Norifumi Nishimura

Norifumi Nishimura
西村徳文
Norifumi Nishimura; 西村徳文
	Nishimura in 2011
	Infielder, Outfielder, Manager
	Born: January 9, 1960 (age 64); Kushima, Miyazaki
	Batted: Switch Threw: Right
NPB debut
	September 14, 1982, for the Lotte Orions
Last NPB appearance
	October 12, 1997, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
NPB statistics
Batting average	.272
Hits	1,298
Stolen bases	363
Managerial record	268–321–39
Winning %	.455
Teams
	As player Lotte Orions/Chiba Lotte Marines (1982–1997); As manager Chiba Lotte Marines (2010–2012); Orix Buffaloes (2019–2020); As coach Chiba Lotte Marines (1998–2009); Orix Buffaloes (2016–2018);
Career highlights and awards
	1990 batting title;
	Last updated on: 22 August 2020

Norifumi Nishimura (西村徳文, Nishimura Norifumi, born January 9, 1960 in Kushima, Miyazaki) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball player and current manager. Nishimura spent the entirety of his 16-year playing career with the Chiba Lotte Marines. After retiring, he coached for the team until being named the successor to former Marines-manager Bobby Valentine in late 2009.

External links

Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com

Sporting positions
Preceded by Bobby Valentine	Chiba Lotte Marines manager 2010–2012	Succeeded by Tsutomu Ito
Preceded by Junichi Fukura	Orix Buffaloes manager 2019–2020	Succeeded by Satoshi Nakajima

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