Masao Morinaka
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Baseball | ||
 |
Atlanta 1996 | Team Competition |
Masao Morinaka (森中 聖雄, born April 9, 1974, in Shizuoka, Japan) is a former professional baseball player who played for the Yokohama BayStars. He currently works as a batting pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants organization.
Morinaka was drafted by the Yokohama BayStars in the second round of the 1996 amateur draft. He was a valuable left-handed reliever, but was dropped after only 7 seasons in 2003. He marked a 2.16 ERA in 41 appearances in 1999, and a 2.38 ERA in 53 appearances in 2000. He hit a home run at the Koshien baseball stadium in his final season.
He won a silver medal playing for the Japanese national team in the 1996 Summer Olympics before entering the Japanese professional leagues.
External links
[edit]
.jpg){kind=small}  | This biographical article relating to a Japanese baseball pitcher is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This article about a Japanese Olympic medalist is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1974 births
- Living people
- Baseball people from Shizuoka Prefecture
- Baseball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Olympic baseball players for Japan
- Olympic silver medalists for Japan
- Yokohama BayStars players
- Olympic medalists in baseball
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Japanese baseball pitcher stubs
- Japanese Olympic medalist stubs