• Tetsuya Yoneda is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher who spent most of his career with the Hankyu Braves in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. Over a 22-season career from 1956 to 1977, primarily with the Hankyu Braves, Yoneda compiled a record of 350 wins against 285 losses, a 2.91 earned run average, and 5,130 innings pitched, establishing himself as one of the most durable workhorses in Japanese baseball history. Yoneda was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2000.Robert Klevens, who issued the COA, is a noted Japanese memorabilia collector and dealer of over 35 years.