Tomoya Mori
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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 | 1,022 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 120 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 513 | ||||||||||||||
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Tomoya Mori (森 友哉, Mori Tomoya, born August 8, 1995) 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.
Career
[edit]Saitama Seibu Lions
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "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. Archived from the original on October 2, 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. Archived from the original on May 2, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.com
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Melbourne Aces players
- Nippon Professional Baseball catchers
- Nippon Professional Baseball designated hitters
- Nippon Professional Baseball MVP Award winners
- Nippon Professional Baseball right fielders
- Sportspeople from Sakai, Osaka
- Saitama Seibu Lions players
- Orix Buffaloes players
- Baseball people from Osaka Prefecture
- Japanese expatriate baseball players in Australia
- Japanese baseball catcher stubs