Masaki Mimori (
Masaki Mimori | |
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 13 | |
Infielder | |
Born: Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan | February 21, 1999|
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
NPB debut | |
April 18, 2019, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |
NPB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
Batting average | .250 |
Home runs | 14 |
RBIs | 80 |
Stolen bases | 54 |
Teams | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Early baseball career
editMimori participated in the 3rd grade spring the 88th Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament as a player of the Aomori Yamada High School with Hayato Horioka .[1]
Professional career
editOn October 20, 2016, Mimori was drafted by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks as their fourth and final pick in the 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.[2]
In the 2017 & 2018 seasons, Mimori played in informal matches against the Shikoku Island League Plus's teams and other amateur baseball teams as a member of the Hawks' Western League team.
On April 18, 2019, Mimori made his Pacific League debut against the Chiba Lotte Marines,[3] recording his first hit and RBI hit on April 21.[4] In the 2019 season, Mimori played 24 games in the Pacific League.
In the 2020 season, Mimori played 24 games in the Pacific League, winning the Western League Batting Leader Award and Western League OBP Leader Award in the Western League with a batting average of .323 and an on-base percentage of .397.[5]
In the 2021 season, Mimori was registered with the first team on June 4 and was named to the starting lineup as the leadoff hitter and second baseman for interleague play against the Hanshin Tigers on the same day.[6] He recorded his fifth consecutive hit from the next day's game on the 5th.[6] On June 10 against the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, he was active, recording a multi-hit game with four hits.[7] He made 86 appearances and established himself as a regular player at second base, finishing the season with a .249 batting average, 20 RBI, and 16 stolen bases.[6] On December 8, Mimori renewed his contract for three times his estimated annual salary of 24 million yen, up from 7 million yen.[6]
On April 5, 2022, Mimori recorded his first home run against the Orix Buffaloes.[8] On July 10, Mimori broke his left thumb, forcing him to undergo rehabilitation.[9] He was diagnosed with a three-month recovery period, but returned to play on August 16, against the Saitama Seibu Lions, two months earlier than expected.[10] However, on the 19th, he tested positive for COVID-19 and was struck from the first team registration according to regulations.[11] He returned on September 1 against the Chiba Lotte Marines,[12] and he recorded a leadoff home run against the Chiba Lotte Marines in the final game of the regular season, where the Hawks lost the Pacific League pennant race on a tiebreaker to the Orix Buffaloes.[13] He finished the season with a .257 batting average, nine home runs, and 36 runs batted in in 102 games, despite a broken bone and a COVID-19 outing.
On November 27, 2022, Mimori announced his decision to change his uniform number from 68 to 13 beginning with the 2023 season.[14] He replied that he changed his uniform number to 13 because it was the number he had when he was playing baseball with his older brother, when he was in the third grade, and he had a special attachment to it because he especially enjoyed playing baseball at that time.[15]
In 2023 season, Mimori primarily played as a starter at second base, scoring three runs on three hits in a game against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles on August 10.[16] He also hit his fifth home run on September 13 against the Saitama Seibu Lions.[17] Mimori played 102 games, and finished the season with a .260 batting average, a 5 home runs, a 14 stolen bases, and a 21 RBI. However, in the first stage of the postseason's 2023 Pacific League Climax Series, he failed to show his potential, making an error in Game 1 and retiring in Game 3 after being hit on the back of the head while defending.[18][19]
References
edit- ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news (Japanese)
青森 山田 1点 に泣 く昨年 王者 と互角 も初戦 敗退 ". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). March 26, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2020. - ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news (Japanese) ソフトバンク4
位 三森 、バットコントロール「見 て」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). October 21, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2020. - ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news (Japanese) ソフトバンク
三 森 がプロ初 出場 「自分 なりに入 れた」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). April 18, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2020. - ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news (Japanese) ソフトバンク
三森 活躍 に家族 大 喜 び「こんなに早 く」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). April 21, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2020. - ^ "Nippon Professional Baseball (Japanese) 2020
年度 表彰 選手 (ウエスタン・リーグ)". NPB.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 12, 2020. - ^ a b c d "Nishinippon Sports baseball news
三 森 に口 ひげ!「そることもない」藤本 監督 風 に年俸 は3倍 超 ". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). December 8, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2022. - ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news
打率 4割 超 えの三森 は"小久保 塾 "の優等生 ". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). June 11, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2022. - ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news
三森 プロ1号 は逆転 3ラン! プロ6年 目 、通算 142試合 目 にして初 アーチ". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). April 5, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022. - ^ "Daily Sports baseball news ソフトバンク・
藤本 監督 、負傷 者 続出 、今季 ワースト4連敗 「お祓 いに行 かなアカンね」". Daily Sports (in Japanese). July 10, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022. - ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news
三森 大 貴 が西武 との首位 攻防 戦 で超 速 復帰 「全治 3カ月 」の軍師 が驚異 の回復 力 見 せる". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). August 16, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022. - ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news ソフトバンクに
再 びコロナ禍 …中村 晃 、椎野 、三森 、育成 の田中 と4選手 が陽性 ". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). August 19, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022. - ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news コロナ
禍 から復帰 の三森 大 貴 、見逃 し三振 に思 いっきり天 仰 ぐ登録 即 スタメンも4打数 無 安打 ". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). September 1, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022. - ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news 【
動画 】「行 ったあああああ!」「最高 ‼」三 森 大 貴 の先頭 打者 弾 にファン早 くも最高潮 ". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). October 2, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022. - ^ "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2022/11/27
(日) プレスリリース背番号 の変更 について". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). November 27, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022. - ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news 「お
兄 ちゃんと一緒 に野球 をやっていた頃 の背番号 」三森 大 貴 「13」に感慨深 く". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). November 27, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022. - ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news 【ソフトバンク】5
戦 連続 1番 起用 の三森 大 貴 、猛 打 賞 &3得点 の大 奮闘 「必死 にプレーするだけ」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). August 10, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023. - ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news 【ソフトバンク】
三森 大 貴 5号 2ランで一挙 4得点 の口火 「上 の順位 で終 われるよう」CSへ力 込 め". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). September 13, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023. - ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news 【ソフトバンク】
三森 大 貴 が痛恨 エラー併殺 狙 うも一塁 へ悪 送球 「短期 決戦 ですごく大事 な…」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). October 14, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023. - ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news 【ソフトバンク】
三森 大 貴 が負傷 交代 守備 時 に後頭部 を地面 に打 ちつけ顔面 強打 、担架 でベンチへ". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). October 16, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Career statistics - NPB.jp
- 13 Masaki Mimori PLAYERS2024 - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site