Hiroyuki Mori
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 022
Catcher / Coach
Born: (1965-02-04) February 4, 1965
Sennan, Osaka, Japan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
October 11, 1987, for the Nankai Hawks
Last appearance
July 28, 1990, for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
NPB statistics
(through 1990 season)
Batting average.108
Home runs2
RBI6
Hits4
Stolen base0
Sacrifice bunt1
Teams
As player

As coach and manager

Hiroyuki Mori (森浩之, Mori Hiroyuki, born February 4, 1965) is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher, and current the battery coordinator for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).[1]

He previously played for the Nankai / Fukuoka Daiei Hawks. His registered name during his active career was 森 広之(Mori Hiroyuki).[2]

Early baseball career

Mori went on to PL Gakuen High School, where he won the Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in the springs of his sophomore and junior years.[3]

He won the Japan National Collegiate Baseball Championship as a senior at Toyo University and was captain of the 1986 USA vs. Japan Collegiate All-Star Series.[4]

Professional career

Active player era

On November 20, 1986, Mori was drafted by the Nankai Hawks in the 1986 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.[3]

He was active for only five seasons, totaling 28 games, four hits, six runs batted in, and a .108 batting average.[3][2]

After retirement

Mori began his experience as a bullpen catcher in the 1992 season, served as the coach in charge of the bullpen from the 1993 season to 2002, and was a noncoaching bullpen from the 2003 season to the 2008 season.[3]

He also served as the coach in the second squad in the charge of the bullpen again from the 2009 to 2012 seasons and as a scorer from the 2013 to 2016 seasons.[3]

He then served as the first squad operations coach for the 2017-2018 season, the first squad head coach for the 2019 to 2020 season, the third squad manager for the 2021 season, the first squad head coach again for the 2022 season.[3]

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

Mori has served the team as a coach and team staff since his retirement to the present.[3]

References

  1. 1 2 "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. 1 2 "Weekly Baseball online player data 森浩之(もりひろゆき) 捕手 右投右打". Weekly Baseball online (in Japanese). Retrieved December 10, 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Sports Nippon baseball news ソフトバンク・森ヘッドC新春3つの誓い 選手を戸惑わせない、チーム内調整、競争は「目」で判断". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). January 3, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Sports Nippon baseball news 東洋大・高橋昭雄元監督の逝去 ソフトバンク森浩之ヘッドコーチ悼む「残念で、仕方ないです」". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). September 8, 2022. Retrieved November 19, 2022.
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