Takeshi Nakamura

Takeshi Nakamura
中村武志
Takeshi Nakamura; 中村武志
	Catcher/Battery coach
	Born: March 17, 1967 (age 57); Ukyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	April 14, 1987, for the Chunichi Dragons
Last NPB appearance
	27 September, 2005, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
NPB statistics ; (through 2005)
Games Played	1,955
Batting average	.242
Home runs	137
RBI	604
Teams
	As player Chunichi Dragons (1985–2001); Yokohama Baystars (2002–2004); Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2005); As Coach Yokohama Baystars (2006–2008); Chunichi Dragons (2009–2012); Chiba Lotte Marines (2013–2014); Kia Tigers (2015–2018); Chunichi Dragons (2019–2021);
Career highlights and awards
	2× Most Valuable Battery Award (1993 with Masahiro Yamamoto, 1999 with Shigeki Noguchi); 8× NPB All-Star (1988-1991, 1993, 1996, 1998, 2001);

Takeshi Nakamura (中村武志, Nakamura Takeshi, born March 17, 1967) is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher. He played for the Chunichi Dragons, Yokohama Baystars and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.

He was most recently the first team battery coach for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Career

Nakamura was a 1st round draft pick in 1984 for the Chunichi Dragons and manager Senichi Hoshino where he played for 16 years. He took the mantle of regular catcher from 1981 MVP Takayoshi Nakao in 1987 and passed it to 1998 Central League winning Motonobu Tanishige in 2002. Nakamura was traded to the Yokohama Baystars for cash considerations after Tanishige was brought in during free agency by then manager Hisashi Yamada. Following the establishment of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2004, Nakamura was sent to the Eagles in a zero-fee trade from the Baystars where he ended his career in 2005.

Since retiring, Nakamura has coached with 3 NPB clubs, and one KBO club.

Nakamura is one of only 11 catchers in NPB history to have a .500+ success rate for throwing out runners in a single season and is one of only 4 to do it twice in 1989 and 1995.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)

References

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