Seiji Kobayashi
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| Seiji Kobayashi | |||||||||||||||
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Kobayashi with the Yomiuri Giants | |||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri Giants – No. 22 | |||||||||||||||
| Catcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: June 7, 1989 Sakai, Osaka Japan | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| March 24, 2014, for the Yomiuri Giants | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2023 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .208 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 359 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 15 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 142 | ||||||||||||||
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |||||||||||||||
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Seiji Kobayashi (小林 誠司, born June 7, 1989) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Kobayashi attended Doshisha University, where he played for the school's baseball team. The Yomiuri Giants selected Kobayashi in the 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball draft.[1]
In 2018, he was selected 2018 NPB All-Star game.[2]