Tom O'Malley
| Tom O'Malley | |||
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| Hanshin Tigers – No. 80 | |||
| Third baseman / Coach | |||
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Born: December 25, 1960 Orange, New Jersey |
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| Professional debut | |||
| MLB: May 8, 1982, for the San Francisco Giants | |||
| NPB: April 6, 1991, for the Hanshin Tigers | |||
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| MLB: October 3, 1990, for the New York Mets | |||
| NPB: October 9, 1996, for the Yakult Swallows | |||
| Career statistics | |||
| Batting average | .256 | ||
| Home runs | 13 | ||
| Runs batted in | 131 | ||
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Thomas Patrick O'Malley (born December 25, 1960 in Orange, New Jersey) is a former Major League baseball player born in Orange, New Jersey, and raised in Montoursville, Pennsylvania in the United States. He played for the San Francisco Giants, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Texas Rangers, Montreal Expos, and New York Mets. He also spent six highly successful seasons in the Japanese Central League with the Hanshin Tigers and Yakult Swallows. He also worked as a manager for the Newark Bears in the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball after retiring.
O'Malley was drafted by the San Francisco Giants in 1979, and made his major league debut with the Giants in 1982. He played in 135 major league games in 1983, but split time with the majors and minors afterwards, spending nine years playing for six different teams.
He was signed by the Hanshin Tigers in 1991, and immediately became the regular third baseman for the team. He won the Central League golden glove award in 1992, and led the league in on-base-percentage from 1992 to 1995, averaging 20 HRs and a batting average over .300 each season. He introduced Jim Paciorek to the Tigers in 1992, and managed to put the struggling Tigers in second place that year. O'Malley won the batting title in 1993, but left the Tigers in 1994 after having issues with manager Katsuhiro Nakamura.
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