Shuta Tonosaki (外崎 修汰, Tonosaki Shūta, born December 20, 1992 in Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan), nicknamed "Apple Punch",[1] is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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| Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Utility player | |||||||||||||||
| Born: December 20, 1992 Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| July 8, 2015, for the Saitama Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through July 3, 2023) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .251 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 91 | ||||||||||||||
| RBI | 351 | ||||||||||||||
| Stolen bases | 140 | ||||||||||||||
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Career
editHe was selected 2018 NPB All-Star game.[2]
Tonosaki was also named an All–Star in 2023.[citation needed]
International career
editTonosaki represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series and 2019 WBSC Premier12.
On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.[3]
On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[4]
References
edit- ^ Daisuke Nakajima (July 31, 2018). "外崎修汰は美味しい男。 「アップルパンチ」は好機に強く、右が強烈！". web Sportiva Love Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved April 4, 2019.
- ^ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). July 3, 2018.
- ^ "「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.
- ^ "「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」出場選手決定について". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
External links
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- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.com
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