Motonobu Tanishige

Motonobu Tanishige
Born: December 21, 1970
Hiba-gun, Hiroshima JP
Primary Position: Catcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 180
Career: 1989-2015

Motonobu Tanishige compiled a career batting average of .240 with 229 home runs and 1040 RBI in his 3021-game career with the Yokohama Taiyo Whales, Yokohama BayStars and Chunichi Dragons. He began playing during the 1989 season and last took the field during the 2015 campaign.

Yokohama Taiyo Whales

Yokohama BayStars

Chunichi Dragons

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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	IBB
1989	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	80	171	154	9	27	2	2	3	10	0	0	13	43	.175	.247	.273	.520	42	4	2	1	1	3
1990	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	75	182	154	8	27	7	0	3	16	2	0	17	36	.175	.264	.279	.544	43	4	2	8	1	3
1991	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	82	221	186	24	44	9	3	5	24	5	1	20	39	.237	.324	.398	.722	74	8	5	8	2	2
1992	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	74	186	162	16	31	9	0	2	9	0	0	18	34	.191	.280	.284	.564	46	2	2	4	0	5
1993	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	114	343	290	22	68	10	2	4	26	3	0	40	74	.234	.339	.324	.663	94	6	6	7	0	8
1994	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	129	415	359	29	82	19	2	5	36	0	1	42	94	.228	.317	.334	.651	120	8	5	8	1	5
1995	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	93	203	181	16	45	7	1	6	21	1	0	17	39	.249	.313	.398	.711	72	2	0	5	0	2
1996	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	127	456	380	36	114	25	3	8	54	2	3	53	70	.300	.391	.445	.836	169	10	6	14	3	7
1997	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	128	489	397	42	92	19	2	13	46	2	1	61	71	.232	.336	.388	.724	154	14	3	25	3	9
1998	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	134	538	461	50	117	23	1	14	55	1	2	62	83	.254	.346	.399	.745	184	13	5	6	4	7
1999	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	122	491	427	55	126	23	0	11	51	0	1	46	45	.295	.368	.426	.794	182	16	6	7	5	13
2000	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	122	493	446	35	112	21	0	9	44	0	0	41	91	.251	.316	.359	.675	160	20	2	3	1	6
2001	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	137	532	447	54	117	19	2	20	70	4	2	65	107	.262	.367	.447	.815	200	6	10	9	1	8
2002	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	130	515	446	53	96	21	0	24	78	4	0	49	116	.215	.303	.424	.727	189	8	8	10	2	8
2003	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	112	426	367	48	97	20	1	18	69	3	2	42	90	.264	.344	.471	.816	173	11	5	8	4	2
2004	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	121	472	408	47	106	11	0	18	68	1	0	42	92	.260	.332	.419	.751	171	10	5	11	6	7
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	141	537	449	58	105	22	0	14	65	3	2	69	106	.234	.338	.376	.715	169	10	5	8	6	5
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	141	520	428	48	100	22	1	9	38	0	0	71	102	.234	.347	.353	.700	151	12	5	13	3	16
2007	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	134	474	382	33	90	15	0	6	44	0	1	62	85	.236	.347	.322	.669	123	10	6	19	5	15
2008	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	113	384	329	27	77	18	0	2	27	0	1	39	45	.234	.325	.307	.632	101	9	6	9	1	4
2009	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	115	368	298	32	62	7	0	9	33	0	0	44	62	.208	.312	.322	.634	96	9	3	19	4	8
2010	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	110	367	308	23	75	15	0	7	32	0	1	42	81	.244	.343	.360	.703	111	5	5	11	1	4
2011	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	102	330	277	26	71	10	0	6	31	0	0	38	51	.256	.349	.357	.706	99	5	2	12	1	5
2012	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	134	458	386	15	88	14	0	5	32	0	1	52	67	.228	.324	.303	.627	117	15	4	14	2	3
2013	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	130	438	379	19	82	12	0	6	34	1	2	46	70	.216	.306	.296	.601	112	11	4	6	3	2
2014	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	91	274	226	15	44	11	0	1	23	0	1	39	36	.195	.316	.257	.573	58	8	2	5	2	1
2015	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	30	52	47	4	13	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	9	.277	.320	.383	.703	18	0	0	2	0	0
Totals				3021	10335	8774	844	2108	393	20	229	1040	32	22	1133	1838	.240	.333	.368	.701	3228	236	114	252	62	158

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	PB	SB	CS
1989	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	C	75						.000
1990	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	C	73						.000
1991	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	C	79						.000
1992	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	C	69						.000
1993	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	109						.000
1994	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	127						.000
1995	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	92						.000
1996	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	125						.000
1997	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	128						.000
1998	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	133						.000
1999	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	122						.000
2000	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	122						.000
2001	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama BayStars	C	137						.000
2002	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	129						.000
2003	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	110						.000
2005	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	140	1014	65	2	14	.998	7.707	6
2006	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	138	1006	79	1	10	.999	7.862	3
2007	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	133	908	58	3	12	.997	7.263	9
2008	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	113	737	51	3	10	.996	6.973	3
2009	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	114	689	64	0	11	1.000	6.605	7
2010	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	109	639	61	6	8	.992	6.422	4
2011	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	100	524	48	1	9	.998	5.720	1
2011	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	1B	1	5	0	0	1	1.000	5.000
2012	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	131	736	75	1	12	.999	6.191	5
2013	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	122	681	65	1	9	.999	6.115	5
2014	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	87	504	50	1	8	.998	6.368	2
2015	Foreign Major	JPCL	Chunichi Dragons	C	26	101	13	0	3	1.000	4.385	1
Totals					2844	7544	629	19	107	.998	2.874	46	0	0

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1989	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1990	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1991	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1992	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1993	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
1994	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
1995	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
1996	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
1997	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
1998	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
1999	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
2000	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
2001	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama BayStars
2002	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2003	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2004	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2005	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2006	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2007	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2008	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2009	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons
2010	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons	March 26, 2010	October 2, 2010
2011	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons	April 12, 2011	October 20, 2011
2012	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons	March 30, 2012	October 5, 2012
2013	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons	March 29, 2013	October 5, 2013
2014	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons	March 28, 2014	October 1, 2014
2015	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Chunichi Dragons	March 29, 2015	September 26, 2015

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