Ayatsugu Yamashita (山下 斐紹, Yamashita Ayatsugu, born November 16, 1992) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Chunichi Dragons.

Ayatsugu Yamashita
Yamashita with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Catcher
Born: (1992-11-16) November 16, 1992 (age 31)
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
debut
May 6, 2013, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
NPB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.199
Hits42
Home runs5
RBIs15
Stolen bases0
Teams

Career

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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks selected Yamashita with the first selection in the 2010 NPB draft.[1]

On May 6, 2013, Yamashita made his NPB debut.

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

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On November 14, 2017, Hawks traded Yamashita to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles for Tetsuro Nishida.[2]

On December 2, 2020, he become a free agent.[3]

Chunichi Dragons

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On December 12, 2020, Yamashita signed with Chunichi Dragons of NPB.[4] December 18, 2020, Yamashita held press conference.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "福岡ソフトバンクホークス 選択選手一覧". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  2. ^ "Nippon Professional Baseball Public announcement (Japanese) 公示 トレード 2017年度". NPB.jp. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
  3. ^ "2020年度 自由契約選手". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  4. ^ "選手獲得のお知らせ". 中日ドラゴンズ オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). December 12, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
  5. ^ "山下斐紹選手入団会見". 中日ドラゴンズ オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). December 18, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
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