Tatsuya Shindo

Tatsuya Shindo (進藤 達哉)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 8", Weight 154 lb.

• High School Takaoka Shogyo High School

• Born January 14, 1970 in Takaoka, Toyama Japan

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Biographical Information

Tatsuya Shindo played in Nippon Pro Baseball.

Shindo was signed by the Yokohama Taiyo Whales in 1987. Shindo debuted on October 20, 1988, and collected his first career hit off Masahiro Yamamoto on May 21, 1989. Shindo spent the first five years of his career in the NPB Farm Leagues, and only played 130 games in the Central League from 1987 to 1991. He finally took the starting shortstop spot from Masahiro Takahashi in 1992, and hit .246/.304/.397 with 11 homers. Shindo extended his stable performance, hitting .227/.314/.386, .237/.321/.343 and .217/.335/.356 respectively in the next three years. Although he didn't do well on offense, Shindo still secured the starting shortstop spot with his elite defense.

When Takuro Ishii was turned into a shortstop in 1996, Shindo was moved to third base, but he only played 67 games due to a spine injury. He came back and hit .236/.333/.381 with 10 homers in 1997, and won the first NPB Gold Glove award in his career as a third baseman. The Toyama native recorded a .241/.331/.403 batting line with a career-high 14 homers in 1998, and won the Gold Glove again. Shindo went 2-for-24 in the 1998 Nippon Series, and won the first Nippon Series Title in his career with the Yokohama BayStars (the Whales having changed their name by now).

Shindo hit .286/.342/.458 in 1999, and won the Gold Glove award for the third consecutive year. He announced that he would become a free agent after the 1999 season, but chose to stay with the BayStars. Because Tatsuhiko Kinjo shined in 2000, Shindo only played 59 games in that season. The BayStars then traded him with Kiyoshi Arai and Hisashi Tokano to the Orix Blue Wave for Hirofumi Ogawa, Yu Sugimoto and Kazuyuki Maeda. Shindo hit .242/.322/.387 in 2001 and recorded a .225/.275/.306 batting line in 2002. He announced his retirement after batting .205/.271/.369 in the 2003 season. He was the defense coach for the BayStars from 2004 to 2007, and served as bench coach from 2015 to 2016.

Overall, Shindo had hit .239/.318/.375 in 16 seasons in NPB.