Shōta Tomonaga (友永 翔太, Tomonaga Shōta, born April 1, 1991 in Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan) is a retired Japanese professional baseball outfielder. He played for the Chunichi Dragons of the Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB).
| Shōta Tomonaga | |
|---|---|
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| Outfielder | |
| Born: April 1, 1991 Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan | |
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| April 4, 2015, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
| NPB statistics (through 2016) | |
| Batting average | .111 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| RBI | 0 |
| Teams | |
Professional career edit
In the 2015 off-season he along with team mates Iori Katsura, Shuhei Takahashi, Tomohiro Hamada and Junki Kishimoto were loaned to the Taiwanese winter league [1]
Along with teammates Shun Ishikawa and Takuya Kinoshita, Tomonaga was selected for the Western League representative team for the 2016 Fresh All-Stars game in Okayama.[2] Tomonaga started in centre-field, batting 3rd in the line-up and recorded 1 hit in 4 at-bats.[3]
On December 2, 2019, he become free agent.[4]
Career statistics edit
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| 2015 | 24 | Chunichi | 7 | 18 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .056 | .105 | .056 | .161 |
| 2016 | 25 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | .222 | .222 | .222 | .444 | |
| Career | 19 | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .111 | .143 | .111 | .254 | ||
Bold indicates league leader; statistics current as of 29 September 2016
References edit
- ^ "中日が高橋周平ら５人を台湾ウインターリーグ派遣 (Chunichi send 5 on-loan to Taiwanese winter league)". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 23 November 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
- ^ "出場者（ウエスタン・リーグ選抜）(Representatives (Western League)". Nippon Professional Baseball (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ^ "2016年度フレッシュオールスター・ゲーム 試合結果(2016 Fresh All Stars Game Results)". Nippon Professional Baseball (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 July 2016.
- ^ "2019年度 自由契約選手". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved December 22, 2019.
External links edit
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.jp
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