No. 27 ATSUYA FURUTA

"Mr. Swallow"

Catcher
Born: 8-6-65, Hyogo
Bats: Right / Throws: Right
Height: 6-0 / Weight: 176

YEAR

 CLUB G AB H HR RBI SB AVG
90 SWALLOWS 106 280 70 3 26 1 .250
91 SWALLOWS 128 412 140 11 50 4 *.340
92 SWALLOWS *131 474 150 30 86 3 .316
93 SWALLOWS *132 522 *161 17 75 11 .308
94 SWALLOWS 76 260 62 3 19 3 .238
95 SWALLOWS *130 487 143 21 76 6 .294
96 SWALLOWS 119 437 112 11 72 5 .256
97 SWALLOWS *137 509 164 9 86 9 .322
98 SWALLOWS 132 491 135 9 63 5 .275
99 SWALLOWS 128 483 146 13 71 10 .302
00 SWALLOWS 134 496 138 14 64 5 .278
　 11 years 1,353 4851 1,421 141 688 62 .293

*Led league

Career Highlights

<Regular Season>

・Named the Central League Most Valuable Player in '93 and '97.

・Won the C.L. Batting title in '91.

・Hit his 1,500th career base-hit off Koji Uehara of the Yomiuri Giants on 7/11/2001,

becoming the fourth catcher to reach the milestone in the history.

・Has topped other C.L. catchers in caught-stealing percentage 9 times.

(90-94, 97-00)

・Has won 7 Best-Nine Awards* (91-93,95,97, 99-00) and 8 Golden Glove Awards
(90-93, 95, 97, 99-00).

(*Best-Nine Awards go to those players considered to be the best at their positions
by vote of the press.)

<Japan Series>

・Named the '97 Japan Series MVP.

<All-Star Games>

・Named to the All-Star squad 12 times. 11 times out of them were fan's selections.

・Won the All-Star MVP for Game1 in 1991 when he thrown out three baserunners

attempting to steal, and won another for Game 2 in 1992 hitting for the cycle.

<Others>

・Named to Japan Baseball's All-Century Team, selected by fans.

　

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