Shinya Tsuruoka

Tsuruoka with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 33

Catcher

Born: April 11, 1981

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

NPB debut

September 7, 2005, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

NPB statistics
(through 2013)

Batting average

.241

Home runs

RBI

174

Teams

Nippon-Ham Fighters/Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2003–2013)
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2014–present)

Career highlights and awards

2012 Pacific League Best Nine Award
2009 Pacific League Golden Glove Award
3× Japan Series champion (2006, 2014, 2015)
2× NPB All-Star selection (2012-2013)

Shinya Tsuruoka (鶴岡慎也, born April 11, 1981 in Kagoshima, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
NPB.com

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks current roster

First squad	0 Tomoki Takata 1 Seiichi Uchikawa 2 Kenta Imamiya 4 Keisuke Kaneko 5 Nobuhiro Matsuda 6 Yuki Yoshimura 7 Akira Nakamura 9 Yuki Yanagita 11 Kenichi Nakata 12 Hiroaki Takaya 13 Akira Niho 17 Sho Iwasaki 18 Daisuke Matsuzaka 19 Masahiko Morifuku 20 Hayato Terahara 21 Tsuyoshi Wada 23 Ryuma Kidokoro 24 Yuya Hasegawa 25 Shingo Tatsumi 27 Toru Hosokawa 28 Kenji Otonari 30 Shota Takeda 33 Shinya Tsuruoka 34 Hiroki Yamada 35 Keizo Kawashima 36 Kenji Akashi 37 Shuhei Fukuda 38 Yuito Mori 41 Kodai Senga 43 Tomoaki Egawa 44 Rick VandenHurk 46 Yuichi Honda 50 Tadashi Settsu 51 Seiji Uebayashi 53 Ryota Igarashi 54 Akihiro Yanase 58 Dennis Sarfate 65 Edison Barrios 95 Bárbaro Cañizares

Second squad	00 Hikaru Kawase 14 Ren Kajiya 16 Nao Higashihama 22 Ayatsugu Yamashita 31 Ryoya Kurihara 32 Masayoshi Tsukada 39 Yosuke Shimabukuro 40 Reiji Kozawa 42 Yuya Iida 45 Kenta Tanigawara 47 Jumpei Takahashi 48 Ken Okamoto 49 Masato Sakata 55 Kenta Chatani 56 Daichi Hoshino 57 Shinya Kayama 59 Shogo Furusawa 60 Go Kamamoto 61 Kenta Kurose 62 Takuya Kai 63 Taiga Kasahara 64 Yusuke Masago 66 Yuki Matsumoto 67 Shunsuke Kasaya 68 Kentaro Inomoto 69 Taisei Makihara 90 Robert Suarez 121 Shoji Yoshimoto (Trainee) 122 Hiroyuki Kawahara (Trainee) 123 Yusuke Itoh (Trainee) 124 Kazuhiro Kohyama (Trainee) 125 Lee Tu-Hsuan (Trainee) 126 Seiya Saitoh (Trainee) 127 Daichiro Itoh (Trainee) 128 Amon Yamashita (Trainee) 129 Yuto Nozawa (Trainee) 130 Ryuya Kodama (Trainee) 131 Tamon Horiuchi (Trainee) 132 Yuichi Higoshi (Trainee) 133 Eiji Kakinoki (Trainee) 134 Shota Kaneko (Trainee) 136 Shin Nakamura (Trainee) 137 Takeshi Watanabe (Trainee) 138 Shuta Ishikawa (Trainee) 139 Shinsuke Tobo (Trainee) 140 Kaisei Sone (Trainee) 141 Masahiro Harimoto (Trainee)

First squad Coaching	Manager: 81 Kimiyasu Kudoh Pitching coaches: 70 Yoshinori Sato, 82 Keisaburo Tanoue Hitting coaches: 71 Yasuo Fujii, 75 Noriyoshi Omichi Fielding and base coaches for infielders: 88 Yusuke Torigoe Fielding and base coaches for outfielders: 78 Tetsuya Iida Battery coach: 84 Masaumi Shimizu

Second squad Coaching	Manager: 80 Yoshio Mizukami Pitching coaches: 94 Shinji Kurano, 98 Hiroshi Takamura, 99 Yusaku Iriki Hitting coach: 72 Koichi Sekikawa, 76 Hiroshi Fujimoto Fielding and base coaches for infielders: 74 Hiroshi Ogawa Fielding and base coaches for outfielders: 87 Tatsuya Ide Battery coach: 86 Fujio Tamura

Third squad Coaching	Manager: 92 Shigeru Ishiwata Pitching coaches: 73 Manabu Saito, 91 Masahiro Sakumoto Hitting coaches: 96 Makoto Sasaki Fielding and base coaches for infielders: 83 Yasutomo Suzuki Fielding and base coaches for outfielders: 93 Arihito Muramatsu Battery coach: 85 Tetsuya Matoyama

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