Tomoya Mori

Japanese baseball player
Baseball player
Tomoya Mori
Orix Buffaloes – No. 4
Catcher
Born: (1995-08-08) August 8, 1995 (age 28)
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
NPB debut
July 30, 2014, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
NPB statistics
(through 2023 Season)
Batting average.289
Hits1,022
Home runs120
RBI513
Teams
  • Saitama Seibu Lions (20142022)
  • Orix Buffaloes (2023–present)
Career highlights and awards

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.

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

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "「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.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
  • NPB.com
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Orix Buffaloes current roster
Pitchers
Catchers
Infielders
Outfielders
Development pitchers
  • 001 Kazuma Satoh
  • 003 Yuito Nakata
  • 011 Kento Kawase
  • 012 Takara Tsujigaki
  • 030 Yusei Nishihama
  • 031 Kaito Saiki
  • 032 Kaito Iriyama
  • 123 Hayate Nakagawa
  • 127 Ren Mukunoki
  • 128 Ryoga Tomiyama
Development catchers
  • 014 Jui Tsuri
  • 034 Kyoichiro Murakami
Development infielders
  • 021 Keita Sonobe
  • 124 Kyohei Ueno
Development outfielders
  • 020 Takayuki Yamanaka
First squad
coaching
Second squad
coaching
  • Manager: 89 Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patrol Head Coach: Seiichiro Nakagaki
  • Pitching Coaches: 71 Mamoru Kishida, 82 Yusaku Iriki
  • Hitting Coaches: 85 Shinji Takahashi
  • Infield defense & Base running Coach: 80 Shuhei Kojima
  • Outfield defense & Base running Coach: 70 Yusuke Matsui
  • Battery Coach: 74 Katsuki Yamazaki, 87 Toshio Saitoh
  • Chief Development Coach: 90 Toshio Haru
  • Development Coaches: 86 Shintaro Yoshida, 84 Kohei Suzuki, 91 Daisuke Iida


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