Shinji Mori
{{short description|Japanese baseball player and coach}}
{{Infobox NPB player
|name=Shinji Mori
|image=
|image_size=240
|caption=
|team=
|number=
|position=Pitcher / Coach
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date|1974|9|12}}
|birth_place=Iwakuni, Yamaguchi, Japan
|death_date={{death date and age|mf=yes|2017|6|28|1974|9|12}}
|death_place=Fukuoka, Fukuoka, Japan
|debutdate=April 27
|debutyear=1997
|debutteam=Seibu Lions
|finaldate=September 28
|finalyear=2005
|finalteam=Seibe Lions
|stat1label=Win–loss record
|stat1value=44-44
|stat2label=Earned run average
|stat2value=3.39
|stat3label=Strikeouts
|stat3value=755
|stat4label=Saves
|stat4value=50
|teams=
As player
- Seibu Lions ({{npby|1997}}–{{npby|2005}})
As coach
- Saitama Seibu Lions ({{npby|2014}}–{{npby|2017}})
| highlights =
- 5× NPB All-Star ({{npby|1998}}, {{npby|2000}}, {{npby|2002}}–{{npby|2004}})
- 2× Pacific League Best Relief Pitcher Award (2002, {{npby|2003}})
- 1× Japan Series champion (2004)
}}
Shinji Mori ({{langx|ja|森 慎二}}, September 12, 1974 – June 28, 2017) was a right-handed pitcher in professional baseball.
Career
From {{npby|1997}}–{{npby|2005}}, he played for the Seibu Lions in Nippon Professional Baseball. After the 2005 season, he was acquired by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays through the posting system.{{cite web |url=http://www.sptimes.com/2006/02/26/Rays/New_home__sweet_home.shtml |title=(New) home, sweet home |accessdate=March 31, 2008 |work=St. Petersburg Times |author=Topkin, Marc |date=February 26, 2006}}{{cite web |url=http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/transactions?team=tam&year=2006 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120718204418/http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/teams/transactions?team=tam&year=2006 |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 18, 2012 |title=Tampa Bay Rays Transactions – 2006 |accessdate=November 20, 2008 |work=ESPN.com}} Originally slated to compete for the Devil Ray's closer job during the {{mlby|2006}} MLB season, he tore the labrum in his shoulder and missed the entire season. He was subsequently released by the Devil Rays.
Returning to Japan, in 2009 Mori joined the Ishikawa Million Stars of the semi-pro Baseball Challenge League as a pitcher-coach. After retiring from playing, he took over as the manager of the Million Stars in 2010, staying through the 2014 season. He returned to active duty as a player in 2013, and was the Million Stars' player-manager in 2013–2014.
On June 25, 2017, Mori was hospitalized in Fukuoka Hospital, and after three days, on June 28, 2017, Mori died of sepsis caused by infection with streptococcus. He was 42 years old.
References
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External links
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Category:Baseball player-managers
Category:Ishikawa Million Stars players
Category:Japanese expatriate baseball players in the United States
Category:Managers of baseball teams in Japan
Category:Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Category:People from Iwakuni, Yamaguchi
Category:Baseball people from Yamaguchi Prefecture
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