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Hirokazu Ibata

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Hirokazu Ibata
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
Games1896
Batting average.281
Hits1,912
Home runs56
Runs batted in510
Teams
As player

As manager

As coach

Career highlights and awards

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

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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

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  1. ^ "Longtime Dragons star Ibata retires at age 40". Japan Times. October 24, 2015. Retrieved June 6, 2016.
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