Jobu Morita Explained

Jobu Morita
Position:Utility player
Birth Date:29 November 1980
Birth Place:Tsukuba, Ibaraki Japan
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutyear:2009
Debutteam:Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Finalyear:2011
Finalteam:Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.222
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:0
Stat3label:RBI
Stat3value:4
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is a former baseball utility player who played for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball from 2009 to 2011.

Morita attended Yamanashi Gakuindai Fuzoku High School. Before playing professionally in Japan, Morita played for the Elmira Pioneers of the independent Northeast League in 2004, hitting .271 with 55 hits in 68 games. He returned to Elmira - now of the Can-Am Association - for 2005, and hit .263 with 65 hits in 71 games. During his time with Elmira, he played all over the diamond, but spent considerable time at second base and in the outfield. Overall, he hit .267 with 120 hits in 139 games.[1]

He joined the Kagawa Olive Guyners of the independent Shikoku-Kyūshū Island League in 2006, where he remained through 2008. The Golden Eagles took him as their first pick in the 2008 developmental draft. He made his NPB debut in 2009, hitting .300 with 6 hits (including 4 doubles) in 9 games. He played a total of four games with the Golden Eagles in 2010 and 2011 and went hitless in 7 at-bats. Overall, he hit .222 with 6 hits in 13 games.

Notes and References

  1. https://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=morita001job BR Minors page