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Hiroki Uemoto

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Hiroki Uemoto
Uemoto with the Hanshin Tigers
Hanshin Tigers – No. 71
Infielder / Coach
Born: (1986-07-04) July 4, 1986 (age 38)
Fukuyama, Hiroshima
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
July 8, 2010, for the Hanshin Tigers
Last NPB appearance
September 26, 2020, for the Hanshin Tigers
NPB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.265
Home runs30
Hits522
RBI161
Stolen bases94
Teams
As player

As coach

  • Hanshin Tigers (2024–present)

Hiroki Uemoto (上本うえほん 博はく紀き, Uemoto Hiroki, born July 4, 1986) is a Japanese former professional baseball player. He has played in his entire career with the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hanshin Tigers.

Early baseball career

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Uemoto attended Koryo High School, where his team participated in the summer National Championship in his first and second years and the spring National Invitational Tournament in his second and third years.[citation needed] In 2003, he played alongside high-school sluggers Kentaro Nishimura and Yuta Shirahama to win the championship for their school.[citation needed] In his second year he was selected to participate in the Asia AAA Baseball Championship where he won the Top Defensive Player award. During the 2004 National Invitational High-school Baseball Tournament, he served as team captain and played catcher.[1]

Professional career

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Hanshin Tigers selected Uemoto with the third selection in the 2008 NPB draft [jp].[2]

In the sixth inning of a Hanshin vs. Samurai Japan practice game on February 26, 2013, he collided with left fielder Hayata Ito while chasing a ball hit by Hayato Sakamoto. Ito caught the ball despite the collision and was able to continue playing, but Uemoto was taken off the field on a stretcher.[3] He was diagnosed with an injury to his anterior talofibular ligament.[4] He underwent rehabilitation starting in March, returning to practice in mid-May. Because of occasional pain still felt in his left ankle, he underwent surgery in June.[5]

His first appearance following surgery was on August 29 against the Giants in the Tokyo Dome, where he played third baseman for the first time. Five days later he hit his first home run of the year against the BayStars.[6] During the September 18 game against Hiroshima, he played against his brother Takashi for the first time; he as the 2nd baseman and his brother as the Carp's shortstop.[7] In the 2013 season, he played 25 games with 8 RBIs and 2 home runs.

On December 2, 2020, he become a free agent.[8] On December 21, 2020, he announced his retirement.[9]

On October 25, 2023 it was announced he'd be returning to the Tigers as a coach for the 2024 season. [10]

References

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  1. ^ "第だい76回かいセンバツ 頑張がんばれ中国ちゅうごく勢ぜい". 中国ちゅうごく新聞しんぶん. Archived from the original on September 22, 2009. Retrieved 2011-02-09.
  2. ^ "阪神はんしんタイガース 選択せんたく選手せんしゅ一覧いちらん". NPB.jp 日本にっぽん野球やきゅう機構きこう (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  3. ^ "上じょう本ほん 右目みぎめ上下じょうげに２針はり縫ぬう、日本にっぽん代表だいひょう戦せんで交錯こうさく 復帰ふっき日びは未定みてい". Sponichi (Sports Nippon). 2013-02-26.
  4. ^ "上本うえほん、左ひだり足首あしくびの靱帯じんたい損傷そんしょう…和田わだ監督かんとくは「時間じかんがかかりそう」". Sponichi (Sports Nippon). 2013-02-26.
  5. ^ "【阪神はんしん】上本うえほん、左ひだり足首あしくび手術しゅじゅつ「1日にちも早はやく」". 日刊にっかんスポーツ. 2013-06-25. Retrieved 2013-06-26.
  6. ^ "虎とら上本うえほん千金せんきん弾だん 初はつグラティ恥はずかしかった". 日刊にっかんスポーツ. 2013-09-04. Retrieved 2013-09-04.
  7. ^ "阪神はんしん＆広島ひろしま 上本うえほん兄弟きょうだいが同時どうじ出場しゅつじょう". 日刊にっかんスポーツ. 2013-09-18. Retrieved 2013-09-18.
  8. ^ "2020年度ねんど 自由じゆう契約けいやく選手せんしゅ". NPB.jp 日本にっぽん野球やきゅう機構きこう (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  9. ^ "元もと阪神はんしん上本うえほんが現役げんえき引退いんたい『体からだも痛いたい…』他た球団きゅうだん移籍いせき断念だんねん". 日刊にっかんスポーツ (in Japanese). December 22, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  10. ^ "上本うえほん博はく紀きコーチ就任しゅうにん会見かいけん｜球団きゅうだんニュース｜ニュース｜阪神はんしんタイガース公式こうしきサイト". hanshintigers.jp. Retrieved 2023-10-25.
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