team played. He hit a 3-run home run in the third inning of a 7-4 win over Mexico. His bases-loaded double in the semifinal round against South Korea gave Japan a 5-2 lead, which they maintained and secured a spot in the final. In the gold medal match versus the United States, he scored the second of two runs in Japan's 2-0 victory. Yamada was named the Tokyo 2020 MVP by the World Baseball Softball Confederation.