Ayatsugu Yamashita
| Ayatsugu Yamashita | |
|---|---|
 Yamashita with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |
| Chunichi Dragons – No. 39 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: November 16, 1992 Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan | |
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
| debut | |
| May 6, 2013, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |
| NPB statistics (through 2020 season) | |
| Batting average | .199 |
| Hits | 42 |
| Home runs | 5 |
| RBIs | 15 |
| Stolen bases | 0 |
| Teams | |
}} Ayatsugu Yamashita (山下 斐紹, Yamashita Ayatsugu, born November 16, 1992 in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Chunichi Dragons of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles.
Career[]
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks[]
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks selected Yamashita with the first selection in the .[1]
On May 6, 2013, Yamashita made his NPB debut.
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles[]
On November 14, 2017, Hawks traded Yamashita to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles for Tetsuro Nishida.[2]
On December 2, 2020, he become a free agent.[3]
Chunichi Dragons[]
On December 12, 2020, Yamashita signed with Chunichi Dragons of NPB.[4] December 18, 2020, Yamashita held press conference.[5]
References[]
- ^ "福岡ソフトバンクホークス 選択選手一覧". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2021.
- ^ "Nippon Professional Baseball Public announcement (Japanese) 公示 トレード 2017年度". NPB.jp. Retrieved November 18, 2017.
- ^ "2020年度 自由契約選手". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). Retrieved January 9, 2021.
- ^ "選手獲得のお知らせ". 中日ドラゴンズ オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). December 12, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
- ^ "山下斐紹選手入団会見". 中日ドラゴンズ オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). December 18, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- NPB.com
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- 1992 births
- Living people
- Baseball people from Sapporo
- Chunichi Dragons players
- Nippon Professional Baseball catchers
- Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks players
- Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players
- Brisbane Bandits players
- Japanese expatriate baseball players in Australia
- Japanese baseball catcher stubs