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Yoshitomo Tani
| Yomiuri Giants — No. 8 |
| Outfielder |
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| Born: February 9, 1973 |
| Bats: Right |
Throws: Right |
| Nippon Professional Baseball debut |
| May 11, 1997 for the Orix BlueWave |
Selected NPB statistics
(through 2006) |
| Batting average |
.299 |
| Home runs |
97 |
| RBI |
552 |
| Teams |
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Yoshitomo Tani (谷 佳知, born February 9, 1973) is a professional baseball player from Osaka, Japan. He currently plays as an outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants.
His is married to Ryoko Tani, who won two gold medals and two silver medals in olympic judo.
He was chosen as part of the Japanese olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal. He also won a silver medal at the 1996 Summer Olympics before entering the Japanese professional leagues.
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