Toru Hosokawa

Toru Hosokawa
Toru Hosokawa
	Hosokawa with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2017
Hinokuni Salamanders
	Catcher / Manager
	Born: January 4, 1980 (age 44); Hiranai, Aomori, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	September 22, 2002, for the Seibu Lions
Last NPB appearance
	November 9, 2020, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
NPB statistics ; (through 2020 season)
Batting average	.203
Home runs	84
Runs batted in	367
Teams
	Seibu Lions/Saitama Seibu Lions (2002–2010); Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2011–2016); Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2017–2018); Chiba Lotte Marines (2019–2020);
Career highlights and awards
	1× NPB All-Star (2008); 2× Pacific League Best Nine Award (2008, 2011); 2× Pacific League Golden Glove Award (2008, 2011); 5× Japan Series champion (2004, 2008, 2011, 2014, 2015);

Toru Hosokawa (細川亨, Hosokawa Tōru, born in Hiranai, Aomori, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher who is currently a manager for the Hinokuni Salamanders of Kyusyu Independence professional baseball league. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Seibu Lions/Saitama Seibu Lions, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Chiba Lotte Marines.

Career

Hosokawa selected Seibu Lions in the 2001 NPB draft [jp].^[1]

On September 22, 2002, Hosokawa made his NPB debut.

On November 9, 2020, Hosokawa announced his retirement.^[2]

On December 8, 2020, Hosoya become manager for the Hinokuni Salamanders of Kyusyu Independence professional baseball league.^[3]

^ "西武ライオンズ選択選手一覧". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 10, 2021.
^ "細川選手引退のお知らせ". 千葉ロッテマリーンズオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). November 9, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2021.
^ "熊本新球団監督に細川亨氏火の国サラマンダーズ". サンスポ (in Japanese). December 8, 2020. Retrieved January 10, 2020.

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