Daiju Nomura

Daiju Nomura (野村 大樹, Nomura Daiju, born September 10, 2000) is a Japanese professional baseball Infielder for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball.

Daiju Nomura
Nomura with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 55
Infielder
Born: (2000-09-10) September 10, 2000
Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
NPB debut
September 28, 2019, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
NPB statistics
(through 2022 season)
Batting average.229
Home runs0
RBI11
Hits20
Stolen base0
Sacrifice bunt1
Teams

Early baseball career

Nomura participated in the 2nd grade spring the 89th Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament, as a Third baseman of the Waseda Jitsugyo High School with Kōtarō Kiyomiya. And he recorded a total of 68 home runs in his three years in high school.[1]

Professional career

On October 25, 2018, Nomura was drafted by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.[1]

On September 28, 2019, Nomura debuted in the Pacific League against the Orix Buffaloes, and he recorded his first hit.[2] In 2019 season, Nomura played 2 games in the Pacific League.

In 2020 season, Nomura was unable to play in the Pacific League and played 74 games in the Western League with a batting average of .263 and a three home runs.[3]

In 2021 season,he played seven games in the Pacific League.

In 2022 season, Nomura was registered first team on June 27 and recorded a hit that day against the Chiba Lotte Marines.[4][5] On July 13 against the Orix Buffaloes, he recorded the game-winning RBI.[6] On August 24, he was active against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles with three hits, a multi-hit game.[7] While the team's main players were taken off the first team registration due to a positive test for COVID-19, Nomura, Kenta Tanigawara, and Shu Masuda, known as the Chikugo Hawks (a nickname given to the younger reserve players. Chikugo is the name of the place where the Hawks farm team is located.), supported the team's difficult situation with 20 hits and 16 runs in four games.[8] He finished the regular season with a .229 batting average, 16 hits, and eight RBI scored in 31 games.

References
  1. "Nishinippon Sports baseball news (Japanese) 追いかけた清宮の背中／ホークス3位・野村大樹2". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). December 16, 2018. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  2. "Nikkan Sports baseball news (Japanese) ソフトバンク野村大樹がプロ初打席初安打デビュー". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). September 28, 2019. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  3. "Nikkan Sports baseball news (Japanese) ソフトバンク野村10万増「来年こそ1軍で戦力に」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 14, 2020.
  4. "Nikkansports Sports baseball news巨人メルセデス、ソフトバンク和田毅ら抹消　日本ハム加藤貴之、阪神西純矢も／27日公示". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). June 27, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  5. "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Game Leaport Player Results 2022/06/27(月) 第12回戦 福岡ソフトバンク vs 千葉ロッテ". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). June 27, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  6. "Nikkansports Sports baseball news 【ソフトバンク】野村大樹の今季初打点がＶ打 昨年から期待していた藤本監督「今後生きてくる」". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). July 13, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
  7. "Nishinippon Sports baseball news 野村大樹「自信を持って打席に入ることができました」プロ初の猛打賞". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). August 24, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  8. "Nishinippon Sports baseball news 「打てなかったら落とされる」増田珠が初お立ち台で語った「ちびっ子トリオ」のハングリー精神". Nishinippon Shimbun (in Japanese). August 27, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022.
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