Hitoshi Tamura

Hitoshi Tamura (多村 仁志, born March 28, 1977 in Kiyokawa, Kanagawa, Japan) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player who last played with the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Hitoshi Tamura
Tamura with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Outfielder
Born: (1977-03-28) 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 in643
Home runs195
Teams
Last updated on: December 4, 2008
Hitoshi Tamura
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's Baseball
World Baseball Classic
2006 San DiegoTeam

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]

References

  1. 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.
  2. "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.


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