Hiromi Oka

Hiromi Oka (岡 大海)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 182 lbs.

• School Meiji University
• High School Kurashiki Commercial High School

• Born July 15, 1991 in Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan

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Biographical Information

Hiromi Oka has played in Nippon Pro Baseball.

Oka was drafted by the Nippon Ham Fighters in the 3rd round of the 2013 NPB draft, but he only played 15 games in 2014. due to a right ankle injury. He played 101 games with a .236/.299/.336 batting line and 18 steals in 2015, and he was 4th in steals in the Pacific League (tied with Takashi Ogino). However, Oka was injured again in 2016, so he only played 41 games despite a .374/.450/.473 batting line. He hit .238/.320/.238 in the 2016 Japan Series as his team won the title over the Hiroshima Carp. He slumped to .169/.194/.218 in 2017, and he only hit .154/.241/.212 in the first 60 games in 2018. The Fighters then traded him to the Chiba Lotte Marines for Takahiro Fujioka.

The Kurashiki native struggled again after changing teams as his batting line was .204/.299/.303 in '18, then he batted .227/.330/.409 in 2019. The Marines then sent him to the Criollos de Caguas in the winter, but he went 0-for-10 there. Oka's batting line fell to .143/.238/.143 in 2020, then he improved to .242/.322/.391 in 2021. He was 0-for-6 in the 2021 PLCS first stage, then he went 1-for-7 in the final stage; the Orix Buffaloes swept the Marines. Oka slumped to .217/.321/.377 in 2022, then he collected 15 steals with a .282/.371/.417 batting line in 2023. He was 3-for-7 and helped the Marines beat the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks in the 2023 PLCS first stage, then he went 4-for-10 with 2 doubles in the final stage; the Buffaloes beat the Marines again in 4 games.

Oka broke out in 2024, and he set a NPB record by hitting a double in 8 straight games. He was selected into the 2024 NPB All-Star Game, and he crushed a solo home run against Hiroto Saiki in his first at-bat in Game 1. He added a single against Iori Yamasaki in the 4th inning, then he grounded into a double play in the 7th inning. Oka then hit for Ukyo Shuto in the 7th inning of Game 2, and he blasted another dinger against Takuma Kirishiki; he hit a single versus Hiroki Ohnishi in his next at-bat.