Takashi Umino
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| Takashi Umino | |||||||||||||||
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 Umino with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |||||||||||||||
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 62 | |||||||||||||||
| Catcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: July 15, 1997 Okayama, Okayama, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| September 18, 2020, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |||||||||||||||
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| Batting average | .168 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 16 | ||||||||||||||
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Takashi Umino (海野 隆司, Umino Takashi; born July 15, 1997) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Umino participated in the 2nd grade summer the 96th Japanese High School Baseball Championship as a Catcher of the Kanzei High School with Yūya Ogō.[1]
Umino went on to Tokai University and won the Batting Leader Award in the Tokyo Metropolitan Area University Baseball League[2] in the spring of his 3rd grade.[3]
Professional career
On October 17, 2019, Umino was drafted by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in the 2019 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.[1]
On September 18, 2020, Umino debuted in the Pacific League against the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.[4] And in the match against the Saitama Seibu Lions on November 1, he participated as a starter.[5] In 2020 season, he played in 5 games in the Pacific League. In the 2020 Japan Series against the Yomiuri Giants, he was selected as the Japan Series roster, and participated as a bench player.[6][7]
October 25, 2021, Umino recorded his first hit in the final game of the season against the Chiba Lotte Marines.[8] He also played 11 games in the Pacific League during the 2021 season.
In 2022 season, He finished the regular season with a .167 batting average, one home run, and four runs batted in in 47 games as a reserve catcher. On August 26, 2022, Umino recorded his first home run against the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.[9]
In 2023 season, Umino achieved career-high results last year, but fell into a slump this season, appearing in only eight games in the Pacific League.[10]
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