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Hiroshi Fujimoto (baseball)
is a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder and current manager of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He previously played for the Nankai/Fukuoka Daiei Hawks and the Orix Blue Wave. Early baseball career Fujimoto went on to Tenri High School, where he competed in the 62nd Japanese High School Baseball Championship in the summer of his sophomore year. Professional career Active player era On November 25, 1981, Fujimoto was drafted by the Nankai Hawks in the 1981 Nippon Professional Baseball draft. On July 7, 1990, He accomplished hit for the cycle against the Nippon-Ham Fighters. He was Trade (sports), traded to the Orix Blue Wave The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefect ... early in the 1998 season and retired after that season. Fujimoto played a total of 110 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Infielder
An infielder is a baseball player stationed at one of four defensive "infield" positions on the baseball field. Standard arrangement of positions In a game of baseball, two teams of nine players take turns playing offensive and defensive roles. Although there are many rules to baseball, in general the team playing offense tries to score runs by batting balls into the field that enable runners to make a complete circuit of the four bases. The team playing in the field tries to prevent runs by catching the ball before it hits the ground, by tagging runners with the ball while they are not touching a base, or by throwing the ball to first base before the batter who hit the ball can run from home plate to first base. There are nine defensive positions on a baseball field. The part of the baseball field closest to the batter (shown in the diagram as light brown) is known as the "infield" (as opposed to the "outfield", the part of the field furthest from the batter, shown in the diagr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |