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Taishi Hirooka

Hirooka with the Orix Buffaloes

Orix Buffaloes – No. 30

Infielder/Outfielder

Born: (1997-04-09) April 9, 1997 (age 27)
Abeno-ku, Osaka, Japan

Bats: RightThrows: Right

NPB debut

September 29, 2016, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Career statistics
(through 2023 season)

.206

154

Teams

Medals

Men's baseball

Representing Japan
U-23 Baseball World Cup
	2016, Monterrey, Mexico	Team

Taishi Hirooka (廣岡大志, Hirooka Taishi, born April 9, 1997) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Orix Buffaloes of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Yomiuri Giants.

Professional career

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

On October 22, 2015, Hirooka was drafted by the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in the 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.

On September 29, 2016, Hirooka debuted in the Central League against the Yokohama DeNA BayStars, and recorded his first Home run.

In 2016 - 2020 season, he recorded in 236 games with a batting average of .214, a 21 home runs, a RBI of 54.

Yomiuri Giants

On March 1, 2021, Hirooka was traded to the Yomiuri Giants. Hirooka played in 78 games for Yomiuri, hitting .189/.256/.387 with 5 home runs and 15 RBI. In 2022, Hirooka played in only 28 games for the Giants, struggling to a .180/.293/.280 slash line with no home runs and 4 RBI.

Orix Buffaloes

On May 17, 2023, Hirooka was traded to the Orix Buffaloes in exchange for Kohei Suzuki (K–Suzuki).

References

"Sports Nippon baseball news (Japanese) ヤクルト 2位指名の智弁学園高・広岡と合意". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). November 8, 2015. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
"Sports Nippon baseball news (Japanese) ヤクルトの新人・広岡初打席で三浦から本塁打". Sports Nippon (in Japanese). September 29, 2016. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
"Sankei Sports baseball news (Japanese) 巨人・田口とヤクルト・広岡のトレードが決定". Sankei Sports (in Japanese). March 1, 2021. Retrieved April 12, 2021.
"Taishi Hirooka Japanese Leagues Statistics". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2023-05-18.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
NPB.jp

v t e Orix Buffaloes current roster
Pitchers	00 Anderson Espinoza 11 Shunpeita Yamashita 12 Kōhei Azuma 13 Hiroya Miyagi 14 Yūki Udagawa 15 Ren Mukunoki 16 Yoshihisa Hirano 17 Ryūhei Sotani 19 Taisuke Yamaoka 20 Shōta Abe 21 Sōichirō Yamazaki 22 Ryōta Muranishi 23 Kōsei Yoshida 26 Kyōsuke Saitoh 28 Ryōga Tomiyama 29 Daiki Tajima 35 Motoki Higa 42 Andrés Machado 43 Yuito Mae 46 Hitomi Honda 48 Kaisei Tōmatsu 52 Kaede Yokoyama 54 Luis Castillo 56 Atsuya Kogita 57 Nobuyoshi Yamada 58 Kazutomo Iguchi 59 Luis Perdomo 63 Kōsuke Kawachi 66 Hiroshi Suzuki 93 Kazuma Satoh 94 Kento Kawase 95 Kaito Saiki 96 Taito Takashima 97 Seiryū Kotajima 98 Ryūsei Gonda
Catchers	2 Kenya Wakatsuki 4 Tomoya Mori 32 Shō Fukunaga 37 Ryō Ishikawa 44 Yūma Tongū 62 Shūna Hori
Infielders	3 Ryōichi Adachi 5 Masahiro Nishino 6 Yūma Mune 8 Marwin González 9 Tomoya Noguchi 10 Kōji Ohshiro 24 Kōtarō Kurebayashi 25 Hō Naitoh 30 Taishi Hirooka 31 Ryō Ohta 34 Seiya Yokoyama 36 Tatsuya Yamaashi 40 Leandro Cedeño 53 Shō Gibo 64 Kōsei Ohsato 67 Keita Nakagawa
Outfielders	0 Haruto Watanabe 1 Shūhei Fukuda 7 Ryōma Nishikawa 27 Kendai Gen 33 Ryū Sugisawa 38 Ryōto Kita 39 Ryōma Ikeda 41 Kōdai Sano 45 Cody Thomas 50 Yūya Oda 55 T-Okada 61 Tokumasa Chano 99 Yūtarō Sugimoto
Development pitchers	003 Yuito Nakata 032 Kaito Iriyama 041 Hiroto Suga 042 Kaito Ōe 043 Riku Miyaguni 044 Taketo Ashida 130 Taiki Ono
Development catchers	034 Kyōichirō Murakami
Development infielders	045 Sōta Kawano 124 Kyōhei Ueno 126 Kazuya Katsuki
Development outfielders	004 Yamato Hirano 020 Takayuki Yamanaka 123 Motohide Kinoshita
First squad coaching	Manager: 78 Satoshi Nakajima Head coach: 88 Katsumi Mizumoto General fielding coach: 76 Naoyuki Kazaoka Pitching coaches: 75 Kazuyuki Atsuzawa, 72 Masafumi Hirai, 73 Rui Makino, 71 Mamoru Kishida Batting coaches: 79 Ryūtarō Tsuji, 83 Eiichi Koyano, 85 Shinji Takahashi Infield defense/base running coaches: 77 Eishin Soyogi, 80 Shūhei Kojima, 3 Ryōichi Adachi Outfield defense/base running coaches: 81 Sō Taguchi, 70 Yūsuke Matsui Battery coaches: 87 Toshio Saitoh, 74 Katsuki Yamazaki
Second squad coaching	Manager: 89 Hiroshi Kobayashi Patrol head coach: Seiichiro Nakagaki Chief development coach: 90 Toshio Haru Development coaches: 86 Shintarō Yoshida, 84 Kōhei Suzuki, 91 Daisuke Iida

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