The most Season hits of Left Throw/ Left Batter

I will tell you the most season hits of Left Throw/ Left Batter. His name is Shigenobu Shima. He was born on June 16th 1976 in Sapporo City, Hokkaido. However, he is from Fujimino City, Saitama Prefecture. After he graduated from Tohoku Senior High School, he entered Hirohsima Toyo Carp as a southpaw pitcher in 1995. Three years later Tetsuya Iida was hit the head by the pitched ball by Shima after the plate umpire called "Play ball!!" in the preseason match "vs. Yakult Swallows". As a result, Shima was ordered out of the stadium by the plate umpire. In the next year he was converted to a fielder. He recorded HR 3 and AVG.280. Still, he could not participate in games because there were Tomonori Maeda, Kohichi Ogata, and Tomoaki Kanemoto in the outfielders of Hiroshima Toyo Carp. In 2004 he marked AVG.400 over although he was 2nd batter until April. As a result, he became established the regular of Right Fielder. At the same time he participated in All Star Game 2004 by the recommendation of the team manager. Finally, he recorded HR 32 which was the 2nd record of Carp. The team top's HR batter of the year was Gregory Mark LaRocca (HR 40). Shima was expected him to renew 192 Hits which Robert Richard Rose has (the then record of Central League). However, Shima couldn't. Finally, he recorded Hits 189, AVG.337, HR 32, and RBI 84. At the same time he got the titles of the leading hitter and most hits. Hits 189 have been the record of Left Throw/ Left Batter since 2004.

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