Ikuhiro Kiyota
Ikuhiro Kiyota | |
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![]() Kiyota with the Chiba Lotte Marines | |
Free agent | |
Outfielder | |
Born: (1986-02-11) February 11, 1986 (age 38) Kamagaya, Chiba, Japan | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
NPB debut | |
May 24, 2010, for the Chiba Lotte Marines | |
NPB statistics (through 2020 season) | |
Batting average | .258 |
Hits | 716 |
Home runs | 58 |
RBI | 333 |
Stolen Bases | 36 |
Teams | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Ikuhiro Kiyota (清田 育宏, born February 11, 1986) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder who is currently a free agent. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Chiba Lotte Marines.
Professional career
Kiyota began his professional career in 2010 with the Chiba Lotte Marines. He made his NPB debut on May 24, 2010, and won the Japan Series with the club that year. In 2011, Kiyota batted .244/.293/.370 with 3 home runs and 25 RBI. The next year, he had improved production, batting .281/.363/.391 with 3 home runs and 29 RBI. He regressed a bit in 2013, batting .255/.359/.375 with 3 home runs and 18 RBI. He struggled in 2014, batting just .170/.316/.511 in 24 games. In 2015, Kiyota had a breakout season, slashing .317/.387/.503 with career-highs in home runs (15) and RBI (67). He was named a Pacific League All-Star, won a Gold Glove Award, and won a Pacific League Best Nine Award.[1]
Kiyota batted .225 with 6 home runs and 38 RBI on the year in 2016, but his production wavered the next year, as he hit only .203/.287/.286 with 3 home runs and 21 RBI. In 2018, Kiyota batted .226/.306/.295 with 2 home runs and 27 RBI. He improved the next year, posting a .253/.325/.378 batting line with 10 home runs and 57 RBI. In 2020, he continued to produce, hitting .278/.363/.467 with 7 home runs and 23 RBI in 70 games. On May 23, 2021, Kiyota was released by the Marines after he violated COVID-19 protocols in 2020 and had illicit relations with a woman after that.[2]
References
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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- 1 Ikuhiro Kiyota
- 2 Makoto Imaoka
- 3 Saburo
- 6 Tadahito Iguchi
- 7 Tsuyoshi Nishioka
- 8 Toshiaki Imae (Japan Series MVP)
- 9 Kazuya Fukuura
- 10 Shoitsu Omatsu
- 11 Yuta Omine
- 12 Yuji Yoshimi
- 14 Tomohisa Otani
- 15 Hiroki Ueno
- 16 Hisao Heiuchi
- 17 Yoshihisa Naruse
- 19 Yuki Karakawa
- 21 Tatsuya Uchi
- 22 Tomoya Satozaki
- 25 Naotaka Takehara
- 27 Takuya Furuya
- 28 Tomohisa Nemoto
- 29 Shingo Ono
- 30 Yoshihiro Ito
- 31 Shunsuke Watanabe
- 32 Shunichi Nemoto
- 39 Masahiko Tanaka
- 40 Masato Watanabe
- 41 Hiroyuki Kobayashi
- 43 Toshio Saito
- 44 Hayden Penn
- 46 Hidetaka Kawagoe
- 48 Akichika Yamada
- 49 Yasuhiko Yabuta
- 52 Kim Tae-kyun
- 55 Takumi Kobe
- 58 Takeshi Aono
- 59 Kei Hosoya
- 65 Ryusuke Minami
- 66 Yoshifumi Okada
- 67 Naoki Matoba
- 69 Bill Murphy
- Manager
- 78 Norifumi Nishimura
- Coaches
- Bench 76 Michio Aoyama
- Hitting 75 Eiji Kanamori
- Infield 72 Seiji Kamikawa
- Outfield 73 Kenji Morozumi
- Pitching 71 Takashi Nishimoto
- Bullpen 79 Yuji Inoue
- Catching 74 Kiyoshi Yamanaka
- Coach 77 Kenji Yoshitsuru
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