Hitoshi Tamura

{{short description|Japanese baseball player}} {{Use mdy dates|date=June 2013}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Hitoshi Tamura | image = Hitoshi Tamura 2010.jpg | image_size = 240px | caption = Tamura with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | team = | number = | position = Outfielder | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1977|03|28}} | bats = Right | throws = Right | debutleague = NPB | debutdate = April 4 | debutyear = 1997 | debutteam = Yokohama BayStars | statleague = NPB | stat1label = Batting average | stat1value = .281 | stat2label = Runs batted in | stat2value = 643 | stat3label = Home runs | stat3value = 195 | teams = *Yokohama BayStars ({{Baseball year|1997}}–{{Baseball year|2006}}) *Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ({{Baseball year|2007}}–{{Baseball year|2012}}) *Yokohama DeNA BayStars ({{Baseball year|2013}}–{{Baseball year|2015}}) *Chunichi Dragons ({{Baseball year|2016}}) | highlights = | medaltemplates= {{MedalCountry|{{flagu|Japan}}}} {{MedalSport|Men's baseball}} {{MedalCompetition|World Baseball Classic}} {{MedalGold|2006 San Diego|Team}} }} '''Hitoshi Tamura''' (多村仁志, born March 28, 1977) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player who last played with the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Following his release from the Yokohama DeNA Baystars in 2015, Tamura joined the Chunichi Dragons on a trainee contract with the hope of returning to professional baseball.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.asahi.com/articles/ASJ2732S1J27OIPE002.html | title=３８歳の多村、「野球をやれる幸せ」育成選手で再出発 | publisher=Asahi Shimbun | date=7 February 2016 | accessdate=5 October 2016 | author=Ueyama, Koji | language=Japanese}}</ref>

On October 1, 2016 it was announced that Tamura was deemed surplus to requirements by the Dragons management. He then announced his retirement from professional baseball.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/news/2016/10/01/kiji/K20161001013456410.html | title=中日・多村、涙の引退表明戦力外通告受け決断「やりきった」 | publisher=Sponichi | date=1 October 2016 | accessdate=5 October 2016 | language=Japanese}}</ref>

==External links== {{Baseballstats|brm=tamura001hit}} *[http://npb.jp/bis/eng/players/41743880.html NPB.com]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Tamura, Hitoshi}} Category:1977 births Category:Living people Category:Baseball people from Kanagawa Prefecture Category:Japanese baseball players Category:Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders Category:Yokohama BayStars players Category:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks players Category:Yokohama DeNA BayStars players Category:Chunichi Dragons players Category:2006 World Baseball Classic players Category:World Baseball Classic players of Japan