Tetsuya Matoyama

Japanese baseball player
Baseball player
Tetsuya Matoyama
Matoyama with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 016
Catcher / Coach
Born: (1970-10-01) October 1, 1970 (age 53)
Himeji, Hyōgo
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
July 13, 1994, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes
Last NPB appearance
July 2, 2008, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
NPB statistics
(through 2008 season)
Batting average.206
Hits423
Runs batted in201
Stolen bases27
Teams
As Player
  • Kintetsu Buffaloes
    Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1994–2004)
  • Orix Buffaloes (2005–2007)
  • Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2008)

As Coach

  • Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2009–Present)
Last updated on: November 10, 2012

Tetsuya Matoyama (Japanese: 的山 哲也, born October 1, 1970) is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher, and current the fourth squad battery coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).[1]

He previously played for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, the Orix Buffaloes and the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.[2]

Professional career

Active player era

On November 20, 1993, Matoyama was drafted fourth round pick by the Kintetsu Buffaloes in the 1993 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.[2]

He made his debut in the Pacific League in 1994 appearing in one game.[2] And he played 117 games in the 1999 season, his most ever.[2]

The 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment eliminated the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, and he became a member of the Orix Buffaloes in the distribution draft.[2]

He played three seasons with the Orix Buffaloes before moving to the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks for the 2008 season and retiring that offseason.[2]

Matoyama played in 1026 games during his 15-season career, and recorded batting average .206 with 423 hits, 40 home runs, and 201 RBI.

After retirement

After his retirement,Matoyama has served as the first squad battery coach for the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks since the 2009 season.[3]

Starting with the 2013 season, he moved to the second squad battery coach position, then back to first squad battery coach for the 2015 season, and third squad battery coach for the 2016 season.[4][5][6]

In addition, he was in charge of the second squad battery coach from the 2017 season and the third squad battery coach from the 2022 season.[7][8]

He served as the first squad battery coach for the third time during the 2023 season. [9]

On December 2, 2023, he was transferred to the fourth squad battery coach.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2023/12/02 (土) プレスリリース 2024年 コーチングスタッフについて". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). December 2, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Weekly Baseball online player data 的山哲也(まとやまてつや) 捕手 右投右打" (in Japanese). Weekly Baseball online. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  3. ^ "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2010/11/08(月) プレスリリース 人事について". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). November 8, 2010. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  4. ^ "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2012/10/29(月) プレスリリース 2013年 コーチングスタッフについて". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). October 29, 2012. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  5. ^ "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2014/11/08(土) プレスリリース コーチ担当変更のお知らせ". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). November 8, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  6. ^ "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2015/11/03(火) プレスリリース コーチ担当変更のお知らせ". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). November 3, 2015. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  7. ^ "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2016/10/28(金) プレスリリース コーチ担当変更のお知らせ". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). October 28, 2016. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  8. ^ "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2015/11/01(月) プレスリリース 2022年 コーチングスタッフについて". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). November 1, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  9. ^ "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2022/11/28(月) 2023年コーチングスタッフについて(2022年11月28日現在)language=ja-JP". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site. November 28, 2022. Retrieved December 1, 2022.
  • Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tetsuya Matoyama.
  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
  • Career statistics - NPB.jp (in Japanese)
  • 014 Tetsuya Matoyama PLAYERS2024 - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks current roster
Pitchers
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InfieldersOutfielders
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Pitchers
  • 120 Hiroki Sato
  • 125 Yuri Furukawa
  • 126 Yuwa Miyasato
  • 133 Kotaro Hoshino
  • 134 Shinno Ohshiro
  • 135 Alexander Armenta
  • 136 Fuga Otake
  • 137 Ryota Nakamura
  • 139 Sanshiro Izaki
  • 140 Mizuki Miura
  • 141 Mailon Felix
  • 142 Haruto Fujiwara
  • 143 Shun Murakami
  • 145 Hammond
  • 146 Jumpei Fujita
  • 147 Koki Kato
  • 148 Takuma Yamasaki
  • 152 Masaki Takimoto
  • 154 Takuma Sato
  • 156 Luis Rodríguez
  • 157 Jui Kobayashi
  • 158 Ren Akaba
  • 160 Keishin Nagamizu
  • 161 Kaito Uchino
  • 162 Jumpei Okaue
  • 163 Akito Sasaki
  • 164 Souta Minakuchi
  • 165 Hayato Miyazaki
  • 167 Jun Maeda
  • 172 Yuki Watanabe
  • 174 Takuya Kuwahara
  • 176 Dario Sarduy
Catchers
  • 121 Soichiro Ishizuka
  • 151 Sora Kato
  • 171 Ryota Morishima
Infielders
  • 122 Keio Fujino
  • 124 Shuji Kuwahara
  • 128 Daisuke Itoh
  • 129 Kyoshiro Sakura
  • 130 Haruki Katsuren
  • 131 Koki Nakazawa
  • 149 Takuto Sakuma
  • 153 Yoshiki Mishiro
  • 159 Kyogo Yamashita
  • 168 Kota Sato
  • 169 Yusei Tobita
  • 170 Ayuma Nishio
  • 175 David Almonte
Outfielders
  • 123 Shuya Ohizumi
  • 144 Marco Simon
  • 150 Keita Yamamoto
  • 166 Kaito Shigematsu
  • 173 Jose Osuna
Managers / Coaches
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Second squad
Third squad
Fourth squad


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