Katsuki Yamazaki
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Japanese baseball player (born 1982)
Baseball player
| Katsuki Yamazaki | |
|---|---|
| Yamazaki with the SoftBank Hawks | |
| Orix Buffaloes – No. 74 | |
| Catcher / Coach | |
| Born: (1982年09月24日) September 24, 1982 (age 42) Itami, Hyōgo | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| August 7, 2005, for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | |
| Last NPB appearance | |
| November 6, 2020, for the Orix Buffaloes | |
| NPB statistics (through 2020 season) | |
| Batting average | .196 |
| Home runs | 4 |
| Runs batted in | 112 |
| Teams | |
| As player
As coach
| |
Katsuki Yamazaki (山崎 勝己, born August 16, 1982) is a Japanese former professional baseball catcher. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks / Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Orix Buffaloes.
Career
[edit ]Fukuoka Daiei Hawks selected Yamazaki with the forth selection in the 2000 NPB draft [jp].
On August 7, 2005, Yamazaki made his NPB debut.
On November 4, 2020, Yamazaki announced his retirement.[1]
References
[edit ]- ^ "山崎勝己選手 現役引退のお知らせ". オリックスバファローズ オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). November 4, 2020. Retrieved January 9, 2021.
External links
[edit ]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB stats
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