Yoshio Itoi

Quick Facts

Full Name	Yoshio Itoi
Occupation	Baseball Player
Date Of Birth	Jul 31, 1981(1981-07-31)
Age	43
Birthplace	Yosano
Country	Japan
Birth City	Kyoto Prefecture
Horoscope	Cancer

Yoshio Itoi Biography

Yoshio Itoi is one of the most popular and richest Baseball Player who was born on July 31, 1981 in Yosano, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan. Yoshio Itoi, also known as Mi Jing Jia Nan, Itoi Yoshio was born July 31, 1981 in Yosano (Kyoto, Japan). He is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers. Itoi throws right-handed and bats left-handed. He was a member of Japan’s WBC 2013 team and he hit for Japan against Brazil (4th batter), and China (5th batter).

Itoi took over Hichori Morimoto’s position as Fighter’s daily starting center fielder in 2009. As the season progressed, Itoi moved up the batting order and began to play in the two-hole. He also played as the third batter for Atsunori Toba when he was not there. Itoi was awarded the Monthly MVP award in June and was chosen for the All Star Game for the first time. He finished the year at.306, with 15 home runs and 24 stolen bases. He also had a league-high 40 doubles and was awarded his first Golden Glove.

After the NPB switched the official game ball into the pitcher friendly ball that lead to a league-wide fall in batting statistics, Itoi continued to flourish in the 2011 season, hitting .319 with 11 home runs and 31 stolen bases, and a league high .411 OBP (the only player with OBP of more than .400 that year in whole of NPB) mainly as the third batter. He won his third straight Golden Glove that year.

Itoi was selected to play for Japan national baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic, and started all 3 games as right fielder in the first pool round, batting cleanup in the first 2 games. He is amongst the most consistent batters for Team Japan, getting a hit in each game. During the second pool round, Itoi replaced the ineffective Hisayoshi Chono in center field and continued his batting consistency, hitting a double against Chinese Taipei (Also Team Japan’s only second extra base hit up until that moment, with the other also provided by Itoi) and hit a 3-run home run in the mulling of Netherlands. In the semifinal round, however, they lost to upstart Puerto Rico 3–1, thus preventing the team from advancing to the Championship round.

Itoi received his first hit and stolen base at Ichigun level in 2007. He spent most of the season in Niggun having only played seven games at Ichigun. Itoi was the Opening Day left fielder. However, he was again injured. However, he bounced back at the end of the season and scored his first home run shortly thereafter. He was the Fighters’ lead batter during the Climax Series that year and was defensively exceptional.

Yoshio Itoi Net Worth

Yoshio Itoi is one of the richest Baseball Player from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Yoshio Itoi 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Itoi was drafted by the Fighters in 2003. He was considered a power pitcher, able to throw 151 km/h (94mph) fastball, but had control issues and could not muster decent breaking balls. He also suffered from injury and spent two years in the Japanese equivalent of the minor league, the nigun.

Itoi struggled to become a good pitcher in the pro ranks, but his exceptional batting sense, running speed (50m per 5 seconds) and throwing arm led Shigeru Takada, Fighters General Manager, to make him an outfielder. Itoi was converted to outfielder in just five months. He hit.397 in September 2006, the Eastern League’s Monthly MVP Award.

Itoi continued to be an integral part of the Fighters, winning his second Golden Glove in 2010 and ended the year hitting .309 with 15 home runs and 26 stolen bases.

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Facts & Trivia

Yoshio Ranked on the list of most popular Baseball Player. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Japan. Yoshio Itoi celebrates birthday on July 31 of every year.