Taishi Hirooka (廣岡 大志, Hirooka Taishi, born April 9, 1997) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Yomiuri Giants.
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 Hirooka with the Orix Buffaloes | |||||||||||||||
| Orix Buffaloes – No. 30 | |||||||||||||||
| Infielder/Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: April 9, 1997 Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| September 29, 2016, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows | |||||||||||||||
| Career statistics (through 2023 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .206 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 154 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 28 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 84 | ||||||||||||||
| Stolen bases | 8 | ||||||||||||||
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Professional career edit
Tokyo Yakult Swallows edit
On October 22, 2015, Hirooka was drafted by the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.[1]
On September 29, 2016, Hirooka debuted in the Central League against the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, and recorded his first Home run.[2]
In 2016 - 2020 season, he recorded in 236 games with a batting average of .214, a 21 home runs, a RBI of 54.
Yomiuri Giants edit
On March 1, 2021, Hirooka was traded to the Yomiuri Giants.[3] Hirooka played in 78 games for Yomiuri, hitting .189/.256/.387 with 5 home runs and 15 RBI. In 2022, Hirooka played in only 28 games for the Giants, struggling to a .180/.293/.280 slash line with no home runs and 4 RBI.[4]
Orix Buffaloes edit
On May 17, 2023, Hirooka was traded to the Orix Buffaloes in exchange for Kohei Suzuki (K–Suzuki).[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ "Sports Nippon baseball news (Japanese) ヤクルト 2位指名の智弁学園高・広岡と合意". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). November 8, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- ^ "Sports Nippon baseball news (Japanese) ヤクルトの新人・広岡 初打席で三浦から本塁打". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). September 29, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- ^ "Sankei Sports baseball news (Japanese) 巨人・田口とヤクルト・広岡のトレードが決定". Sankei Sports (in Japanese). March 1, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
- ^ "Taishi Hirooka Japanese Leagues Statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.
External links edit
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.jp
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