Tsuneo Horiuchi

Tsuneo Horiuchi
Tsuneo Horiuchi
堀内恒夫
	Horiuchi in 2010
Member of the House of Councillors
	In office; 6 August 2013 – 25 July 2016
Preceded by	Hirohiko Nakamura
Succeeded by	Multi-member district
Constituency	National PR
Personal details
Born	16 January 1948; Kōfu, Yamanashi, Japan
Political party	Liberal Democratic
	Baseball career
	Pitcher
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	April 14, 1966, for the Yomiuri Giants
Last appearance
	October 22, 1983, for the Yomiuri Giants
NPB statistics
Win–loss	203–139
Earned run average	3.27
Strikeouts	1,865
Career statistics
Batting average	.172
Hits	174
Home runs	21
Run batted in	82
Teams
	As player Yomiuri Giants (1966–1983); As manager Yomiuri Giants (2004–2005);
Career highlights and awards
	1966 Central League Rookie of the Year; 2x Eiji Sawamura Award (1966, 1972); 1972 Central League MVP; Pitched a no-hitter on October 10, 1967;
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2008

Tsuneo Horiuchi (堀内恒夫, Horiuchi Tsuneo; born January 16, 1948) is a former professional baseball player in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball and a politician. A right-handed pitcher, in 2008 he was voted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.