Shinji Tajima

Shinji Tajima (田島慎二, Tajima Shinji, born December 21, 1989 in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

In the 2016 NPB season, Tajima tied a Japanese baseball record for most games pitched without conceding a run starting from opening day recording 31 consecutive scoreless games.^[2]^[3]^[4] He tied the Dragons record for consecutive scoreless games held by former team-mate Akifumi Takahashi.^[5]

References

↑ "出場者・マツダオールスターズ 2016 (Players: Mazda All Stars 2016)". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved 6 July 2016.
↑ "田島、31試合連続無失点　中日球団記録タイ (Tajima, 31 consecutive games, no earned runs: equals Chunichi record)" (in Japanese). Nippon Keizai Shimbun. 6 June 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
↑ "中日　田島が今季初失点、開幕３１試合連続無失点でストップ (Chunichi: Tajima's season first earned run halts 31 game scoreless streak since opening day)" (in Japanese). Sponichi. 7 June 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
↑ "中日・田島、開幕から３１試合連続無失点　新記録視界に (Chunichi: Tajima scoreless in 31 games since opening day; eyes a new record)". Tokyo Shimbun. 6 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.
↑ "中日・田島、球団記録に並ぶ３１試合連続無失点に「できすぎ」 (Chunichi: Tajima equals Dragons record with 31 consecutive games scoreless "too easy!")" (in Japanese). Sanspo. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2016.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
NPB.com

Chunichi Dragons current roster

Pitchers	11 Shinnosuke Ogasawara 12 Shinji Tajima 13 Hitoki Iwase 14 Yu Sato 16 Katsuki Matayoshi 17 Yuya Yanagi 18 Shota Suzuki 19 Kazuki Yoshimi 20 Ryosuke Nomura 21 Toshiya Okada 22 Yudai Ono 24 Koji Fukutani 25 Yuta Muto 28 Taisuke Murayama 29 Daisuke Yamai 30 Takuma Achira 33 Daisuke Sobue 34 Hiroto Fuku 41 Takuya Asao 43 Takuya Mitsuma 44 Raúl Valdés 47 Shotaro Kasahara 50 Takeshi Kaneko 54 Kento Fujishima 57 Ryuya Ogawa 58 Tomoya Yagi 59 Junki Kishimoto 61 Shunta Wakamatsu 64 Ryosuke Oguma 65 Junki Ito

Catchers	35 Takuya Kinoshita 38 Masato Matsui 39 Takuma Kato 40 Iori Katsura 45 Shota Sugiyama 52 Shingo Takeyama 68 Ryuichiro Akada

Infielders	2 Masahiro Araki 3 Shuhei Takahashi 5 Toshiki Abe 7 Masahiko Morino 9 Shun Ishikawa 23 Issei Endō 32 Masami Ishigaki 36 Ryota Ishioka 37 Taiki Mitsumata 48 Hayato Mizowaki 51 Yota Kyoda 53 Kyohei Kamezawa 55 Nobumasa Fukuda 63 Naomichi Donoue 66 Dayán Viciedo 70 Tetsuya Tani

Outfielders	1 Shota Tomonaga 4 Atsushi Fujii 6 Ryosuke Hirata 8 Yohei Oshima 26 Masataka Iryo 31 Kei Nomoto 42 Alex Guerrero 46 Takeru Furumoto 56 Yusuke Matsui 62 Takahito Kudo 67 Hiroki Kondoh 69 Kazuyuki Akasaka

Trainees	201 Yusuke Kinoshita 202 Tomohiro Hamada 203 Tatsuro Hamada 204 Masashi Yamamoto 205 Shu Yoshida 206 Tatsuro Iwasaki 207 Masaru Fujiyoshi 208 Mikihiro Nishihama 212 Masaru Watanabe

First Team Manager	80 Shigekazu Mori

First Team Coaches	90 Masahiro Doi (Batting) 71 Toshio Haru (Batting) 72 Fujio Tamura (Battery) 81 Yui Tomori (Pitching) 76 Shinichi Kondoh (Pitching) 83 Hiroshi Narahara (Infield defense/Base-running) 85 Hiroshi Moriwaki (Infield defense/Base-running) 78 Kiyoyuki Nakajima (Outfield defense/Base-running) 92 Kosei Katsuzaki (Conditioning) 93 Takemi Miyamae (Conditioning)

Second Team Manager	82 Michihiro Ogasawara

Second Team Coaches	75 Hideji Kato (Batting) 88 Hideki Takayanagi (Batting) 79 Ikki Shimamura (Batting) 87 Ikuo Takayama (Pitching) 86 Takashi Ogasawara (Pitching) 97 Kenta Asakura (Pitching) 84 Kazuo Hayakawa (Outfield) 73 Masatoshi Ogawa (Battery) 77 Hiroyuki Watanabe (Infield Defense) 89 Hidenori (Outfield defense/Base-running) 74 Akinori Otsuka (Dispatch) 96 Kosuke Matsuoka (Development) 98 Yoshio Koyama (Development) 95 Hiroshi Tsukamoto (Conditioning)

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