Makoto Imaoka

Makoto Imaoka
今岡誠
Makoto Imaoka; 今岡誠
Chiba Lotte Marines – No. 77
	Infielder / Coach
	Born: September 11, 1974 (age 46); Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
NPB debut
	April 8, 1997, for the Hanshin Tigers
Last NPB appearance
	June 5, 2011, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
NPB statistics ; (through 2011 season)
Batting average	.279
Hits	1284
RBIs	594
Home runs	122
Teams
	As player Hanshin Tigers (1997–2009); Chiba Lotte Marines (2010–2012); As coach Chiba Lotte Marines (2012); Hanshin Tigers (2016–2017); Chiba Lotte Marines (2018–present);
Career highlights and awards
	5× NPB All-Star (1998, 2002–2005); 1× Golden Glove Award (2003); 3× Best Nine Award (2002–2003, 2005); 1× Central League Batting Champion (2003); 1× Central League RBI Champion (2005); 1× Japan Series Champion (2010);
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Representing Japan
Men's Baseball
Summer Olympics
Intercontinental Cup

Makoto Imaoka (今岡誠, born September 11, 1974), nicknamed "Makochan",^[1] is a former Japanese professional baseball player from Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan.

Career[]

Imaoka spent several uneventful seasons in the Japanese professional leagues before being chosen as the leadoff batter by Senichi Hoshino, who managed the Hanshin Tigers from 2002 to 2004. Imaoka won the batting title in 2003 with a .340 batting average, and his team won the Central League pennant the same year. He had previously played shortstop and second base, but was converted to third base in 2004. He continued his hitting prowess, and led the league with 147 RBIs in 2005. He fell into a huge slump in 2006, and missed half of the season due to injuries.

He won a silver medal playing for the Japanese national team in the 1996 Summer Olympics before entering the Japanese professional leagues.

Career statistics (through 2011)[]


SEASON	TEAM	Squad number	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	AVG
1997	HT	7	98	252	18	63	11	1	2	20	1	.250
1998			133	471	48	138	20	3	7	44	6	.293
1999			128	457	36	115	11	1	6	39	4	.252
2000			40	113	8	24	5	0	1	2	0	.212
2001			123	400	36	107	15	0	4	40	3	.268
2002			122	505	46	160	40	0	15	56	0	.317
2003			120	485	67	165	35	1	12	72	1	.340
2004			138	572	87	175	29	0	28	83	0	.306
2005			146	559	71	156	26	2	29	147	1	.279
2006			59	204	16	45	3	2	7	29	1	.220
2007			85	323	23	90	8	0	4	24	0	.279
2008			55	169	15	29	3	0	7	29	0	.172
2009			23	30	0	4	2	0	0	2	0	.133
2010	CLM	2	26	44	3	10	2	0	0	6	0	.227
2011	CLM	2	13	23	2	3	1	0	0	1	0	.130
Total			1309	4607	476	1284	211	10	122	594	17	.279

References[]

^ "ニックネーム". 千葉ロッテマリーンズオフィシャルサイト「マリンフェスタ」特設サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved April 23, 2019.

External links[]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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[1] "ニックネーム". 千葉ロッテマリーンズオフィシャルサイト「マリンフェスタ」特設サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved April 23, 2019.

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show v t Chiba Lotte Marines current roster
Pitchers	11 Chihaya Sasaki 12 Ayumu Ishikawa 15 Manabu Mima 16 Atsuki Taneichi 17 Rōki Sasaki 18 Kota Futaki 19 Yuki Karakawa 20 Taiki Tojo 24 27 28 Takahiro Matsunaga 29 Yuji Nishino 30 Tsuyoshi Ishizaki 33 Masaki Minami 34 35 37 Fumiya Ono 41 42 Frank Herrmann 43 46 47 Yasuhiro Tanaka 48 49 52 Naoya Masuda 56 58 60 62 64 Yuta Omine 65 69 76 91 Enny Romero 92 Yuki Kuniyoshi
Catchers	22 Tatsuhiro Tamura 32 39 Yuta Yoshida 45 53 Naoya Emura 66 Takuma Katō 99
Infielders	00 Takashi Toritani 4 Yudai Fujioka 5 Hisanori Yasuda 8 Shogo Nakamura 13 Taiga Hirasawa 23 Ryō Miki 40 44 Seiya Inoue 50 54 Brandon Laird 55 Adeiny Hechavarria 57 61 Takuya Takahama 67 Kenta Chatani 68 Kenji Nishimaki
Outfielders	0 Takashi Ogino 2 Kyōta Fujiwara 3 Katsuya Kakunaka 7 Shuhei Fukuda 25 Hiromi Oka 31 38 51 59 63 79 Leonys Martín
Development	121 (P) 122 (C) 123 (P) 124 (OF) 125 (C) 126 (P) 128 (P) 129 (P) 130 (OF) 131 (OF)
First squad coaching	Manager: 6 Tadahito Iguchi Head coach: 77 Makoto Imaoka General position player/Infield defense coach: 86 Hiroshi Moriwaki Pitching coaches: 71 Masato Yoshii, 89 Hidetaka Kawagoe Battery coaches: 84 Masaumi Shimizu Hitting coach: 96 Ryo Kawano Base running/Outfield defense/Hitting coaches: 81 Shota Ishimine Base running/Outfield defense coaches: 80 Training coaches: 97 Strategy/Battery coach: 72 Naoki Matoba
Second squad coaching	Manager: 88 Yusuke Torigoe Head/Hitting coach: 70 Kazuya Fukuura Pitching coaches: 82 Shingo Ono, 78 Kenji Ohtonari Battery coach: 73 Takeshi Kanazawa Infield defense/Base running coaches: 87 Shunichi Nemoto Outfield defense/Base running coaches: 83 Kenji Morozumi Development general, hitting coach: 75 Koichi Hori Development defense, base running coach: 74 Makoto Kosaka Development pitching coach: 85 Tomohisa Ohtani Training coach: 98

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