Win-Loss 75-74 Name Hiroyuki Kobayashi Salary 200 million JPY (2012) Strikeouts 1125 Weight 79 kg | Earned run average 3.54 Height 1.84 m Saves 29 Position Pitcher | |
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Similar People Naoyuki Shimizu, Shunsuke Watanabe, Masahide Kobayashi, Yutaka Wada, Akinori Iwamura | ||
Hiroyuki Kobayashi (小林 宏之, 小林宏, Kobayashi Hiroyuki, Kobayashi-Hiro, born June 4, 1978 in Sōka, Saitama, Japan) is a Japanese right-handed pitcher. He played in the 2006 World Baseball Classic for Japan.
As a relief pitcher Kobayashi throws a fastball that sits in 87-91 mph (tops out at 93 mph), silder, change-up, and an effective forkball as his out pitch.
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