Seiji Kobayashi (小林 誠司, born June 7, 1989) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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 Kobayashi with the Yomiuri Giants | |||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri Giants – No. 22 | |||||||||||||||
| Catcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: June 7, 1989 Sakai, Osaka Japan | |||||||||||||||
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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Career
editKobayashi 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
editKobayashi 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 from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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