Hitoshi Tamura

Hitoshi Tamura (多村 仁志, born March 28, 1977) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player who last played with the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

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Hitoshi Tamura
Tamura with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Outfielder
Born: (1977-03-28) March 28, 1977 (age 48)
Bats: Right Throws: Right
NPB debut
April 4, 1997, for the Yokohama BayStars
NPB statistics (through 2015)
Batting average	.281
Runs batted in	643
Home runs	195
Teams
Yokohama BayStars (1997–2006) Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2007–2012) Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2013–2015) Chunichi Dragons (2016)
Medals Representing  Japan Men's Baseball World Baseball Classic 2006 San Diego Team
Representing  Japan
Men's Baseball
World Baseball Classic
	2006 San Diego	Team
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Following his release from the Yokohama DeNA Baystars in 2015, Tamura joined the Chunichi Dragons on a trainee contract with the hope of returning to professional baseball.^[1]

On October 1, 2016 it was announced that Tamura was deemed surplus to requirements by the Dragons management. He then announced his retirement from professional baseball.^[2]

1. ^ Ueyama, Koji (February 7, 2016). "３８歳の多村、「野球をやれる幸せ」 育成選手で再出発" (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved October 5, 2016.
2. ^ "中日・多村、涙の引退表明 戦力外通告受け決断「やりきった」" (in Japanese). Sponichi. October 1, 2016. Retrieved October 5, 2016.

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