Masataka Yoshida (吉田 正尚 Yoshida Masataka, born July 15, 1993 in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played for the Buffaloes since 2016.
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Outfielder | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born: (1993-07-15) July 15, 1993 (age 29) Fukui, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | ||||||||||||||||||||
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March 25, 2016, for the Orix Buffaloes | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Batting average | .325 | |||||||||||||||||||
Home runs | 126 | |||||||||||||||||||
RBI | 446 | |||||||||||||||||||
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Yoshida was drafted by the Orix Buffaloes in the first round of the 2015 rookie draft. His uniform number is 34, the same number previously worn by one of his favorite MLB players, Bryce Harper.
Yoshida hit two home runs in Game 5 of the 2022 Japan Series, including a walk-off home run.[2]
Yoshida represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2014 Haarlem Baseball Week, 2015 Summer Universiade, 2019 exhibition games against Mexico and 2019 WBSC Premier12.
On February 27, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico.[3]
On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[4]
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