Norifumi Nishimura

Norifumi Nishimura
西村徳文

Orix Buffaloes – No. 77

Infielder, Outfielder, Manager

Born: January 9, 1960
Kushima, Miyazaki

Batted: Switch

Threw: Right

NPB debut

1982, for the Chiba Lotte Marines

Last NPB appearance

1997, for the Chiba Lotte Marines

NPB statistics

Batting average

.272

Hits

1,298

Runs batted in

326

Teams

As player

Lotte Orions/Chiba Lotte Marines (1982–1997)

As manager

Chiba Lotte Marines (2010–2012)

As coach

Chiba Lotte Marines (1998–2009)
Orix Buffaloes (2016–present)

Career highlights and awards

1990 batting title

Last update: 24 November 2009

Norifumi Nishimura (西村徳文, Nishimura Norifumi, born January 9, 1960 in Kushima, Miyazaki) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player and current manager. Nishimura spent the entirety of his 16-year playing career with the Chiba Lotte Marines. After retiring, he coached for the team until being named the successor to former Marines-manager Bobby Valentine in late 2009.

External links

Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bobby Valentine	Chiba Lotte Marines manager 2010–2012	Succeeded by Tsutomu Ito

Orix Buffaloes current roster

Active roster	3 Ryoichi Adachi 4 Brent Morel 7 Yoshio Itoi 8 Shunta Gotoh 10 Kohji Ohshiro 11 Takahiro Matsuba 14 Kazumasa Yoshida 15 Tatsuya Satoh 16 Yoshihisa Hirano 17 Sachiya Yamasaki 21 Yuki Nishi 23 Torai Fushimi 26 Daiki Tohmei 32 Brandon Dickson 35 Motoki Higa 37 Kenya Wakatsuki 38 Shūhei Kojima 39 Masahiro Nishino 40 Kohei Suzuki 44 Matt Clark 47 Tomoyuki Kaida 50 Yūya Oda 55 Takahiro Okada 57 Nobuyoshi Yamada 60 Ken Akama 61 Kyo Okunami 62 Katsuki Yamazaki 63 Issei Nakamura

Second squad	00 Satoshi Sonobe 1 Hiroyuki Nakajima 2 Takuya Hara 6 Yūma Mune 12 Kohdai Sano 13 Shunichi Satoh 18 Mamoru Kishida 19 Chihiro Kaneko 20 Daisuke Kondoh 22 Hikaru Ito 24 Yūki Miyazaki 25 Pat Misch 27 Daiki Aoyama 28 Satoshi Komatsu 29 Brian Bogusevic 30 Kyohei Iwasaki 31 Eiichi Koyano 33 Takuya Shimada 34 Masataka Yoshida 36 Ban Takagi 42 Tony Blanco 43 Seiichi Sakayori 45 Toshio Saitoh 46 Takayoshi Kawabata 48 Kohki Saitoh 49 Hirokazu Shiranita 52 Erik Cordier 53 Yūto Yoshida 54 Yūki Tsutsumi 56 Kengo Takeda 58 Ryuta Kadoya 59 Shohei Tsukahara 64 Shota Morimoto 65 Ryosuke Yagi 66 Ryo Yoshida 67 Sena Sato 68 Yu Suzuki 69 Satoshi Ohyama 91 Takayuki Tsukada 97 Daisuke Tanaka 98 Atori Ota 99 Yutaro Sugimoto 121 Kosuke Akamatsu (Trainee) 125 Ryo Toda (Trainee)

First squad coaching	Manager: 78 Junichi Fukura Head Coach: 77 Norifumi Nishimura Conditioning Coach: 79 Takahiro Akagawa Pitching Coaches: 71 Nobuyuki Hoshino, 89 Hiroshi Kobayashi Bullpen Coach: 90 Shusaku Beppu Battery Coach: 82 Fumihiro Suzuki Hitting Coaches: 88 Yoshihiko Takahashi, 85 Hirotoshi Kitagawa Fielding Coaches: 76 Naoyuki Kazaoka, 75 Manabu Satake

Second squad coaching	Manager 81 So Taguchi Hitting Coaches: 74 Shinji Shitayama, 79 Ryutaro Tsuji Pitching Coaches: 72 Masafumi Hirai, 73 Atsushi Yoshida Fielding Coaches: 86 Makoto Shiosaki. 84 Daisuke Hayakawa Battery Coach: 87 Daisuke Maeda Development Coaches: 80 Tsutomu Sakai, 70 Takashi Miwa

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