Masaaki Koike
Japanese baseball player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Masaaki Koike (小池 正晃, Koike Masaaki, born April 20, 1980 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player.
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Masaaki Koike | |
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Yokohama DeNA BayStars – No. 71 | |
Outfielder / Coach | |
Born: (1980-05-15) May 15, 1980 (age 44) Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
NPB debut | |
April 20, 2001, for the Yokohama BayStars | |
Last NPB appearance | |
October 8, 2013, for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars | |
NPB statistics (through 2013) | |
Batting average | .243 |
Hits | 415 |
Home runs | 55 |
RBI | 189 |
Stolen bases | 6 |
Teams | |
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Koike played outfield and infield for the Chunichi Dragons (2008–2011) and for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2012–2013). Koike announced his retirement on October 1, 2013 and his final at-bat, hit a home run.
In 2014, the Yokohama DeNA BayStars hired Koike as first team batting coach.