Shōta Tomonaga

Shōta Tomonaga
Outfielder
Born: (1991-04-01) April 1, 1991 (age 33)
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
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
2015 24 Chunichi 7 18 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 .056 .105 .056 .161
2016 25 12 10 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .222 .222 .222 .444
Career 19 27 2 3 0 0 0 3 0 2 .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.


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