Tomoya Mori

Tomoya Mori
Tomoya Mori
Orix Buffaloes – No. 4
	Catcher
	Born: August 8, 1995 (age 29)
	Bats: Left Throws: Right
NPB debut
	July 30, 2014, for the Saitama Seibu Lions
NPB statistics ; (through 2023 Season)
Batting average	.289
Hits	1,022
Home runs	120
Runs batted in	513
Teams
	Saitama Seibu Lions (2014–2022); Orix Buffaloes (2023–present);
Career highlights and awards
	Pacific League MVP (2019); 4× Best Nine Award (2018, 2019, 2021, 2023); 1× Pacific League batting champion (2019); 6× NPB All-Star (2015, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023); 2× Best Battery Award with Pitcher Shinsaburō Tawata (2018) and Pitcher Tatsushi Masuda (2019); 2× NPB All-Star Most Valuable Player Award (2018, 2019); SKY PerfecTV! Dramatic Sayonara Award Annual Grand Prize (2018); Outstanding Player Award (2014);
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing Japan
18U Baseball World Cup

Tomoya Mori (森友哉, Mori Tomoya, born August 8, 1995) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball. He has previously played in NPB for the Saitama Seibu Lions.

Career

In 2015, Mori was named an All-Star for the first time in his career.

He was a member of the Melbourne Aces of the Australian Baseball League for the 2017-18 season.

He was again selected as an all-star^[1] in 2018.

In 2019 he was named Pacific League MVP.

In 2022, he became a free agent.

In 2023, he signed with the Orix Buffaloes.

On September 10, 2023, Mori collected his 1,000th career NPB hit, becoming the 316th player to accomplish the feat.^[2]

^ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 ファン投票結果". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). June 26, 2018. Archived from the original on October 2, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
^ "Tomoya Mori of Orix is the 316th person in history to hit a total of 1000 hits, and he hit Akira Sasaki's 160 km straight ball first". news.yahoo.co.jp. Retrieved September 15, 2023.
^ "「2018日米野球」に出場する侍ジャパントップチーム選手全28名が決定". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 10, 2018. Archived from the original on May 2, 2019. Retrieved October 14, 2018.

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