is a former
Japanese
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* Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan
* Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture
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professional
baseball
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pitcher
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who played for the
Chunichi Dragons
The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chūbu region of Japan. The team plays in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They have won the Central League pennant nine times (most recently in 2011 ...
in
Japan
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's
Nippon Professional Baseball
is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning simply ''Professional Baseball''; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball".
The roots of the league ...
. He has been a pitching coach for the Dragons since 2003.
Kondō had a shortened career due to a consistent arm injury that forced him into early retirement.
On 8 August 1987, Kondō became the first player in Japanese baseball history to throw a
no-hitter
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on debut in a 6-0 victory over the
Yomiuri Giants
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.
[
He is the father of former Dragons outfielder, Hiroki Kondō.]
Jersey number
* 13 (1987, 1992-1994)
* 1 (1988-1991)
* 125 (1995) (Batting pitcher)
* 76 (2003-2018)
See also
* Bumpus Jones
Charles Leander "Bumpus" Jones (January 1, 1870 – June 25, 1938) was an American right-handed starting pitcher in Major League Baseball who played for the Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants.
Early life
He was born in Cedarville, Ohio. Newsp ...
* List of Nippon Professional Baseball no-hitters
External links
Dragons.jp
References
1968 births
Living people
Baseball people from Aichi Prefecture
Japanese baseball players
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Chunichi Dragons players
Japanese baseball coaches
Nippon Professional Baseball coaches
Sportspeople from Ichinomiya, Aichi
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