Shinya Tsuruoka

Shinya Tsuruoka
Shinya Tsuruoka
	Tsuruoka with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
	Catcher / Coach
	Born: April 11, 1981 (age 43)
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	September 7, 2005, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Last NPB appearance
	October 29, 2021, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
NPB statistics ; (through 2021 season)
Batting average	.238
Hits	646
Home runs	20
RBIs	267
Stolen Bases	12
Teams
	As player Nippon-Ham Fighters/Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2003–2013); Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2014–2017); Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2018–2021); As coach Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2019–2021);
Career highlights and awards
	2012 Pacific League Best Nine Award; 2009 Pacific League Golden Glove Award; 4× Japan Series champion (2006, 2014, 2015, 2017); 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 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

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Shinya Tsuruoka
Tsuruoka with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Catcher / Coach
Born: (1981-04-11) April 11, 1981 (age 43)
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
September 7, 2005, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Last NPB appearance
October 29, 2021, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
NPB statistics (through 2021 season)
Batting average	.238
Hits	646
Home runs	20
RBIs	267
Stolen Bases	12

Teams
As player Nippon-Ham Fighters/Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2003–2013) Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2014–2017) Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2018–2021) As coach Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2019–2021)
Career highlights and awards
2012 Pacific League Best Nine Award 2009 Pacific League Golden Glove Award 4× Japan Series champion (2006, 2014, 2015, 2017) 2× NPB All-Star selection (2012-2013)