Tomonori Maeda
Outfielder
Born: (1971-06-14) June 14, 1971 Kumamoto, Japan
Batted: Left Threw: Right
NPB debut
June 6, 1990, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Last NPB appearance
October 3, 2013, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Teams
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (1990 – 2013)
Career highlights and awards
4× Best Nine Award (1992 - 1994, 1998) 4× Golden Glove Award (1991 - 1994) 3× JCB,MEP Award (1992, 1997, 1998) 1× Comeback Player of the Year (2002) 7× NPB All-Star (1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2005, 2007, 2008) 1× NPB All-Star MVP (2005)

Tomonori Maeda (前田 智徳, Maeda Tomonori, born June 14, 1971 in Kumamoto, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player who retired after the 2013 season. Maeda's career spanned 24 seasons, all spent with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in Japan's Central League. He played in one Japan Series, batting .158 with a triple and two stolen bases in a 7-game loss against the Seibu Lions in 1991.

Some of his career accomplishments include:

• 200 home runs (295)
• 2000 games played (2188)
• 7000 at bats (7008)
• 2000 hits (2119)
• 900 runs (929)
• 1100 runs batted in (1112)
• 300 doubles (353)
• 3000 total bases (3391)
• 500 walks (586)
• .300 batting average (.302)

See also

• Nippon Professional Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award

External links

• Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
• THE GOLDEN PLAYERS CLUB (Japanese)
• Carp veteran Maeda to retire