Shota Tomonaga

Shota Tomonaga
Chunichi Dragons – No. 1
Outfielder
Born: April 1, 1991
Bats: Left Throws: Right
NPB debut
April 4, 2015, for the Chunichi Dragons
NPB statistics (through 2016)
Batting average	.111
Home runs	0
RBI	0
Teams
Chunichi Dragons (2015–present)

Shota Tomonaga (友永 翔太 Tomonaga Shōta, born April 1, 1991 in Hadano, Kanagawa, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays outfield for the Chunichi Dragons.

Professional Career

In the 2015 off-season he along with team mates Iori Katsura, Shuhei Takahashi, Tomohiro Hamada and Junki Kishimoto were loaned to the Taiwanese winter league ^[1]

Along with teammates Shun Ishikawa and Takuya Kinoshita, Tomonaga was selected for the Western League representative team for the 2016 Fresh All-Stars game in Okayama.^[2] Tomonaga started in centre-field, batting 3rd in the line-up and recorded 1 hit in 4 at-bats.^[3]

Career statistics

Nippon Professional Baseball
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
2015	24	Chunichi	7	18	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.056	.105	.056	.161
2016	25		12	10	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444
Career			19	27	2	3	0	0	0	3	0	2	.111	.143	.111	.254

Bold indicates league leader; statistics current as of 29 September 2016

External links

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

References

1. "中日が高橋周平ら５人を台湾ウインターリーグ派遣 (Chunichi send 5 on-loan to Taiwanese winter league)". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 23 November 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
2. "出場者（ウエスタン・リーグ選抜）(Representatives (Western League)". Nippon Professional Baseball (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 July 2016.
3. "2016年度フレッシュオールスター・ゲーム　試合結果(2016 Fresh All Stars Game Results)". Nippon Professional Baseball (in Japanese). Retrieved 15 July 2016.