Satoshi Nakajima

Satoshi Nakajima
Nakajima with the Orix Buffaloes
Catcher/Coach/Manager
Born: (1969-03-27) March 27, 1969 Takanosu, (present day of Kitaakita), Akita Prefecture, Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
debut
October 18, 1987, for the Hankyu Braves
Last appearance
August 10, 2015, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
NPB statistics
Batting average	.232
Hits	804
Runs batted in	349
Stolen Bases	27
Home runs	55

Teams
As player Hankyu Braves/Orix Braves/Orix BlueWave (1987–1997) Seibu Lions (1998–2002) Yokohama BayStars (2003) Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2004–2015) As manager Orix Buffaloes (2020–2024) As coach Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2007–2015, 2018) Orix Buffaloes (2019–2020)
Career highlights and awards
1× Pacific League Best Nine Award (1995) 1× Pacific League Golden Glove Award (1989) 6× NPB All-Star (1989, 1990, 1991, 1995, 1996, 1999) 3× Japan Series champion (1996, 2006, 2022) Matsutaro Shoriki Award (2022)

Satoshi Nakajima (中嶋聡, Nakajima Satoshi; born March 27, 1969) is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 1987 to 2015 for the Hankyu Braves/Orix Braves/Orix BlueWave, Seibu Lions, Yokohama BayStars, and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.