Ryōsuke Hirata
| Ryōsuke Hirata 平田良介 | |
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| File:CD-Ryosuke-Hirata-2.jpg Hirata with the Chunichi Dragons | |
| Chunichi Dragons | |
| Outfielder/Coach | |
| Born: March 23, 1988 Jōtō-ku, Osaka, Japan | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| 2006, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
| NPB statistics (through April 7, 2022) | |
| Batting average | .270 |
| Home runs | 104 |
| RBI | 477 |
| Teams | |
| As player
As coach
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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Medals | |
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Ryōsuke Hirata (平田 良介, Hirata Ryōsuke, born March 23, 1988 in Osaka) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder. He last played for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Dragons over a 16-year period. He is currently an outfield defense and baserunning coach for the Dragons.
Career
Hirata attended Osaka Tōin High School and was a member of the team that advanced to the semi-finals of the 2005 national championships. and tied Kazuhiro Kiyohara's record of 5 home runs at the tournament. He hit a total of 70 home runs during his three years of high school. He was drafted by the Dragons in the first round of the 2005 rookie draft.[1] In 2015, Hirata was made team captain of the Dragons marking the first time the Dragons had an appointed captain since Tōru Nimura in 1994.[2] In 2018, Hirata was selected for the 2018 NPB All-Star game.[3]
References
- ↑ "2005年 中日ドラゴンズ" [2005 Chunichi Dragons] (in 日本語). Retrieved 6 November 2015.
- ↑ "中日平田が来季主将「谷繁監督を胴上げする」" [Chuinichi's Hirata to be next season's captain "I want to lift up Tanishige-kantoku in victory"]. 2015-11-26 (in 日本語). Retrieved 2019-09-25.
- ↑ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in 日本語). July 3, 2018.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.com
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