Ryōsuke Hirata

Ryōsuke Hirata (平田 良介, Hirata Ryōsuke, born March 23, 1988 in Osaka) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played for the Dragons since 2006.

Ryōsuke Hirata
平田良介
Hirata with the Chunichi Dragons
Chunichi Dragons – No. 6
Outfielder
Born: (1988-03-23) March 23, 1988
Bats: Right Throws: Right
NPB debut
2006, for the Chunichi Dragons
NPB statistics
(through 2019)
Batting average.273
Home runs101
RBI453
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Japan
2015 WBSC Premier12
2015 Tokyo Team
World Baseball Classic
2017 Los Angeles Team

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]

He selected 2018 NPB All-Star game.[3]

References
  1. "2005年　中日ドラゴンズ" [2005 Chunichi Dragons] (in Japanese). Retrieved 6 November 2015.
  2. "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 Japanese). Retrieved 2019-09-25.
  3. "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 Japanese). July 3, 2018.


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