Hiroyuki Kobayashi | |||||||||||||||
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![]() Kobayashi during his tenure with the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2010. | |||||||||||||||
Musashi Heat Bears – No. 41 | |||||||||||||||
Pitcher/Manager | |||||||||||||||
Born: Sōka, Saitama, Japan | June 4, 1978|||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
July 4, 1998, for the Chiba Lotte Marines | |||||||||||||||
NPB statistics (through 2014) | |||||||||||||||
Win–loss | 75-74 | ||||||||||||||
Saves | 29 | ||||||||||||||
Earned run average | 3.57 | ||||||||||||||
Strikeouts | 1135 | ||||||||||||||
Teams | |||||||||||||||
As player
As manager
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Medals
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Hiroyuki Kobayashi (小林 宏之, 小林宏, Kobayashi Hiroyuki, Kobayashi-Hiro, born June 4, 1978) is a Japanese professional baseball right-handed pitcher. He played in the 2006 World Baseball Classic for Japan.
As a relief pitcher Kobayashi throws a fastball that sits in 87-91 mph (tops out at 93 mph), silder, change-up, and an effective forkball as his out pitch.
![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/WBC2006_Hiroyuki_Kobayashi.jpg/220px-WBC2006_Hiroyuki_Kobayashi.jpg)
External links
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
- Hiroyuki Kobayashi, JapaneseBallPlayers.com Archived September 1, 2013, at the Wayback Machine