| Tomoaki Kanemoto | |
|---|---|
 Kanemoto with the Hanshin Tigers in 2008 | |
| Left fielder / Manager | |
| Born: April 3, 1968 Minami-ku, Hiroshima, Japan | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| June 2, 1992, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp | |
| Last appearance | |
| October 9, 2012, for the Hanshin Tigers | |
| NPB statistics | |
| Batting average | .285 |
| Hits | 2539 |
| Home runs | 476 |
| RBI | 1521 |
| Teams | |
As player
As manager | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Member of the Japanese | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 2018 |
| Last updated on: January 16, 2018 | |
Tomoaki Kanemoto (金本 知憲, Kanemoto Tomoaki, born April 3, 1968) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder and manager. In his career as a player he spent 11 years with the Hiroshima Carp before moving to the Hanshin Tigers in 2003, where he spent another 10 years. He holds the world record for consecutive games played without missing an inning (1492, ending on April 18, 2010) and consecutive innings (13686, ending on 9th inning on April 17).
The Tigers' former cleanup hitter, Kanemoto is regarded as one of the most accomplished hitters in Japanese professional baseball history. His 476 career home runs are the most by a left-handed hitter who throws right-handed and tenth overall on the all-time NPB list. Kanemoto retired as a player at the end of the 2012 season[1] and rejoined the Tigers as their manager for the 2016 season, replacing Yutaka Wada.[2] At the time of his retirement, Kanemoto was ninth on the all-time hit list for Japanese players across Japan and MLB. He is now 10th on the all-time list in both hits and home runs.
- ^ 金本、今季限りで引退＝「限界、時代の流れ」－プロ野球・阪神. Jiji Press Ltd. (in Japanese). September 12, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2012.
- ^ "阪神金本監督が誕生 要請を受諾、近日就任会見" [Hanshin Kanemoto Manager is born, accepts the request, press conference within days] (in Japanese). October 17, 2015. Retrieved October 17, 2015.