Seiji Kobayashi
Seiji Kobayashi | |||||||||||||||
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Yomiuri Giants – No. 22 | |||||||||||||||
Catcher | |||||||||||||||
Born: | June 7, 1989|||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
March 24, 2014, for the Yomiuri Giants | |||||||||||||||
NPB statistics (through 2023 season) | |||||||||||||||
Batting average | .208 | ||||||||||||||
Hits | 359 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 15 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 142 | ||||||||||||||
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Seiji Kobayashi (
Career[edit]
Kobayashi attended Doshisha University, where he played for the school's baseball team. The Yomiuri Giants selected Kobayashi in the 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.[1]
In 2018, he was selected 2018 NPB All-Star game .[2]
International career[edit]
Kobayashi represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series, 2015 exhibition games against Europe, 2017 World Baseball Classic, 2019 exhibition games against Mexico and 2019 WBSC Premier12.
On February 18, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico.[3]
On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[4]
And also, on November 16, 2018, he was selected Yomiuri Giants roster at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series exhibition game against MLB All-Stars.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ Doshisha Graduate Seiji KOBAYASHI Picked in the Giant’s First-round Draft! | Spotlights AY2013 | Doshisha University
- ^ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 ファン
投票 結果 ". NPB.jp日本 野球 機構 (in Japanese). June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018. - ^ "ENEOS
侍 ジャパンシリーズ2019「日本 vs メキシコ」に出場 するメンバー28名 が決定 ".野球 日本 代表 侍 ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019. - ^ "「ENEOS
侍 ジャパンシリーズ2019」出場 選手 決定 について".野球 日本 代表 侍 ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019. - ^ "8
日 の「2018日米 野球 」参加 メンバー決 まる".読売 巨人 軍 公式 WEBサイト (in Japanese). November 16, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)