Jobu Morita
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Jobu Morita (森田 丈武, Morita Jōbu, born November 29, 1980) is a former baseball utility player who played for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball from 2009 to 2011.
Morita attended Yamanashi Gakuindai Fuzoku High School. Before playing professionally in Japan, Morita played for the
diamond, but spent considerable time at second base and in the outfield. Overall, he hit .267 with 120 hits in 139 games.[1]
He joined the
Shikoku-Kyūshū Island League
in 2006, where he remained through 2008. The Golden Eagles took him as their first pick in the 2008 developmental draft. He made his NPB debut in 2009, hitting .300 with 6 hits (including 4 doubles) in 9 games. He played a total of four games with the Golden Eagles in 2010 and 2011 and went hitless in 7 at-bats. Overall, he hit .222 with 6 hits in 13 games.