Taiki Mitsumata
Taiki Mitsumata 三ツ俣 大樹 | |
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Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 66 | |
Infielder | |
Born: Katsushika City, Tokyo, Japan | 11 May 1992|
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
NPB debut | |
8 August, 2012, for the Orix Buffaloes | |
NPB statistics (through 2023 season) | |
Batting average | .191 |
Home runs | 2 |
RBI | 28 |
Teams | |
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Taiki Mitsumata (三ツ俣 大樹, Mitusmata Taiki, born May 11, 1992) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Orix Buffaloes and Chunichi Dragons.
Early career
As a 6 year old, playing catch with an Akinobu Okada signed ball was his inspiration to start playing baseball where he played for Edogawa South Little Seniors.[1] At Shutoku High School, he played mostly as a pitcher with time spent at
On 28 October 2010, Mitsumata was selected as the 2nd draft pick for the Orix Buffaloes at the 2010 NPB draft and on 21 November signed a provisional contract with a ¥60,000,000 sign-on bonus and a ¥6,000,000 yearly salary.[1]
Professional career
Orix Buffaloes
2011
In his first year with the Buffloes, Mitsumata played in 103 Western League games with a .225 average where he led the league in errors.[2] He also appeared in the 2011 Fresh All Stars Game.[3]
2012
Mitsumata once again played the majority of games on the farm playing in 86 games and hitting .220.[4] On August 7, he was brought up to the first team for the first time and made his debut on the following day.[5] On the 14th of the same month, he was removed from the first team but was re-added in September where on the 22nd in a game against the Chiba Lotte Marines he hit his first professional hit against Takahiro Fujioka in what would turn out to be a multi-hit game. He then hit in 4 consecutive games. He ended the season having played 9 games batting .238.
2013
Mitsumata made limited appearances as a pinch runner or defensive substitution where he played 21 games batting .100.
2014
On 29 July, it was announced that Mitumata was to be traded to the Chunichi Dragons in a 1-to-1 trade with Kyohei Iwasaki.[5]
Chunichi Dragons
2014
Mitsumata made his Chunichi Dragons debut against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows on 17 August. He later would play against the Hanshin Tigers at Koshien Stadium where he would hit his first professional homerun off of Suguru Iwazaki.[citation needed]
2015
Mitsumata made one first team appearance as a pinch runner and was demoted from the team.[citation needed]
2016
Playing in 15 games batting .125 Mitsumata was once again unable to prove his ability to perform in the top squad and was subsequently demoted once more.[citation needed]
2017
Mitsumata played 68 games batting .227 on the farm team.[6] He would play 8 games for the first team with a single plate appearance.[citation needed]
2018
Mitsumata played 90 games batting .176 in the Western League.[7] He failed to make any first-team appearances. His salary was therefore slashed by ¥1,000,000 to ¥6,000,000 per annum.[8]
Playing style
As a pitcher he was able to throw 149 km/h with a
References
- ^ a b "オリドラ2三ツ俣、両親に家建てる". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 21 November 2011. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2011年度 オリックス・バファローズ 個人打撃成績(ウエスタン・リーグ)". npb.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "出場者 プロ野球フレッシュオールスターゲーム2011". npb.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2012年度 オリックス・バファローズ 個人打撃成績(ウエスタン・リーグ)". npb.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ a b "中日が熱望、オリから三ツ俣トレード". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 30 July 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2017年度 中日ドラゴンズ 個人打撃成績(ウエスタン・リーグ)". npb.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2018年度 中日ドラゴンズ 個人打撃成績(ウエスタン・リーグ)". npb.jp (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "中日・三ツ俣 100万円減の600万円「悔しいの一言しかない」". Sponichi. 24 November 2018. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
- ^ "「プチ松坂」修徳・三ツ俣はエースで4番". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 13 June 2010. Retrieved 22 January 2019.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.jp