Shuta Tonosaki

Shuta Tonosaki
Shuta Tonosaki
Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 5
	Utility player
	Born: December 20, 1992 (age 28); Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan
	Bats: Right Throws: Right
NPB debut
	July 8, 2015, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
NPB statistics ; (through 2020 season)
Batting average	.261
Home runs	65
RBI	257
Stolen bases	106
Teams
	Saitama Seibu Lions (2015–present);
Career highlights and awards
	NPB All-Star (2018); Asia Professional Baseball Championship MVP (2017);
hide Medals
Men's baseball
Representing Japan
WBSC Premier12

Shuta Tonosaki (外崎修汰, Tonosaki Shūta, born December 20, 1992 in Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan), nicknamed "Apple Punch",^[1] is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

He was selected [jp].^[2]

International career[]

Tonosaki represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series and 2019 WBSC Premier12.

On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.^[3]

On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.^[4]

References[]

^ Daisuke Nakajima (July 31, 2018). "外崎修汰は美味しい男。「アップルパンチ」は好機に強く、右が強烈！". web Sportiva Love Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved April 4, 2019.
^ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). July 3, 2018.
^ "「2018日米野球」に出場する侍ジャパントップチーム選手全28名が決定". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
^ "「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」出場選手決定について". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.

External links[]

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

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[1] Daisuke Nakajima (July 31, 2018). "外崎修汰は美味しい男。「アップルパンチ」は好機に強く、右が強烈！". web Sportiva Love Sports (in Japanese). Retrieved April 4, 2019.

[2] "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). July 3, 2018.

[3] "「2018日米野球」に出場する侍ジャパントップチーム選手全28名が決定". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.

[4] "「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」出場選手決定について". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.

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show v t Saitama Seibu Lions current roster
Pitchers	11 Tatsuya Imai 12 13 Kona Takahashi 14 Tatsushi Masuda 15 Tetsu Miyagawa 16 Daisuke Matsuzaka 17 Wataru Matsumoto 20 21 Ken Togame 23 Katsuhiko Kumon 25 Katsunori Hirai 26 Takeru Sasaki 27 Tetsuya Utsumi 28 Ryōsuke Moriwaki 29 Ryuya Ogawa 30 Daiki Enokida 33 Reed Garrett 34 36 40 41 43 Mitsuo Yoshikawa 44 Kaito Yoza 45 Keisuke Honda 47 48 Shota Takekuma 50 54 Zach Neal 57 59 61 Kaima Taira 64 67 69 98 Matt Dermody
Catchers	2 Masatoshi Okada 10 Tomoya Mori 37 38 62 78
Infielders	3 Hotaka Yamakawa 4 Kakeru Yamanobe 5 Shuta Tonosaki 6 Sosuke Genda 8 22 Cory Spangenberg 31 32 39 49 52 56 60 Takeya Nakamura 63
Outfielders	1 Takumi Kuriyama 7 Yuji Kaneko 35 46 51 53 58 Masato Kumashiro 65 66 68 72 73
Development pitchers	118 Shinsaburō Tawata 120 121 124 125 126
Development catchers	127
Development infielders	122
Development outfielders	123
First squad coaching	Manager: 85 Hatsuhiko Tsuji Operation, defense and base running coach: 83 Toshifumi Baba Pitching coaches: 74 Fumiya Nishiguchi, 81 Kiyoshi Toyoda Batting coaches: 76 Masahiro Abe, 86 Shogo Akada Infield defense and baserunning coach: 87 Satoshi Kuroda Outfield and baserunning coach: 79 Tatsuya Ozeki Battery coach: 82 Kosuke Noda
Second squad coaching	Manager: 77 Kazuo Matsui Farm general pitching coach: 92 Eiji Kiyokawa Pitching coaches: 90 Kento Sugiyama, 95 Tatsuya Oishi Batting coaches: 88 Tatsuyuki Uemoto, 91 Hisashi Takayama Position player, outfield defense and baserunning coach: 70 Tomoaki Satoh Infield and baserunning coach: 79 Yuji Onizaki Battery coach: 84 Kosaku Akimoto
Third squad coaching	General coach: 71 Norio Tanabe Pitching coach: 93 Hayato Aoki Position player coach: 80 Shigenobu Shima