Masataka Yoshida

Masataka Yoshida
Masataka Yoshida
Orix Buffaloes – No. 7
	Outfielder
	Born: July 15, 1993 (age 29); Fukui, Japan
	Bats: Left Throws: Right
NPB debut
	March 25, 2016, for the Orix Buffaloes
NPB statistics ; (through September 3, 2022)
Batting average	.325
Home runs	126
RBI	446
Teams
	Orix Buffaloes (2016–present);
Career highlights and awards
	2× Pacific League batting champion (2020, 2021); 4× Pacific League Best Nine Award (2018-2021); 4× NPB All-Star (2018–2019, 2021, 2022); Interleague play MVP (2018); Fukui Prefectural Honor Award (2021); 1x NPB All-Star Fighting Player Award (2019); NPB Home Run Derby winner (2021);
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing Japan
Summer Olympics
WBSC Premier12

Masataka Yoshida (吉田正尚 Yoshida Masataka, born July 15, 1993 in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played for the Buffaloes since 2016.

Career[edit]

Yoshida was drafted by the Orix Buffaloes in the first round of the 2015 rookie draft. His uniform number is 34, the same number previously worn by one of his favorite MLB players, Bryce Harper.

International career[edit]

Yoshida represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2014 Haarlem Baseball Week, 2015 Summer Universiade, 2019 exhibition games against Mexico and 2019 WBSC Premier12.

On February 27, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico.^[2]

On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "見延和靖、吉田正尚、栗原陵矢に福井県栄誉賞東京オリンピック金メダリスト | スポーツ,社会 | 福井のニュース".
^ "ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019「日本 vs メキシコ」に出場するメンバー28名が決定". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
^ "「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」出場選手決定について". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.

External links[edit]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Career statistics - NPB.jp

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[1] "見延和靖、吉田正尚、栗原陵矢に福井県栄誉賞東京オリンピック金メダリスト | スポーツ,社会 | 福井のニュース".

[2] "ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019「日本 vs メキシコ」に出場するメンバー28名が決定". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.

[3] "「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」出場選手決定について". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.

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v t e Orix Buffaloes current roster
Pitchers	11 Sachiya Yamasaki 12 Shunpeita Yamashita 13 Hiroya Miyagi 15 Ren Mukunoki 16 Yoshihisa Hirano 17 Hirotoshi Masui 18 Yoshinobu Yamamoto 19 Taisuke Yamaoka 20 Taisuke Kondoh 21 Daichi Takeyasu 22 Ryota Muranishi 26 Atsushi Nohmi 28 Ryoga Tomiyama 29 Daiki Tajima 30 K-Suzuki 35 Motoki Higa 37 Hayate Nakagawa 39 Yuya Iida 43 Yuito Mae 45 Shota Abe 46 Hitomi Honda 47 Tomoyuki Kaida 48 Koki Saitoh 49 Keisuke Sawada 52 Kaede Yokoyama 54 Yuta Kuroki 56 Atsuya Kogita 57 Nobuyoshi Yamada 58 Jacob Waguespack 59 César Vargas 63 Soichiro Yamazaki 65 Taisei Urushihara 66 Ryo Yoshida 69 Jesse Biddle 98 Chang Yi
Catchers	2 Kenya Wakatsuki 23 Torai Fushimi 32 Sho Fukunaga 33 Masato Matsui 44 Yuma Tongu 62 Takuma Nakagawa
Infielders	00 Ryota Ishioka 3 Ryoichi Adachi 4 Breyvic Valera 5 Masahiro Nishino 6 Yuma Mune 9 Tomoya Noguchi 10 Koji Ohshiro 24 Kotaro Kurebayashi 31 Ryo Ohta 36 Tatsuya Yamaashi 40 Seiichiro Ohshita 42 Rangel Ravelo 53 Sho Gibo 67 Keita Nakagawa
Outfielders	0 Haruto Watanabe 1 Shuhei Fukuda 7 Masataka Yoshida 14 Joe McCarthy 25 Ryo Nishimura 27 Kendai Gen 38 Ryoto Kita 39 Ryoma Ikeda 41 Kodai Sano 50 Yuya Oda 55 T-Okada 60 Yukikazu Sano 99 Yutaro Sugimoto
Development pitchers	001 Kazuma Satoh 002 Futa Tanioka 003 Yuito Nakata 008 Masayuki Matsuyama 011 Kento Kawase 012 Takara Tsujigaki 013 Yuki Udagawa 121 Masaru Nakamura 125 Tsubasa Sakakibara 128 Kohei Azuma
Development catchers	005 Ryoya Tsurumi 014 Jui Tsuri
Development infielders	022 Kosei Ohsato 021 Keita Sonobe 120 SHinya Hirosawa
Development outfielders	004 Yamato Hirano 020 Takayuki Yamanaka
First squad coaching	Manager: 78 Satoshi Nakajima Head Coach: 88 Katsumi Mizumoto Pitching Coaches: 73 Ikuo Takayama, 75 Kazuyuki Atsuzawa Position player & Hitting Coach: 83 Eiichi Koyano Hitting Coaches: 77 Eishin Soyogi, 79 Ryutaro Tsuji Infield defense & Base running Coach: 76 Naoyuki Kazaoka Outfield defense & Base running Coach: 81 So Taguchi Battery Coach: 87 Toshio Saitoh
Second squad coaching	Manager: 89 Hiroshi Kobayashi Patrol Head Coach: Seiichiro Nakagaki Pitching Coaches: 71 Mamoru Kishida, 82 Yusaku Iriki Hitting Coaches: 85 Shinji Takahashi Infield defense & Base running Coach: 80 Shuhei Kojima Outfield defense & Base running Coach: 70 Yusuke Matsui Battery Coach: 74 Katsuki Yamazaki, 87 Toshio Saitoh Development General Coach: 90 Shusaku Beppu Development Coaches: 72 Masafumi Hirai, 86 Shintaro Yoshida, 84 Kohei Suzuki, 92 Daisuke Iida