Toshiaki Imae
Japanese baseball player (born 1983)
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Toshiaki Imae (今江 敏晃, Imae Toshiaki; born August 26, 1983) is a Japanese professional baseball former infielder and manager for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
| 今江敏晃 Toshiaki Imae 이마에 토시아키 | |||||||||||||||
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Imae with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | |||||||||||||||
| Samsung Lions – No. 99 | |||||||||||||||
| Infielder / Manager / Coach | |||||||||||||||
| Born: August 26, 1983 Kyoto, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| April 28, 2002, for the Chiba Lotte Marines | |||||||||||||||
| Last NPB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| June 28, 2019, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .283 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 1,682 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 726 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 108 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
| As player
As manager
As coach
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| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Playing career
Imae won the Most Valuable Player award in both the 2005 and 2010 Japan Series.
He selected 2018 NPB All-Star game.[1]
Coaching career
On October 17, 2023, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles announced that Imae would be promoted from hitting coach to manager for the 2024 season, replacing Kazuhisa Ishii.[2]
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