Tetsuya Kokubo
| Tetsuya Kokubo | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Kokubo with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in 2018 | |
| Hiroshima Toyo Carp – No. 89 | |
| Infielder / Coach | |
| Born: April 12, 1985 Katsuragi, Nara, Japan | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| debut | |
| April 26, 2008, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp | |
| Last appearance | |
| September 30, 2021, for the Chiba Lotte Marines | |
| NPB statistics (through 2021 season) | |
| Batting average | .257 |
| Home runs | 19 |
| Runs batted in | 155 |
| Teams | |
| As player
As coach
| |
Tetsuya Kokubo (小窪 哲也, Kokubo Tetsuya, born April 12, 1985) is a Japanese former baseball player who played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp and Chiba Lotte Marines.
Career
[edit]Hiroshima Toyo Carp selected Kokubo with the third selection in the 2007 NPB draft.[1]
On April 26, 2008, Kokubo made his NPB debut.
On December 2, 2020, he become free agent.[2]
On November 11, 2021, it was announced that he will serve as an infield defense and running base coach at his old club Hiroshima Toyo Carp from 2022. After that, he also served in the same position in 2023, and from 2024, he moved into the role of hitting coach.
References
[edit]- ^ "広島東洋カープ 選択選手一覧". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 8, 2021.
- ^ "2020年度 自由契約選手". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 8, 2021.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.com
Media related to Tetsuya Kokubo at Wikimedia Commons
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- 1985 births
- Living people
- Aoyama Gakuin University alumni
- Baseball people from Nara Prefecture
- Chiba Lotte Marines players
- Hiroshima Toyo Carp players
- Japanese baseball players
- Nippon Professional Baseball infielders
- Japanese baseball coaches
- Nippon Professional Baseball coaches
- Japanese baseball infielder stubs