Hirokazu Ibata

Ibata with the Chunichi Dragons

Yomiuri Giants – No. 82

Infielder / Coach

Born: May 12, 1975

Bats: Right

Throws: Right

NPB debut

September 8, 1998, for the Chunichi Dragons

NPB statistics
(through 2012)

1611

.286

1,730

457

Teams

As player

Chunichi Dragons (1998–2013)
Yomiuri Giants (2014–2015)

As coach

Yomiuri Giants (2016–present)

Career highlights and awards

8× All-Star (2001, 2002, 2005, 2007–2010, 2011)
7× Golden Glove Award (2004–2009, 2012)
5× Best Nine Award (2002, 2004–2007)
Asia Series MVP (2007)
Japan Series champion (2007)
2013 World Baseball Classic All-Tournament Team

Last update: January 3, 2016

Hirokazu Ibata (Japanese:井端弘和, born May 12, 1975 in Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball player in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He plays second base for the Yomiuri Giants but is able to play at other positions.

External links

Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com
Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

Japan 2013 World Baseball Classic roster

1 Takashi Toritani 2 Ryoji Aikawa 3 Hirokazu Ibata 5 Nobuhiro Matsuda 6 Hayato Sakamoto 7 Kazuo Matsui 9 Yoshio Itoi 10 Shinnosuke Abe 11 Hideaki Wakui 13 Sho Nakata 14 Atsushi Nohmi 15 Hirokazu Sawamura 16 Takeru Imamura 17 Masahiro Tanaka 18 Toshiya Sugiuchi 20 Kenta Maeda 21 Masahiko Morifuku 24 Seiichi Uchikawa 26 Tetsuya Utsumi 27 Ginjiro Sumitani 28 Kenji Otonari 34 Hisayoshi Chōno 35 Kazuhisa Makita 41 Atsunori Inaba 46 Yuichi Honda 47 Tetsuya Yamaguchi 50 Tadashi Settsu 61 Katsuya Kakunaka

Manager Koji Yamamoto Coach Osamu Higashio Coach Masataka Nashida Coach Koichi Ogata Coach Nobuhiro Takashiro Coach Kazuyoshi Tatsunami Coach Tsuyoshi Yoda

2013 World Baseball Classic All WBC Team

Catcher: Yadier Molina First baseman: Edwin Encarnación Second baseman: Robinson Canó Shortstop: José Reyes Third baseman: David Wright Outfielders: Nelson Cruz, Ángel Pagán, Michael Saunders Designated Hitter: Hirokazu Ibata Pitchers: Nelson Figueroa, Kenta Maeda, Fernando Rodney

Yomiuri Giants current roster

First squad	2 Ryota Wakiya 5 Garrett Jones 6 Hayato Sakamoto 7 Hisayoshi Chono 8 Yasuyuki Kataoka 9 Yoshiyuki Kamei 11 Luis Cruz 12 Takahiro Suzuki 15 Hirokazu Sawamura 19 Tomoyuki Sugano 20 Scott Mathieson 22 Seiji Kobayashi 25 Shuichi Murata 36 Daisuke Nakai 37 Seiji Tahara 40 Ken Katoh 44 Taishi Ohta 45 Nobutaka Imamura 47 Tetsuya Yamaguchi 49 Aaron Poreda 50 Chiaki Tone 51 Takehiro Donoue 53 Genki Kawano 54 Hayato Takagi 58 Soichiro Tateoka 67 Mizuki Tsuchida 68 Daiki Yoshikawa 90 Kazuto Taguchi 92 Kentaro Taira

Second squad	00 Takayuki Terauchi 0 Daisuke Fujimura 10 Shinnosuke Abe 13 Ryota Katsuki 17 Kan Otake 18 Toshiya Sugiuchi 21 Toshiki Sakurai 23 Ryoji Aikawa 26 Tetsuya Utsumi 27 Kazunari Sanematsu 30 Ryosuke Miyaguni 31 Tetsuya Matsumoto 32 Itaru Hashimoto 33 Abner Abreu 35 Kentaro Nishimura 38 Kazuma Okamoto 39 Miles Mikolas 42 Leslie Anderson 43 Shinnosuke Shigenobu 46 Hirotaka Yonahara 48 Toshiyuki Yanuki 52 Shingo Usami 56 Yasuhiro Yamamoto 57 Katsuhiko Kumon 59 Yuki Koyama 60 Susumu Ohrui 61 Ren Wada 62 Yuki Egarashi 64 Masato Kiyashiki 65 Harutomo Tsuji 66 Atsushi Kita 69 Takuya Matsuzaki 91 Kota Nakagawa 93 Daisuke Tatsumi 94 Héctor Mendoza 95 Hugo Kanabushi 96 Jun Hasegawa 99 Toru Anan

Coaching	Manager: 24 Yoshinobu Takahashi Second squad manager: 83 Masaki Saito

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