Toshiya Adachi

Toshiya Adachi (安達 俊也)

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.
• High School Aikodai Meiden High School
• Born June 21, 1965 in Kariya, Aichi Japan

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Biographical Information

Utility infielder Toshiya Adachi played for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1985 to 1986 and from 1988 to 1988 to 1995.

Adachi was a fifth-round pick of the Buffaloes out of high school in 1983 NPB draft. He got into five games in 1985 and three in 1986 but did not bat either season. In 1988, he hit .154/.185/.231 in 84 plate appearances over 65 games. His first hit in Nippon Pro Baseball was a home run off Yukihiko Yamaoki but he would only hit three homers the remainder of his career. He mostly backed up Yasunaga Makishi at SS, presumably as a defensive sub.

The Aichi native batted .205/.299/.291 in 159 plate appearances and 88 games in 1989, backing up Makishi at SS and Daijiro Oishi at 2B. In the 1989 Japan Series, his lone Japan Series, he went 0 for 1 in two games as Kintetsu fell to the Yomiuri Giants in seven. In 1990, he led the Buffaloes in games at short and hit .218/.265/.300 in 103 games (191 plate appearances). He tied for 4th in the Pacific League with four triples. He somehow made the PL All-Star team. In the first 1990 NPB All-Star Game, he replaced Kazuhiko Ishimine in the lineup and took over at short when Hiromi Matsunaga moved from SS to LF; he did not bat in a 7-0 win. In Game 2, he pinch-hit for Yukio Tanaka and took over at short in a 12-7 win over the Central League; he had a hit off Yoshihiro Nakada and later scored.

He earned a career-high 174 at-bats in 1991 and had arguably his best campaign at the plate, hitting .264/.351/.328 with 19 RBI. He split short with Takashi Yoshida (Eiji Mizuguchi being used as a defensive sub) that season. The next year, he backed up Yoshida at SS, Oishi at 2B and Yoshiaki Kanemura at third and hit .250/.313/.353 in 152 plate appearances over 79 games. His offensive production fell in 1993 (.208/.297/.258 in 139 PA, 68 G), backing up Koichi Oshima at 3B and seeing some action at the other infield slots. He got into one game but did not bat in 1994 and was 1 for 9 in 1995 to end his NPB career.

Not an offensive threat -- he hit .222/.294/.299 overall -- he had only 814 at-bats in his 10-year career.

After retiring, he became a scout.