Makoto Imaoka
Makoto Imaoka 今岡 誠 |
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Hanshin Tigers – No. 77 | |||
Infielder / Coach | |||
Born: Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan |
September 11, 1974 |||
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NPB debut | |||
April 8, 1997, for the Hanshin Tigers | |||
NPB statistics (through 2011 season) |
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Batting average | .279 | ||
Hits | 1284 | ||
RBIs | 594 | ||
Home runs | 122 | ||
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As player
As coach |
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Career highlights and awards | |||
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Last update: May 10, 2012 |
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Representing Japan | ||
Men's Baseball | ||
Summer Olympics | ||
Atlanta 1996 | Team Competition | |
Intercontinental Cup | ||
Havana 1995 | Team Competition |
Makoto Imaoka (今岡 誠, born September 11, 1974) is a Japanese professional baseball player from Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan.
Imaoka spent several uneventful seasons in the Japanese professional leagues before being chosen as the leadoff batter by Senichi Hoshino, who managed the Hanshin Tigers from 2002-2004. Imaoka won the batting title in 2003 with a .340 batting average, and his team won the Central League pennant the same year. He had previously played shortstop and second base, but was converted to third base in 2004. He continued his hitting prowess, and led the league with 147 RBIs in 2005. He fell into a huge slump in 2006, and missed half of the season due to injuries.
He won a silver medal playing for the Japanese national team in the 1996 Summer Olympics before entering the Japanese professional leagues.
Career statistics (through 2011)
SEASON | TEAM | Squad number | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | AVG |
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1997 | HT | 7 | 98 | 252 | 18 | 63 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 1 | .250 |
1998 | 133 | 471 | 48 | 138 | 20 | 3 | 7 | 44 | 6 | .293 | ||
1999 | 128 | 457 | 36 | 115 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 39 | 4 | .252 | ||
2000 | 40 | 113 | 8 | 24 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .212 | ||
2001 | 123 | 400 | 36 | 107 | 15 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 3 | .268 | ||
2002 | 122 | 505 | 46 | 160 | 40 | 0 | 15 | 56 | 0 | .317 | ||
2003 | 120 | 485 | 67 | 165 | 35 | 1 | 12 | 72 | 1 | .340 | ||
2004 | 138 | 572 | 87 | 175 | 29 | 0 | 28 | 83 | 0 | .306 | ||
2005 | 146 | 559 | 71 | 156 | 26 | 2 | 29 | 147 | 1 | .279 | ||
2006 | 59 | 204 | 16 | 45 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 29 | 1 | .220 | ||
2007 | 85 | 323 | 23 | 90 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 24 | 0 | .279 | ||
2008 | 55 | 169 | 15 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 29 | 0 | .172 | ||
2009 | 23 | 30 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .133 | ||
2010 | CLM | 2 | 26 | 44 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | .227 |
2011 | 13 | 23 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .130 | ||
Total | 1309 | 4607 | 476 | 1284 | 211 | 10 | 122 | 594 | 17 | .279 |
External links
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com
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- Living people
- Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture
- Toyo University alumni
- Japanese baseball players
- Nippon Professional Baseball infielders
- Hanshin Tigers players
- Chiba Lotte Marines players
- Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic baseball players of Japan
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Olympic medalists in baseball
- Nippon Professional Baseball coaches
- Japanese baseball coaches
- Japanese baseball biography stubs
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