Hiroshi Shintaku

Hiroshi Shintaku (新宅 洋志)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 176 lb.

• School Komazawa University
• High School Hamada High School

• Born December 19, 1943 in Hamada, Shimane Japan

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Biographical Information

Hiroshi Shintaku caught in Nippon Pro Baseball for 13 years.

Shintaku competed for Japan in the 1964 Olympics baseball exhibition as their starting catcher in Game 1. He was signed by the Chunichi Dragons in 1966, and he spent most of his first season in the NPB Farm Leagues, only having 45 at-bats with the big club. When Tatsuhiko Kimata injured in 1967, Shintaku filled the hole he left and hit .215/.264/.318 in 88 games. He was also selected into the 1967 NPB All-Star Games, but he didn't have a single at-bat.

He played 66 games with a .205/.258/.262 batting line in 1968, and he never had more than 100 at-bats after this season as Kimata came back. He hit .227/.301/.333 in 40 games in 1969, and he was below the Mendoza line for the next four seasons. Shintaku hit .308/.357/.385 in 52 games in 1976, and he announced his retirement in 1978. He also coached the Dragons from 1984 to 1989 and from 1992 to 1994.

Overall, Shintaku hit .213/.272/.284 with 196 hits and 10 homers in 13 seasons in the NPB.

Sources

• NPB site
• Wiki Japan
• 1967 NPB All Star Game
• 1964 Japanese Olympic team, Wiki Japan