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Motohiro Shima

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Motohiro Shima
Shima with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 73
Catcher / Coach
Born: (1984-12-13) December 13, 1984 (age 40)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
March 28, 2007, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Last NPB appearance
October 3, 2022, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
NPB statistics
Batting average	.240
Hits	936
Home runs	26
RBIs	315
Stolen bases	50

Teams
As player Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2007–2019) Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2020–2022) As coach Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2022–present)
Career highlights and awards
6× NPB All-Star (2007, 2010-2014) 2× Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2010, 2013) 2× Best Nine Award (2010, 2013) 2× Japan Series champion (2013, 2021)

Medal record
Men's baseball
Representing Japan
2015 WBSC Premier12
	2015 Tokyo	Team

Motohiro Shima (嶋基宏, Shima Motohiro, born December 13, 1984 in Kaizu, Gifu) is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Tokyo Yakult Swallows from 2007 to 2022. He is currently a coach for the Swallows.

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Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
NPB.com

v t e Tokyo Yakult Swallows current roster
Pitchers	11 Pedro Ávila 12 Taichi Ishiyama 15 Yūto Nakamura 17 Noboru Shimizu 18 Yasunobu Okugawa 19 Masanori Ishikawa 20 Naofumi Kizawa 21 Kojiro Yoshimura 24 Tomoya Hoshi 26 Taichi Yamano 28 Kengo Matsumoto 29 Yasuhiro Ogawa 30 Kōta Shōji 34 Kazuto Taguchi 35 Yūki Ishihara 39 Peter Lambert 40 Hirotoshi Takanashi 41 Takuya Yasaki 43 Daiki Yamamoto 44 Hiroki Ohnishi 45 Reiji Kozawa 47 Keiji Takahashi 48 Yuto Kanakubo 49 Hikaru Yamashita 52 Juri Hara 53 Hiroki Hasegawa 56 Takumi Sakamoto 58 Mike Baumann 61 Tetsu Miyagawa 62 Hyuga Takeyama 66 Kosuke Sakaguchi 68 Shōta Maruyama 99 Miguel Yajure
Catchers	2 Yudai Koga 27 Yuhei Nakamura 32 Naoki Matsumoto 33 Sōma Uchiyama 57 Taijirō Yano 65 Kyō Suzuki 90 Takuma Nakagawa 93 Seiya Hashimoto
Infielders	00 Yoshihiro Akahane 1 Tetsuto Yamada 5 Shingo Kawabata 7 Hideki Nagaoka 8 Eigoro Mogi 10 Takeshi Miyamoto 13 José Osuna 36 Ruito Nishimura 38 Takumi Kitamura 46 Kengo Ohta 50 Keigo Kitamura 54 Haruto Tanaka 55 Munetaka Murakami 60 Ryusei Takeoka 63 Shu Masuda 67 Ryūi Ito
Outfielders	0 Hidetaka Namiki 3 Haruki Nishikawa 4 Kazuya Maruyama 9 Yasutaka Shiomi 23 Norichika Aoki 25 Domingo Santana 31 Nikita Moiseyev 42 Ren Sawai 51 Taiki Hamada 64 Yukihiro Iwata
Development pitchers	012 Yū Hirosawa 013 Shunsuke Shimokawa 014 Kōta Nishidate 015 Shōhei Numata 012 Yūsei Nishihama 017 Shōsei 018 Kohei Suzuki 019 Takuma Satō
Development catchers	022 Ryūnosuke Matsumoto
Development infielders	023 Kiyoharu Sawano 025 Tatsunori Negishi 026 Sōta Takano
First squad coaching	Manager: 22 Shingo Takatsu Head coach: 73 Motohiro Shima Pitching coaches: 98 Hirotoshi Ishii, 72 Chikara Onodera Battery coach: 86 Suguru Ino Chief Hitting coach: 78 Shoitsu Omatsu Hitting coaches: 74 Shigeru Sugimura, 80 Yuji Yoshioka Infield defense and base running coach: 75 Takayuki Terauchi Outfield defense and base running / Strategy coach: 82 Yuichi Matsumoto
Second squad coaching	Manager: 88 Takahiro Ikeyama Chief coach: 79 Noriyuki Shiroishi Pitching coaches: 89 Tomohito Ito, 81 Itsuki Shoda, 92 Tetsuya Yamamoto Battery coach: 83 Atsushi Kinugawa Hitting coaches: 76 Ryuji Miyade, 87 Tomochika Tsuboi Infield defense and base running coach: 95 Katsuyuki Dobashi Outfield defense and base running coach: 77 Kotaro Yamasaki Development pitching coach: 91 Yoshinori Development field coach: 85 Naomichi Nishiura

Japan roster – 2015 WBSC Premier12

Manager 90 Hiroki Kokubo
Coach 73 Hiroshi Narahara
Coach 79 Takayuki Ohnishi
Coach 80 Atsunori Inaba
Coach 87 Toshihisa Nishi
Coach 88 Akihiro Yano
Coach 89 Yoshitaka Katori

Japan roster – 2017 World Baseball Classic

Manager 90 Hiroki Kokubo
Coach 72 Hiroshi Gondoh
Coach 73 Hiroshi Narahara
Coach 79 Takayuki Ohnishi
Coach 87 Toshihisa Nishi
Coach 80 Atsunori Inaba
Coach 84 Yoshinori Murata

v t e Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2013 Japan Series champions
0 Makoto Moriyama 3 Casey McGehee 5 Akihisa Makida 6 Kazuya Fujita 7 Kazuo Matsui 8 Toshiya Nakashima 9 Toshihito Abe 14 Takahiro Norimoto 18 Masahiro Tanaka (2013 PLCS MVP) 20 Kohei Hasebe 21 Yoshinao Kamata 22 Kenji Tomura 23 Ryo Hijirisawa 25 Andruw Jones 26 Norihito Kaneto 27 Takero Okajima 28 Hiroshi Katayama 29 Shota Koseki 31 Manabu Mima (Japan Series MVP) 32 Shintaro Masuda 33 Ginji Akaminai 35 Hiroaki Shimauchi 36 Aoi Enomoto 37 Motohiro Shima 41 Koji Aoyama 42 Ken Ray 43 Yusuke Kosai 44 Takashi Saito 45 Takashi Kawai 48 Tadashi Ishimine 53 Jim Heuser 55 Tetsuro Nishida 57 Shinichiro Koyama 58 Wataru Karashima 64 Hiroyuki Fukuyama 65 Keiji Oyama 67 Tatsuro Iwasaki 69 Brandon Duckworth 90 Sho Miyagawa
Manager 77 Senichi Hoshino Coaches Head 80 Toru Nimura Hitting 82 Tomio Tashiro Asst. hitting 89 Yosuke Hiraishi Pitching 71 Yoshinori Sato Bullpen 72 Ryoji Moriyama Battery 70 Takashi Miwa Infield 73 Yasutomo Suzuki Outfield 76 Osamu Yonemura
Regular season Pacific League Climax Series