Shigeyuki Furuki

Shigeyuki Furuki (古城 茂幸)

• Bats Left, Throws Right
• Height 5' 8", Weight 170 lb.
• School Kokushikan University
• High School Chuo Gakuin High School

• Born January 12, 1976 in Kashiwa, Chiba Japan

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Biographical Information

Shigeyuki Furuki was a utility player in Nippon Pro Baseball for 15 years.

Furuki won four stolen base titles in college. He was a fifth-round pick by the Nippon Ham Fighters in the 1997 NPB draft, and he stayed in the NPB Farm Leagues in his first season. He was 1 for 10 with two runs in 1999, then he went 7 for 23 with four walks, a triple and four runs in 2000. Furuki was 4-for-6 in steal attempts, and Shigeyuki was 7 for 43 with a double, triple, 3 walks and 2 steals in 4 tries in 2001. Furuki hit .140/.155/.158 in 62 games in 2002 and was 3-for-5 in steal attempts. He spent 27 games at third base (backing up Yukio Tanaka), 24 at shortstop (backing up Makoto Kaneko) and 12 at second base (behind Hiroshi Narahara).

In 2003, Furuki batted .269/.321/.333 in 36 games. He played 59 games in 2004 and went over 100 AB for the first time, producing at a .204/.293/.282 rate. He was used mainly as the backup to Kaneko, filling in when Kaneko missed time to appear in the 2004 Olympics. Furuki was 9 for 54 with four walks in 2005, his last year with Nippon Ham. He was traded to the Yomiuri Giants with Kazunari Sanematsu for Hideki Okajima. He hit .346/.404/.404 in 52 at-bats over 50 games in 2006, then .191/.267/.235 in 68 AB and 71 games in 2007.

Furuki topped 100 AB for the second time in 2008, hitting .214/.270/.321 with 6 steals in 11 tries in 83 games. He was 0 for 1 in the 2008 Japan Series, backing up Hayato Sakamoto at shortstop. In 2009, the veteran backup hit .251/.323/.324 in 179 AB over 77 games, seeing regular action at second base, a rotating spot for Yomiuri for a few years. He went 4-for-13 in the 2009 Nippon Series, and the Giants beat the Fighters in 6 games. Furuki played 67 games with a .244/.347/.329 batting line in 2010, and he recorded a .246/.329/.306 batting line in 74 games in 2011. He slumped to .209/.273/.256 in 2012, and he only played 3 games in 2013 due to injuries. Furuki announced his retirement after the 2013 season, and he coached in the Giants system from 2019 to 2025.

Overall, Furuki hit .225/.294/.289 with 264 hits and 9 homers in 15 seasons in NPB.

Sources

• Japanbaseballdaily.com
• Chinese Wiki Baseball
• Japanese Wikipedia entry