Shigeru Kobayashi Explained

Shigeru Kobayashi
Position:Pitcher
Birth Date:14 November 1952
Birth Place:Tōhaku, Tottori
Death Place:Fukui, Fukui
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:NPB
Debutdate:September 26
Debutyear:1973
Debutteam:Yomiuri Giants
Finaldate:October 22
Finalyear:1983
Finalteam:Hanshin Tigers
Statleague:NPB
Stat1value:139–95
Stat2label:Earned run average
Stat2value:3.18
Stat3label:Strikeouts
Stat3value:1,273
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As coach
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was a Japanese baseball pitcher.

He played for the Yomiuri Giants and the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball. His trade to the Tigers gave the Giants Suguru Egawa, as he had been drafted by the Tigers, despite him signing with the Giants in secrecy. Kobayashi coached two other NPB teams, the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, and also spent a season in the Korea Baseball Organization as a coach for the SK Wyverns.

He died of heart failure in 2010 at the age of 57.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: Sawamura winner Kobayashi dies at 57. April 23, 2016. Japan Times. January 18, 2010.