Hirokazu Ibata

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Hirokazu Ibata

Yomiuri Giants – No. 2
Infielder
Born: (1975-05-12) May 12, 1975
Bats: Right	Throws: Right
Professional debut
NPB: September 8, 1998 for the Chunichi Dragons
NPB statistics (through 2012)
Games	1611
Batting average	.286
Hits	1,730
Home runs	51
Runs batted in	457
Teams
Chunichi Dragons (1998–2013) Yomiuri Giants (2014-)
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: March 23, 2013

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.

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v t e 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

v t e Yomiuri Giants current roster

First squad	00 Takayuki Terauchi 2 Hirokazu Ibata 5 José López 6 Hayato Sakamoto 7 Hisayoshi Chono 8 Yasuyuki Kataoka 9 Yoshiyuki Kamei 10 Shinnosuke Abe 12 Takahiro Suzuki 15 Hirokazu Sawamura 17 Kan Otake 18 Toshiya Sugiuchi 19 Tomoyuki Sugano 20 Scott Mathieson 24 Yoshinobu Takahashi 25 Shuichi Murata 26 Tetsuya Utsumi 28 Kyosuke Takagi 31 Tetsuya Matsumoto 32 Itaru Hashimoto 33 Yoshihito Ishii 35 Kentaro Nishimura 36 Daisuke Nakai 43 Takahiro Aoki 45 Nobutaka Imamura 47 Tetsuya Yamaguchi 48 Kenji Yano 53 Genki Kawano 59 Yuki Koyama

Second squad	0 Daisuke Fujimura 11 Yuya Kubo 13 Ryota Katsuki 22 Seiji Kobayashi 23 Ryota Wakiya 27 Kazunari Sanematsu 29 Satoshi Fukuda 30 Ryosuke Miyaguni 37 Seiji Tahara 38 Suguru Ino 39 Susumu Ohrui 40 Ken Katoh 41 Ryuya Matsumoto 44 Taishi Ohta 46 Ryuji Ichioka 50 Ryuichi Kajimae 51 Fuminori Yokogawa 52 Tomoya Inzen 56 Masaki Sakaguchi 57 Katsuhiko Kumon 58 Soichiro Tateoka 60 Masumi Hoshino 61 Ren Wada 62 Yuki Egarashi 63 Shoki Kasahara 64 Masato Kiyashiki 66 Hideki Sunaga 67 Daisuke Ochi 68 Taichi Tanaka 90 Kazuto Taguchi 91 Nobuyuki Okumura 92 Kentaro Taira 93 Harutomo Tsuji 99 Toru Anan

Coaching	Manager: 88 Tatsunori Hara Second squad manager: 83 Kaoru Okazaki

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