| Naoki Matoba | |
|---|---|
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| Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 82 | |
| Catcher / Coach | |
| Born: May 9, 1977 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 runs | 5 |
| Runs batted in | 42 |
| Teams | |
| As player
As coach | |
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.
Matoba is an ordained priest within the Ōtani-ha branch of Shin Buddhism.