Tomoaki Satoh (baseball, born 1978)

{{short description|Japanese baseball player and coach}}

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{{Infobox NPB player

|image=SL-Tomoaki-Sato20110310.jpg

|image_size=250px

|name=Tomoaki Satoh

|position=Outfielder / Coach

|positionplain=

|team=Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

|number=87

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{birth date and age|1978|06|13}}

|debutleague=NPB

|debutdate=March 24

|debutyear=2001

|debutteam=Seibu Lions

| finalleague = NPB

| finaldate = April 25

| finalyear = 2012

| finalteam = Saitama Seibu Lions

| statyear = 2012

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .255

| stat2label = Hits

| stat2value = 410

| stat3label = Home runs

| stat3value = 9

| stat4label = RBI

| stat4value = 123

| stat5label = Stolen bases

| stat5value = 52

|teams=

As player

• Seibu Lions/Saitama Seibu Lions ({{npby|2001}}–{{npby|2012}})

As coach

• Saitama Seibu Lions ({{npby|2016}}–{{npby|2022}})
• Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ({{npby|2023}}–)

|highlights=

• MVP of 2008 Asia Series
• 2× Japan Series champion (2004, 2008)

}}

{{Nihongo|Tomoaki Satoh|佐藤 友亮|Satō Tomoaki|born in Fujisawa, Kanagawa{{Cite web|url=http://www.mizunoballpark.com/adv/jpn/list/lions.html|title = 野球・ソフトボール│ミズノ}}}} is a Japanese professional baseball player. He is currently with the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. In 2008, he was selected Most Valuable Player of the 2008 Asia Series.