Katsuhiko Yamada (baseball)

Katsuhiko Yamada
Katsuhiko Yamada
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters – No. 72
	Catcher / Coach
	Born: July 2, 1969 (age 56); Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	October 15, 1989, for the Hanshin Tigers
Last appearance
	April 5, 2005, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
NPB statistics
Batting average	.205
Hits	360
Home runs	21
Runs batted in	130
Stolen base	3
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	As player Hanshin Tigers (1988–2002); Nippon-Ham Fighters/Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2003–2005); As coach Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2006–2010); Orix Buffaloes (2011–2012); Hanshin Tigers (2013–2021); Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2022–present);

Batting average.205

Home runs21

Runs batted in130

Katsuhiko Yamada (山田勝彦, Yamada Katsuhiko; born July 2, 1969 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture) is a retired Japanese professional baseball catcher.

v t e Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters current roster
Pitchers	12 Kōta Yazawa 13 Tsubasa Nabatame 14 Takayuki Katoh 15 Kōki Kitayama 16 Kōta Tatsu 17 Hiromi Itoh 18 Sachiya Yamasaki 19 Taishō Tamai 20 Kenta Uehara 22 Toshihiro Sugiura 24 Shōma Kanemura 25 Naoki Miyanishi 26 Seigi Tanaka 28 Ryūsei Kawano 29 Haruki Hosono 31 Reo Shibata 32 Ryūsei Fujita 34 Mizuki Hori 35 Tamon Asari 37 Gu Lin Ruei-yang 40 Suguru Fukuda 41 Kōji Fukutani 42 Aneurys Zabala 45 Drew VerHagen 46 Kyōsuke Kuroyanagi 48 Yukiya Saitoh 51 Naoya Ishikawa 52 Takahide Ikeda 55 Keito Matsuura 59 Haruka Nemoto 62 Daiki Shimizu 63 Kōtaro Yamashiro 67 Takumi Yamamoto 93 Kōki Matsuoka 94 Ren Fukushima 95 Taisei Yanagawa 96 Sun Yi-Lei 97 Haruki Miyauchi
Catchers	2 Ariel Martínez 10 Yūshi Shimizu 23 Torai Fushimi 27 Yūdai Furukawa 30 Yūya Gunji 33 Yūya Shintō 60 Kengo Yoshida 64 Yua Tamiya 98 Yūki Umebayashi
Infielders	4 Daigo Kamikawabata 5 Yūki Nomura 9 Takuya Nakashima 21 Kōtarō Kiyomiya 38 Kazunari Ishii 39 Naoki Arizono 43 Tatsuki Mizuno 44 Uta Sakaguchi 49 Akihiro Wakabayashi 54 Shū Yamagata 56 Ryōhei Hosokawa 58 Taiki Narama 65 Ryōsuke Myōse
Outfielders	7 Gō Matsumoto 8 Daiki Asama 36 Kazuki Miyazaki 50 Ryōta Isobata 53 Shun Mizutani 61 Yūma Imagawa 66 Chūsei Mannami 68 Hinode Hoshino 99 Franmil Reyes
Development	113 Yamato Katō (P) 114 Ryōdai Matsumoto (P) 115 Shinji Saitoh (P) 121 Sorato Kawakatsu (P) 122 Junki Shibuya (P) 126 Terukazu Nakayama (P) 128 Kōdai Yamamoto (P) 154 Kanato Anzai (P) 163 Ryūji Kitaura (P) 150 Micah Yonamine (C) 111 Taiki Hamada (IF) 112 Daiju Hirata (OF) 125 Taisei Fujita (OF) 127 Ataru Yamaguchi (OF)
First squad coaching	Manager: 1 Tsuyoshi Shinjō Head coach: 77 Takaya Hayashi Pitching coaches: 73 Hisashi Takeda, 82 Takeharu Katō Batting coach: 89 Hiroshi Yagi Battery coach: 72 Katsuhiko Yamada Infield defense/base running coach: 85 Ryōta Yachi Outfield defense/base running coach: 80 Hichori Morimoto Data analysis/Base running coach: 79 Takenori Daita
Second squad coaching	Manager: 90 Atsunori Inaba General coach: 78 Masaji Shimizu Pitching coaches: 83 Hiroshi Urano, 91 Chihiro Kaneko, 92 Takayoshi Eguchi Batting coaches: 75 Tomoyuki Oda, 81 Toshitake Yokoo, 87 Tomoaki Satoh Battery coach: 71 Naoki Matoba Infield defense/base running coach: 74 Manabu Iwadate Outfield defense/base running coach: 76 Toshimasa Konta Catcher instructor: -- Kiyoshi Yamanaka

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Katsuhiko Yamada

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters – No. 72
Catcher / Coach
Born: (1969-07-02) July 2, 1969 (age 56) Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
October 15, 1989, for the Hanshin Tigers
Last appearance
April 5, 2005, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
NPB statistics
Batting average	.205
Hits	360
Home runs	21
Runs batted in	130
Stolen base	3
Stats at Baseball Reference

Teams
As player Hanshin Tigers (1988–2002) Nippon-Ham Fighters/Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2003–2005) As coach Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2006–2010) Orix Buffaloes (2011–2012) Hanshin Tigers (2013–2021) Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2022–present)

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