Shōta Tomonaga

Shōta Tomonaga
Outfielder
Born: (1991-04-01) 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 runs0
RBI0
Stats at Baseball Reference 
Teams

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).

Professional career

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

Nippon Professional Baseball
Year Age Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
201524Chunichi71801000102.056.105.056.161
201625121020000200.222.222.222.444
Career192723000302.111.143.111.254

Bold indicates league leader; statistics current as of 29 September 2016

References

  1. ↑ "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.
  2. ↑ "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.
  3. ↑ "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.
  4. ↑ "2019年度 自由契約選手". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved December 22, 2019.