Naoki Matoba (的場 直樹, Matoba Naoki, born May 9, 1977 in Osaka), nicknamed "Matton",[1] is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks/Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in 2000, and from 2003 to 2008 and with the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2010 and 2011.

Naoki Matoba
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 82
Catcher / Coach
Born: (1977-05-09) May 9, 1977 (age 47)
Sumiyoshi-ku, Osaka, Japan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
April 30, 2000, for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Last NPB appearance
October 1, 2011, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
NPB statistics
Batting average.161
Home runs5
Runs batted in42
Teams
As player

As coach

Matoba is an ordained priest within the Ōtani-ha branch of Shin Buddhism.

References

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  1. ^ "ニックネーム". 千葉ロッテマリーンズ オフィシャルサイト 「マリンフェスタ」特設サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved April 23, 2019.
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