Osamu Hamanaka

Osamu Hamanaka
Outfielder / Batting Coach
Born: (1978-07-09) July 9, 1978 (age 46)
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
September 20, 1997, for the Hanshin Tigers
Last NPB appearance
April 23, 2011, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
NPB statistics
Hits580
Average.268
Home Runs85
RBI311
Teams
As player

As coach

Osamu Hamanaka (濱中 治, born July 9, 1978, in Tanabe, Wakayama) is a former Japanese professional baseball player. Drafted by the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball in 1996, Hamanaka spent 11 years with the club from 1997 to 2007. Following his time with Hanshin, Hamanaka spent three seasons with the Orix Buffaloes from 2008 to 2010 and one season with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2011. In November 2014 it was announced that Hamanaka had signed a contract to return to Hanshin as a batting coach for the farm team.[1]