Taishi Hirooka

Taishi Hirooka
Born: April 9, 1997
, JP
Primary Position: Outfield
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, 3B, SS
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6'0"
Weight: 178
Career: 2016-2025

Taishi Hirooka compiled a career batting average of .222 with 33 home runs and 112 RBI in his 521-game career with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yakult Swallows, Yomiuri Giants and Orix Buffaloes. He began playing during the 2016 season and last took the field during the 2025 campaign.

Tokyo Yakult Swallows

Yomiuri Giants

Orix Buffaloes

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Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF
2016	Foreign Major	JPCL	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	2	7	7	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	2	.429	.429	.857	1.286	6	0	0	0	0
2017	Foreign Major	JPCL	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	11	31	28	6	7	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.250	.323	.286	.608	8	1	1	0	0
2018	Foreign Major	JPCL	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	45	125	115	11	24	6	0	2	10	0	0	5	36	.209	.240	.313	.553	36	2	0	4	1
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	91	243	202	32	41	6	1	10	25	1	1	33	77	.203	.319	.391	.710	79	4	2	5	1
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	87	142	121	15	26	4	0	8	15	4	0	16	43	.215	.302	.446	.748	54	4	0	3	2
2021	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	78	117	106	11	20	2	2	5	15	2	1	7	25	.189	.256	.387	.643	41	2	3	0	1
2022	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	28	60	50	5	9	3	1	0	4	0	0	7	16	.180	.293	.280	.573	14	2	1	2	0
2023	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	9	30	28	5	6	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	8	.214	.233	.321	.555	9	0	1	0	1
2024	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	61	119	108	11	21	6	0	0	5	2	0	10	31	.194	.261	.250	.511	27	2	0	0	1
2025	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	118	453	402	43	102	15	1	7	34	9	7	39	90	.254	.317	.348	.665	140	9	0	8	4
Totals				521	1297	1139	136	253	43	5	33	112	18	9	119	331	.222	.297	.356	.653	405	26	7	22	10

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
2016	Foreign Major	JPCL	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	SS	2	6	3	0	0	1.000	4.500
2017	Foreign Major	JPCL	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	SS	7	7	6	0	2	1.000	1.857
2017	Foreign Major	JPCL	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	3B	4	1	6	0	0	1.000	1.750
2018	Foreign Major	JPCL	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	SS	25	27	56	5	10	.943	3.320
2018	Foreign Major	JPCL	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	3B	12	5	14	0	1	1.000	1.583
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	SS	58	66	116	10	27	.948	3.138
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	3B	29	13	26	3	3	.929	1.345
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	1B	2	3	0	0	0	1.000	1.500
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	SS	6	4	10	0	3	1.000	2.333
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	3B	40	8	21	2	3	.935	.725
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	OF	18	9	0	0	0	1.000	.500
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	2B	15	14	12	1	2	.963	1.733
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yakult Swallows	1B	1	3	0	0	0	1.000	3.000
2021	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	OF	6	4	0	1	0	.800	.667
2021	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3B	5	2	1	0	0	1.000	.600
2021	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	25	27	31	1	9	.983	2.320
2021	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	15	42	2	0	3	1.000	2.933
2021	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2B	15	21	17	0	4	1.000	2.533
2022	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2B	7	11	14	2	3	.926	3.571
2022	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	6	13	1	0	2	1.000	2.333
2022	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	SS	11	13	13	3	1	.897	2.364
2023	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	2B	6	9	12	0	6	1.000	3.500
2023	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1B	2	4	0	0	2	1.000	2.000
2023	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	3B	2	0	0	0	0		.000
2024	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	1B	9	24	0	0	3	1.000	2.667
2024	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	3B	8	2	7	2	0	.818	1.125
2024	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	OF	44	39	1	0	0	1.000	.909
2024	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	2B	2	1	0	0	0	1.000	.500
2025	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	OF	75	126	3	2	2	.985	1.720
2025	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	3B	39	26	60	5	5	.945	2.205
2025	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	1B	16	42	1	0	2	1.000	2.688
2025	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	SS	1	2	1	1	0	.750	3.000
Totals					399	486	351	30	71	.965	2.098

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	First Appearance	Final Appearance
2016	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Tokyo Yakult Swallows
2017	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	June 9, 2017	October 3, 2017
2018	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Tokyo Yakult Swallows
2019	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Tokyo Yakult Swallows
2020	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yakult Swallows
2021	Foreign Major	Japan Central	Yomiuri Giants
2022	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2023	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2023	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes
2024	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes
2025	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes

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