Hiroyuki Mori

Japanese baseball player
Baseball player
Hiroyuki Mori
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 022
Catcher / Coach
Born: (1965-02-04) February 4, 1965 (age 59)
Sennan, Osaka, Japan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
October 11, 1987, for the Nankai Hawks
Last appearance
July 28, 1990, for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
NPB statistics
(through 1990 season)
Batting average.108
Home runs2
RBI6
Hits4
Stolen base0
Sacrifice bunt1
Teams
As player
  • Nankai Hawks / Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (19871991)

As coach and manager

Hiroyuki Mori (森浩之, Mori Hiroyuki, born February 4, 1965) is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher, and current the battery coordinator for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).[1]

He previously played for the Nankai / Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. His registered name during his active career was 森 広之(Mori Hiroyuki).[2]

Early baseball career

Mori went on to PL Gakuen High School, where he won the Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in the springs of his sophomore and junior years.[3]

He won the Japan National Collegiate Baseball Championship as a senior at Toyo University and was captain of the 1986 USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Series.[4]

Professional career

Active player era

On November 20, 1986, Mori was drafted by the Nankai Hawks in the 1986 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.[3]

He was active for only five seasons, totaling 28 games, four hits, six runs batted in, and a .108 batting average.[3][2]

After retirement

Mori began his experience as a bullpen catcher in the 1992 season, served as the coach in charge of the bullpen from the 1993 season to 2002, and was a noncoaching bullpen from the 2003 season to the 2008 season.[3]

He also served as the coach in the second squad in the charge of the bullpen again from the 2009 to 2012 seasons and as a scorer from the 2013 to 2016 seasons.[3]

He then served as the first squad operations coach for the 2017-2018 season, the first squad head coach for the 2019 to 2020 season, the third squad manager for the 2021 season, the first squad head coach again for the 2022 season.[3]

On December 2, 2023, he was transferred to the fourth squad battery coordinator.[1]

Mori has served the team as a coach and team staff since his retirement to the present.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2023/12/02 (土) プレスリリース 2024年 コーチングスタッフについて". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). December 2, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Weekly Baseball online player data 森浩之(もりひろゆき) 捕手 右投右打". Weekly Baseball online (in Japanese). Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "Sports Nippon baseball news ソフトバンク・森ヘッドC新春3つの誓い 選手を戸惑わせない、チーム内調整、競争は「目」で判断". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). January 3, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  4. ^ "Sports Nippon baseball news 東洋大・高橋昭雄元監督の逝去 ソフトバンク森浩之ヘッドコーチ悼む「残念で、仕方ないです」". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). September 8, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
  • Career statistics - NPB.jp (in Japanese)
  • 022 Hiroyuki Mori PLAYERS2024 - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site
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  • 133 Kotaro Hoshino
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  • 147 Koki Kato
  • 148 Takuma Yamasaki
  • 152 Masaki Takimoto
  • 154 Takuma Sato
  • 156 Luis Rodríguez
  • 157 Jui Kobayashi
  • 158 Ren Akaba
  • 160 Keishin Nagamizu
  • 161 Kaito Uchino
  • 162 Jumpei Okaue
  • 163 Akito Sasaki
  • 164 Souta Minakuchi
  • 165 Hayato Miyazaki
  • 167 Jun Maeda
  • 172 Yuki Watanabe
  • 174 Takuya Kuwahara
  • 176 Dario Sarduy
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  • 121 Soichiro Ishizuka
  • 151 Sora Kato
  • 171 Ryota Morishima
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  • 124 Shuji Kuwahara
  • 128 Daisuke Itoh
  • 129 Kyoshiro Sakura
  • 130 Haruki Katsuren
  • 131 Koki Nakazawa
  • 149 Takuto Sakuma
  • 153 Yoshiki Mishiro
  • 159 Kyogo Yamashita
  • 168 Kota Sato
  • 169 Yusei Tobita
  • 170 Ayuma Nishio
  • 175 David Almonte
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  • 138 Naoki Satoh
  • 144 Marco Simon
  • 150 Keita Yamamoto
  • 166 Kaito Shigematsu
  • 173 Jose Osuna
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