Hitoshi Tamura (多村 仁志, born March 28, 1977) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player who last played with the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
Hitoshi Tamura | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Tamura with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |||||||||||||||
Outfielder | |||||||||||||||
Born: | March 28, 1977|||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
April 4, 1997, for the Yokohama BayStars | |||||||||||||||
NPB statistics (through 2015) | |||||||||||||||
Batting average | .281 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 643 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 195 | ||||||||||||||
Teams | |||||||||||||||
Medals
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Following his release from the Yokohama DeNA Baystars in 2015, Tamura joined the Chunichi Dragons on a trainee contract with the hope of returning to professional baseball.[1]
On 1 October 2016 it was announced that Tamura was deemed surplus to requirements by the Dragons management. He then announced his retirement from professional baseball.[2]
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.com
References
edit- ^ Ueyama, Koji (February 7, 2016). "38歳の多村、「野球をやれる幸せ」 育成選手で再出発" (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
- ^ "中日・多村、涙の引退表明 戦力外通告受け決断「やりきった」" (in Japanese). Sponichi. October 1, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.