Yoshitomo Tani
| Yoshitomo Tani | |
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| Yomiuri Giants – No. 8 | |
| Outfielder | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| debut | |
| May 11, 1997, for the Orix BlueWave | |
| Career statistics (through 2006) | |
| Batting average | .299 |
| Home runs | 97 |
| RBI | 552 |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's Baseball | ||
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Atlanta 1996 | Team Competition |
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Athens 2004 | Team Competition |
Yoshitomo Tani (谷 佳知, born February 9, 1973) is a Japanese professional baseball player from Higashiōsaka, Osaka, Japan. He currently plays as an outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants.
His is married to Ryoko Tani, a famous judoka who has won won two gold medals, two silver medals and the bronze in Judo at the Summer Olympics.
He was selected for the Japanese baseball team at the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal. He also won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics before entering the Japanese professional leagues.
Career Awards
- Most league steals 2002(43)
- Most league hits 2003(189)
External links
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
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Categories:
- 1973 births
- Living people
- Japanese baseball players
- Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic baseball players of Japan
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Orix BlueWave players
- Orix Buffaloes players
- Yomiuri Giants players
- People from Higashiōsaka
- Japanese baseball outfielder stubs