Hirokazu Ibata
Japanese baseball player (born 1975)
Baseball player
Hirokazu Ibata | |
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Ibata with the Yomiuri Giants in 2014 | |
Japan national baseball team – No. 89 | |
Infielder / Manager | |
Born: (1979-05-12) May 12, 1979 (age 45) Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
NPB debut | |
September 8, 1998, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
Last NPB appearance | |
October 29, 2015, for the Yomiuri Giants | |
NPB statistics | |
Games | 1896 |
Batting average | .281 |
Hits | 1,912 |
Home runs | 56 |
Runs batted in | 510 |
Teams | |
As player As manager As coach | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Hirokazu Ibata (Japanese:井端 弘和, born May 12, 1975) is a Japanese professional baseball coach and former player in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He is currently the manager of the Japanese national baseball team.
Baseball career
Ibata played second base for the Yomiuri Giants and short stop for the Chunichi Dragons but is able to play at other positions.
After retiring at the end of the 2015 season, Ibata took up new Giants' manager, Yoshinobu Takahashi's invitation to join his coaching staff.[1]
References
- ^ "Longtime Dragons star Ibata retires at age 40". Japan Times. October 24, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hirokazu Ibata.
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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