Hideki Samejima

鮫島秀旗　/　さめじまひでき

Japanese baseball player from Osaka

July 22, 1973 (age 52)　・　Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan

From Osaka Prefecture
Baseball player

My Take

Hideki Samejima — born in Osaka in the summer of 1973, a baseball player who came up through one of Japan's most unforgiving sports cities. Osaka crowds don't give you a pass; they've seen too much baseball to be impressed easily, which means anyone who carved out a career there had to earn it in a way that quieter cities might not demand. At 178 cm he's not the towering slugger type, so I imagine his game was built on the stuff that doesn't show up on a highlight reel — footwork, reading the pitch, showing up every day when nobody's watching. I don't know his full stats or exactly what chapter of his career defined him, but I have a soft spot for that generation of Japanese players who did the work in relative obscurity, Cancer sun and all, grinding through the 90s and 2000s without social media to tell the world about it. The kind of guy who just played ball.

Overview

Hideki Samejima is a Japanese baseball player born on July 22, 1973, in Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture. He stands 178 cm tall. Most details of his career and personal life are not publicly disclosed.

1. Profile

Name (English): Hideki Samejima
Name (Japanese): 鮫島秀旗
Reading: さめじまひでき
Born: July 22, 1973 (age 52)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Cancer / Ox (丑)
Origin: Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Blood type: Private
Height: 178cm
Agency: Private
Active years: Unknown
Occupation: Baseball player

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private
Debut: Unknown

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%AE%AB%E5%B3%B6%E7%A7%80%E6%97%97