Norifumi Nishimura

Norifumi Nishimura
西村 徳文

Chiba Lotte Marines — No. 70
Infielder, Outfielder, Manager
Born: January 9, 1960 (1960-01-09) (age 52)
Kushima, Miyazaki
Batted: Switch Threw: Right
Professional debut
NPB: 1982 for the Chiba Lotte Marines
Last professional appearance
NPB: 1997 for the Chiba Lotte Marines
NPB statistics
Batting average     .272
Hits     1,298
Runs batted in     326
Teams

As player

As manager
Career highlights and awards
  • 1990 batting title
Last update: 24 November 2009

Norifumi Nishimura (西村 徳文 Nishimura Norifumi?, born January 9, 1960 in Kushima, Miyazaki) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player and current manager. Nishimura spent the entirety of his 16-year playing career with the Chiba Lotte Marines. After retiring, he coached for the team until being named the successor to former Marines-manager Bobby Valentine in late 2009.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by
Bobby Valentine		 Chiba Lotte Marines manager
2010–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Chiba Lotte Marines current roster
First squad

1 Ikuhiro Kiyota | 2 Makoto Imaoka | 3 Takahito Kudo | 4 Takashi Ogino | 5 Shota Ishimine | 6 Tadahito Iguchi | 8 Toshiaki Imae | 9 Kazuya Fukuura | 10 Shoitsu Ohmatsu | 14 Tomohisa Ohtani | 17 Yoshihisa Naruse | 19 Yuki Karakawa | 21 Tatsuya Uchi | 22 Tomoya Satozaki | 23 Hisao Heiuchi | 27 Takuya Furuya | 28 Kazunori Yamamoto | 30 Yoshihiro Itoh | 31 Shunsuke Watanabe | 40 Masato Watanabe | 43 Itsuhiro Mitsuhara | 44 Hayden Penn | 49 Yasuhiko Yabuta | 52 Kim Tae-Kyun | 55 Takumi Kobe | 62 Takeshi Kanazawa | 66 Yoshifumi Okada | 69 Bill Murphy | 99 Carlos Rosa |
Second squad

00 Takuya Takahama | 0 Tadahiro Ogino | 11 Yuta Omine | 12 Yuji Yoshimi | 13 Kentaro Hashimoto | 15 Hiroki Ueno | 16 Bob McCrory | 20 Yasutaka Hattori | 24 Shota Koike | 29 Shingo Ono | 33 Masaki Minami | 34 Yuta Kimura | 35 Toshiki Tsuboi | 36 Takayuki Takaguchi | 37 Keisuke Hayashi | 38 Taiki Nakagoh | 39 Masahiko Tanaka | 40 Masato Watanabe | 41 Atsushi Kobayashi | 42 Ryoji Katsuki | 45 Kodai Matsumoto | 46 Hidetaka Kawagoe | 47 Takumi Nasuno | 48 Akichika Yamada | 50 Shota Omine | 51 Masatomo Uematsu | 53 Naoya Emura | 54 Syuhei Fujitani | 56 Tetsuya Yamamoto | 57 Koshiro Yamamuro | 58 Takeshi Aono | 59 Kei Hosoya | 60 Kazunari Abe | 61 Katsuya Kakunaka | 63 Keiyo Aomatsu | 64 Hiroshi Miyamoto | 65 Ryusuke Minami | 67 Naoki Matoba | 68 Keisuke Hayasaka | 70 Takuma Sadaoka |
Development players

121 Shota Kurosawa (P) | 122 Lin Yen-Feng (P) | 123 Shogo Yamaguchi (P) | 124 Jyunya Ishida (P) | 125 Tsai Shen-Fu (IF) | 127 Yukihiro Kimoto (P) | 128 Akira Suzue (P) | 129 Kota Sumi (IF) | 130 Hiruto Ikuyama (IF) | 131 Yuji Nishino (P) | 133 Masashi Yoshida (IF)
First squad Coaching

Manager: 78 Norifumi Nishimura | Head coach: 76 Michio Aoyama | Pitching/Battery coach: 71 Takashi Nishimoto | INF/Chief Fielder's coach: 75 Eiji Kanamori | Hitting coach: 83 Yoshiie Tachibana | Baserunning coaches: 72 Seiji Kamikawa, 73 Kenji Morozumi | Battery coach: 74 Kiyoshi Yamanaka | Physical coach: 98 Mamoru Akasaka |
Second squad Coaching

Manager: 87 Yoshihiko Takahashi | General coach: 85 Hidetoshi Hakamada | Batting coach: 86 Kiyoyuki Nagashima | Pitching coach: 81 Toshihide Narimoto | Baserunning coaches: 83 Kenichi Satoh, 80 Takenori Daita | Bullpen coach: 88 Shiro Maesatoh | Ikusei coach: 89 Shigeki Ikeda |
Current managers highlighted
Central League Pacific League
Chunichi Dragons (Ochiai) Chiba Lotte Marines (Nishimura)
Hanshin Tigers (Mayumi) Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (Akiyama)
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (Nomura) Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (Nashida)
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (Ogawa) Orix Buffaloes (Okada)
Yokohama BayStars (Obana) Saitama Seibu Lions (Watanabe)
Yomiuri Giants (Hara) Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (Hoshino)
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