Kōta Ishibashi
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| Kōta Ishibashi 石橋康太 | |
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| Chunichi Dragons – No. 58 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: December 7, 2000 Yotsukaidō, Chiba, Japan | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| debut | |
| 7 July, 2019, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
| Career statistics (through 2020 season) | |
| Batting average | .059 |
| Home runs | 0 |
| RBI | 2 |
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Kōta Ishibashi (石橋 康太, Ishibashi Kōta; born December 12, 2000) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays catcher for the Chunichi Dragons.
Ishibashi was widely regarded as the top high school aged catcher available at the 2018 NPB Draft.[1]
On 25 October 2018, Ishibashi was selected as the 4th draft pick for the Chunichi Dragons at the 2018 NPB Draft and on 21 November signed a provisional contract with a ¥40,000,000 sign-on bonus and a ¥6,000,000 yearly salary.[2]
Professional career
2019
On 7 July, Ishibashi made his professional debut as a pinch-hitter for Yuya Yanagi against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.[3] Ishibashi's debut marked the first time since Yasuhiko Kawai 1952 that a Dragons catcher, fresh out of high school had debuted in their first year[4] and the first time since the draft was introduced.[5] Two days later Ishibashi started against the Hiroshima Carp at Nagoya Dome with fellow teenager Tatsuya Shimizu on the mound.[6]