Masaki Mimori

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Masaki Mimori
Mimori with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 13
Infielder
Born: (1999-02-21) February 21, 1999 (age 25)
Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
NPB debut
April 18, 2019, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
NPB statistics
(through 2023 season)
Batting average.250
Home runs14
RBIs80
Hits277
Stolen base54
Sacrifice bunt22
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Masaki Mimori (三森みもり 大だい貴たか, Mimori Masaki, born February 21, 1999, in Koshigaya, Saitama) is a Japanese professional baseball Infielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Early baseball career[edit]

Mimori 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 [jp] .[1]

Professional career[edit]

On 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 RBIs. 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]

  1. ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news (Japanese) 青森あおもり山田やまだ1点てんに泣なく 昨年さくねん王者おうじゃと互角ごかくも初戦しょせん敗退はいたい". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). March 26, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  2. ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news (Japanese) ソフトバンク4位い三森みもり、バットコントロール「見みて」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). October 21, 2016. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  3. ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news (Japanese) ソフトバンク三さん森もりがプロ初はつ出場しゅつじょう「自分じぶんなりに入いれた」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). April 18, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  4. ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news (Japanese) ソフトバンク三森みつもり活躍かつやくに家族かぞく大だい喜よろこび「こんなに早はやく」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). April 21, 2019. Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  5. ^ "Nippon Professional Baseball (Japanese) 2020年度ねんど 表彰ひょうしょう選手せんしゅ (ウエスタン・リーグ)". NPB.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved December 12, 2020.
  6. ^ a b c d "Nishinippon Sports baseball news 三さん森もりに口くちひげ！「そることもない」藤本ふじもと監督かんとく風ふうに　年俸ねんぽうは3倍ばい超ちょう". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). December 8, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  7. ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news 打率だりつ4割わり超こえの三森みつのもりは"小久保こくぼ塾じゅく"の優等生ゆうとうせい". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). June 11, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  8. ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news 三森みつもりプロ1号ごうは逆転ぎゃくてん3ラン！ プロ6年ねん目め、通算つうさん142試合しあい目めにして初はつアーチ". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). April 5, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  9. ^ "Daily Sports baseball news ソフトバンク・藤本ふじもと監督かんとく、負傷ふしょう者しゃ続出ぞくしゅつ、今季こんきワースト4連敗れんぱい「お祓はらいに行いかなアカンね」". Daily Sports (in Japanese). July 10, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  10. ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news 三森みもり大だい貴たかが西武せいぶとの首位しゅい攻防こうぼう戦せんで超ちょう速そく復帰ふっき　「全治ぜんち3カ月かげつ」の軍師ぐんしが驚異きょういの回復かいふく力りょく見みせる". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). August 16, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  11. ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news ソフトバンクに再ふたたびコロナ禍か…中村なかむら晃あきら、椎野しいの、三森みもり、育成いくせいの田中たなかと4選手せんしゅが陽性ようせい". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). August 19, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  12. ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news コロナ禍かから復帰ふっきの三森みもり大だい貴たか、見逃みのがし三振さんしんに思おもいっきり天てん仰あおぐ 登録とうろく即そくスタメンも4打数だすう無む安打あんだ". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). September 1, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  13. ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news 【動画どうが】「行おこなったあああああ！」「最高さいこう‼」三さん森もり大だい貴たかの先頭せんとう打者だしゃ弾だんにファン早はやくも最高潮さいこうちょう". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). October 2, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  14. ^ "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2022/11/27(日)にち プレスリリース 背番号せばんごうの変更へんこうについて". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). November 27, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  15. ^ "Nishinippon Sports baseball news 「お兄にいちゃんと一緒いっしょに野球やきゅうをやっていた頃ころの背番号せばんごう」三森みもり大だい貴たか「13」に感慨深かんがいぶかく". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). November 27, 2022. Retrieved November 27, 2022.
  16. ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news 【ソフトバンク】５戦せん連続れんぞく１番ばん起用きようの三森みもり大だい貴たか、猛もう打だ賞しょう＆3得点とくてんの大だい奮闘ふんとう「必死ひっしにプレーするだけ」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). August 10, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  17. ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news 【ソフトバンク】三森みもり大だい貴き5号ごう2ランで一挙いっきょ4得点とくてんの口火くちび「上うえの順位じゅんいで終おわれるよう」CSへ力ちから込こめ". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). September 13, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  18. ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news 【ソフトバンク】三森みもり大だい貴たかが痛恨つうこんエラー 併殺へいさつ狙ねらうも一塁いちるいへ悪あく送球そうきゅう「短期たんき決戦けっせんですごく大事だいじな…」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). October 14, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  19. ^ "Nikkan Sports baseball news 【ソフトバンク】三森みもり大だい貴たかが負傷ふしょう交代こうたい 守備しゅび時じに後頭部こうとうぶを地面じめんに打うちつけ顔面がんめん強打きょうだ、担架たんかでベンチへ". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). October 16, 2023. Retrieved December 15, 2023.

External links[edit]

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Masaki Mimori.


Stub icon 1 Stub icon 2

This biographical article relating to a Japanese baseball infielder is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Masaki_Mimori&oldid=1208314589"