Tomoya Mori
Tomoya Mori (森 友哉, Mori Tomoya, born August 8, 1995 in Sakai, Osaka) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball. He has previously played in NPB for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
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| Orix Buffaloes – No. 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Catcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: August 8, 1995 | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| July 30, 2014, for the Saitama Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
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| Batting average | .289 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 909 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 102 | ||||||||||||||
| RBI | 449 | ||||||||||||||
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Career
Saitama Seibu Lions
In 2015, Mori was named an All-Star for the first time in his career.
He was a member of the Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League for the 2017-18 season.
He was again selected as an all-star[1] in 2018.
In 2019 he was named Pacific League MVP.
In 2022, he became a free agent.
Orix Buffaloes
In 2023, he signed with the Orix Buffaloes.
On September 10, 2023, Mori collected his 1,000th career NPB hit, becoming the 316th player to accomplish the feat.[2]
International career
On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.[3]
References
- "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 ファン投票結果". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
- "Tomoya Mori of Orix is the 316th person in history to hit a total of 1000 hits, and he hit Akira Sasaki's 160 km straight ball first". news.yahoo.co.jp. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
- "「2018日米野球」に出場する侍ジャパントップチーム選手全28名が決定". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.